x Happy Valentines Day x {SS#91 & LTD #6}

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Firstly i would like to say to my Tiger Tony, I love you tons and am so glad you are a part of my life, and i wish you a very happy valentines day..

Also thank you for the most beautiful bouquet of flowers and gorgous hand made card xxx xYou truely are my Angel

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Right thats the mushy stuff out the way.. on to my creation.

I've been dabbling in jewellery making for a little while, but being me i do like to mix it up a bit and have been finding ways to bring a more creative and unusual twist on things. 

I must admit i have a ton of fab altered art {north light} books and just lately i have been going through them grabbing ideas left right and center.

I've also been at the felt again, and this is the main focal point of this piece.

I made the heart out a fab blood red colour marino wool top, I cut a heart shape out of a sheet of normal felt and then felted the marino wool, building it up with a single hand felting needle till i got just the right size and shape i required. I then wrapped the heart in a mini barbed wire {created by myself with the inspiration from a talented artist by the name of Ange}, because love hurts sometimes.

The rest of the necklace is a collection of old buttons and silver charms strung together with handmade wire jump rings

I used a double ribbon at the end to attach my clasp so it was soft around the neck when wearing.
I think the hardest part was the felt heart but once that was complete the rest kind fell into place and it turned out smashing.
This piece fits in perfect with this weeks Sunday Stamper Challenge {yay Hels i finally joined in} with the theme 'All you need is LOVE'
And  Lots To Do has 'Love is in the air' as there challenge too.
Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back tomorrow with the winners of my OWOH giveaways and on wednesday with another Gingersnaps challenge piece!
Sending out big love to all of blogland, have a very
 Happy Valentines Day
♥ HUGZ ♥

Only a quickie..

This is one of the elusive rings i kept mentioning that I've been making up to hopefully sell at a fair in November {should it go ahead!} Finally managed to take a pic of one, not that's its a very good pic, a bit bright, still learning with the all singing all dancing camera i got last Christmas lol

Made very similarly to the brooch its just felt, lace and a vintage button!

♥ Hugz Minxy ♥

Felting again..

Yep i've been at the old wool tops again seeing what i can come up with and this time i've created a pretty little brooch.

I rolled a small amount of wool to make a ball, wet felted it and left it to dry.

Once dry i cut it in half.

I sowed some lace all round the edge, threaded some seed beads for detail and finished by attaching a wire butterfly.

I finished the back with just a circle of felt and a brooch attachment.

I've still yet to photograph the assortment of rings i've been making but when i get time i will be back to share.

Thanks for visiting

Hugs x