Week Thirteen: Love is in The Air: Part I

I have so much to say this week that I've split it into two posts, I don't want to overwhelm anyone!

I changed my mind on this week's project. The whole 3D bunch of flowers thing just didn't grab me, I wasn't inspired, and it's probably been done by every quiller there is, so I'll hold off on that one until I have a real vision for the piece.

Instead, inspiration came from two places: My 11 year dateiversary/Valentines Day, and my son's obsession with the alphabet.

The first part explains itself, right? He asked me out ll years ago on the 13th of Feb (and this is our thirteenth week of quilling! Didn't do it on purpose, just a cool coincidence).

The second part is an inspiration because my son found my calligraphy/lettering book in the bookshelf and now insists on having me read the alphabet to him in various designs (not complaining, I love reading to him), and so staring at all this lettering inspired me to include some on the designs this week.

I hope that is an obvious message. Please tell me if you don't get it.

Again, if you don't get it let me know, I can always pen in the missing word!

I also received an order of quilling tools this week, so the second post will show you those and the things I've made with them so far!

I'll leave you with a look at what my lovely husband bought me for our dateiversary...

There are 11 of them :)

 

On to part II!

 

 

xnata

Week Twelve: Love Birds

While everyone else celebrates Valentines Day, my husband and I are celebrating having been together for 11 years! I know, I'm ever so young for that to be true *flutters eyelashes*

So with all this love in the air I have made a sweet little love bird card!

I like the all white quilling thing that I see some people doing, and one day I will successfully do it, but I couldn't resist throwing in a little red love heart for the romance factor.

It was also my first attempt at 'reverse quilling' if that's what you call it, where the subject is not quilled but its surroundings are.

 So Happy Valentines Day for next week everyone! We'll continue the romantic theme for next week's project with a little 3D project.

xnata

 

Peter Pan's Hat

I forgot to post this last week! Oops.


Just wanted to show you the hat I made for my son as his costume for my sister in law's 21st party, he went as Peter Pan and he was very adorable as usual.

I just sowed to bits of felt together and then made a red feather out of paper (so I guess that's kind of quilling-esque, right?), and voila!

I realise that this isn't actually what Disney's Peter Pan wore, but it's the style of hat people most often associate with Peter Pan.

Anyway, I best go write this week's quilling project post!

xnata