Category craftings
Mother’s Day cards
This is a little something I finished off before we went away. I decided to make our Mother’s day cards this year, starting off with just a simple stitched ‘Mum’, then embellishing with a little extra. For one, I took inspiration from an old blackwork pattern in an issue of CrossStitcher magazine: To make it […]
I’ve been crafting!
As a little treat to myself while I was in Hobbycraft the other week (with a 25% off voucher….. Thank you very much!) I bought a crochet kit to occupy my time on the flight over here. It uses Zpagetti: ……..a strange sort of yarn, that isn’t in fact a traditional yarn at all, but […]
The Room of Shame
So here’s the full post. I generally craft in my spare room. I’m lucky to have it, but it’s generally full of piles of stuff everywhere…. like so: It wasn’t very inspiring, and I had random bags with bits from different old projects, new bits of material, scraps of material………….. MESS! So it was definitely […]
The Room of Shame: Box tags for organising and sorting.
Our spare room is a source of great shame to me. It’s full of junk and random crafting supplies. When people come to stay I have to try and clear enough room so they can get to the bed, then it just gets messy again. A messy space is just not helpful when it comes […]
For my “Tweetheart”
The first very Valentines Day that my husband and I were together, I was just about recovering after having been in bed for over a week with Glandular fever. Unpleasant. I had looked like a swamp monster with squinty puffy eyes, and couldn’t stay awake for more than 5 minutes….. and we had only been […]
Crochet square coasters.
So, you learn a new skill. Then you’ve got to practice. In my new book, 200 Crochet Blocks for Blankets, Throws and Afghans: Crochet Squares to Mix-and-Match by Jan Eaton, there’s a totally amazing looking quilt. But involves some pretty complicated looking squares, so I thought I would start off just with some simple standard plain […]
Granny Crochet Hook Roll
A little while ago I blogged a little about some crochet I had been doing, practicing for something bigger by making a new craftacular case for my crochet hook set that I had as a Christmas present. This project came from this Magbook: …..and…… I finished it today! Woo! The progression of the project followed […]
Vampire Sailor Ninni
A little while ago I saw a tutorial for a funny little monster. I loved him. For our little crafty afternoon Rachael and I decided to use up some of my fabric remnant stash and make some. Crafting! (Surrounded by piles of stuff – the way I do all my crafting. There was another picture […]
Mr T(ea Loving Rex), the Gentleman Dinosaur.
I was really really super duper excited about this post, but alas, I had to contain it, as it was a birthday present for my friend and I couldn’t post it until I had given it to her, just in case she saw it and it ruined the surprise! However, today we lunched and had […]
Crafty update: Hook Roll, Cross stitch and getting my sourdough mojo back
I have been busy I tell you! Granted, the majority of these were done yesterday when I had the day off work, but I did two of the little ones tonight. I think I might be getting the hang of it! Here’s a close up of the large ones: They are constructed of alternating rounds […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 