Rainbow Bridge - Angel dog waiting for its owner cross stitch design

Rainbow Bridge - Angel dog waiting for its owner cross stitch design

Hello Everyone,
Since releasing my previous design of a cat waiting for its owner on Rainbow bridge a few of my friends have requested that I draw a dog version. 

Heres the cat version of this design: http://buzybobbins.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/rainbow-bridge-angel-cat-waiting-for.html

This dog is not meant to be any particular breed so i did not use any too distinctive features. Though i must admit the sitting position it just like my friends pug who quite adamantly defends his favourite seat on the arm of the couch.

For those of you who are not familiar with the poem here it is:

The Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together...

Colour	Where is it used	Anchor Thread numbers
Black	Outlines, dog main colour	403
Red	Rainbow, Dogs collar	46
Orange	Rainbow	925
Yellow	Rainbow, studs on collar and halo. Backstitch between collar and heart	305
Blue	Rainbow	161
Purple	Rainbow	112
Pink	Heart on dogs collar	6
White	Details on dog	1

For more Pet themed cross stitch designs here  are some links:

Peanut the cat in a box
Border Collie Puppy 
Simple Beagle puppy

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Rainbow bridge - angel cat waiting for its owner cross stitch design

Rainbow bridge - angel cat waiting for its owner cross stitch design

Hello everyone

I love the Rainbow Bridge poem, its a lovely image. I renember being at a sleepover at my friends house after her beloved dog died. My friends Grandma decided to read out the Rainbow bridge poem to cheer her up and indeed it did. We later spent a little time drawing what we thought the Rainbow Bridge looked like.

Update: I have been requested to make a dog version, so if you'd like to see it heres a link:

http://buzybobbins.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/rainbow-bridge-angel-dog-waiting-for.html

For those of you who are not familiar with the poem here it is:

The Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together...

Colour	Where is it used	Anchor Thread numbers
Black	Outlines, cat main colour	403
Red	Rainbow	46
Orange	Rainbow	925
Yellow	Rainbow and halo	305
Blue	Rainbow	161
Purple	Rainbow	112
Pink	Heart cat is holding	6
White	Details on cat	1

I have been requested to do a dog version of this design so watch this space it will be coming up.

Reference images found in the public domain at the following links:
https://pixabay.com/en/colorful-prismatic-chromatic-1321413/
https://pixabay.com/en/angelic-cat-feline-halo-heart-1298162/

For more Pet themed cross stitch designs here  are some links:

Peanut the cat in a box
Border Collie Puppy
Simple Beagle puppy

 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here. 

Artist Spotlight: Twinkle Kitty Boutique - Super Kawaii jewelry and accessories

Twinkle Kitty Boutique - Super Kawaii jewelry and accessories

Hello everyone,
I recently had the pleasure of seeing the Twinkle Kitty Boutique at the Yorkshire Cosplay Convention 2016 at Sheffield Arena.
I was first greeted by two charming young ladies in stunning Kawaii outfits topped off with a selection of accessories of all shapes and colours but all super cute. (I was a little awestruck) They were ever so helpful in helping me find a cute hair slide to match my cosplay for the day. So if you ever see them at a convention why not pop over to say hello?

If you don't have the opportunity to see the Twinkle Kitty Boutique at a convention here are a few links to their sites:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twinklekittyboutique/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petticats/
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TwinkleKittyBoutique

I do recommend the Instagram account, its just the thing for cheering a grey day, with lots of cheerful pictures of the products, impressive toy collectors and some lovely outfits for inspiration.

At first glance this looks like a box full of sweet treats but they are actually a collection of lovely rings. They come in a variety of patterns such as cakes and sweets and something a little more goulish like a gravestone or bats for the more scary Gothic Lolitas out there. 

 This is a sweet collection of bracelets and necklaces. I am in love with the little shop necklace its really different yet striking. 

On a personal note I love that there's a variety of styles of bracelet. Sometimes I'd love to go all out and wear something big and flashy but those do get in the way when I am typing so for work I'd choose something with less charms but a cute colour instead.

