It was my colleague, Leanne's, birthday last week so I had a lovely time making her cards and gifts. I used stencils, stamps and dies to make her card (of course, I had to make an envelope as well).
The inside was decorated with star stencils and little star die cuts.
She has asked for some jewellery - a brown macrame bracelet - this has mookite, tiger's eye, botswana agate and coffee striped agate in it. (Apologies for the photography as my camera does not like low light levels and in future, I must remember to use a lamp as well as the main light). The tiger's eye has some lovely colours in it, caramels and toffee, but the photograph is not doing it justice.
The other thing she wanted was an anklet with black stones. I made this one using black agate beads and silver plated findings.
All hell would have broken loose if I hadn't made the traditional 'Russian Roulette Revels Cake' (my go to chocolate cake recipe) with chocolate fudge icing and those innocent looking Revels chocolates. Yes, I did get a coffee one again - ugh! Leanne was really pleased with the gifts and the cake.
Beautiful card and such lovely gifts,no wonder she was so pleased with her gifts. Your cake looks really scrummy too xcx
ReplyDeleteThanks, Chrissie. I do enjoy making gifts for people - even if I am always a little concerned just in case they don't like them. I can confirm that the cake is really scrummy!
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Ellie
WOW...what a good friend you are to do so much for her birthday. The card is very pretty, love the bracelets as well. The cake, makes my teeth hurt, lol. I'm a weird one, chocolate is not my thing, but most of my family and friends would love it.
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Thanks, Sandy. It is lovely to be able to make gifts if the recipient is one who appreciates handmade (and not everyone does). A little of the cake goes a long way, but it is delicious if you like chocolate. It is nice with just a chocolate buttercream icing too, which is how I make it for my own birthday.
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Ellie