This brooch was sitting around in my head for a while, I knew what kind of colours I was going to choose and which stone, just needed to match the right shades and forms. A bithday gift for my friend's mother, she likes earthy tones and small unimposing pieces of jewellery. ...

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A few more frivolite pieces made for Christmas presents. I really like this idea of something as small as a knot making these beautiful designs. And the you ahve colours, and forms and... basically freedom, that's what I like about making things with your own hands. It takes my mind of things, lets me forget unpleasant events, sad things, etc. This one looked...

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Some more Christmas gitfs. This time felted. I had been putting off trying anything bigger than a flower brooch for a long time, but when my mother said, taht she wanted a particular colour felted scarf I realised that I will have to cross that bridge pretty soon. And so I did. At first to refresh my skills with felt -- a flower...

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 Something new I tried before Christmas. I like to work with needles and yarn, thread, ribbons, so frivolite or tatting in general, needle tatting in particular was a lot of fun for me and something I quickly got the hang of. i do not think I am going to try shuttle tatting, needle tatting is plenty exciting and quite versatile for me. Here...

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