Flea market find

I recently picked this up at a flea market in Norwich.

It's a key cupboard.

Except I don't have enough keys to have a cupboard devoted to them.

No, I need a bracelet cupboard.

The first thing I did was change the picture on the front. Nothing against those flowers but this shell image is much brighter.

I've just slipped it in the frame so I can change it out when I feel like something different.

I also changed the paper on the inside to liven it up a bit and fit the decor of my bedroom. Which is basically any kind of pink.

I hardly ever wear bracelets because I keep them in a box and forget about them, but having them on display here means I can't help but remember them.

I stuck some photos on the inside of the door and instead of just blu-tac ing them on I used some lace trim and double sided tape for a cute play on washi tape.

Re-purposing stuff is fun.

Have any of you done it recently?

Pink bows

 I really like my black bow necklace but everyone always refers to it as a bow tie when I wear it.

So I thought I'd make one in a different colour to make it less bow tie like.

So I picked pink of course.

This stripy fabric is from an old pillow case.

I also made the bow smaller than the black one.

I think it's dainty.

I actually made seven little pink bows in one sitting so I put these three block colour ones together and added a long chain.

I like it.

Now, what to do with the other three bows...

Pink and Purple

Here's a new painting I did just for fun.

It's the inside of a flower and it's oil paint on a little canvas board so I thought it was perfect to go on my little easel.

Then I realised there were some other things in my craft space that matched the colours.

Like this painting I did a while ago.

I got the idea online where they had used masking fluid to block out the face and then painted over it with watercolours, but I didn't have any so I used a candle to create a wax resist.

The effect is pretty much the same, it's just not quite as neat.

And then there's this pink and purple felted rock.

It's the only thing I've ever felted and I'd like to do more.