Friday 8 July 2011

On the Make

There has been much activity at J and P Towers this week. 

I've made two fabric flower brooches.  The first one I made from black felt:



This one is made from the leftovers of some Ikea fabric I bought a while ago.  Both embellished with a vintage button of course.



There are lots of tutes on the internet for these.  I used this one.

On the subject of brooches, I thought I'd show you these  knitted flower brooches that I made a little while ago.  If only I could remember where I got the pattern from.....

Mr J and P has just commented that my beloved brooches look like some kind of "weird fungal growth".  Cheeky blighter!

Little Miss J and P has also been busy on the brooch-making front.  Take a look at this little cutie:



You can see what she did can't you?  Three circles of differing sizes and sewn together with a button in the centre.  Simple but very effective methinks.

Mr J and P is also getting in on the act and has been making jam.

His plums:



Here he is posing with his well preserved plums:




I think that's enough references to plums, don't you?

Mr J and P tells me that his rhubarb and gooseberry wines are coming on a treat.  Which reminds me of the last time I imbibed the dreaded gooseberry wine many moons ago.  While Mr J and P sensibly sloped off to bed, I felt curiously lively and was awake until the early hours dancing and acting out the words of  "Like a Prayer" by Madonna.  Over and over again......  Oh dear.  Needless to say, the next morning I had one humdinger of a headache.

Talking of a humdinger of a headache, Saturday night at the Hop Farm Festival (see previous post) was brilliant.  Iggy and the Stooges and Morrissey were legends.  No pictures, I'm afraid, as  all our photos turned out to be blurry rubbish.  The only mishap of the event was that our friend left his shoes outside his tent and got them pinched!  Dear boy had to schlep to the loos in the morning in his socks.  Nice.

And on that note, darling readers, I'll love you and leave you.  Byeeeeeee  xx

35 comments:

  1. Love the all flowers especially Little JandP you're right it is very effective.
    You made me chuckle re-Gooseberry wine.
    Julie xxxxxxx

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  2. Drats! Not even one blurry pic of Morrissey to show! You must have been having fun! Have a lovely weekend Loo x

    p.s. please tell your little girl that her brooch is just lovely x

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  3. Ooh you HAVE been busy! All I do these days is fix, clean, wash, restore and mend, can't wait til my little one is old enough to be interested in craft stuff. I would have happily sung along to 'like a prayer' with you if I could taste that wine, yum!

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  4. And who's writing the saucy posts *now*, missy?!! Errr, that'll be you with all your plums references!! ;-) It's a slippery slope from here on in, just you wait and see!!

    I like your flower corsages very much indeed!

    Sarahx

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  5. You have been busy making some pretties!
    Bit to early in the morning to be looking at plums, however well preserved!
    Lisa x

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  6. Love your brooches, especially the knitted ones. Maybe if you drank some of the gooseberry wine you might remember where the pattern came from???
    Have a lovely weekend xx

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  7. Oo-er Mrs! Nice Plums! Mr J and P has a look of Mr C - I think it's called "long-suffering" ... Take a squint at my swap post for proof! xxx
    PS pretty brooches xxx

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  8. There is nothing like a good plum jam!! Utterly delish!! Especially on a cornish wafer with a sharp cheddar . . . mmmm!

    Loving your flowers hun, and Miss J & P's is also gorgeous! :-)

    Jem xXx

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  9. They're all lovely, and I'm glad to see little Miss J and P is taking after her crafty mum - great work there. And I must go and see if the wild plums are ready yet - I have vodka to be making!

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  10. Gorgeous brooches and love the one little miss j and p has made x

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  11. Oh Loo, I love the picture of Mr J and P posing with his plums......he's holding out his potted plums as if to say "you wanna picture of these".

