Well that failed

I should have known that as soon as I said, I have to stop crafting to concentrate on things I should be doing, I would immediately not do that. I like to think I have managed to stuff both into my time.

Either way, I have discovered the wonder that is covered button kits. Also another pair of earrings.


Using some of the material I got (this is from Japan).


Different sizes. I need to get some more bigger ones...


Pretty Japanese fabric that I hadn't been able to find a use for, but mostly was just too scared to cut up.


Cute little tiny gingham ones


More puny ones. They're cute but they don't show the material so well :/


Mmmm, purple! I particularly like the amethyst discs up the top.

That's me for today.

Oh oh oh. I've been asked to go into one of the quartets at uni because their violist pulled out and we're playing Dvorak's American quartet!!! It makes my ears happy (not the way we're playing it at the moment but hey, we're sightreading). Love for Dvorak who liked viola!!!! :D

Extreme photo taking

It is a freezing winter day (well. as freezing as Brisbane gets) and so I decided to take some photos. Because that is what you do when it's cold.
Click the pictures if you want to know what I made them out of.

How cute are the Japanese lollies. One of my friends gave them to me for my birthday, and they were too cute to eat. The earrings are those lucky stars that you fold from a long strip of paper... I got lazy one day and wanted to make something easy, so this was the result.

The idea for the earrings is completely unoriginal, but I wanted to use the dolls.

Mmmm, clusters. I had fun experimenting with them. I rather think the bottom middle ones look quite grand.

More clusters. Because they look bad when you lie them horizontally. I am quite attached to the metal dice beads, and will be hoarding them when I can find them.

The poshest lot of them. They insisted on going solo, and begrudgingly let the paper lotus sit at the corner.

I'm pretty sure those little shoe charms are the cutest dang things I have found up till now.

Just look at them!

I'm quite proud of these, especially the dragonfly ones. The seed beads have just enough weight in them to bend the fishing line so it looks like they're suspended in space.

The whole crowd.


This is what I do instead of studying or practising... bad girl! I have finished my recording of the Bruch Romance, very happily! It sounds a bit iffy here and there but overall I think it should be ok. Now onto the Bach...