Creative Idleness.....

I have been busy doing some more intuitive painting and re-reading Flora Bowley's awesome book BRAVE INTUITIVE PAINTING.   Here's my latest intuitive painting:

I am also busy trying to finish a crochet throw that I started so long ago. It is made with Vinnies Bambi yarn, a blend of cotton and bamboo with a fun hand-spun texture.  Bambi yarn is available from WOOLHOGS .
I am so thrilled with the gypsy feel of this little throw:

 I have been doing quite a lot of baking lately. Here's an awesome fridge tart that can be made in 10 minutes with 3 ingredients:

Ingredients:
500ml flavoured yoghurt (of your choice)
1  tin condensed milk
Biscuits for base.

Layer biscuits for the base or crush them and add margarine to make base.
Mix the yoghurt and condensed milk
Pour the mixture onto the biscuit base 
Microwave on high for 4 minutes.
Leave to cool
Put in fridge and serve when cold.

It's really delicious!

Then there was this sweet little crochet bunting I made for the veranda/porch to cheer up the bleak winter landscape. (OK so it isnt that bleak - we've had a very mild winter this year so far).

And these are some crochet cuff bracelets that I made as a gift for a friend. Made with e-cotton, hand-dyed in SA:

And then I have been enjoying doing the art assignments for the e-course FACING YOUR FEARS. These are courage cards which I made using toilet rolls:

For a tutorial on how to use toilet rolls to do art click here:  TUTORIAL

Well I hope you have enjoyed seeing all my WIPs (works in progress) and other creative thing-a-ma-bobs.

Wishing you all a gentle, friendly, happy weekend.
much love
Angella

KEEP CALM and THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS

I'm Back! . . .

If you're wondering why I have been MIA , its because I had a freak accident and damaged my knee quite badly. It's been a rough two weeks. I am recovering well and can now hobble about without the aid of wheelchair or walker.  During this time I have really missed my morning walks. In anticipation of resuming my walks , hopefully in a couple of weeks, I made a pouch-thingy-ma-bob to hold my camera and cell phone .

It is crocheted with hand-dyed eco-cotton from ONE OF A KIND YARNS. This varigated blue skein of  their yarn was sent to me as a gift by a very special FaceBook friend.  I crocheted the pouch with a pocket. Thus the main compartment holds my camera and the smaller pocket on the front holds my cell phone.

I then embellished the pocket with fabric and beads and sparkly braid.  I also made a fringe at the bottom of the pouch with beads, a teeny tiny bottle with the word HOPE in it and a feather found in my garden.

I had great fun with this project and cant wait to start using it on my morning walks.

 

Wishing you all a wonderful week.
much love
Angella

"The Part of us that creates is youthful and innocent"
 -Julia Cameron-

Miss Primrose....

This week I finished this little WIP ...at last!!!  It feels so great to get back to a long neglected project and finish it off.  She turned out  to be very vintage looking and I LOVE that about her.   Her ears are a bit long for a cat but they give her character.
I was inspired by this photo that I saw online (so sorry but I cannot remember the source!)
My Inspiration:

My Interpretation:

So thats the story of Miss Primrose.  Isnt she sweet?

Wishing you all a joyful, creative, successful week.
much love
Angella.

"May all your weeds be WILDFLOWERS"

Crochet Daisy Cushion

For ages I have wanted to make Daisy Squares in crochet.
The other day I found this really simple tutorial here.
 I made a few squares just to try it. They turned out so well that I decided to make them into
 this cute cushion:

Oh I do so LOVE crochet!!!

Wishing you all a very happy week.
much love
Angella.

"You are of a species bred to ENDURE. The sufferings of others do not make your own less real- but remember how those others clung to life and in the end, won through. You CAN DO IT. "
-Pam Brown (1928) -

Hippie Chic Crochet......

Last week I was inspired by this blog to make a stripey cushion.  I bought 7 rainbow coloured balls of yarn and began....
what fun!!!
Here is my stripey rainbow cushion:

When the cushion was done I decided to make myself a tote bag too:

wishing you a fabulous, creative, colourful  "rest-of-the-week".
much love
Angella.

"Value your instinct for BEAUTY. Take time to look deeply into whatever nourishes you. Create small touches of beauty WHEREVER you are."
-Stephanie Dowrick-

Some things I am loving right now...

These are some of  the ordinary everyday things that are making me happy at the moment....

working on my latest crochet blankie with its bright beautiful colours!

A new set of paint brushes!

These strange dotty purple flowers that are blooming in my garden (no idea what they are) !

My hotwater bottle because its been freezing lately!

These two fabulous books!

Sitting outside in the Autumn sunshine.... !

Drawing a series of angels for an Angel art journal that I want to make!

Raw juice therapy!

This fabulous body lotion for my already very dry winter skin !

A diet full of lots and lots of steamed vegetables!

Wonderful inspiration from Regina at Creative Kismet.

And on TV :  Country House Rescue!

 

Well that's what's keeping my boat afloat these days ;o)

TODAY:  earnestly enjoy yourself for at least 30 minutes!

Have a happy, productive and creative week.

much love

Angella

Fibre Arts n Crafts Fair.....

On Saturday 13th April my friend, Linell, and I set off on our "annual" outing to a tiny little town/village called Wakkerstroom. It is a two hour drive from where we live.  The Natural Fibres Fair is held in a small church hall in the middle of town.  It's packed with sellers of natural fibres, natural and handspun yarns, wools, embroidery, sewing, weaving, crochet, knitting and so much more.  A feast of colour and texture.  So much inspiration - it makes your head spin.

 After the Fair we went meandering around the village looking at all their quaint little shops and stopped for lunch in one of  the eateries.

What  a lovely day !!!!

This is what I brought home......

What I would have liked to have brought home too......

PLUS  tons more YARN of course.... :o)

"When you follow your BLISS.... doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn't be a door for anyone else."  
-Joseph Campbell-