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Monday 14 February 2011

ONE FOR ME!

Helloooo!  When I was sent this lovely multi-frame by the brilliant Di from ~TANDO~ I was going to use it for baby photographs.  But after seeing the other very gorgeous examples made up by the DT on the blog ~here~, I felt I needed to think again!  So I made it a hanging frame and all the embellies are relevant to my life...

The base has been coloured with watersoluble wax crayons...I do like the texture & shabby look it gives! Now I am sure that you all want to know what the 'bits' mean hahaha so here goes...

Flower....I love to have fresh flowers in my home, preferably pinks
shell....until recently I always lived near the sea & would love to again, just love the sound of it
key...I feel very lucky that we own our own home & have no mortgage
celtic button...am very proud to be a Cornish Celt
cameo...my Mum has a beautiful real cameo brooch made of coral...so this one is for her
chippie...well...I just love Tando chippie
fabric brad...chosen for the pattern - I adore ethnic fabrics, esp Indian with its fabulous colours
heart bead...this was given to me by my lovely pal TraceyR & reminds me of the lovely crafting friends I have made
fish charm...because I am a pisces through & through
elephant - not just because I love elephants but I have a huge respect for all animals
beads...I love beads but am so useless at making jewelery hahaha

So there you have it...a bit more about me!!!  Thank you for taking a looksee on this Valentines Day, HUGS XXX

11 comments:

Gez Butterworth said...

Absolutel GORGEOUS Karen. How wonderful to have found all the relevant little treasures. It must have been fun filling it up! Glad the little fish charm came in handy.xx

cookcreateread said...

this is lovely Karen, really love the thought that has gone into it!

Angelnorth said...

Aww, nice to see the stories behind the elements you choe - fab piece1 Hope you've found somewhere lovely to hang it.

Kathy said...

What a lovely way to "count your blessings" Karen

Hazel said...

Gorgeous and very interesting - thanks for sharing your beautiful crafting and your thoughts x

Janice said...

Very clever use of the frame Karen.

Von said...

A wonderful piece by a wonderful person :)

cheryl said...

oh wow this is just gorgoues hun the detail on this is stunning,hugs cheryl xxxxx

Kaz said...

I love this Karen, it's great for it to be so personal xx

Traceyr said...

So glad the glass bead heart found a home Karen. This frame is an excellent idea.

:)

Di said...

This is fantastic Karen, thanks for sharing the reasons behind each element xxx