Simone's birthday

Today is our daughter's birthday.  I made this card and bookmark for her to enclose with the Tailoring Book we sent her as a gift.  Simone lives in the UK.  A few months ago she expressed a wish to learn tailoring.  As a little girl, she would often sit at one end of my sewing machine - the kind that has a wooden extension you can pull up for laying out fabric to cut.  I was delighted to know she wanted my old notes and I made her a Tailoring Journal.  At that time, my blog did not exist and I just did not think to take a photo of the journal.  Now I wish I had.

The paper and label are from Papermania UK.  I sketched the perfume bottle
and wrote out the Coco Chanel quote.

the inside of the card - image also from Papermania

Simone is beautiful and classy.  She loves to dress and was always good at designing clothes even when she was very young.  This is a recent photo of her.

Happy Birthday Simone !

Christmas Window Cards

I am happy to say we get lovely handmade paper here in Mumbai.  The ones I've used below look and even feel like fabric.  They are also easy to craft with.

Here are three "Christmas Window" cards I made using the handmade paper for curtains.
Green rickrack and red lace ribbon add a festive touch.

I drew and painted the snow scene.

This one and the other below are old Christmas pics I'd kept aside 

only because they are so pretty to look at.

I have this obsession with windows (and doors with creepers over the top).