One of the things I like about these House Mouse stamps is that they don’t require much inspiration. Just some colouring and maybe a colourful backing paper. Very useful for those days when there are too many possibilities and you don’t know what to do. Stamp, colour, stick, done. Of course, then you have to… Continue reading Card of the Week: Christmas Nap
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Card of the Week: The Red Christmas Card
It does make a difference, knowing what you’re doing, to how long it takes to make a card. After spending several days on last week’s Green Christmas Card, the red version took me barely any time at all. And I actually finished it (mostly; I’m sure there are finishing touches, like gems, I will add… Continue reading Card of the Week: The Red Christmas Card
(Incomplete) Card of the Week: The Green Christmas Card
I gave myself a challenge this week. Well, it became two, in the end, and I haven’t quite managed to complete the card yet but I think I know how it will end. Firstly, I was trying to use one of the harder embossing folders. At least for unimaginative me. And then it became a… Continue reading (Incomplete) Card of the Week: The Green Christmas Card
Advent Calendar Wild Cards
Last year, it occurred to me that my Advent calendar doesn’t take into account that, sometimes, Advent begins in November, like it did then. I used mini stockings as make-shift counters, but they didn’t quite fit with the rest of the calendar. And they weighed the ribbon down, since I filled them with Lindt truffles.… Continue reading Advent Calendar Wild Cards
The Crafter’s Life: November 2021
With just under two months to go before Christmas, now is the time most card-makers will begin to panic about Christmas cards. Unless they’re the extra organised sorts of people who have already made all their festive cards. Some crafters might be thinking about making gifts, although those take longer so should have been started… Continue reading The Crafter’s Life: November 2021
TWIC: Lots More Christmas Stockings
I’ve been making a lot of the Hobbycraft Christmas stocking pattern I tried last month. Much easier than the Aldi pattern I already had. I’ve got them down to an art, I think, and can whip one up in about half an hour. It helps that I now have the pattern well and truly fixed… Continue reading TWIC: Lots More Christmas Stockings
Last Minute Christmas Cards
If you’re anything like me, by now (this year at any rate), you’ll have organised your cards and gifts for posting. You might even have already posted them. And you’ll probably have discovered that the Christmas Card List was missing at least one person or family. Maybe even two. I thought my list was complete,… Continue reading Last Minute Christmas Cards
TWIC: Gnome Gift-Tags
In the ordinary way of things, I should have been cross-stitching this week, either the latest freebie or a bit more of my map. I’ve done neither, because of all the rush to make sure Christmas parcels are despatched in plenty of time to get to their various destinations. Instead, I’ve been making gift-tags with… Continue reading TWIC: Gnome Gift-Tags
TWIC: Finishing the Christmas Ornaments
With Christmas plans developing apace, it’s been quite nice to sit in my corner and stitch some festive ornaments. I’ve completed Popcorn the Bear, and this robin, which goes with a holly one I did last month, and I decided to skip the French knots and get out the sparkly fake gemstones from my card-making… Continue reading TWIC: Finishing the Christmas Ornaments
A Stitch in Time: Relearning to Sew
A while back, when I was still at uni (and I hate to think how many years ago that was now!), I had this bright idea of making my own clothes. I like skirts with lots of fabric, skirts that swish and swirl, and I think at the time they weren’t in fashion so were… Continue reading A Stitch in Time: Relearning to Sew
Fairy Cake Living 