coils and curls

Speaking of which, (though we weren't), have I ever told you I recently discovered I have curly hair?  It's the sort of thing you usually know about yourself, but not in my case.  I've straightened my hair for years, in my teens and 20s it was wavy, but messy wavy with some straight bits and others not.  One day late last year, my GHDs died.  A few days later, my straightening hairdryer died.  I couldn't afford replacements, so I let my hair be.  And it's curly!  I'd always wanted curly hair...

Just thought I'd share.

I've been threatening to do some quilling for ages and it finally happened last Friday evening, after I'd been off work ill all day.  I'd been hanging around on Pinterest and decided to blatantly copy a design I found there.  Now, I hope it's alright that I stole the design - I'm not planning on selling it, or anything made from it, it was in fact for just one Mother's Day card for my mum. 

I'm also not claiming to have designed it, it was designed by a Russian lady who's blog you can find here.  That link will take you directly to her magnolia card.  These are magnolias aren't they?

I used to quill a lot as a child but haven't since and it took me a while to get back in the rhythm of it.  I think I was too frugal and used too short strips so my coils aren't as full as I'd like.  The on-edge paper stem was really tricky!  That will take some practise.  There are some amazing on-edge designs out there.  If you're interested, check out my Quilling Pinterest Board.

 

I added the glass butterfly magnet myself.  I didn't make it.   Obviously.  Not too shabby for a first attempt.  The quilling papers are still in the living room so I might just have to try my hand at a few more designs.