Ideas!

I am hoping to applique a picture for my two-and-a-half year old niece's new bedroom.  The room is going to have a pink and white hearts theme so whatever happens this picture must be pink!!!!!  My niece loves ballet so I think that I will probably do something with a ballet theme!!  I find the internet a really good source of inspiration so I have been having a look for some ideas I can turn into a picture of some sort....

http://digidolls.bigcartel.com/product/ballerina-applique-embroidery-design-3x3-4x4-5x7-6x10-ballet


This is a gorgeous tap shoe bag by http://www.onelittleminuteblog.com/2010/09/im-back-and-so-soon/

http://abbiescreationsdesigncenter.blogspot.com/2009/10/girl-fun.html


http://www.nellybeans.com/shop/product.php?id_product=1880


http://sewingsupplywarehouse.com/ba.html

http://www.nitwitcollections.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16&products_id=882
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMGNjQkEqhGIOp5MAJpnHx8VH7pM4dZhlAQVzLxIGHPVnVBklVBmMw5HN3h957rywJch5w4NNNBrq8dUN-ALiRhOZKGeWcmq1fKEhKlKq_wLUbU3BPx3yTxiweeTU2tesvh5Rpb1peHnX/s1600-h/HK+Ballerina.JPG

Really love this cushion at http://www.spielzeughandel.de/kinderspielzeug/lieblingsstars/hello-kitty

http://nicety.livejournal.com/968976.html#cutid1   These pictures, which look like paintings, are given a lovely edge with the addition of ballerina skirts, flowers and bows to give them a 3-D effect...they are lovely!

Applique pictures!

Have just been catching up on the oh so talented 'Country Kitty' Blog

She has posted these lovely applique pictures...just the inspiration I need for doing some pictures of my own for my two year-old nieces new bedroom!

I love the purple but I think whatever I choose to do for my niece will have to be pink to fit the theme of the room...pink and white hearts!

Thank you http://countrykittyland.blogspot.com/ for your inspiration!

Pakistan

Have been digging through some photos from trips and thought I would share these ones from 2007 when we did a trip through the North West Frontier of Pakistan - one of the best trips I have ever done!!!...totally awesome scenery and lovely people!

Above: Passu suspension bridge, Passu village, Hunza...World's most dangerous bridge?... as cited on youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DPP3Ei9X_0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Gyl2S6rI8

Above: Beautiful scenery

Above: Men chatting, Chitral

Above: Lowari Pass

Above: Boys leaning out of their car windows in a queue of traffic.

 Kalash women of the village of Balanguru

Above: Dancing at the Kalash festival of Joshi

Above and below: Children enjoying the Kalash festival of Joshi

Above: A Nuristani girl in the village of Shakanande

Above: Boys taking a rest, Shandur Pass

Above and below: Cathedral Mountains, Passu village

Above: Passu suspension bridge!

Above: Stunning mountain view from Eagles Nest, Karimabad, Hunza

Hope you enjoyed!

Christmas

This year's Christmas tree is a bargain from last year's post Christmas sales!!  A lovely silver tree with clear 'jewels' on each stem!  Am really pleased with it!  Sticking with my favourite colours - pink and purple with a bit of silver and white - I have accessorized with a mixture of homemade and shop-bought decorations.

I first started making the silk heart decorations last year before I got a sewing machine for Christmas.  Each heart has sequins and beads sewn on by hand, although the process of sewing round the actual heart is a lot quicker now I have a machine!

Oh and I found some cute wooden robin decorations in John Lewis to sit at the base of my tree...

If I didn't love pink and purple so much, I think I would make my theme red and white like the beautifully festive Christmas created by Country Kitty (http://countrykittyland.blogspot.com/2011/12/elves-at-work.html).  Inspired by Country Kitty's red and white theme I made a garland of red and white hearts to hang from my curtains rails.

I love the fabric which has all the names of Santa's reindeer on it!...I couldn't find it anywhere in the UK so I ended up having it shipped from the States via Etsy!

I also quickly ran up some felt decorations for my two year old niece to decorate with coloured sequins...she loves glueing and sticking!!!

I just must remember to get a photo of the finished artices post glueing and sticking with sequims!!!

We also did some handprint art as a Christmas present for my sister-in-law - my niece's mum - a picture of their black and gold fish!

I was particularly inspired by this picture...(http://www.walkingbytheway.com/blog/?p=821)

But there's loads of websites out there to get inspiration for handprint art...

http://notsoidlehands.blogspot.com/2009/05/great-mothers-day-gift.html

http://www.meetthedubiens.com/search/label/crafts?updated-max=2010-04-15T17%3A01%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=20

http://funhandprintart.blogspot.com/2010/11/handprint-indians.html

Finally, I managed to get the cushion finished for my niece which along with the chair I bought her made a Christmas present I hope she will enjoy for a long time!

A very Happy New Year to everyone!