Folksy Handmade Gift Ideas - Pets




I Love Carrots Mosaic Garden Hanger

 

For my latest gift idea collection, I thought I'd try and find something for the furry members of the family. I've got a nice selection of items which I think could be used for allsorts of pets, not just cats and dogs. Nothing for goldfish though, unfortunately. But with their memory, they won't remember you didn't get them anything for Christmas anyway.

Folksy Handmade Gift Ideas - Pets

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I've Gone All Abstract







Purple & Blue Abstract Mosaic Garden Bird Water Bath

  




Purple & Blue Abstract Mosaic Garden Bird Water Bath

 

I have been experimenting with pattern and colour combination again, and I've created this Purple & Blue Abstract Mosaic Bird Bath. The colours of this bird bath came from the stone I was using being purple, and the iridescent tile I wanted to use having a purple iridescence on a blue background. So I decided on the colour pallete starting with shades of blue and purple and added turquoises and greys. I had the idea to make the design out of full square tiles, half tile rectangles, and quarter tile squares randomly placed. On the rim the tiles have grooves and the grout has collected in the grooves and gives a really nice effect and an instant aged look.

I am in the process of making a matching pot for this bird bath. So, depending on how they are received it might turn into another ongoing range. Watch this space.



Blue Rim Ripple Mosaic Garden Bird Water Bath



The other bird bath I've listed recently is another version of my Ripple design. This time I've added tiles to the rim of the bath. It's given yet another different feel to this design. It reminds me of a ceramic bowl that's got circles of glaze on it.

I bloomin' love mosaic. You can get so many different styles and feels using one material in different colour palettes, and patterns.

Folksy Handmade Christmas - All Wrapped Up



Red & Old Gold Christmas Gift Bow

 

Purple & Old Gold Christmas Gift Bow


This is going to be the final addition to my Folksy.com Christmas decoration collections because I'm going to concentrate on doing a few more themed Folksy Gift Ideas in the run up to Christmas. (I've previously blogged about Gardeners, Office, and Men gift ideas.)

So, for my final Christmas decoration theme, I thought I'd do a collection of wrapping, tags and bows, as a neat end. I've got a selection of cards in my other collections, so these are the finishing touch for your pressies.

Folksy Handmade Christmas - All Wrapped Up

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Folksy Handmade Christmas - White



Wool and Bead Snowflake Christmas Hanging Decoration



Well, mostly white. There's a bit of cream, clear glass, and a tiny bit of red and green. All white would be a bit much, wouldn't it?

Clear seed beads give the effect of ice crystals

I've chosen the white theme to go with my (off-white) Wool and Bead Snowflake Hangers. I was originally trying out wool flower designs to maybe use on a cushion, but this type of looped flower immediately reminded me of stylised snowflakes. I've added some clear seed beads to the centres to give an ice crystal effect, and then strung them onto clear filament to make them look like they were floating. I've beaded both sides of the snowflakes, so they would make great window hanging decorations.

So, here are the rest of the lovely Folksy.com items I've found to give you a guaranteed White Christmas -

Folksy Handmade Christmas - White

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Folksy Handmade Christmas - Traditional






Stained Glass Look Mosaic Baubles



This is the latest in my Christmas decoration collections from Folksy.com. I've called the selection traditional. It kind of is because there's robins, candles, holly, an advent calender etc. But, the items are done in a contemporary way too.

There is a really good selection of crafts in this one as well - knitting, patchwork, paper quilling, sewing, modelling, florestry (I think you call working with foliage that too, don't you?), mosaic...  

See what you think -

Folksy Handmade Christmas - Traditional

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Vintage Look Beaded Christmas Gift Bows



Hand-woven, old gold, beaded Christmas gift bows




Magenta Beaded Christmas Gift Bow



I've been thinking about making some Christmas gift bows for a while, using the method that I used on my twine Gardener gift bows. But I couldn't think of what material to use that would give me a festive look, but would hold it's shape.Then this weekend, I found the solution. Raffia. And this raffia is a fab shade of old gold that looks like vintage metal. The finished bows remind me of vintage brooches, with a very luxurious look about them.

The centres are made up of wool on the Magenta and Purple versions, and all of the bows have hand sewn metallic beads to finish them off, and give extra sparkle.

Folksy Handmade Christmas - Blue/Green



Peacock Mosaic Christmas Bauble



This is the next set of Christmas decorations from Folksy.com. This time they've been picked to go with the colour theme of shades of blues and greens.

There are lots of different items,and price ranges, so take a peek.

Folksy Handmade Christmas - Blues and Greens

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Folksy Handmade Christmas - Vibrant



Fiesta Mosaic Christmas Bauble Ornament


This collection of Christmas decorations from Folksy.com is inspired by the colours used in my mosaic Fiesta Christmas bauble. So you'll find magenta, gold, orange, and red in this set of items.

I've decided to add all the Folksy Christmas themed decorations to one board, so you can browse all the themes at once. And you may wish to mix and match items, because there are some really lovely things in all the categories, so it's good to have them all in one place.

Folksy Handmade Christmas - Vibrant

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Folksy Handmade Christmas - Folk Style



Folk Style Red & White Bauble


As I've been re-inspired to make some more Christmas decorations, I've also been inspired to find other similar themed decorations on Folksy.com to put together on a Pinterest board.

I will be putting 4 boards together, and this is the first one.

This is my collection of decorations ideas for a Swedish folk style Christmas -

Folksy Handmade Christmas - Folk Style

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A Mosaic Christmas (Part 3)



Red & White Folk Style Mosaic Bauble

 

Red & White Folk Style Mosaic Bauble



The final set in my mosaic bauble range are these Red & White Folk Style. Using the same design as I used on my mosaic mirror, I've handpainted tiles with hearts and flowers to form a band around the centre of the ornament. Then the handpainted solid raspberry red tiles are used to fill the rest of the bauble. The mosaic is finished with white grout to keep the red and white look.

This bauble would be suitable for exterior use as all the materials used are weatherproof.