Ria is at it again

Yes Ria has been a busy little bee and has made another necklace, its nice that she is getting organised with birthday gifts this year I usually find out the day before if I'm lucky! lol This time its a little bit more girly as this friend is more girly, I love that she really thinks about who she is making each gift for.

Ria would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Our Creative Corner  ~ Best Friend include a flower

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Ria has been busy

I'm posting another project on Ria's behalf.  This time she has made a necklace and matching earrings for a friends brithday and we put the mannequin that she got for christmas to good use as the model of said jewellery, she hasn't started making clothes yet!

Ria like to enter this into the following challenges

Fussy and Fancy #56 ~ With all my Heart

Totally Gorjuss #118 ~ Lurve

Creative Inspirations #149 ~ Lots of love

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The Best Dressed Gypsy

Cricut Gypsy that is! lol  Ria has made me a pendant to hang from my Gypsy stylus, now we didn't have any 'cricut' charms so she chose to use this super cute little ladybug charm instead.  The whole thing is really beautiful and sparkles in the light and the pink in the beads matches the pink trim around the Gypsy cover.  I LOVE it!

We are entering this into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly  ~ Anything Goes (option of heart/love ~ defintely made with love)

Allsorts #141 ~ Free & Easy pt2

OSAAT #100 ~ Anything Goes

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I'm also excited as 2 new cricut cartridges arrived in the post today, flower shoppe & Rock Princess so I plan on having a play this week as I'm on holiday!

Ria's first project of the new year

Ria and I came across 2 t-shirts that were of a one shoulder design, they were too small for me and too big and a bit old for Ria so she decided to recycle them and as one was green which is one of her friends favourite colours an idea for a bag sprung forth! So with some triming and fiddling and trying out new stiches for stretchy material this is the finished item which she has given to her friend for her birthday.  Both seem very pleased with the outcome and it is helping to build Ria's confidence with the sewing machine! (it wasn't the easiest thing to photograph either! lol)

Ria would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky #103 ~ Recycle it 

Crafts and Me ~ Bumper Christams Challenge ~ Anything Goes

OSAAT #96 ~ Anything Goes

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The last of Ria's presents made!

Ok this is the last of Ria's makes, she should now be able to post anything she makes onto her blog in future as she makes things instead of hijacking mine! lol  This time she used the blank covers from a Papermania chipboard album and covered it with some blue digi paper that I had stored on my pc from a long time ago! Then she went a bit mad with the Cricut! This is an album for her friend who has rather a cute bunny and Ria knows she has plenty of pics of him so thought this would be the perfect place for them, I suspect Lydia will agree! lol  A simple little book but effective.

Ria would like to enter this into the following challenges:

SCSC #164 ~ All creatures great and small

Allsorts #133 ~ It takes 2 (2 colours)

Crafty Cardmakers #58 ~ Use it 3 times

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Some more of Ria's makes

Ria has been making bookmarks for some more of her friends (she also made a matching bag charm to go with the blue flower bookmark but wrapped it before I had chance to take a pic! lol)  These are really pretty irl and not sure that the pics do them justice the are not easy to get good pics of.

It takes her a little while to plan her presents because she likes to think about what each friend likes but her final pieces are always beautiful (and yes I know I'm biased but they really are! lol)

We would like to enter these into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Catz #112 ~ Anything Goes

Cupcake Crafts #172 ~ Dont look at the light!

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More of Ria's projects

Ria has been busy recently with revising and exams but has squeezed in some gift making too.  Here I am showcasing 2 wall plaques one is quite steampunkish and the other is a cute girly one but they are a variation on a theme.  The images are Tickled Pink and TGF, papers are DCWV Natural stack (steampunk one) to which she has added some stamped images too, First Edition Papers Hideaway for the cute girly one.

We would like to enter these into the following challenges:
Crazy challenge #96 ~ Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts #96  ~ Anything But Christmas
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One of Ria's projects

Ria is making her gifts for friends at school this year but she can't put them on her blog incase the friends happen to stop by!  So she is sharing my blog for the time being to showcase her staff! lol  She has used a Papermania Bare Basics board book cover to make an album for a friend who is in to her photography.  Papermania paper for the background, a TGF digi image Audrey who she has coloured with copics and done a little paperpiecing too.  Peeloffs for the letters and then she has been using the Cricut for the Smile sentiment and hearts and finished off with a wooden button that has been glazed.

And we found a challenge for her to enter too:

Fab 'n' Funky #101 ~ Anything Goes

Do you remember the other day I also posted the little handbag she made from a pair of jeans?  Well she was very lucky and made the Top 5 over at Crafty Cardmakers, she was really pleased with that and I was so proud of her.

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And now for something totally different!

This is actually Ria's project but if I wait for her to put it on her blog we'll be waiting forever! lol  She had a sewing machine for her birthday and kept putting off using it for the first time (nerves! lol)  Well over the past couple of weeks she has slowly been using it with a little help and encouragement.  We had spotted some awesome bags on a market stall that were made from old denim jeans and she wanted to have a go and we found instructions in a magazine so off we went and got some funky material for the lining and strap and bit by bit she has made herself a bag out of an old pair of her jeans and this is the end result that was finished this afternoon just in time for her to walk down with it!

and here is a pic showing the lining better, its called Mexican Day of the Dead.  When we went looking for material we were going to use some blue jeans but as soon as she saw this she knew it was exactly what she wanted and had some black jeans to use.  We are both really pleased with how it turned out.

We would like to enter it into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers #56 ~ Recycle

Crafty Creations #144 Recycle, recycle, recycle

Fussy and Fancy #50 ~ Make a gift/anything but a card

OSAAT #89 ~ Anything Goes

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