UFO's and 'Shrooms

I finally have finished a UFO (unfinished object).  I made these leather and suede mushrooms a couple of years ago and wanted to find some wood to drill holes into to mount them.  When my Dad was alive we looked for wood but didn't find anything suitable, but we did find a thin piece of attractive bark.  Then life happened.

It never occurred to me to use the 2 items together!  It never even occurred to me to attach the mushrooms with hot glue and hang the wood rather than have it on a shelf!  Odd isn't?  I have had all these pieces lying around not being able to see the wood for the trees (so to speak) when suddenly it all fell into place!

Now it hangs pride of place in my dining room, another UFO finished!

Happy crafting

Kyla

Magic Mushrooms

Hello peeps.  I have been having a lovely 3 weeks off work (yikes, 3 weeks......Monday is going to be difficult!!), Mallorca first then a few days with my brother who was visiting from Ecuador....all to be topped off tomorrow with a crop and a chance to meet fellow WOYWWers at the grand event that the lovely Julia has organised here.

Those of you who saw my desk this week may have spied my mushroom that I made.

 

I used some pale suede for the gills underneath and the stalk and red leather for the cap.  I used my crop-a-dile to punch some pale spots.  The cap is stuffed with toy stuffing and its all stuck together with leather glue.

I have made 3 different 'shrooms so far (2 brown and 1 red) all from leather/suede from local cobblers or the scrap store...not sure what to do with them, I was thinking of sourcing a split log with the bark still on and drilling some holes in and making a 'scene' with them.....not sure yet, may just turn them into brooches!

Anyway, I am looking forward to meeting some fellow WOYWWers tomorrow, and for those that can't attend I am taking my camera!!

Happy Crafting

Li'l Pidge x
 

WOYWW

Wednesday again?!?!  I am sure, a couple of years ago before I started this that weeks didn't fly past as quick!  I blame Julia!!

So, this week over on WOYWW there are desks all over the globe, tempting me to....'look at me!  I am shiny, I am clean and organised' and other that say 'hello....you're a bit like me, grubby but well loved'!!!

So, on my grubbby desk this week?

On the right is my ever expanding scraps box that is starting to take over again, I need to challenge myself to make some cards JUST FROM THE SCRAPS......but that takes a lot of effort and I need to be in the right frame of mind!! (so not this week then!)

The rest of it is, lets be honest, junk left over from a previous card making session!!! (like I said, grubby!)
 

The other week I had some leather bits left over and drying, these are a couple of leather mushrooms I made.  I found instructions and photo's in a magazine I bought in Paris a couple of years ago that I kept hold of but was lucky enough to scrounge some leather off cuts so thought I would have a go, not bad, I think they need a little tweaking but now I am on the lookout for red leather offcuts to make toadstools!!!

I will keep this short as there are many desks to see, please pop over to Julia's blog for a legal snoop around desks across the globe.

Happy crafting

Li'l Pidge