Day 13 - word of the day

"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way." 

William Blake

tree bird sun

I have finally found some blog time and as luck would have it, I don't know where or how to start. I know that I want to tell you about the necklace I made for my friend's birthday but I don't know where I should begin? Should I just go straight into a dump of information or should I ease my way in with a bit of a story? Hmmm. I think I'll create a 3rd option and start by posting a picture! Here it is...

I have been thinking about making this necklace all week and have even drawn up a simple design to make sure that what I was imagining translated well visually.  To give you an idea of the size of things the tree measures 5cm in length and the bird and sun are about 1.5-2cm in width.

I first drew up the shape of the tree onto interfacing and ironed it onto some fabric.  The trunk is made out of a cotton/calico type of fabric and the leaf part of the tree is grey suiting fabric.  I then cut out the shape of the tree as a whole in felt so I could sew the trunk and leaf area onto a firmer backing.  This also gave it a bit of texture as it acted like wadding.  I then got a fabric texta and drew on the bark design and leaves.  I then repeated the process for the sun and bird and then attached them to the neckband which I made out of the same grey suiting fabric that I used on the tree.  It attaches at the back with a hook and eye.  This is what it looks like on (me).

The birthday girl said she loved it and it received a lot of positive interest from others at her party (we went 10 pin bowling!).  I somehow ended up saying that I would make them and sell them on my etsy shop which I haven't yet established but have every intention to (I think it might have had something to do with the fruit punch and beer...).  Of course, I now feel I have created an expectation and feel compelled to deliver it but I did (thankfully!) say that this was a number of months away.  Phew!

So that's my bit of crafty-ness for the weekend.  I'd really love to hear what you all think.  I enjoyed making the necklace although there are a couple of things I'd do differently next time but that's all par for the course.  It has also seeded some other design ideas so I guess the next step for me is working out a schedule so that I can actually start making things to sell...