What do you call a whole lot of pencils?

A whole gaggle of pencils wrapped with vintage encyclopaedia pages and old maps, and packaged in my handmade boxes, will be in my Etsy shop very soon...

pencil boxes

This is my latest thing. Vintage encyclopaedia wrapped mini pencils. 

When I get around to it, I'll be adding some to my Etsy shop.

8 to a box - they are so cute!

a handmade box - of course!

I love little things! Don't you?


They even will come with a poem!


Age old book,
Tattered, torn.
Cover loose,
Pages worn.
Ruler, knife,
pencils, glue.
Turn it into
something new.


(Do I need my head examined?)

and another one...

My poor family...they just don't understand why I keep making little boxes!

It gives me great pleasure to design and make them! I don't know why myself!

This is a little gift set I just finished. I think I will pop it in my Etsy shop soon...

It's a little journal with hand embroidered cover upcycled from denim from my son's jeans.

(It's OK- he had finished with them.)

The journal has a pretty bookmark ribbon, and comes with 4 little pencils, an eraser and a sharpener. Everything you need for a little sketching session.

The box is lined with smaller boxes inside- it took a while to get the template just right!

Actual size of the journal is 3" by 2, 1/4"

another little journal

This one is 3" by 4, 1/2" approx.

another box...

Another box !

What's inside?

a little handmade journal...

...to jot down ideas and inspirations

It's only little though...

...so my thoughts better not be too big!

daisy chain

I was fixing a necklace for a friend the other day, so I thought while the beads are out I'll see if I still have my beading mojo. I decided I don't - for the time being anyway! This was my attempt at a daisy chain with seed beads. Last time I made one of these was about ten years ago and I am sure they turned out much better then. I think the problem was my thread was not fine and flexible enough. 

(Bad workmen always blame their tools you know!) 

If you'd like to give it a try, you can find instructions here.

Anyway...back to the paper-crafting for now.

Hello!

I have my parents visiting this week and this morning is the first time the sun has come out. Hope it will stay dry today! 

I am itching to get back to my papercrafting at the moment. Also I just got a sample of fabric with my shell drawing on it,  from Spoonflower and I can't wait to put it at the centre of a cushion, so the sewing machine might be coming out to play soon too.