Train Advent Calendar

One of Irene's fantastic Advent Calendar's.

Embroidered, beaded, sequinned and glittered.

Christmas Keepsake Junk Journal

I have spent the day learning how to use a new video camera and how to film with it overhead.
This is a flip through of the Christmas Keepsake Junk Journal.
I have enjoyed making this album.

ChristmasTag Book Complete

I wanted to get this completed by Twelfth Night and 

here is a video of the completed Christmas Tag Book

Christmas Tag Book Part Two

I have added more to the Christmas Tag Book.

As you may know I had the red tags as a gift and the

envelopes I made from a Christmas 6"x6"Paper Pack.

I used the front cover of the pack of papers as the first

envelope.

I am using different card, junk scrapping and embellishment techniques.  

I also am trying to get them finished by the Twelfth Night!

See how they started in a previous post HERE

Christmas Tag Book

Well the first day of the year, we took down the 

Christmas Decorations and you go into

withdraw because of the colour and sparkle all gone.

I decided to make a small book made of the tags I

had been given as part of a gift.

Five Tags in pockets and one as a sleeve to hold

the book together.

I made the pockets to fit the tags like coin

envelopes.

I will decorate each one over the next few days.

Christmas Jigsaw

Ever year we do a Christmas Jigsaw.

It's one of our family traditions.

This was the one this year.

A Victorian Street Scene.

It was a second hand jigsaw, 

dated 2000. 

A limited edition but as you can 

see, if you study the photo, one piece missing.

It did say so in the box!

Neither the less fun to do over the Christmas Holidays.

Christmas Card and Keepsake Journals

The Journal on the left is based on Nordic Inspiration.

The idea sprang to me when I was reading a 

Christmas Magazine 'Craft Your Own Christmas'.

It had so many pages that 

I wanted to cut out and stick in a binder it

also had papers to use.

Very Scandinavian in flavour.

I collected all the cards, papers and keepsake stuff I had together

and started putting them into pages as a book.

I used two loop rings to hold all the pages together.

Inside Cover and page one of

The Nordic Christmas Journal.

A letter to Santa.

Scandinavian Christmas Cards

The Front Cover of 'Craft Yourself a Christmas'

and a charming christmas card of a little girl and her reindeer.

Nordic Stockings, Christmas Tree Stencil,

tags and cards

Cards, gift bag tops, tags and christmas chocolate  

Nordic Christmas paper and cards.

Nordic hearts and reindeer

Charming little fellows. These cards open up and more are inside.

Collecting the perfect tree and sleigh ride.

Candles and Oh! Christmas Tree

Gifts and Reindeer

Christmas Wishes and decorations

Reindeer with attitude.

The Christmas Story.

Baubles and decorations.

Winter scene and Nordic Stag.

There are a few places but I don't think I can get much more in this journal.

Here is a short video of the Christmas Journal I made for Irene.

The Art Room Studio Christmas

The studio looked really pretty the last month leading

up to christmas.

I would like to Thank everyone

who has enjoyed and supported the studio over

the last year.

The studio is closed until the 14th of January 2015.

Classes and workshops start the following week 

from the 19th.

Merry Christmas and happy new Year everyone.

Christmas Nails

Kim at Innovations in Swaffham has been looking after my

nails ever fortnight for the last two years.

Yes! they are mine.

This year I have had different colours with glitter 

on the tips each time.

This time I not only had red sparkle I 

dipped the whole of my nails in the glitter pot

much to Kim's surprise but wow!

I love the effect.

I think this will be next year's 

Sparkle!

Linen Star with Sttich

More stars but made with linen, sheet music and stitch.

Irene's Victorian Christmas Tree

This is Irene's Front Room Christmas Tree.

This is her Victorian inspired room.

Her hall is blue and silver, the front bedroom is purples

the kitchen is red and gold the dinning room is lilacs

and pastel and the conservatory tree is children inspired!!!!!

There is a tree for each colour and it's amazing.

It takes you back to being a kid again.

Thank you Irene. 

Elves Christmas Party

These are the Thursday afternoon girls with their

'Elf On!'

We have so much fun! 

Irene is Head Elf, the one in the blue!

Thank you to The Windmill at Necton for

making our lunch so much fun.

Thank you to all The Old Art Room

Elves.