Goodbye for now

I have had an attempt at making my own notebooks. They are not quite as good as Michelles but not bad for a first attempt i figure. They were really easy and fun to make, i hope to make at least another 5 tomorrow.

This will be the last visit before i vist the mouse on Sunday (woo hoo) and i wont be back fo 2 weeks. I have to work tomorrow and i need to pack on Sunday. Michelle will be blog sitting and posting for me, as well as answering my mail. She is away until Wednesday. All items can still be sent to me as there will still be someone here all the time.

I will leave you with some blogs and sites you might want to check out for inspiation.

michelles blog - http://michellescraftypaper.typepad.com/my_weblog/

mixture of craft items to make including dammit dolls - http://www.craftbits.com/

craft blog - http://rewardingmemories.blogspot.com/

books, bags, hangers all sorts - http://www.creativeimaginations.us/store/BE_AllProjects.php

Thats it from me, bye for now.

Notebooks

Here is a lovely mini notebook made by Michelle. The notebooks are £1 for 10 from poundland. The book was covered in paper and decorated. The cropodile was used to make the holes at the top to attach them together. I think these are a wonderful idea and have just made a trip to poindland myself to get some.

More Fab Items

At my local crop yesterday i recieved 2 different types of items for my project from the lovely ladies there :) Thankyou ever so much. I recieved a knitted buggy blanket and 3 notepaper holders with pens. They are all very lovely, as i hope you can see from the pictures and have inspired me to make similar things. Have they inspired you too?

I go on Holiday next Sunday but the lovely Michelle will be looking after this blog and posting for me / answering emails so a big thankyou to her.

Repost

I am just reposting my original post which explains about my blog for all those who are new to it :)

Welcome to my blog!!!!


The reason for this blog is I have been given a summer project to complete from my Educational Studies degree at the University of East Anglia.


The Brief

Has anyone seen or heard about the little red paperclip?? (For those of you who have not the youtube video is to the right) That is the basis for the project. We were all given a red biro pen and we had to do something with the pen which was entrepreneurial and that would benefit Society. We have until September to complete this project.


My Project

I have come up with many ideas for my project but this is what I have decided. I have decorated my red pen by knitting a cover for it, and hand sewing on some beads. I will collect items which have been handmade and been inspired by my red pen. These items will then be sold at the Norwich Police Gala day at the Show Ground at the end of August. Alongside this I will be asking well known crafters to make something which I will then auction off on eBay. (Date to be confirmed.) I hope this project will make a good sum of money but if it doesn’t, it has spurred on members of the community to be creative and think outside the box. The benefit to society will be there no matter what. All money raised will go towards a charity which I will post up at a later date once the charity is confirmed.


Your Help

If you would like to help me in this project I ask that you make anything inspired my little red pen and send it to me to sell. You can get your friends, children, local club involved and have a great time experimenting. If you wish to help please leave a message on the blog with your email, or email me at darm_314@yahoo.com and I will send you the address. Please note that this email will be used solely for this project and is not my personal or university email.


Ideas

You could make pens, pencils, beads, jewellery, knitted items, pencil cases, pencil pots, anything as long as it is inspired by my little red pen. You can use a mix of materials including clay, fimo, paper, ribbon, plastic, wool, cotton, photographs and much more. I will be adding inspirational links to the right hand side of this blog as the project progresses.


Extras

I will be posting pictures of some of the items I receive to inspire you but I will not be able to post them all. All items which will be up for auction will be shown here. I cannot respond individually to everyone who sends me items. Please be careful when making your items as accidents can happen, all you need to do is look at my melted and smashed original red pen to see that!


Deadline

I must have received all items by the 20th of August

Bracelets

I have been busy making some bracelets for the sale. They are quick and easy to do. I have used a mix of beads and some elastic which i tied together. Easy as that!!

Birds

Here i have a picture of pencils which i have made, using these simple instructions found here - http://familycrafts.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=familycrafts&cdn=parenting&tm=47&f=10&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.perlerbeads.com/ideapages/ideabird/idea.html, how cool do they look! I will definitely be making more of those. Just be careful not to melt the hammer beads onto the iorn...... oops....

notebooks

I would like to thank Ruth who will be sending me these wonderful notebooks for my project. They are lovely.

I have only heard from 2 craft celebrities so far :( and i need another couple ideally, so if you know anyone, send them my way :) I did not get to ask everybody i wanted either as i had trouble finding contact details. Fingers crossed

Today I have received the circle book. All I can say is wow! It is sooo beautiful; I didn’t realize one person could make something so lovely! Who ever wins this in auction will be so lucky!

I have lots of things to show everyone. I have not posted much these last few days i know as I have been working lots. Watch this space though as lots more will be coming next week :)