Category craftings
My first foray into Needle Felting.
After last week’s CraftBaketacular, I fancied doing some more felting, and have a little project in mind…. But I thought I would have a little play first. However, for this, I need equipment…. Wet felting is easy, requiring bubble wrap (yep, always have random bits about the house), sushi roll mats (£1.48 each from Tesco), […]
Felting with Rivka: using a bubblewrap resist template to make a Kindle case.
Ick. Rain. What to do on a rainy day? Well, it’s like rainy day playtime! Thankfully we didn’t have to go anywhere, or do anything today, so after clearing up from the party it was time to play! Not 5 minutes after we finished clearing the table, Mr M and Brother M got out the […]
The CraftBaketacular: day 7 – the Spa, lunch, then Rosette making!
—————————————————————————————————– We got an early start on the day today, through the doors at opening time at Thermae Bath Spa, 2 hours of relaxing on foam noodles. Lush. Then further enjoying ourselves with lunch at Demuths, Asparagus with Potatoes, Cheese, and Salsa Verde, then home to start crafting! Party Rosettes! These little lovelies were inspired […]
The CraftBaketacular: day 2 – more Potter, more writing, and planning some party prizes.
What could be more British than a nice Village Fete style competition. …and for a prize? A nice rosette. The original inspiration came from an issue of CrossStitcher magazine, but then I elaborated on it to truly embrace Britishness. First prize… Savoury first prize. Represented by a cucumber sandwich. Sweet first prize. Battenberg! Then I […]
Emma Bridgewater Jubilee Cross stitch (updated 25.05.2012 and 05.06.2012)
Ok, so you know I said I was practicing my cross stitching ready to make that Emma Bridgewater pattern…. I finally bit the bullet, bought the threads (and some nice linen to sew it onto), and got on with it! It started with something resembling Hieroglyphs…. Then once I started to add the other colours… […]
Haahoos
Recently, a friend of mine asked me to make a cake for her Niece. In the Night Garden is her favourite, and so she wanted that as a theme…. Cue panic. I can’t make figures. Thankfully, a brief search showed me that we could purchase some little plastic figures. Panic over. Then she also wanted […]
Earl Grey Cupcakes… in cups.
Tonight I am all on my lonesome… so I asked the twittersphere what I should do. Apparently the answer was to do a craftbaketacular blog post. This was inspired by my lovely Rivka, writer of books, maker of lovely things, and general overall spectacular person. For my birthday, I got these: I must confess, I […]
Skulls and Ponies Craft Swap.
A few months ago I started following Fran, the lady behind Skulls and Ponies, on Twitter. She announced that once again she would be organising a craft swap, where she would partner up people to make things for each other. I was partnered with Stu, and we swapped lists of interests, and things we liked…. […]
Bunting for a Very British Royal Garden Party.
So, us lucky Brits are having an extra day off this year thanks the the Diamond Jubilee of dear old Queenie. Go Queenie! I, for one, am planning a Royal Garden Party to celebrate (much like we did last year for the Royal Wedding), and this is the first in a series of posts relating […]
Learning to knit: machine style.
A little while back (although when I say a little while back I think I mean about 6 months to a year ago!), Mr M’s mother loaned me her old knitting machine to have a play with. This weekend they have come to visit, so I have been having my long promised lesson on how […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 