Hibiscus Love....

let us not therefore
go hurrying about
& collecting honey, bee -like,
buzzing here & there impatiently
from a knowledge of what is to be arrived at.
but let us open our leaves like a flower,
& be passive & receptive.
-john keats.

(raylee).

Horses & The Noosa Hinterland

as you can see i haven't been doing anything creative this week........but i have been out & about looking at the countryside.
 open spaces mean freedom.
 i have always loved horses, all shapes & sizes.
riding a horse is one of the greatest forms of freedom ever!

thanks for visiting our blog.
a good weekend to all.
(raylee).

Scrappy Curtain

found these scraps waiting for a new life...

I liked the patterns and colours...

so I put them together..

 

you may think it is a bit short...

but it leaves the window sill free to put things...

I regularly have things blown off the shelf when a strong gust hits...

 so I'm quite pleased with the end result..

 

 

in this photo you can see why I need a curtain...

morning sun streams in...

and in this weather it gets too hot and bright...

Union Jack Collage on Canvas

(raylee).

Hip Hip Hooray!!!........

thank you to all who visit our blog.
(raylee).

Patches and a repair

 

had a lovely new chair given to me recently...

very popular all round...

had a small worn tear starting on the front of the cushion...

 

 

then little fingers found the lovely foam stuff inside...

and started to pick at it...

so in keeping with my using up leftover bits...

I found some pieces big enough to fix it...

 

and this quilt has finally been finished...

old shirts and things on the front with the polar fleece backing...

light but warm when required...

Happy New Year with stacks of scraps

Happy New Year to us all!!...

 

have been sort of horrified to realise all the bits I have kept from my creations...

a box of scraps leftover from quilts mainly..

and the quilts are using up old bit of clothes and fabric I cant bear to throw away...

the scraps come in handy for the little dolls and animals...

and recently I tried some crazy patchwork to use some bits up...

they've become mini quilts...

but still too small for the dollies lying around...

 

 

the latest horse appeared...

and around him/her my stacks of scraps..

still more bits saved for the day when I will recreate something...

 

 

even another dolly has appeared...

lots of work to be done to empty the scrap box...

and then I noticed the other day that I was adding more stuff to it!...(sigh)..

oh well...gives me something to do...

maybe this year I'll use it all up!?!...

Day 365 Creative Challenge 2013 !!!!!

yesterday's collage - "pensive girl in a blue floral dress".......pen drawing on old diary page, colour added with nail polish, dress cut from magazine page, rick rack, lace & ribbon scraps, background is scrap book paper.

 for today, the last of the  *365  creative challenge 2013*,  i scribbled water soluble crayon over old diary page, stuck some torn strips of blue painter's masking tape along the bottom of the page for the water,

 tore pieces from these two previous pages to make some trees, grass, flowers & a roof.......put on some more crayon,  & brushed with  water.......

 to create " river house".

thank you to everyone for visiting & following our blog.
happy new year!!
(raylee).

Nature Collage - 365 Creative Challenge 2013

yesterday's collage today......my grand daughter gave me the gumnuts & feather  to use in a collage.
 i rescued the cardboard, christmas  wrapping paper & raffia from the bin, & the hessian & old bits of doily were scraps from the wedding decorating.
all put togetther  with gel medium on an old book cover.

two more to go!
(raylee).

Beach

"i find myself at the extremity of a long beach.
 how gladly does the spirit leap forth, & suddenly enlarge it's sense of being to the full extent of the broad, blue, sunny deep!
 a greeting & a homage to the sea!
 i descend over it's margin, & dip my hand into the wave that meets me, & bathe my brow.
 that far resounding roar is the ocean's voice of welcome.
 his salt breath brings a blessing along with it." -Nathaniel Hawthorne.