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<b> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>I tried my hand at making a felt hat out of wool roving this month, I wanted a 20's look it was a little tricky and was a mixture of both felting techniques ( needle felting and wet felting) but as a first attempt its not bad!</i></span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">At this stage my son kept saying "it looks nice ...but a bit like an army helmet".. Great!</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And a few needle felt lilies to finish..</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>Mrs Minton makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04612422695087278893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577430132578939816.post-69849991622992028152011-10-14T23:06:00.000-07:002011-10-14T23:16:11.362-07:00To Market, to market to buy a.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><b> </b>I took the felt pincushion cakes to sell at '</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Sessions Market' in Newport yesterday evening...</i></span><br />
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<i>Yes, one or two people did come over to look, thinking I was selling home made food!</i><br />
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<i>Strawberry key rings.. </i><br />
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</div></div>Mrs Minton makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04612422695087278893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577430132578939816.post-85183171946243051632011-09-15T12:43:00.000-07:002011-09-15T13:08:07.545-07:00soap cakes.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I got together with a very good friend of mine a while ago and we made soap 'Cakes' for a stall at a fete, we decided to give it a vintage look, the cakes ended up looking so real someone actually tried to eat one ( a strawberry tart! in fact). thankfully they were stopped in the nick of time!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRiHPhV-zDTLUIhiffSM447NjRTk4UbAzklIQAxvXUy4NtRN8cLzIOqBVrYAPKGAvs6iRI-sz9RdLl8qlLtiG7v88By0M6mCzEi1uTYehZqRLjWI-ZLnKHIYUkG8OgoRkbp_7ldzjfuQ/s1600/fetezoo+072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRiHPhV-zDTLUIhiffSM447NjRTk4UbAzklIQAxvXUy4NtRN8cLzIOqBVrYAPKGAvs6iRI-sz9RdLl8qlLtiG7v88By0M6mCzEi1uTYehZqRLjWI-ZLnKHIYUkG8OgoRkbp_7ldzjfuQ/s1600/fetezoo+072.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>We put the soaps out on doilies and china cake stands, it smelt great!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPynn0VcZy6Bu4QqFBTq_FpPYAk4N7iry8NBNE3HwcToiMHxXGgD0NNjojy0aoBbsK4Y3LfLMPkkv9dZr0gRSbIglULe_FIPAzxW430E-zXNdNTrKze-L9M1ogIxFnx9t9CFtIYneTXPc/s1600/paulina+soap+christmas+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPynn0VcZy6Bu4QqFBTq_FpPYAk4N7iry8NBNE3HwcToiMHxXGgD0NNjojy0aoBbsK4Y3LfLMPkkv9dZr0gRSbIglULe_FIPAzxW430E-zXNdNTrKze-L9M1ogIxFnx9t9CFtIYneTXPc/s1600/paulina+soap+christmas+008.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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Mrs Minton makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04612422695087278893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577430132578939816.post-11648367951847385092011-09-10T04:17:00.001-07:002011-09-10T04:58:33.545-07:00My Dragon cake...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkQwcdYDkx0nt8ohZL6Onthbz4KjmBfZvwWgWhsrs3vQvoZOJ9gPmAyJiZTQTZcP7UzNTqaWYEpSwQsVB7o7haPZrsnlgz_7qbeDIh1vQ4vseCuJGiQCZ0qq5sSmrk-Qps7ykmwW8dgI/s1600/DRagon+fete..