One of the reasons I took up cross-stitching as a hobby again was because of Mouseloft. If you haven’t come across Mouseloft cross-stitch kits, you’re missing out. They’re the sort of kits which can be completed really quickly, by beginner and advanced stitchers alike. They fit on cards, in scrapbooks, or as patches on pockets.… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Mouseloft Hummingbird
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Beginning Christmas Cards
Now that Easter is out of the way, and with it my main birthday season, I’m turning my attention towards Christmas. I know. Early. We’ve barely got over the last one; we’ve only just started with the longer, warmer days; it’s the midsummer End of Lockdown parties first. But given that what I think of… Continue reading Beginning Christmas Cards
This Week in Crafts: Easter Cards
Last year, with lockdown still such a novelty, I decided the thing to do, to help keep people’s spirits up, was to make Easter cards. I found a Celtic cross die and had a play. I got as far as making one demonstration idea for my scrapbook. This year, my die, stamp and embossing-folder collection… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Easter Cards
Stitch By Stitch: The World Map Part 1
It took me a couple of weeks to pick the map up again, after the struggle with the blending filament. But I did. I managed to trick myself by saying I would “just” do the fish, and then that part of the globe would be done, back-stitching excepted. That seemed perfectly doable: a one-evening task.… Continue reading Stitch By Stitch: The World Map Part 1
The Crafters’ Blessing
A few weeks ago, I came across this Crafters’ Blessing being shared on Facebook. I liked it, and thought I’d share it with you. I didn’t write it – the original can be found here. May you never run out of storage space; May your scissors never dull; May your trimmer blades be ever sharp,… Continue reading The Crafters’ Blessing
Beginning Christmas Cards
Part of the plan with my card lists was that then I would divide it up and make cards each month, especially Christmas cards, so there wasn’t a mad rush for a deadline. I don’t really like working right up to a deadline, not in the general way of things. Far too stressful. Things don’t… Continue reading Beginning Christmas Cards
Craft: Free as a Bird
One thing I like about this time of year is watching for the swallows to return. They tell me that winter’s over, and that long, lazy summer evenings are just around the corner. The rainbow colours, too, are cheerful and optimistic. Full of hope. Which is probably what most of us need right now. Although,… Continue reading Craft: Free as a Bird
Craft: The Scrapbook Look Book
One of the problems, I find, of collecting lots of stamp sets and dies and other crafting supplies is that there are periods when I don’t need to make cards. Or that the ones I have aren’t quite suitable for the person and card I have in mind. And I need to go shopping for… Continue reading Craft: The Scrapbook Look Book
Craft: the Mouseloft Advent Calendar
Back when I first rediscovered cross-stitch and Mouseloft, I had this idea of making my own Advent calendar. I envisaged a lovely wall-hanging, with little pockets I could fill with chocolates or something every year, each one decorated with a festive Mouseloft design. I began collecting, and stitching. Not all of them ended up being… Continue reading Craft: the Mouseloft Advent Calendar
