Bookmark this!

That’s the challenge at Spoonful of sugar this weekend. For long I’d been thinking of making myself a bookmark. Considering that I’m an avid reader and a crafter, it seemed weird that I used the library receipt as the bookmark! So this challenge forced me to make one for myself :) and this image seemed to be just perfect! I also printed a quote at teh back but forgot to take a photo of it :(.

I colored the image using prismacolor pencils – the toughest challenge was coloring the peacock in non-peacock colors and I think I’ve achieved that to my satisfaction. I then dotted the peacock feathers with liquid pearls and outlined them with stickles.

Supplies: Image from a swap, Wasau CS, prismacolor pencils, OMS, stardust stickles, liquid pearls, white gel pen.

A diversion

This is a diversion from my paper crafts to the world of beading! I read this idea on a thread @ SCS and was so fascinated by it that I HAD to try it. True to my imagination, it was very pleasing! If you're wondering what it is - it's a book thong (a type of bookmark). You can find the instructions here.

The thread does have signs of curling; that's because I bought a hemp and found it to be too thick so I unwound it into 3 individual threads.

Supplies: Acrylic beads, spacer beads, hemp, charm