 Don't those chocolate necklaces look good enough to eat? But someone has already taken a bite by the look of it! tee hee

I love these Necklaces they are very bold and can definitely make a statement even on a plain outfit with beads all the way along and a large charm to catch attention. 

 I bet my lovely niece Chloe will definitely want some of these little bear necklaces. 

Down at the bottom of the picture are packets of hair clips, these are nicely packaged clipped to a piece of card with a nice design which matches the colour of the item. This makes me think that it would make a really impressive gift for a friend since the whole package is lovely. 

A big collection of the Necklaces on sale. My personal favorite necklace is the little star shaped bottles, they are filled with different colours of glitter which makes them look like bottles of fairy dust, Wearing one of these looks like it could add a little magic and sparkle to your day. :D

Anyway I'd better be off, I'm going back to the Twinkle Kitty Boutique Instagram to take another look at their very impressive collection of Tsum Tsums and beautifully decorated cakes. Just the thing for when its raining outside. Heres the links again:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twinklekittyboutique/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petticats/

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TwinkleKittyBoutique

Much love and happy stitching
Gemma xx

For more Artist spotlight posts here are some links:
A preview of Simbrix - Interconnecting bricks for creative sculptures
Fun things to make with Simbrix
Unboxing and review of Cutiepies' Hair bows
Artist Spotlight: Maz's Boutique

 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here. 

Two hearts become one - Gay pride rainbow colour cross stitch design

Two hearts become one - rainbow cross stitch design

Colour	Anchor Thread numbers	DMC thread numbers
Red	334	606
Orange	324	721
Yellow	290	444
Green	226	702
Blue	1089	3843
Purple	89	718
Black	403	310

Hello everyone, there's not much I can say about this design. I have seen such an outpouring of love for the Orlando shootings all over the internet that I wanted to draw something. Remember love is love and to love is such a wonderful part of being human.

I'll be back with more cross stitch designs soon
Much love and happy stitching
Gemma xx

For a few more fun and colourful designs here are some links:

Geometric black and purple cross stitch design
Rainbow coloured Geometric pattern
Pretty circle of Butterflies and Flowers
Wishing well card sized cross stitch design
Primrose Fairy
Question Mark Maze
China blue flower motif
Girl blowing a Dandelion
Cute bird sitting in some bushes
Make a Wish - Dandelion seeds turning into Butterflies
Blue and green sewn bird
Bright orange and yellow summer sun motif
Bunch of colourful balloons

 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here. 

Artist spotlight: Geeky Clean - Power-up your bath time with geeky themed soaps

Artist spotlight: Geeky Clean - Power-up your bath time with geeky themed soaps

Hello everyone
This weekend I had the pleasure to meet the wonderful stall owners behind Geekly Clean at this years Yorkshire Cosplay Convention. I have been wondering if I should call them artists or potion makers in this spotlight due to the delightfully geeky theme running throughout their products.

If you happen to spot a Geeky Clean stall at a convention I heartily recommend taking a little browse through and perhaps taking a sniff of some of the testers since everything smelled amazing! However if you can't wait for their next convention appearance they also have a website to order from:

Website: http://geekyclean.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getgeekyclean/

Heres a few of the lovely things I spotted at the stall.

Yes that is Nuka cola flavoured lip balm in the background, with a sweet cola scent it will be hard not to use up the whole tube in a short time. I'm fairly sure you won't need any RadAways after using this lip balm though. 

At the front of this picture is the oddly named Unicorn Poop sugar scrub, though trust me it has a delightful vanilla and strawberry smell. For this item I got help from my lovely niece Chloe to tell you all about it. 

Chloes corner

Hello everyone, its Chloe here to tell you all about the Geeky Clean Sugar Scrub

The Unicorn Poop scrub is a pretty purple colour and even comes with a little sprinkle of pink glitter on top. My friend tells me that unicorns do fart glitter but only after they have eaten a rainbow so this comes from well fed unicorns. 

To wash my face with the scrub I only needed a little scoop so this pot is going to last for a long time. 

The scrub has little bits of sugar in it to help scrub all the dirt away (not that my face is that dirty). As soon as I started to use it it had a vanilla and strawberry smell which was not too strong. Even as we sit in our Pjs afterwards I still smell like a nice pudding and my face is all soft. 