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkQwcdYDkx0nt8ohZL6Onthbz4KjmBfZvwWgWhsrs3vQvoZOJ9gPmAyJiZTQTZcP7UzNTqaWYEpSwQsVB7o7haPZrsnlgz_7qbeDIh1vQ4vseCuJGiQCZ0qq5sSmrk-Qps7ykmwW8dgI/s400/DRagon+fete..jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #4c1130; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Fairy and Dragon cake ... </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1r5yfBWuu6GtjnX5DntsNrxclzEgM6oRyQJTU6Yzn8_xj7ub_WRYr4j48CLGNIEX3NXucfjtv70cbbvPJWEH2xlhZxRXAbVOUvWGUm34fgUUef8aBjaVxbZ3MU-fsocGecdHgg26R6NI/s1600/Dragon+cake+full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1r5yfBWuu6GtjnX5DntsNrxclzEgM6oRyQJTU6Yzn8_xj7ub_WRYr4j48CLGNIEX3NXucfjtv70cbbvPJWEH2xlhZxRXAbVOUvWGUm34fgUUef8aBjaVxbZ3MU-fsocGecdHgg26R6NI/s400/Dragon+cake+full.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>a little fiddly to paint at times, but very therapeutic too...</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIl3Q0ntMdyj8kLrqmFmYlq4a3LBhd717U0HmWTAJRlj0IKUYNnCHHwBS5AWmHO6Q4MyTXJq3TaVyBhsgSuEeH0GbRYKeEMF_jIBIQIAxY9VSvto4ov4WatcgW_ze5fsAQEkStgTVFKQ/s1600/cute+fairy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIl3Q0ntMdyj8kLrqmFmYlq4a3LBhd717U0HmWTAJRlj0IKUYNnCHHwBS5AWmHO6Q4MyTXJq3TaVyBhsgSuEeH0GbRYKeEMF_jIBIQIAxY9VSvto4ov4WatcgW_ze5fsAQEkStgTVFKQ/s400/cute+fairy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Mrs Minton makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04612422695087278893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577430132578939816.post-24393875710025479182011-09-10T04:17:00.000-07:002011-09-10T04:46:50.955-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjyeLujYf1Y4ZVbyD8p8exy9m8nhpWYq35tm8w3ypBZEsu10oOHayfPot1wLEgCnF5_mAs3J39rJdcTcEXsKtPZ6wP2dd5andVCOmhHYzVCE8pO7_J58-Ivtl1Sj-NJa3w9_55EN2qg0/s1600/star+wars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjyeLujYf1Y4ZVbyD8p8exy9m8nhpWYq35tm8w3ypBZEsu10oOHayfPot1wLEgCnF5_mAs3J39rJdcTcEXsKtPZ6wP2dd5andVCOmhHYzVCE8pO7_J58-Ivtl1Sj-NJa3w9_55EN2qg0/s320/star+wars.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b><u>STAR WARS COSTUMES!...</u></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Here 's a few of the costumes I made for a STAR WARS convention a while ago...in a galaxy far far away.....They were extremely fun to make.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I used an awful lot of foam lagging, duct tape and fur fabric.</i></span></div>Mrs Minton makes...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04612422695087278893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577430132578939816.post-75136478487835135602011-09-10T04:11:00.000-07:002011-09-10T04:56:44.879-07:00ENTER THE DRAGON!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMVfuy-x-O864p3AUeqKejyvNgrXc37H5bpHwhoI7Hski18Gtql_oCR09Pua1OW9_8DN9jCfzr-3D2gAjpmgmBSZPBJ-1RAoaiZa5DVDLhNLbh4u4vYeWP3y-M0rxrlupcU2tdoEjuBs/s1600/292764_2224181398064_1053616257_2610164_511722640_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMVfuy-x-O864p3AUeqKejyvNgrXc37H5bpHwhoI7Hski18Gtql_oCR09Pua1OW9_8DN9jCfzr-3D2gAjpmgmBSZPBJ-1RAoaiZa5DVDLhNLbh4u4vYeWP3y-M0rxrlupcU2tdoEjuBs/s400/292764_2224181398064_1053616257_2610164_511722640_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Chinese new year...</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I made the head dress out of cereal card, and scrunched up carrier bags sellotaped into place for his nose and eyes.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Then I painted a thin layer of p.v.a glue and applied pieces of gold tissue paper and decorated with paper beads, sparkly pipe cleaners and shiny fabric .</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeYwIzkc0-PFje3AcYkYMJjRybx9ovT3cjWTiIYLg4BJbqEj4q7s-kCSjoQtVwb5vA6G4z-G6WTgNosQVekSKl5bKR5KpS28tZLdNMRruvXmaaKyDCs7wuPhEtv042y8BLXe-h-2bm0w/s1600/chinese+dragon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDeYwIzkc0-PFje3AcYkYMJjRybx9ovT3cjWTiIYLg4BJbqEj4q7s-kCSjoQtVwb5vA6G4z-G6WTgNosQVekSKl5bKR5KpS28tZLdNMRruvXmaaKyDCs7wuPhEtv042y8BLXe-h-2bm0w/s400/chinese+dragon.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
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