Decorating paper

A while ago I bought 100 sheets of rough handmade (probably in Indonesia) paper for the princely sum of $2. I had no idea what I was going to do with it, but it WAS a bargain.

Last week I tried to use it to make paper casts, but it is too thin and just fell to pieces.

Yesterday and today I have been using some of the stencils I have made since FibresWest and now have 4 sheets of paper ready for wrapping gift swaps.


And that's not all I have been doing. I made the wings for the two wild angels I am making, plus stitched two 3D lace angels and three snowflakes on water soluble (and THAT took a lo-o-o-ng time).
(I know - they don't look much like angels at the moment - more like bumblebees!)

I have also used up the rest of the packet of Model Magic that I opened back in September to make some Feral Female faces. You are not supposed to try and save this material, but I had sealed and wrapped it carefully and it was still OK.

I made a few more faces (these are some painted with Twinkling H2Os) and a whole lot of casts from various moulds that I have. Not sure what I'll do with them as yet.

Weekend away

The weekend at Dwellingup went really well.
Here are some samples of the things we did.


Aren't these Feral Females great?












A pity the felting is a bit hard to see. From the left: Pauline's shades of red silk chiffon wrap, Tish's purple and blue, Margaret's moody blues, Juliet's white cloche, Delys's small piece (but it was polyester and took a lot of work) and Penny's treebark piece. You can also see Jan's hat in the background.