circle series....

 No.9

 No.8

 No.7

No.6

More brooches = time spent with colour,

fabrics, thread and my machine.

= creative enjoyment.

 

I decided that the brooches needed to be part of a series

the title

- the circle series -

seemed the only choice.

Each time I make one it seems a little different to the last,

yet they all have the same 'family resemblance'

I love that about other peoples craft/art/style

and I have noticed it about my own creations when

I 'play' like I have been with these brooches.

It reminded me of an Artwork I came upon after clicking through

a link on Pinterest this week

 by Lisa Congdon on her blog

Please have a look at it Here

 

Have fun creating your own visual style ;)

~ Gillian ♥



more fun with brooches...

 Felt Brooch no.2

 Felt Brooch no.3

 Felt Brooch no.4

Felt Brooch no.5

this one was for a friend who requested a dark red version

 

and this little one is for a special young man in my home who said

'mum, do you think you could make me a badge for my satchel'

Mr L has a satchel he takes to church each week to carry his bible, sketch book etc...and he puts cool badges on it, so I felt quite honoured that he asked for one ;)

well, I thought 'ok', but I needed to make it a little more masculine and more like a badge than a brooch....The colours he requested were Red, Brown & Black....

(I added the grey, just using some of my artistic licence!)

and I decided to use a rusty pickles alphabet brad in the centre...I just trimmed the back pins a bit, pushed it through the first couple of layers, opened it up and sewed the next couple of layers  on and you cant see or feel the back of the brad.

 

*the brooches I have numbered are for sale in my madeit store :)

 

I'm also working on a couple of crochet rugs at the moment & a knitted baktus scarf, all three are rather large projects so these little brooches have been so much fun and it is nice to finish something in one creative session ;)

 

I hope you are having a beautiful day and can find some time to create

~ Gillian ♥



madeit....

This week I relaunched my

madeit Store

Eclecticmoi

Something I've been thinking about for a few months...

So over the next few weeks I will be adding items,

some familiar items like my brass & silver jewellery

and some new items

Like my Felt brooches :)

and maybe some crochet items in the near future.

 

I hope you are all having a creative day,

~ Gillian ♥

Bohemian Beads.....

I was inspired to make this necklace after seeing a necklace Joyce made

on her blog Joyce Lives Here

She provided a great tutorial on how she made her necklace.

This is such an easy, quick and fun project to create
Perfect for a beginner at crochet.
I made my necklace a very long single strand 160cm
so that I can wear it doubled.Thank you so much Joyce for the inspiration :)

~ Hope you are having a creative weekend ~

hello dear friends.....

remember me?

I wouldn't blame you if you did forget me, it's been a while since I last posted.....

it feels so foreign for me to be typing a blog post, you know how sometimes you just need a break from some things, we'll that's what I needed... I never really intended to be so long between blog posts, it just seemed to happen.

still, I'm back now ;)

and I hope you still ♥ me!

I made some pretty things today, that I thought I'd share...

Filigree and Vintage Button Brooch

Pale Mint Blossoms

Both lovely and girly :)

and both available in my Madeit Store

also, in the time I've been having a blog holiday I have been micro blogging on twitter,

you can find me here if you'd like to follow along

I tweet most days, about new listings in my stores, what we are having for dinner and other random things ;) and I'd love to follow you too if you are on twitter!

Have a Happy day :)

Cherry Blossom Bracelet

Little Keepsake Necklace
Just a couple of pretty new things from my Madeit Shop

I just wanted to share with you all the new
Madeit Gift Guide Blog
It's updated daily with lovely handmade items from Madeit, Interviews with Shops that Sell Handmade & Features on some of our Fabulous Markets in Australia :)

Since my last post, we have had a weeks holidays in Katoomba, NSW Australia
I just wanted to share this picture I took of The Three Sisters for all of my overseas visitors. The first four days of our stay we couldn't even see the sisters because of the foggy weather which really added to the atmosphere of being in the mountains. Fortunately the fog lifted on the afternoon of my birthday, Couldn't ask for a more beautiful day if I tried!

Hope you all have a Delightful Week ♥

pretty things....

The Gardener

Steampunk BraceletJust wanted to share these two pieces I have made in the last week.

I was quite pleased with them both

I love the Mixture of the Verdigris & Antique finish of The Gardener
and I just love the Dark Brass and Vintage Findings of the Steampunk Bracelet.

I hope your week is a Creative one :)

In the meantime....

Lace Lilies

I am working on something at the moment, it's a Mixed Media piece...

and it's taking a little while to finish,

So in the mean time....

I thought I'd share some of my newest jewellery creations :)
Vintage Button Necklace
Black Lace Earrings
Forever Earrings

Unlocked Earrings

My Etsy Shop & My Madeit Shop

An Art Pin

Oh man this was sooooo much fun to create :)

as mentioned in an earlier post I recently purchased some Super Sculpey. Well I've been busting to use my stamps with it, and this is just my MOST favourite stamp at the moment!

it's one of the Gorgeous stamps from the Darkroom Door Stamp DDRS027 Artist set

Barb has got this gorgeous stamp at

The Stamping Queen

Seriously this particular type of sculpey is amazing to work with, it's soft and imprints beautifully as you can see in this photo.

