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Senior Section Camp Badge Part 2

So my last suggestion didn't really say Girlguiding (neither did last years that I had nothing to do with but hey...).

So here are the other three options I've now given the group.

5 minute necklace

I made this necklace as a kit to go out in the Lones newsletter. It was so fast to do I thought I'd share.

You'll need: adhesive transfer sheet, acrylic pendant, jump ring and cord.

Remove the protective plastic covers from the acrylic pendant.

Get the adhesive sheet (Herma Transfer Adhesive Sheet) and remove the backing paper. Press the pendant onto the glue dots.

Carefully re-lift the pendant – it is now evenly covered in glue dots (which are easily visible).

Position the pendant over the paper image you wish to use and press down evenly.

Carefully trim off excess paper (you might find using a craft knife makes this easier and neater).

Pierce a hole carefully through the paper inline with the one in the pendant.

Thread a jump ring through and close (you’ll need pliers for this bit).

Thread a cord through the jump ring and wear.

NB: To improve the life span of your pendant carefully apply clear nail varnish or PVA to the back of your picture.

Senior Section Badge

I've been asked to design the cloth badge for SS09 (Scottish Senior Section Camp). This is what I have come up with so far (the actual badge will be about an inch by an inch and a half). None of the others on the committee have said yes to it but I really like it.
I also wondered about a fancy thistle design or something working in the Girlguiding Centenary colours since we'll just have launched it before event but the Highland Cow won me over.

Twilight Obsession

More and more I am reading Teen books (mostly thanks to being a High School Librarian). The latest lot to take me was the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. So you can expect crafty goodness related to that coming soon - including t-shirts and a patchwork quilt (it's a Mystery Quilt project).

I've been reading on a bit of a Vampire theme recently including 'Sucks to be me: The all-true confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe)' by Kimberly Pauley (a nice twist on the Vampire story) and of course the classic Dracula by Bram Stoker. I'm currently reading 'The Historian' by Elizabeth Kostova which is a reworking of the classic Bram Stoker story.

Dumbledore has own Blog!

It was been noticed that more and more Dumbledore was filing up my blog so we (Clair and I) have given him his very own so he can try and convert everyone to his way of thinking.
Catch the latest happenings of the King at Dumbledore's Adventures

Calvin inspired Snowmen Tree Decorations

My Granddad was a big fan of the comic strip 'Calvin and Hobbes' by Bill Watterson and the snowmen strips - where Calvin builds various snowmen - were always favourites (see above). Calvin remains part of our family festivities. Perhaps most memorably a number of years ago my sister and my Dad decorated the Christmas Cake with the snowmen bowling (the strip is one snowman usuing the others head a .

This year I made my Dad Calvin inspired snowmen decorations for the tree.