TAG TUESDAY - FOUND OBJECTS

When I  saw the theme 'found objects' the first thing that came to mind was seed heads. I decided to make a little hedgehog using a teasle.  I used black headed pins for eyes and a black bead for the nose.

I covered a cream tag with fabric and lace, and added a picture of  Mrs Tiggy-winkle.  On another tag I printed an excerpt from the Beatrix Potter story where Mrs Tiggy-winkle  returns to being just a hedgehog.  The tags are joined with half a pink shoe lace and finished off with a silver safety pin (as used by Mrs T. in the story).  The teasle, still on its stalk, is just pushed through the holes and being ptickly it stays there without glue.

Love Jane xx

TAG TUESDAY - GARDENING - know your onions!

‘Benjamin delays their departure by gathering onions, which he wraps in Peter's handkerchief. He then takes a casual stroll around the garden,’

I love gardening and share an allotment at Longbarrow Allotments, Bournemouth; three years ago they won an award for the Best Allotment Site in the UK. We have had our plot for nearly a year now, and we are keen to keep up the standard.   Next week is the first week of competition judging.  Paul has to do all the hard work,(there are certain benefits to being a wheelchair user!)
I do my bit by planting seeds, potting up and making sure everything is labelled. (I’ve made a start by getting the Alliums clearly marked (not that the local rabbits need vegetable signposts!). Not the usual type of tag, but these are my Gardening Tags for the week:

Paul made the base tags by nailing small pieces of wood to tiny wooden posts.  I then painted a little garlic, an onion and some shallots on them.  I rubbed a little furniture wax into the wood to stop the marker pen bleeding into the wood, then wrote on them with a permanent marker. Unfortunately I learned this lesson the hard way which is why the GARLIC tag is a bit dodgy; the ink bled the first time and I had to sand it down and start again.  Shame because I like the garlic pic the most.

Here are the newly labelled onion family. Let’s hope they impress the judges!
I’m off now to see what gardening you have all been doing! then I'll be back up the allotment. It's going to be a busy week!
Take care, Jane xx

TAG TUESDAY - BAKING

Last week I included a picture of The Tailor of Gloucester with my SEWING tag.  This week I have carried on the Beatrix Potter influence by having Samuel Whiskers as the Star of my BAKING tag!  
  
In the story, Samuel Whiskers gets a rolling pin from the kitchen and together with his wife Anna Maria, who has fetched as much dough as she could carry; they set about making a roly-poly pudding with Tom Kitten as the filling. 

On one side of the tag are two pictures of Samuel Whiskers with his rolling pin, on top of a recipe for roly-poly puddings.  I notice ‘kitten filling’ was not listed among the variations to the recipe!

On the other side of the tag I wrote out the title of the story together with an excerpt from the book and a picture of Tom Kitten rolled up in the dough.

I have used calico as the base of the tag, with a tie of string, both of which are used to wrap up a pudding before steaming.

I couldn’t decide which images to use, so decided to include several, and to use the whole length of the recipe, hence my tag is rather long!

 

TAG TUESDAY - SEWING

Hello All

For my SEWING tag I used a quote about friendship being like a patchwork quilt -  Author Unknown.  It is photographed here with a postcard of Beatrix Potter's 'Tailor of Gloucester':

 I made the tag by covering some buckram with printed patchwork fabric, then embroidered ‘friendship’ on the top using backstitch. I wrote out the rest of the quote using matching pink watercolour and a dip pen.  I wanted as much patchwork fabric to show as possible so I cut away the excess paper and added some ric rac.

I have sent this tag to my friend of 24 years, for her birthday which is today; so if you’re looking Jacinta, ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY!’

Wishing you all a creative week, Jane xx