I inked my stamp with Versa Fine Onyx Black Inkpad, and stamped it into a piece of rolled out sculpey, trimmed it and baked the scupley as per the instructions.

then I brushed Gesso over it and wiped it off with a damp rag (I did this about 5 times till I got it just how I wanted it to look)

Next I drilled a hole - I told you this stuff is amazing, you can drill in it without it cracking or splitting (I was careful ofcourse) and attached the old key at the bottom.

The letter G at the top is a Rusty Pickle Alpha Brad, I simply trimmed the back of the brad off with my old scissors and glued it on.
And there you have it!

Thanks for looking everyone :)
I hope you are all having a great week!

1...2...3 an art pin

Here's a quirky little Art Pin I have made using some of my Design Team supplies from

The Stamping Queen

and a few of my other bits and pieces I had floating around in my collection ;)

The Base for the pin is an old wooden domino and that charming gentleman is from Darkroom Door Photo Booth sheet, he is actually with another chap in the photo, but he is easy to separate from the other chap with a pair of scissors making him the perfect size to put on the domino.
The Image & the little hat and word are sealed with modpodge (or pva glue) and then a layer of Royal Coat Dimensional Magic is applied over the top, I love that the little red dots fill up with the dimensional magic, but you can still feel they are hollow.
I used Collections Elements Dictionary Strip in Kraft for the words on the side of the domino and on the wooden tape measure at the top. One Side reads
'Made of unrelated things joined together'
& the other side reads
'objects made of pieces fitted together' :)

I also used ~ a piece of wooden builders ruler, beading wire, seed beads no.5, jump rings, and a vintage typewriter key.


Have a Delightful Week everyone :)

A Vintage Buckle.....

Recently My Dear friend gave me a bundle of buckles that were her Grandmothers....

A Sentimental Gift to say the least.

She thought I could use them with my craft work, and indeed I will :)

I asked her which was her favourite, and she choose this lovely 1920's Bakelite one.

I knew I wanted to make her something using this buckle,

but what..... as always the best thing to do is to gather your supplies and start playing.

And the result was this necklace, She loved it....yay!

Some New Favourites....

Subtle Bohemian The Water Lily


I just wanted to share with you some of my newest pieces of Jewellery I have made, these are all favourites of mine.... I think I'll have to make one of each of these pieces to keep for myself ;)

Do hope you are all having a lovely weekend, we are getting ready for Easter Hat parades, Grandparents visiting, Easter Festivites and a few days off ~ and it's all Lovely!


♥ Have a delightful week everyone ♥

sparkly loveliness.....

It's been a little while since I shared some of my jewellery creations, these are two of my pieces I created today, I am enjoying more and more mixing up the different metals I have in my jewellery making 'stash' it really adds so much to the 'eclectic' look I desire when I create.

I called this pair 'Gaiety'I love the Texture of different chains together, this bracelet altho it's made entirely of Solid brass, each of the brass findings seem to take on a slightly different shade and tone. all of the pieces I have used to make this bracelet come from different suppliers, they sit in my little divided boxes waiting for me to decide what to do with them.... once assembled all of those pieces from so many different parts of the world suddenly become 'ONE'..........Don't you just love Creating!

Hope you find time to Create today ♥

A Necklace.....

I was quite chuffed when I spotted these cool Faux Vintage Optical lenses at

The Stamping Queen

I knew they'd be fun to play with!

Their just the neatest little things, you see that top part where it is connected with the jump-ring onto the chain, it screws off and the outside opens up, it comes with a little domed glass lens, so easy to use, and I think they look Fabby!

other bits I used are- Collections Image, Brass Chain, Brass Charm, Cultured Pearl, sterling silver head pin (for the pearl), & brass Jump-rings :)

Trust you are all having a lovely week,

the time seems to be flying by at the moment!

RAK time......

I decided it must be time again for another
RAK
{random act of kindness/blog giveaway}

now I've always had paperart RAK's in the past
but not today....
today it's a piece of my Jewelry
and typical Gill style
it's gotta be a little old something mixed with a little new something...
so here tis
'the Keeper of Bling'

Fabby bits I've used to make the 'keeper of bling' are - Rusty pitted old key, Brass Double Rollo Chain, Swarovski Crystal, & all Solid Brass Findings

I use Brass in my jewelry because over time it developes a rich patina, adding warmth and charm to the pieces I create.

but if you prefer it to be more golden and sparkly,

all you have to do is give it a little rub over with some gentle brass or jewelry cleaner and it looks like new again :)

If you'd like to see more of my jewelry pieces

here's a link to my shop

eclecticmoi

Now if you'd like to win my

**** The Keeper of Bling ****

all you have to do is

leave me a comment in in the comments of this post.

Some time soon I'll get one of my children to draw a name out

and that person will be the new owner of

'The Keeper of Bling'

Whimsey Pins

My Whimsey Pins
They are just for fun
I love making these :)

each is OOAK (one of a kind)

I start with a Vintage Brass Army Laundry Pin

then dangle lovely brass charms & beautiful Czech Glass Beads

or Swarovski Crystals off them

they are such fun!

The Pins are really Strong, and I don't alter them at all,

so you can use them for your keys, or hang them on your bag or tote.

Hope your day is full of Whimsey :)