Cards for Mother's Day

I decided to make cards for Mother's day this year, and well you know how much I like simple cards so you'll not be surprised to learn these have a simple design too. I've made two, one for my mum and one for my MIL and you'll never guess what, but the day I made them MOH came home clutching shop-bought cards. They were ditched though for the home-made ones.

1. First make a template by printing MUM in large capital letters that will fit onto your card blank and glue to some scrap card.

2. Cut these out and you have your templates. I made two Ms so I could see the placement on the card, but you could make one and use it twice if you were short of card.

3. Draw around the MUM template onto scrapbook paper and cut those out too.

4. Stick the letters onto the card and leave to dry under a large, heavy book.

5. When dry decorate with some sparkly gem flowers, or anything else you fancy - some small ribbon bows or sequins would also look good. 

And then I did it all again from step 3 making a pinker version.

These were easy to make and I think both versions look effective; I like the blue and yellow MUM card for how striking it is using one design, but I also like the pink one too for it's mix and matchiness.  Which do you like?

Black & White photo: Market stalls

Today I'm sharing a picture from Petticoat Lane Market, I had a walk down there and Brick Lane this week and it struck me as a really characterful part of London. You can see more pictures from that wander here. 

Petticoat Lane Market and the surrounding areas come alive at the weekend, the market trades on a lesser scale during the week and the unused market stalls remain in the side streets. They looked great in colour, but I like them and all their lines and textures in black and white too.  

Black & White photo: Keeping watch...

I'm sticking with Lyme Regis for today's black and white photo. Yesterday I shared some shots of the Cobb there, but I took this one at the other end of the town. It amuses me to think of people sitting on those benches eating their sarnies with that cannon looking over their shoulders. But I guess you can never be too careful...

The cannon faces over Lyme Bay towards Burton Bradstock, but it's the foreground that I like in this shot. The cobbles add texture and the iron railings add their own pattern too.  I've one more post to come of Lyme Regis, this time of the town so pop back early next week to see that.