These are some cool bathbombs, the Pokebombs and Pony Bombs contain a little surprise inside of a small toy which will only be revealed after the bomb is popped into water. The Sorting Bomb contains a small charm representing one of the Hogwarts houses from the Harry Potter books/films so why not pop this in your bath and see what house the bomb has sorted you into!

The Hey listen bomb is full of glitter which will turn your bath into a sparkly treat, luckily Navi does not come with it. I don't think I could relax in my nice bath with the call 'Hey Listen' echoing around the bathroom!

These look like they are going to be loads of fun particularly when convincing the geeky kids in your life to get into the bath. The only problem will be hiding them so they don't accidentally get used all at once!

This is another of my absolute favourite products. It has a nice refreshing lime scent to accompany the Cthulhu green colour. 

After a couple of uses I can confirm that I have not yet fallen into madness so this should be safe for even the most mythos savvy adventurer. Since Geeky Clean products are vegan friendly and do not use any ingredients tested upon animals so we can be assured that no animals or Great Old Ones were harmed in the making of this scrub. 

Give yourself a +1 cleanliness bonus to Charisma by washing with these generously sized soaps in Health, Mana and Poison varieties. After a hard day battling orcs and goblins you can clean up and take home some sweet loot in the form of a D20 dice hidden inside each bar. 

There are loads of other products on the website I havn't even had time to talk about here, including candles, fabric freshening sprays and salt scrubs. I heartily recommend checking it out here: http://geekyclean.com/

I'm off to wash up for bed with my lovely new scrubs so bye for now
Much love and happy stitching
Gemma xx

For more Artist spotlights here are some links:

A preview of Simbrix - Interconnecting bricks for creative sculptures
Fun things to make with Simbrix
Unboxing and review of Cutiepies' Hair bows
Artist Spotlight: Maz's Boutique
Artist Spotlight: Pins and Needles

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Presents with stars - Fun and colourful Birthday card cross stitch designs

Presents with stars - Fun and colourful Birthday card cross stitch designs

Hello everyone,
I have a few birthdays coming up so I thought it would be a great opportunity to come up with a simple cross stitch design for a birthday card. I wanted this one to be in whole stitches only to make them simple to whip up but also so I could change the thread colours about to use up a few odd ends of a skien or to choose colours which I know the lucky recipient will like the best.

I like this colour combination, its rather fun and bright.

 

Heres a nice little present in Green, red and Yellow. I think this colour combination would also make a nice idea for a Christmas card or a nice tag to put on a Christmas present as a keepsake.

I had to try and fit in pink and purple somewhere in this post else my lovely Niece would defiantly ask for one for her sewing. I think she might be trying this one to make for her friends birthday later in the year.

If anyone decides to stitch this one with a new set of colours I'd love to see it, please feel free to pop a link to a photo of your sewing into the comments and I'll take a look.

Anyway Happy Birthday to anyone with a birthday coming up. I hope to be getting a few more Birthday themed cross stitch designs drawn soon since I'll have loads of family birthdays coming up which I will need to sew for.

Much love and happy stitching
Gemma xx

For a few more fun and colourful designs here are some links:

Geometric black and purple cross stitch design
Rainbow coloured Geometric pattern
Pretty circle of Butterflies and Flowers
Wishing well card sized cross stitch design
Primrose Fairy
Question Mark Maze
China blue flower motif
Girl blowing a Dandelion
Cute bird sitting in some bushes
Make a Wish - Dandelion seeds turning into Butterflies
Blue and green sewn bird
Bright orange and yellow summer sun motif
Bunch of colourful balloons

 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here. 

Artist Spotlight - Pins and Needles - colourful, creepily cute artist dolls and accessories

Artist Spotlight - Pins and Needles - colourful, creepily cute artist dollsand accessories

Hello everyone,
Pins and Needles is a crafter I had the pleasure to meet at Emcon this year. The whole stall immediately grabbed my interest, not only for the colours and unusual dolls but the fact that each doll has a little card with a lovely little backstory.

