D Craft Affairs Unique Handmade Decor for Home and Every Season

getting ready for Halloween .... aren't you ?

12/10/2016

Today I found that charming skeleton gentlemen with top hat from my last years Halloween DIY decor collection. Ahh ... he lost his pretty bride so I had to find something else to keep him busy :)

I did a little make over of my pound store polystyrene pumpkins. From lovely and friendly autumnal feel to ghostly black / gold fruits of Halloween.
The single man seems pleased....

Some more final touches and we will be ready for show

boooo

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busy times on our doorsteps

4/10/2016

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Have you ever googled "How many days till Christmas?"

Do that! And you will see a cheerful message :)

82 days
Ok, ok, I was just being a grumpy elf. There are 11 more weeks to December 25th, 2016! Well, I tried counting down to Christmas using my fingers and toes, but I don't have 82 of them -- then I'd be REALLY grumpy! (But if YOU want to countdown to Christmas, there are 82 days to go.

That's what it says today. Tomorrow will be something else but always positive and funny.

As cheerful as my latest wall decor - Don't forget to smile.

If I'm honest since I'm in full time employment I'm not able to catch up with all the seasons events as efficiently as I could before. But hey! I believe that any change, good or bad is for good.... you understand what I mean. Optimist in me talking. :)

Right! I have done with my Fall decorations and poison bottles for Halloween are painted. In my work/craft room I approximately can locate stash of spiders and rats and last years wreath. It will be an old and new mix for this year. Will put it up later in the month. It feels to early for ghostly stuff yet.

I have so many ideas for Christmas but I hardly can keep record of whats going through my head. So I will be starting to use my Memo app on phone which I should've used a long time ago already. It's like Santa's little helper :DDD

Good luck with that!

Dace

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Inspired by Autumn colours ....

25/9/2016

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This time of the year is so colourful that inspiration for pictures is easy to find.

I had two stems of my dear hydrangea left, few of my handmade wall decors and upgraded Fall wreath from last year to brighten up my sitting room.

And so some wonderful images emerged from sunlit September evening.

Follow link to grab some of my images for your phone wallpaper to brighten up your device.

I'm using the one with blue glass vase.

Dace

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autumn lookbook ;)

18/9/2016

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I renewed my website editor for 2 more years. Yay!
Excited .... for two more years....
a lot to do and maybe even to make some point... :D

It does take time to stand out from crowd or attract ones attention or determine what I am about... the last I think is more important.

I am still on the track with that.

Did not mean to do any shopping lately as I have enough rats and spiders at home for Halloween decors... I mean plastic ones :) see my last year's decor!

But the moment I saw those polystyrene pumpkins in pound store my heart sank in that lush autumn color palette. Oh dear me! Always wanted to get my hands on them as I am too lazy to make my own pumpkins from some old jumpers. My excuse - I've no time for that! ... or it is impossible to grow them in this climate in my back garden. I have tried! They are still in blossoms in the pot just behind me and there is no hope of a fruit in shape of pumpkin . even a tiny one :/

In the picture above you see my last year's decor and after a little upgrade I used the same wreath this year just adding some leaves and as much berries from rowan trees as I could rescue from blackbirds in my housing estate.

Props change all the time ... I have a lot of lovely home wares but some I like to use all the time like that picture with my sister and me. That's my favorite picture of us sisters!

Happy Autumn everyone and enjoy this colourful time of the year!

Dace

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Today it's a lot like duvet day...

13/9/2016

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I clearly can feel Autumn chill this morning and afternoons are becoming much shorter...

It's time to adjust wardrobe for Autumn surprises, adjust mind to longer, darker evenings. I will have less gardening and more thinking to do. What else would you do in these long dark winter eves?

I was just thinking!

Should I synchronize my social media posts / activities or not?!

See, my facebook Bio photos! Do they tell what I am about?

I cannot tell because I see them every day and have become immune to reason.

And the I see a lot of beautiful Instagram accounts all unified and pretty. Sometimes I even succeed to achieve that but not for long as I always find some exciting out of pretty picture event to share and off it goes my stylish attempts to keep neat and clear social media appearances and message.

See my brand new additions to my wall decors. I love the golden pig one for good luck! xxx

I am not giving up my kitchen table project
"D Craft Affairs" yet.

Sometimes I feel like small business owner and I know it's difficult and overwhelming at time. It's slow at times but it is enormous comforter for body and mind.

I'm in the new job, I've less time to myself and my craft adventure but hey. Life is tough and things happen and pass!

Until then I'll keep fiddling around with brushes and paints, collecting dead leaves and moss to create some beautiful stuff for Christmas decors perhaps.

I am a list person :) and I have one thing there. Glue together Autumn wreath .....

I shall proceed.

Have a lovely day
Dace