Currently I am working on Christmas Baubles made from real eggs. My favourite to work with are the goose eggs, but I also use duck and chicken - I might even try some quail if I can find some. I can make one off bespoke eggs for celebrations and hand craft a stand from my old Christmas tree trunks with some recycled metal. Each egg is provided with it’s own tin to protect it when not hung on a sta
nd or tree. These are also recycled. I make them safe first and match the tin to the egg, making a lid also. The perfect storage container to protect your precious bauble. I love to paint and I completed a degree at Huddersfield University in Creative Textile Crafts, specialising in weaving. I am aiming to create lots of interesting items for you all in lots of media, but for now I will concentrate on the eggs. However, if you are interested in anything else please let me know and I will see if I can help. I am a mother to two young beautiful children one of whom has Autism and PDA so I am hoping to create my business by October / November 2019 working from home as I also Home Educate her. Sadly in 2016 their dad passed away having fought a long terrible battle with Oesophageal Cancer having previously suffered a heart attack and triple bypass with consequences. I am in the process of writing a memoir with the aim to help others understand what life is really like for a carer. I have also written and illustrated a children’s bereavement book entitled ‘Goodnight Daddy’. These are currently unpublished works, but if you have need for the Goodnight Daddy book, I would be happy to have one book printed at the local printers, spiral bound (for their cost and a small fee). Having two major deaths very close to one another I am aware that we like to keep clothes from our loved ones. Therefore another project will be to make items such as cushions / keepsake bears / animals etc. I have created two ‘School Buddies which will be a similar idea. Using the old school uniform for the parents to remember their child at school. In case you are interested, my name CJ’s Crafts comes from my first initial, followed by the J - to remind me of my daughter, son and late hubby who all shared the same middle initial. A Jay is also my favourite bird, hence the bird / stripes and colour. I hope you found this insight interesting, please let me know if I can help in anyway. Thanks, CJ.
