A Trinket For A Dear Friend......Would You Like To Make One Read This Post!!!!!

Well it really does feel like it's been an age not two weeks.. Thank you so much for all of the lovely get well wishes I've been receiving.. i can't tell you how much it warms my heart.. it really does make me feel so much better.. As some of you know i have two diseases that cause problems from time to time, this time it was our chemist who scared the life out of us.... He thought my immune system was failing because of the symptoms i had and the meds i take.. well it turned out to be a simple case of sinusitis (sorry if I've spelt that wrong..) and a virus in my throat which caused me to loose my voice and my darling hubby thought that was hilarious.. thank you darling..Gosh it really does feel like ages...

I'm not going to be posting any new creations for a couple of weeks but thought i could share some of the things I've created recently with you... i have some catching up to do with e-mails and blurfing..so if i show you things i already did i can take my time and not over do it...at least then Mark doesn't moan at me...hehehe..I have a couple of little give aways this week.. one PIF and one that will open with this post. It starts by me telling you about this little trinket box i created for my dear dear friend Moni.. who i am very happy to say loved it... I've had these little box frames for about four years.. yes i know... crazy but as a crafter you'll know that you get stash and sometimes it takes a while to use it.... Well these little boxes are more like little box frames and i have eight well seven now and i thought that after I've shown this one, I'd give two or three sets away so read on and you can find out how to get one..I stared with a box frame, if you push ever so slightly on the glass it will come out (only do this if you want to fix it back in) and laid four pieces of clunny lace around the top of the box.. the actual frame edge.. and a paper doily inside the box.. i then mixed some gesso with Ranger Ink i used Lettuce and painted over the whole box including over the lace and doily.. i think i actually did this three times just to make sure the lace was covered enough.. I then reattached the glass into the frame using some silicone glue, i thought it was safest to use this but you can use what you feel appropriate.. Then i started to decorate it...I used an SU Certainly Celery Ink Pad and my favourite flourish set by Basic Grey Flourish Edges to stamp all over the outside of the box... then lots of lovely hydrangea flowers that were layered with some tulle and of course the obligatory spacers and brads...some tea roses and a couple of strategically placed crystal pins.. I then took some little alphabet embellishments I've had for six years...i know..I'm terrible for putting things away and not wanting to use them... and spelt out my friends name on the top of the box..My trinket box was filled with goodies for Moni..which included lots of pins and some yummy SU Hodge Podge... Well that's it.. one trinket box.. Would you like to have a go.....? you don't have to do what i did.. you can cover it with yummy papers in fact that's my next project with one.. i would love to give two or three of these away.. depending on how may requests i get that is.hehehe.. I'm going to include one of the box frames which incidentally looks like this when you get it... and I'll pop a few little bits in just in case you want to try to recreate what i did... I'll pop in white hydrangeas that you can ink or dye.. white tea roses, a couple of crystal pins and some tulle, spacers and brads.. how does that sound..?

Well here's what you need to do.. leave a message under this post stating you'd like to try and create a trinket box..simple.. all i ask in return is that you do just that... don't ask for one and then not use it.. it wouldn't be fair to others who really wanted to give it a go.. I'll pick two or three from the list next Sunday 22nd March.. I'll post worldwide so you are all welcome to leave a comment... and if you like pass it on by leaving a link on your blog.. although it's not necessary.. I don't think I've forgotten anything but if i have will someone remind me please... my brain is a little slow from not creating for a while..LOL....

One last thing before i go... it's been a while and i thought you might like to see Gizmo and know how he's doing now... as you know he lost both eyes last year.. well he's doing ok but we don't know yet if he's now going deaf but he's definitely taking every thing in his stride.. He falls asleep in the funniest positions... just look at this... then he wakes up and wonders where he is.. bless his little cotton socks...and before you say "how do you know he's asleep" he's snores like an old man..hehehe... he just snores away while i click away on the laptop...he's a wonderfully amazingly resilient little chap and being blind has not made him any the less mischievous... he's still a little rascal only now he has Mum and Dad wrapped round his little paws....as does Pika too....

Well that's all folks..

Night Night Sleep Tight.. Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite...