Gone Felting!

Dear All! As you may aready know I took up a new craft - wet felting. It's very exciting and I am happy to share it with anyone interested. But I understand that "anyone" doesn't mean "everyone"! So I've decided to separate decoupage and felting and started a new blog about felting and named it appropriate Gone Felting!

Picture Frame "Elegant Era"

I am sure that every handmaker accumulates things like blanks, supplies and so on "just in case"... It's fine for me with paints and napkins (not so sure about them ...), but blanks are so bulky! So I made a rule - if I buy a new blank box or frame I should start to decorate it stright away and not hide them in a box and forget about them. This is a wooden frame I've bought recently and finished the same week!



I wanted it to be an elegant piece with a slight vintage feel.

The Box "Antique China"

I was making this box all summer I think... It was so slow that I haven't noticed that it was finished eventually, brought to the shop and sold. Now I try to rearrange my photos and decided to show it. Here it is!

A Trug "Roses De Paris"

A new trug, I like this blank!



I use two different napkins to make a background slightly more interesting.



I have one more but I think you deserve a break!

Bathroom Set "Violet Bouquet"

I want to show the set of trug and small bucket suitable for a bedroom or a bathroom storage. Somewhere in a feminine retreat anyway...

I didn't paint inside the trug to show that it's made of solid wood (and should be treated accordingly!)

New Craft?

I am back. Not that I was away from home but I was definitely away from decoupage. Now everyone has gone to their homes, my house is empty and quiet and I am sad. But it's a normal way of things, isn't it?

BUT! Having itchy fingers I've tried a new craft! It is wet felting! I know, I promised solemnly that decoupage would be the last craft I was going to be involved with... Anyway I tried to make some felted brooches and I liked it! It's so tactile and warm (winter is coming!). I made a few brooches and a case for my mobile phone.

Inspirational Works

I do nothing and show nothing... But Sandra's decoupaged soaps look so lovely that I decided to give it a go! This is a result:

I've decoupaged some soaps once while making bathroom set but that time it was pure decorative.



But Sandra knows the way of making them practical, so that the picture stays intact while you use the soap (I checked!). It seems I am hooked and I will definitely make more!

And at the end I would like to show some pictures of my new hydrangeas. This hydrangea macrophylla Masja is a compact plant, ideal for growing in containers. I am not very keen on the macrophyllas, but I like the deep colour and tidy appearance of the plant.



This one is hydrangea paniculata 'Vanilla Fraise'. I do like the paniculatas and this one is stunning! When I got a new plant this spring I was disappointed with it's size - it looked more like a rooted cuttings than a proper plant. But by the August it produced three huge heads which change the colour from the pure white to the blushing pink. Looks absolutely great!



This is an image of my favorite border - with the another hydrangea peeking out!