Official website: http://pinsandneedlesofficial.co.uk/home
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialpinsandneedles/

Theres a wide variety of creepy cute designs. Unlike some creepy cute artists these designs do not focus on gore or have most things black. This is actually quite a refreshing change. Don't get me wrong I adore creepy cute but sometimes theres only so much black I can have before I long for some colour. 

There's a collection of keyrings to adorn your bags or keychains. They come in a variety of shapes including brightly coloured bats, scary staring eyeballs and colourful skulls. The skulls here are definitely my favorite with their unique detailing which reminds me of Sugar Skulls made for the Day of the dead in Mexico. 

Don't worry you won't have to try and read the stories off my pictures, each story is available on the Pins and Needles website. It gives each one a little personality and some insight into the design choices for each one. 

There's quite a few members to the Pins and Needles gang, though I will be keeping an eye on the Pins and Needles website to keep an eye out for any new recruits to the group.
I'm actually rather excited about the Alternative wedding toppers where you can ask for a pair of cute monsters based on you, your partner and your very own love story. You can even include a little monster for your pets or children. This does mean that there are so many possibilities for dolls that we should be careful about a potential take over. First the Pins and Needles craft room... then... the WORLD!  Tee hee.

Check out the wedding toppers here: http://www.pinsandneedlesofficial.co.uk/alternative-weddings

Unfortunately I couldn't stay too long at the stall since the area the stalls were in were suddenly filled with a pack of rampaging Darleks. I'm not kidding there were Darleks all around the convention, I'd spotted them chasing Doctor who cosplayers, making plans to take over the world (loudly) and squaring off against superheroes. Since I didn't have my trusty sonic screwdriver with me I didn't want to take any chances and scarpered. 

Pins and Needles has a really great website to look through so you can read all about the dolls, their stories and find out about the upcoming events they are attended so you can see the lovely makes for yourself. 

I definitely recommend checking out the website, it has a brilliant offer at the moment for 15% off an order when signing up to their newsletter. Not only will you be able to keep up to date with news its a really good excuse to start a brand new collection. 

Now excuse me I think I may need to go and make some room on my shelf before I take advantage of that offer. :)

Much love and happy crafting

Gemma 

Links

Official website: http://pinsandneedlesofficial.co.uk/home
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialpinsandneedles/

For more Artist spotlight posts here are some links:
A preview of Simbrix - Interconnecting bricks for creative sculptures
Fun things to make with Simbrix
Unboxing and review of Cutiepies' Hair bows
Artist Spotlight: Maz's Boutique

 For the Buzy Bobbins Index page Click here. 

Zodiac Cancer June 21 - July 22 cross stitch design

Zodiac Cancer June 21 - July 22 cross stitch design

Colour	DMC Number	Anchor Number
Black	310	403
Dark blue	518	1039
Blue	939	152
White	5200	1

Hello everyone
This is a card sized design for all of the lovely Cancer people having their birthdays later this month.
The colour scheme of this design represents that Cancer is a sign of the water element. I think these little circles look like a whole collection of bubbles or the scales on a beautiful fish.

It seems that water signs are very variable just like their namesake. Water can be calm, boiling, frozen or turbulent which makes water signs, not only a mixed bunch but can experience emotions in very different ways.

This design will be a fun stitch for some of your friends in the Cancer star sign, it will look fun on a card or could be used for book cover for a lovely journal. Since its very fitting for someone of the Cancer star sign to perhaps have to write down their range of emotions

 For more Zodiac themed cross stitch designs here are some links:

Zodiac cross stitch design Aquarius January 20 - February 18
Zodiac cross stitch designs - Capricorn December 22 - January 19
Zodiac cross stitch -  Pisces February 19 - March 20
Zodiac cross stitch design Aries - March 21 - April 19
Zodiac cross stitch design - Taurus April 20 - May 20
Zodiac cross stitch design Gemini - May 21 - June 20
Zodiac Cancer June 21 - July 22 cross stitch design
Zodiac cross stitch design - Virgo August 23 - September 22
Zodiac cross stitch design Libra - September 23 - October 22
Zodiac Scorpio October 23 - November 21 cross stitch design

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