Well, another lockdown can only mean one thing (it means a lot actually but am referring to my little corner of the world) ... another set of giveaways
All these giveaways were very much made possible by Henry's Hat ... Henry being our Great-nephew whom, at nearly six years old, has plenty of other things to do I am sure but, like the superstar he is, he picks me a winner each week
Trying to make the draw as fair as possible I send him only the numbers of participants each week and he picks one of those numbers from one of his many hats and then I check my list of names to see who has won - a system that seems to work really well ... Henry has his own fan club !
#1 LITTLE BLUEBIRD
Oh how I loved making these - so much, in fact, I made two
you can't tell from the photos but the top one is just decorated on one side and I kept this one for myself but the bottom one was decorated both sides
#2 LOVIN' SPOONFUL
This was based very much on an in-person workshop I did way back with Finnabair and a on-line video she did for her Patreon group so not an original idea of my own
These are also pretty much the colours she used for her Christmas Magic Patreon piece but a huge challenge for me as I really do hate pink but have to say I could live with this if there are no names in Henry's Hat for this one
(edited - there were!)
#3 MAKE A NOTE OF IT
Who doesn't need a notebook?
#4 ALTER THE ORDINARY
The ordinary being what is now a part of pretty much everyone's daily life - a computer .. bits of it anyway
I am fully expecting thise one to be a step too far and will send folk running for the hills but not everyone likes pretty-pretty and flowers so will have to wait and see
#5 INDUSTRIAL BEAUTIES
A tin heart that I decorated both sides so it could be hung up
Quite grungy & industrial with dragonflies & butterflies
#6 STEAMPUNK ROCKERS OF THE HORSEY KIND
Two were on offer this week & I had serious doubts about these as I did not think they would be very popular - ended up with more numbers in Henry's Hat that any of the other giveaways
Shows what I know
Based on a project from Finnabair
These took forever to make as most of the embellishments were made with moulds and resin
Ten "keys" were needed for each horse and with only one key on each mould that meant 20 pours!
#7 OLD RUSTY TIN BOX
The joke being it was neither old nor rusty or tin
#8 BJORN & BO - FREE TO A GOOD GNOME
(Bjorn is the big one!)
Two Powertex gnomes made after an on-line workshop with Annette Smyth (creativeadventurer.co.uk)
#9 ROLL WITH IT
A remake of a rolling pin I did for myself but which many people seemed to like so I did another - slightly smaller this time though to make it more display-friendly
#10 LITTLE PLAQUES OF POSITIVITYI wished everyone who put their names in Henry's Hat each week could win, but most weeks there could only be one number picked
So this week I did five little plaques giving five people the chance to win
#11 BLISSFUL BUTTERFLIES
or, as they were originally called ... Can't Think Of A Title
(because I couldn't!)
Then a dear friend came up with Blissful Butterflies & I was very happy to go with it
Another remake of projects I have done in the past but loved doing so was able to have two winners
And so the end of another lockdown & this one was to represent the time we have spent together with our little weekly dips into Henry's Hat
The draw for this one will take place almost a year to the daythat Henry first picked us a winner - a whole year! I can scarcely believe it - a year for all of us of uncertaintity & sadness, being scared and overwhelmed - but also of friendship and thankfulness
And I am truly thankful for all of you who played along, keeping me going each week and givieng me an excuse to keep busy doing what I love to do
Better times ahead my dearest friends ... there has, now, to be better times ahead
Wow! I cannot believe that you have made all these amazing projects, they are all so beautiful
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