Special Requests - Heart Pin Board

It's always a proud day when you have your first special request, mine happened around this time last year. 
My manager approached me about making some heart pin board for his two beautiful daughters and loving a challenge I set to it. 

Heart Pin Board - bespoke request

Heart shaped pin board with added badges

Heart Pin Board made by @GlitteredPink

Materials:
- MDF wood cut into hearts by a specialist
- wadding
- fabric, lined with iron on vyleen
- staples
- badges to decorate
The finished size of each of these hearts is approx 1 metre by 1.5 metres.
With his daughters aged 3 and 8 the plan is for these hearts to be filled with badges and pins of places which they have visited, a visual diary. A cute and unique way to remember all the fabulous things you have done as a child. The badges featured are in honor of the 2012 Jubilee and many more special occasions from 2012 - a truly remarkable year for UK history!

I would love to hear if you have any requests which I can help with....

A is for...

I believe it's the special unique things which turn a house in to a home.

Pictures, ornaments, photos, crafty trinkets I love them all! Cluttered...I say lived in.
I love that feeling when you walk into a home and you just feel comfortable and right at home, able to kick your shoes off, put your feet up and relax!!

My sister in law to be, Amy (15 years old) has just had her room turned from a little girls room into a teen room with the exciting addition of a double bed!!

To make it that extra bit special I have made her some trinkets to hang from her head board. And guess what she loved them!

Felt Letter - made by @GlitteredPink

Handmade hearts @GlitteredPink

Handmade hearts @GlitteredPink

Be my valentine...

Love is in the air, love is everywhere!

Why not show a loved one how much they mean to you this Valentines with a handmade card...taking the time to make something for someone is precious and means that extra bit more.

Happy Valentines Day

Be my Valentine

Hand Stitched Hearts

This week I have been putting some finishing touches to some hand stitched hearts, adding personal messages, embroidery and embellishment details.  Buttons, bows, ribbons, sequins, beads and jewels...I love them all!
A perfect past time for while snuggled up on these cold winter nights.

Home Sweet Home

Home is where the heart is and this week we will be viewing properties in search of our first time home. I'm excited about finding my 'castle' our 'kingdom', something which we can call and make our own! Budget and pennies...that's what is important now!

In the mean time this little gift is for a dear friend and her new home. This hand stitched heart, with 'home sweet home' message and cute heart shape button on the centre back, is a thoughtful gift which I hope she will love.

FRONT: Home Sweet Home - Heart @GlitteredPink

BACK: Button Detail - Made by @GlitteredPink

Home Sweet Heart

This summer I gave my flat a fresh lick of paint and on a roll I took to some finishing touches too. Being a keen sewer there's always lots of crafty pieces in my flat including boxes and boxes of fabric. I think we all have one of those boxes filled with, 'oooo i love that material, but I'm saving it for something special'. I am guilty of this and as a self confessed hoarder I've always got fabric to hand! 

Saving and utilising scraps from a recent bunting project (I knew I was saving them for something) I set about making some art for the flat! I hope you like the results...my bedroom certainly does!