Fe-Fe's World Of Craft, Creations and Kids.

This blog was started mainly for my crafting, however I also find myself writing about my family life too and in particular about my son Josh. Josh is just Josh to us and we're used to his quirky behaviour. As I don't want to have to mention Josh's autism every time I post about him, I thought I'd mention it here. Hopefully you will bear this in mind as you read and it may give you a little insight into the wonderful world of the autisic child in a very gentle way!

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Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Teachers' Gift

This is still a work in progress. I've just ordered some Tim Holtz Hitch Fasteners to go on the front of the drawer but as I haven't posted anything for a while again and I'm supposed to be making more of an effort I thought I'd put it on anyway.

The papers are by Do Crafts

The stamp and sentiment are by Crafter's Companion

The banner stamp is from a set by Do Crafts

The image is part coloured with Twinkling H2Os and part paper pieced

The flowers and leaves on the left are dies by Marianne Designs

The leaves on the right are a die by Little Claire Designs

Oh and the fancy scalloped edging is a die from the Spellbinders Edgeablities range.

I think that's covered everything. :0)

Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Baby Card

My friend asked me to make this card following the birth of her new baby sister Jessica.

The wording and is done using dies by Quickutz. The flower is another die but by Marrianne Designs. The little giraffe is cut out from some papers by Dovecraft?

Sunday, 8 May 2011

8th Birthday

It's my daughter's friend's 8th birthday in a couple of weeks so I thought I'd use the sketch on the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge Blog to make her card.

The cow stamp is by Nellie Snellen which I've paper pieced.
The papers are by K&Co
The flowers are a mixture of paper punches and Marrianne Designs Die cuts which I used in my cuttlebug. The ribbon threading border is also from the same range.
I finished off with a few gems and a butterfly charm.
Oh and the sentiment was done on the computer... I think that's covered everything but if you have any questions please ask.

I do love the little Nellie Snellen calf, she's so cute don't you think?

Sunday, 3 April 2011

Happy Mother's Day

I thought I'd start by showing you the cards my children made for me. This is Josh's card which he made on the computer at school.

This is the inside

and this is the back. Charming eh?! lol

And my daughter raided my stash (with permission of course) to make me this cute card using one of my favourite Penny Black stamps.

This year I thought I'd make a photo frame for my mum. It didn't quite turn out how I wanted to. I think its because now I'm working I just haven't been able to spend the time on it that I would have liked to have done. Maybe it will look better when it has a nice photo in it?! Failing that I might ask for it back and re-vamp it for next year. ;0)

This is how the photo frame started out.

and this is how it looked when I'd finished with it... or ran out of time to do anything else with it.

The papers, labels and sentiment are all from a set by K&Co. The flowers are made with die cut by Marriane Designs and two other paper punches.

For the card I used the same K&Co papers and the Marrianne Designs die cut to make the flowers. The rabbit stamp is by Penny Black and coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The Happy Mother's Day stamp is by Inka Stamp Designs.

For the inside I used a clear stamp by Inkadoo it says "You make me smile all over my face" which my mum does. She's the best mum in the world ever! :0)

That just leaves me to say Happy Mother's Day to all you Mums out there in Blog land. Hope you enjoy your special day.

Monday, 21 March 2011

Thank You

A friend of mine really got me out of a tight spot a few weeks ago and offered to look after my son for me on a day I had to work. He had to go into school for 10 minute meeting with his teacher but other than that was at home all day.

He set off to go to school for the meeting but he ended up having a wobble and came back in a bit of a state. Luckily my friend also has an autistic son who is much older Josh so she's been there and done it all before and she managed to calm Josh down and phoned her husband up, who had been working nights, and he came down and took Josh to his meeting and brought him back afterwards. How lovely was that?!

So I made them this card to say thank you and bought them a box of chocolates to share.

The papers and the Die Cut Hedgehog are all by Papermania. The ribbon threader border is by Marrianne Designs which I don't know if you can tell on the photo but I added tiny lilac gems to the centre of each embossed flower on it.

For the inside I added a stamp by Inkadoo which says "You make me smile all over my face. Ian Hobson age 5"

Saturday, 12 March 2011

Girlie Card

I made this card for one of my daughter's friends at school who was 8 last week.

The papers are my Hot off the Press, the stamped images are by Kanban coloured with a mixture of paper piecing and Twinkling H2Os. The flowers were made using a die by Marrianne Designs.

Monday, 21 February 2011

Happy Birthday Mum

It was my mum's birthday on Friday. I thought I'd make her a card that was a bit different from the norm this year. My mum loves hot chocolate and chocolate in general so I thought I'd make this mug shaped card in to a frothy hot chocolate card.

The papers are by Hot Off the Press. The flowers I made using a die cut by Marrianne Designs

in my Cuttlebug.

The stamp on the tag says "All you need in life is a friend who has chocolate" which is from a set by Inkadoo.

Inside the card I put "or a daughter who has Gooey Chocolate Brownie Cake!" We'd made my mum a birthday cake using a Gooey Chocolate Brownie recipe. Then we spread chocolate icing over the top and decorated it with mini eggs and chocolate buttons. Very squidgy but delicious! Mmmmmm.

Ode to Special Mums

Ode to Special Moms(by Erma Bombeck)

Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures and a couple by habit. This year, nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of handicapped children. Did you ever wonder how mothers of handicapped children are chosen?

Somehow I visualize God hovering over Earth selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he observes, he instructs his angels to make notes in a giant ledger.
"Armstrong, Beth, son, patron saint, Matthew.
Forrest, Marjorie, daughter, patron saint, Cecilia.
"Rudledge, Carrie, twins, patron saint, give her Gerard. He's used to profanity."
Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles, "Give her a handicapped child."

The angel is curious. "Why this one, God? She's so happy."

"Exactly," says God. "Could I give a handicapped child to a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel."

"But has she patience?" asks the angel.

"I don't want her to have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off, she'll handle it.
"I watched her today. She has that feeling of self and independence that is so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see, the child I'm going to give her has his own world. She has to make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy."

"But, Lord, I don't think she even believes in you."

God smiles. "No matter. I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness."

The angel gasps, "Selfishness? Is that a virtue?"

God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she'll never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a 'spoken word.' She will never consider a 'step' ordinary. When her child says 'Momma' for the first time, she will be present at a miracle and know it! When she describes a tree or a sunset to her child, she will see it as few people ever see my creations."I will permit her to see clearly the things I see...ignorance, cruelty, prejudice...and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life, because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side."

"And what about her patron saint?" asks the angel, pen poised midair.

God smiles. "A mirror will suffice."

"Welcome to Holland"

"Welcome to Holland" By Emily Perl Kingsley

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."

"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."

But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.

So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."
And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away...because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss. But...if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.