Pumpkins and WOYWW

 It's coming up to my favourite season and I have put the autumn decorations up - the house is looking cosy and all ready for the shorter days (which come round each year far too soon!).  I've been keeping with the theme and found a lovely pumpkin crochet pattern on Etsy, so I've been making pumpkins - some have gone to friends, some have gone into my Folksy shop and a couple of them have found a home amongst my decorations.  I have used up some of my yarn stash, which was the original plan, but of course I had to purchase more and I'm now rather over run with lots of beautiful colours to work my way through!  

I'm joining Sarah over at WOYWW.

I'm also sending love and best wishes to Julia and her husband after the devastating fire that destroyed their business.

Landscape and Sunset Collages

 After a much longer than anticipated break from crafting I have finally been back in my studio and done a little bit of creating.  These collages are a great way of getting back into it and I really enjoy working in this very small format - they are approximatley 2" sqauare. I randomly picked the subject and colour out of a jar I have on my desk, and landed up with 'landscapes' and 'orange', which led me straight to sunsets!

I am linking up with Sarah over at WOYWW this week.

Silver Pendant and Garden Landscapes

 Happy New Year!  We've avoided the snow thankfully but it's been windy and cold so I've been staying warm indoors and getting a little bit of crafting done. 

Before Christmas I made a silver pendant as a Christmas present and also another one as a commission from a friend of a friend, so as the kiln needed to be fired up it seemed a good idea to make a couple of pieces for myself too!

I forgot to photograph the first two pieces what with so much going on - I was just relieved to get them finished in time and boxed up! However, I've just finished polishing this one for myself and I'm pleased with how it came out.  I would have preferred a slightly different stone to the white Moonstone on the left but that is all I had in my stash that toned with the Labradorite and Hematite.  It was taken from a mould of a rough concrete surface and is chunky at about 4cm wide.

And for something completely different I've been playing around in my sketchbook with little landscape collages.  I started with watercolour bases and am just adding bits as and when I feel like it!  I have no idea how they will end up but it's all about the process - they are relaxing and enjoyable and are feeding in to my current obsession with garden landscapes! 

I'm linking up with Sarah over at WOYWW.