For Those Gone

This is my grandfather, Alberto Gonzalez. Today, as it is the day for honouring those who are no longer with us, I made this little trinket for him. The pic was taken in Venezuela in 1964; as many Canarians, he had to leave for venezuela to make money for his family as the military dictatorial [...]

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Eye-Candy Galore…

… of two days of more collaging!
I joined the Upload Game at Kim Newberg’s Collage Ning Group and won seven sheets of her amazing collage images – everyone’s a winner in this game so if you like collage and mixed media, I seriously recommend you to join the group! I haven’t been able to stop [...]

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Collaging Like A Madwoman…

… when I should be making jewelry LOL!
If there is something I firmly believe in, it is that creativity should never be restricted, so no guilty feelings at all when I do not follow my own plans . I felt the “collaging call” so I put away wire and pliers and took off [...]

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Show And Tell: My Vintage China Collection

I got this complete tea set yesterday as a gift from the guys at the Tea Bar- yipee! This is the only complete tea set in my (small) collection, so I wanted to share – then I thought: why not sharing them all? Since I had to make room for them, it was the perfect [...]

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Bead Embroidery Pendants I

I am working on a few bead embroidery pendants today to increase a little my christmas inventory – as you can see, I work on a piece of organza with a hoop and once pieces are finished, I cut them off and add a backing, usually silk or velvet to give the piece even a [...]

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First Dotee Doll

I wanted to give a try to bullion knot stitch so I made this pretty dotee doll – you don’t know what dotee dolls are? Go to the creator’s blog to find out. The thread I used was a little too fluffy and the roses lack detail, but I managed to learn the stitch quite [...]

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Victorian Doll

For October’s Stitchin Fingers Cloth Doll Challenge, Halloween/Autumn theme.
There is no big Halloween in Spain, so I went for an autumn theme for this little witch. Completely handstitched from start to finish; cotton painted and aged body, dress and hat made from a hand-dyed vintage crochet doilly. It is available for sale if anyone’s interested.

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Busy Baking Weekend

I haven’t had much time for crafting this weekend as one of the owners of the Tea Bar where I make my Tarot readings asked me if I could make a big order of my orange-and-spices cookies to take to his other job (he works in a bank). For me, being a full-time crafter also [...]

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Yesterday’s Work – Collage

Giving my hands a little rest from sewing and making gifts for upcoming birthdays and swaps, I gave myself the day to work on some collages. I hadn’t done any in quite a long time and it was such a refreshing experience – actually I liked it so much that I’ve decided to give at [...]

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From Design To Finished Piece: Monogram Cushion

I’ve been working on this piece for almost a week (I was interrupted by a couple of paintings that will be finished soon), and I’ve been documenting the process to show you how a piece develops from the original design to the finished piece. In this first mosaic, you can see:

1: The design was traced [...]

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