July dress

Miss July

is keeping cool by the river

where the Kingfishers fly.

I bought the lovely paper
at my local craft shop



added lichen,
Clematis seed heads

Florists' cellophane wrap

paper napkin

my favourite stamp

and a touch of stamping ink

to give a mossy colour

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To see more wonderful calendar dresses

visit Margaret here :

http://aliceandcamilla.blogspot.com/

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When I met

The Balancing Kiwi

we got talking about crochet

( among lots of other things ! )

and she said she had a spare book

which I could have...

It's arrived

Thank you so much.

I have bought some cotton & a hook.....

so here goes....

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As you have probably worked out-

I like plain & natural colours.

BUT...

tomorrow I have some friends coming round for supper

and afterwards to do some crafting .

I'm going to get them to alter matchboxes !

So I thought I'd better get one or two colourful bits & bobs in

as some of my friends have quite colourful personalities

(especially after a few glasses of vino !!!)

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Will post the results up in a few days -

I'm calling it a

STICK & BICKER PARTY !!!

These are the last few pieces

of vintage French linen

from a cushion

I bought in France several years ago.

I was going to use the lovely fabric

to cover my journal

but have decided not to.

Instead I have been turning

new into old...

with the fabric I bought

when the sewing shop closed....

spot the difference ?

journaling on

I'm feeling a bit better about my fabric journal.

I've been embellishing & stamping...

ink stamping

but a bit of foot stamping going on too !

Next I'm going to add a bit of gold leaf.

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Now, I'm not a huge fan of sheet music

used in designs but I gave into temptation.

In our village an eccentric coffee shop / wine bar has opened-

there are hundreds of books for sale

& yesterday I looked through a box of sheet music

and liked the lettering on the front page.

What I really loved though

was the type written words inside

and the brown paper cover...

just look at the date !

So I will use some of this in my journal -

I bought this and a Kate Greenaway book

for one pound fifty !!!

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The less said about my attempts at machine sewing

the better !!!

I shall stick to glue
and hand stitching
but I did master ...
the French Knot
the other day !





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