Green man Plaque - Autumn

 

I've wanted to make a greenman plaque for ages.  I missed out on a workshop a while ago and then the next one was on a week day, so I couldn't go again.  Anyway, then I remembered that a friend at the time, had bought me a powertex green man plaster piece for my birthday, so I went and dug it out.  I also went to another friends house last Saturday to pick up some bits and bobs she'd saved for me, including some jewellery and dried fir cone bottoms.  From all of this stash I came up with the above arrangement.

I then laid it all out and gave it a coat of bronze powertex and allowed it to dry.

Then I had a wander down to the post office and came across a tree which was shedding its acorns and caps, so I picked a few up on the way back and added them to my piece.

Then once everything was completely dry I got the pigments out and started to colour everything up.  

Apparently there are four seasons to the green man set and this one is my version of autumn.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Oriental Flip Flop Folder

Completed flip flop folder.

This is the inside of the folder. 

This is the outside of the folder.

All the separate elements.  Two inside pockets housing tags and journaling cards.

The right hand side pockets.

The flip of the right hand side pocket.

  

And finally the back.

The left hand side pockets.

The flip of the left hand side pockets.

And finally the back.

Everything is now glued in, so here it is opened up.

And so the flip flop begins... the right hand side.

Then the left hand side.

And back to the right again.

And back to the left again. So now fully opened and exposing the middle pocket.

Fab Ebay Find

Picked this wonderful lot of broken jewellery up on Ebay for a fabulous price. (£3.20 + p&p)

Another beaded bracelet

I finally managed to get round to making myself a bracelet too, but of course, it had to be green.  

Beaded Bracelets

As most of you know, I've not been able to do much in the way of anything, let alone crafting.  I have managed to get Martin to put a few beads on a tray and get me some tools out but it wasn't really a success as I dropped the bead strands on lots of occasions and kept dropping beads everywhere!!

So I've just finished these few bracelets off over the last week or so.

Mum is coming over again today, so I'm going to get her to choose one for herself.

I've made a couple for my colleagues at work.

May change this one as I'm not sure about the middle bead.  Can't decide if it's too big or not.

And finally, yes Kate, a pink one!!!


Won't be doing much more for another few weeks!!