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When my children were small, it was very hard to draw anything just as I am enjoying my time right now; well, although we all know the time with our kids is priceless and more precious than anything, we cannot have enough time to spend to ourselves;  it is almost impossible to concentrate to any kind of thing with small children beside you, isn't it?!
Good times and bad times. It sometimes gave me a lot of frustration.
So, I used to do some patchwork quilting and many small crafts to satisfy my desire for creation while spending time together with my children.
You know, when they really needed me,  of course I had no time to take up neither needles nor brushes at all, but I managed to keep my creation going on while they were having good time playing although it did not last long.

Here are some of my works I did when my daughters were small today.
This is one of my patchwork quilting which I made long long years ago.
The pattern is called crazy heart quilt, or something like that which I got when we lived in the U.S(we lived there three and a half years due to my husband' s transfer from Japan.)

It is old and colors are fading, but shines with full of fun memories with my daughters.

This is 'star of Bethlehem' tapestry, which I made by machine quilting.
To finish it, I added the decoration of lace around the star pattern.

This is miniature quilt, very Christmasy, isn't it? And it is small-about15x10cm.
I embroidered some small white beads as snow.
Stars, trees, and a small log cabin with fireplace on the snow. Triangles are flying wild geese.
It is fun to collage many kinds of cut cloths to make one big totally new thing-it is just like mixing colors.  I really liked it.

 

 Maybe I am going to show you some  of my crafts -maybe the dolls which I made for my daughter when they were small and have been their precious.

Hellebore and Lemon Fairies 2

Another hellebore and the fairy.
Hellebore grow in the shady places like under trees; to me, it seems that they  admire the sunlight. Not the bright, but just a little bit of sunshine is enough for them.

 Lemon fairy. The title is 'Cherish'. 

I am sorry the photos are not very good focused and clear.

Hellebore and lemon fairies

Today I am showing you two of my watercolor drawings, Hellebore and Lemon fairies.

This is my Hellebore, the favorite pale pink and really subtle color.

And here comes Lemon. This is postcard size and not a big work, but I really liked it.

 I drew both of them years ago.
I hope these fairies bring  love and peace onto your mind!

memory of this summer

As I live near the seashore,  this summer I often went there to spend some time walking along the shore with my husband.
There I found very cute small pink seashells.  In our country, they are called cherry blossom shells 'cause they just look like cherry blossom petals.
I picked up many of them on the quiet seashore- as I used to do as a child.

Aren't they beautiful?  They shine like a gem on the shore.
This year I wanted to make use of them. They are too pretty to leave them in the corner of the house!
So I made a very small accessories by putting some uv resin in it with small beads and pieces of  pretty pebbles.

 a pair of earrings
I put pearl and watermelon tourmaline.

the other side of the earrings. pure natural color. beautiful, aren't they?

 

and I made a big pendant head using pink shells as flower petals of cherry blossom.  I put small golden beads at the center of the flower as stamens. The green pebble is Aventurine. The white shell I also picked up at the sea. It is white but looks rusty and I like the antique-look.

The UV resin is transparent so it looks like clear water and really nice, I think. It also helps the fragile shells strong enough for using as  accessories when hardened by UV.

This one I painted  'night sky with crescent  moon' on the inside of one seashell  which I picked up at the shore with acrylic paint; and put some resin and added small beads, a pink seashell, and small crystal points . I also put small amount of very fine sand of the seashore because the color is such a beauty it just looks like gold dust. As you may see in the photo, it just looks like misty cloud around my crescent moon, and I like it :)

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Colored Leaves on the ground

Beautifully colored leaves on the ground. watercolor.
I drew this fairy in the colored leaves years ago(also sold); these leaves are from my country, which is Japan.

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Fairy dancing under the tree

Today I am showing Fairy dancing under the tree in a autumn day. This is the one I painted while I was still in the UK.  Watercolor.
I  enjoyed painting sparkling beauty of the autumn tree playing with the light which is getting weaker day by day.

Hope you like it!

Autumn butterfly

Autumn butterfly bathing and dozing in the warming sunlight. watercolor.
This one I drew years ago, but it is still one of my favorite (already sold).
I hope you like it, too!

It is getting colder here in Japan.
Take care, and thank you for watching!