Crafty Mermaid

I'm finally beginning to sort through my photographs from the last few months (or longer - oophs!).  I came across the Fabric Hoarders Sewing Retreat from last year and had to finally post about it.  Such a great weekend with a great bunch of people!  Its the second retreat the group organised and this one was a little larger than the previous AND catered! On our way to the retreat, I finally made it to Pete's Emporium  in Porirua with the wonderful  takahe bites  and the fantastic Sixty Six Stitches .  Despite the less than sewing related images on the front door, inside contained a few treasures. But a lot of tat too! I did spend a bit of time actively NOT buying stickers (my collection being a little excessive as is). A row of tulle... Rows of ribbons and sequins...  Obviously there was a lot of fabric on display too! The next sewing retreat is coming up soon, I'll have to see if I can stop off on ...

I'm so happy that picassa has removed the five picture limit for blogger uploads! It means I don't have to spread the images out over a number of posts :) The card above seems to work quite well. The card is metallic and the finding on the front is from a pair of earrings where one went walkabout when I wore them to work! I have a thing about maps and I enjoyed putting this card together from washi tape, scrap paper and an old world map! Not much personal input on this one - the bits are stickers my aunt gave me for a previous birthday (I think!) Same set of stickers! This was an idea that didn't quite work out. Glue and glitter. I think the heart needs to be closer to the right and potentially followed by two smaller ones (though I don't know if the smaller ones will be possible). I haven't quite finished this card I think, I've placed the rest of this 'lot' into my card box but I think I need to locate my heart punch a...