Very French journal

Made with a lot of ephemera in my tattered and worn style. Wanted it to look aged.
Will be for sale. Cover gently waxed.
More stitched words on Etsy and adding more later.

words, stitched

book pages

cover

back page

Just words

Get a head start on Christmas?   Maybe?

Anyway here are 2 little groups of my embroidered words.

Stitched on muslin, 4 french words for the holidays
 If you missed these, more coming along pronto. Watch for them, I will try to let you know
aloha 

Give away serviettes

This is the place in NZ where I purchased the serviettes.
A funky French decor shop

Winners are Diana
Gill
Luverlie
Please email your mailing address
congratulations Lilla

Paper doll folders

I made them to look like haberdashery cards

Added some washi tape and the images

The dolls are dressed French country style and created separately.

The folders tie closed with old twill and have stitching around the sides.

The other pictures are of a triple folder with washi tape and pockets.

The little vintage car moves, I created a hinge so it can go forward... cute.

                                                                           

Lush Green New Zealand

It is so green, the air so clear, it hurts my eyes .

I love the native bush and the depth of color with the flowers everywhere.

The give away is now closed thanks.

I will announce winners this weekend.

Paper serviettes?

Serviettes, they make great art pieces.

For this little fun idea...

Separate into 3 ply and use as you like.

To make the journal I used stitch witchery to bond the paper to muslin for the book cover.

6 sheets of nice paper were sewn down the center and added to the journal, these I decorated with quotes and torn bits of the same Paris paper.

Plenty leftover to make a tag for a pocket too.

The first and last pages get glued to the fabric cover.

Tie twine around the binding and it is done.

Now I will send one serviette, plus red baker's twine, to 3 friends who put their name into my old battered cap.  Leave comment as usual.

Closed Now
Winners soon.

fini the journal

other half

half of napkin

Box re-cycled

For a magazine, a vintage box with French clothes pins inside.

A day in NZ

With a friend Shane who came down to my lovely birthplace,  Hamilton on the mighty Waikato river.

You probably know her.

We had fun.

Here are glimpses of our lunch and  special places.

                                                                      We ate in the lane and then went touring from there.



 In the Lane we found a bookshop with....of course the Eiffel tower made of book covers.