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Leitmotif ([personal profile] redsnake05) wrote2020-06-06 05:42 pm
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Another Homemade Parcel lands safely

So, postage from NZ to the US seems to be pretty normal; two and a half weeks is well within the antipodean mail expectations for delivery. Mail coming from the US to NZ seems to be another story. Anyway, today is about my second parcel, which went to [personal profile] boysinperil.

So, I made some lasercut wall art:
Virgin Mary and bees on honeycomb pattern on orange background, lasercut

I digitally drew Mary and the bees and the honeycomb and then laser cut it and glued it onto painted mdf. I really love laser cutting and getting to do a mixture of quite fine detailed art wood and other hard materials.

Drawstring bag:
Handmade drawstring bag embroidered with sunflowers in the shape of a heart

And details of the sunflowers:
Embroidered sunflowers forming the shape of a heart

I love embroidery, and this was a style I don't do often. On the plus side, my french knots improved markedly as a result of doing this design

Handing knitted hexagon thing with bee:
Knitted stuffed hexagon with a colourwork bee on yellow

And the other side, with a manuka flower:
Knitted stuffed hexagon with a white and red colourwork manuka flower on it

I thought this might be nice hanging in a closet with some moth-repelling scented oils, but I just stuffed it with wadding. The flower is a manuka, which is a NZ native. Honey from manuka flowers has extra special antimicrobial properties, so it seemed the perfect thing to go on the back of the bee.

I had a lot of fun on these gifts, and I especially loved getting to do a range of different things again.
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[personal profile] yourlibrarian 2020-06-06 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
What wonderful embroidery! And the knitted moth repellants is such a clever idea. So impressed by the range of things people make.
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[personal profile] tjs_whatnot 2020-06-06 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
YOU ARE A MACHINE! ❤❤

I adore everything about this! ❤❤
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[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2020-06-07 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
The laser-cut art is totally new to me, and I love how you combine the delicate and the sturdy.
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[personal profile] kat_lair 2020-06-08 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
Ooooh, that laser cut honeycomb wall art is gorgeous!
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[personal profile] tigerweave 2020-06-15 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
WOW, that lasercut is beautiful. A real honey theme throughout them all :-)
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[personal profile] tigerweave 2020-06-15 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, looks like it to me!

Nice to see you around again too :-)