    Pretty brooches too............sounds like you had a good time at the Hop Farm Festival, shame about your friends shoes.

    lily x

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  12. Pretty pretty, love the felt one :)

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  13. Those flowers are so cute, I knit to save my life, so I'm totally impressed by anyone who can! Your daughter made a lovely broach, very pretty. Don't think I will be letting hubby know I saw another man holding his plums, wouldn't be a great start to our weekend!

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  14. awww little miss J&P's brooch is soo cuteee! i dont think ur crocheted brooches look like fungal growth although i'm sorry i laughed when i read that hehehe he seems to be proud of his homemade jam! look delicious! lovely felted and fabric brooches you made, i think i'm going to make some too! sorry about the blurry pics, i hate it when that happens! xx Susan

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  15. Fab brooches and I'm full of admiration for the things Mr J & P can do with his well preserved plums...
    I shall have to seek out this gooseberry wine, that sounds like my kind of night! I hope you used an empty bottle as a microphone.
    Janet
    x

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  16. i have a plum tree - should i pick them now? i picked them last year when they started turning purple. Is my comment allowed to be a question?!! xx

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  17. Loving all the makes! I did chuckle about the stolen shoes, last time at glastonbury we woke up to find a randomer in out tent, we kicked him out but he ended up leaving one welly lol. Scarlett x

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  18. Nice plums there Mr J&P!! How very industrious you've been. LOVE the black felt brooch - that's very me!! lol So jealous of you Festivaling - I'm making it a mish next year to go to one - Take That took over my gigging budget this year!! Have a fantastic weekend!

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  19. I love all of the brooches, so pretty!

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  20. Lovely creations and such fantastic looking plums.
    Too bad for the festival photos but what matters is the memories and good times you had!
    Have a lovely weekend,

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  21. Lovely brooches, you clever things!

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  22. The brooches are all so cute! I'll definitely be having a go.
    Looking forward to my mum's plum jam.

    Barri x

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  23. Those rosette brooches are so cool and Miss J&P is such a talented young lady, I don't think I could manage anything that inticate even now.
    Glad you enjoyed the Hop Farm, it's a fabulous festival. x

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  24. The brooches are very pretty. Love the black one.
    Mr J and P always looks as though he is so happy that he is having to pose for your blog, hee hee.
    x

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  25. *snorks* All I can think of is that old radio programme Hold Your Plums. Isn't Mr J&P all domesticated though? I'm impressed he can make jam!

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  26. Ohhhh I love plum jam! & your ikea fabric brooch x

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  27. ooooh I love your creativa flower brooches amor,
    mmm I adore homemade jam. he is a keeper.

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  28. oh your post made me laugh - brought up on too mant carry on films I suspect! Thanks for popping by and for your lovely comment, it was a pleasure to read - thank you!

    BH x

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  29. I love plums, we have a wild plum tree in the fields behind our house, and at harvest time we go and pick them with the kids. Your OH is very clever making plum jam, they are great gift ideas too. I hope your friend managed to find some other shoes to go home with! Bx

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  30. Ha,I'd love to share a bottle of gooseberry wine with you if that's how you carry on!!!
    Love the brooches,it's endlessly amazing just how simple (if you can be bothered) it is to make such beautiful things!
    Plums,plums,plums!
    xxx

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  31. Perhaps 'tent service' came round and took the shoes away for cleaning?

    Loving your plums and Madonna madness and all those lovely flowers - oh and massive thank you for pointing me in direction of Google Chrome - I've been using since and had no problems commenting now. xxx

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  32. What a great life you live. Was there some cheeky reference to your old man's "plums" or am I reading into it too much. I'll get my mind out of the gutter. I love the brooches. Now back to those plums... LOL
    Erin

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  33. Wow, definitely not fungal growths! They're beautiful!

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  34. Oi missy, You are too quiet for my liking. Where's my Jumbles and Pompoms fix when I need it?!!!!

    I hope everything's okay.

    Thinking of you,

    Sarahxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  35. you have created such a lovely place with your blog and how creative you are!!! i really adore your flower brooches!!!supercute!
    love and kiss,mary

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