30 minute Thursdays!

Hi everybody...welcome to my new weekly feature...*30 minute Thursdays*! If you're anything like me,...you like to create something most days but sometimes you'll be short on time, on energy or inspiration...this is where my new feature comes in...each week, on a Thursday, i'll share a quick, and inspirational project that can be completed in less than 30 minutes...using only things that you are likely to have in your craft stash already! i'll vary the techniques and materials from week to week...so expect to see stamping, sewing, altering and inking...and even some surprises! Sound good? i do hope you'll join me on my 30 minute journeys each week...and if you leave me a link to your project...you could a win a wee prize too! :) This week i've started with a pretty beaded bag charm: To create this you'll need a bag clip or key ring, 8 or more jump rings, 5 or more headpins and an assortment of small charms and beads that you love. Tool~wise you'll need a small pair of jewellers' pliers to open and close the jump rings...and this is the most complicated part of the whole project! Start by making a chain from the jump rings, using the pliers and your fingers or tweezers to open and close the jump rings and attach the chain to the bag charm...then take your beads and one by one place them on a headpin and create a top loop with the pliers, winding the excess wire around the top to finish off...and attach to the jump rings in a pleasing arrangement...et voila! as you'll see i've made two samples {both in the 30 minutes!} using an assortment of beads and charms that i had to show you what different looks you can achieve with the same basic design...one pink and girly...and one with wooden beads and pearls which is more sophisticated :) i hope you'll agree this is a quick, simple gift idea that would be ideal for all sorts of people and occassions... do let me know if you have a go at this...and leave me a link to be in with a chance of winning a little beading gift... of course...if you have any questions...do leave those in the comments section too and i'll do my vest to help!

a quick update...

...hi all...i seem to be totally behind on my blogging...not to mention my housework ;)...so i'm just popping in with a quick update to say two things:

1. we have a winner ~ we've decided the caption competition winner is julia dunnit...because she made us giggle...and because hers was the only non~boob related comment!! lol
julia hon, could you leave me your addy in my uks pm box? and i'll have the little *booby prize* on its way to you!

2. i've added my latest bubbly scrumptious post...a real easy quick gift to make...even suitable for a man! check it out here :) and while you're there...do check out the other girls' projects...there is some amazing talent on this team!

ok...hope to be back later with goodies to share...ttfn!

wowyww...and winners!

hi there Wednesday folk...thanks for dropping by to see what is indeed on my workdesk today...and the answer is this...we've been drawing the winners for the sketch i posted two weeks ago...so without further ado...the winners are:

becky!

christina!

terri~ann!

if you lovely ladies could leave me your addresses as a pm to agirlcalledbob over on UKScrappers...i'll have your page kits on the way to you in the morning!

thanks so much to everyone who had a go...i loved seeing all your LO's...and i really enjoyed having you play with me! :0)

as for what else has been going on here over the last few days...well you may have noticed i've totally fallen in love with the embossed metal patchwork i've been doing...and here is another one...this time a letter A for my craftroom:

clearly, i've done it in the colours i love, and it matches the decor i've got going on in here...and i have to say i really rather like this one!! ;0)

i've covered it all round, which took a little bit of fiddling, but was well worth it...and in case you can't see...here is a close~up to show you just how shiny and pearlescent the peacock coloured metal is:

if you haven't seen it yet...i've done a step~by~step tutorial to creating this look a couple of posts back...

right...off you go on your rounds of all the woyww'ers...and don't forget to stop by Julia and leave her some love for starting this whole thing off...i just might see you there! :0)

we have winners!!

can you tell what it is yet??? expertly modelled by his Nibs...aka Mr. Tidypants...it is indeed a lampshade...and i bet nobody is more suprized than Darcy who guessed correctly!!

its not quite finished yet...as i ran out of thread...and i'm not sure when i can get out to get some more...so i can only show you the back...

***hint***

when stitching freehand like this, i always start at the back/part least likey to be seen...as i find my stitches are a bit uneven to start with, but sort themselves out once i get going! ;0)

i'm loving having a part of my skirt preserved forever...and plan to make lots of things with the rest of it...

...so why did i cut it up??? actually nobody guessed quite correctly...but Tea bag was closest with her first guess...of a stain...the real truth is...i decided to give the bathroom loo a quick spruce up 5 mins before some guests arrived...and in my hurry i splashed bleach on it...and didn't notice!!!

and the moral of this story is:

********always get someone else to do the dirty jobs!!! ;0) **********

so if Darcy and Tea bag would both be so kind as to leave me their addresses in the comments below or as a PM to agirlcalledbob on UKS...your goodies will swifty wing their way to you!

thanks for playing along...and when its actually finished...i'll share the lampshade in situ, rather than on hubby's head! lol

and the winner is...

you!!!

Well done curlywhiskersandtwitchingnose!!! The Guv would def. go for Cosmo goodies and would def. overspend...in fact...she just did!!! lol *waggles finger at naughty Guv*

If you e-mail me your address...I'll pop the goodies in the post for you!

mail me at - adlestropali@hotmail.com

Thanks!