Burlap Flowers & Chippy Fairies

Well I'm back from London & I survived. It was definitely a novel experience, fighting my way through the minefield of tourists but it was fun. And I came back laden with art supplies, tea, french cheeses and some rather heavy sausage.

And it's been a great week so far. The UK has been enjoying the rare sighting of the sun. Yes, even Manchester's constant rain has been put on hold. It's been so tranquil to sit in the garden and draw or listen to a play whilst sipping on smokey Earl Grey.

Trouble is, I haven't felt like sitting indoors, in my craft room playing and it was beginning to look as if I was going to have nothing to blog this week. However, I was up bright and early this morning and had already notched up a couple of hours worktime, so decided to drag out my stash and just spend a few minutes putting something together.

Almost everything is from Jodie Lee's Nature Collection, except for the burlap flower. I found this neat tutorial here. You need to scroll down to the last flower made, the Button-Eyed Daisy. I love how the burlap frays as you make it and you end up with these tattered strands. And I know I always say this but honestly it's really easy to make.

Right, well I'm going to sign off, prepare myself some lunch and then partake of it in the garden. I may even fool myself into thinking I could take some work outdoors later on (though I've tried that one before and end up taking a book out and reading that instead lol). Welllllll...I can always work when the sun goes down haha.

Have a great weekend folks

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