Patio progress III

Last time in the patio series, I had attempted to tidy up the concrete and failed. Since then, we repaired it. My husband made a form and it was complicated but basically plan a and b failed but we improvised and it worked out. I don't have pictures on my phone anymore but might add them in later from my hard drive. 

Here we dug out a bunch of the cleanfill with shovels and wheelbarrowed it into a borrowed truck to deliver to the dump. It was expensive to do that so we looked at Kijiji for alternative places to bring it without luck as they ended up being too far for millage for the rented truck price. At this point it was getting expensive and time consuming so we looked into getting the work done by a local business. We ended up having two brothers finish the job for us. They suggested a slightly different stone as it would be available right away and they could finish faster. We wanted the herringbone pattern, which is so beautiful. They did an amazing job. 

Since it was done in October and the stones needed to settle for a month before coating it, we are still waiting on the warmer spring weather to clean it and coat it! Though I am so excited for many patio memories to come!

 

Creative Collaborations

My friend Amy made some beautiful crocheted flowers for me to incorporate into designs and I made two book covers with the flowers as the centrepiece! They are so beautiful and soft. My sister said the yellow one is giving bumble bee in the best way, which is a high compliment because bumble bees are SO cute. I think it is giving cottage core vibes. I am planning to take more pictures of it to put on my website. 

I really enjoy making book covers, it is so peaceful. I wrote out all of the directions that I take recently as mostly it was in my head with just the pattern dimensions. I'm thinking of making it into a pattern and putting it on my Etsy shop. I think there are different markets for people who would use the pattern and those who would like one in person. I've thought about collaborating with some bullet journallers on Insta. I won't disclose who yet, but feel free to follow me there @rachelle.designs and stay tuned!

This pink one was my prototype and I think it is so fun! I just missed adding a pen loop (silly me!) otherwise it would be replacing my personal bujo cover.

 

Book Bag

 

Recently, I made my first book bag for my shelf at The Hive in Guelph, Ontario. Here it is in all it's glory! I'd love to make some for my website Rachelle Designs in the near future. Stay tuned!

Mouse Moxie 2

In 2016, I made these mouse characters.  My sister  reminded me of it today because she  suggested that I put out some Valentines day  cards at The Hive, a store in Guelph, where I have a shelf for my business, Rachelle Designs. I decided to make some more cards and came up with this image below.