Despite the last-minute attempt by the weather to make us believe it’s still summer, temperatures are beginning to drop, mini-heatwaves notwithstanding. It’s beginning to become autumnal. The cherry tree is turning all sorts of shades of orange and red. And the hares, when they can be seen, are in the fields. Probably. Actually, I think… Continue reading Card of the Week: A Hare-Raising Day
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Card of the Week: Time for Tea
Sometimes, the best thing to do is to have a tea-break. To sit down with a good cuppa, maybe a biscuit, and have a little break. The last month or so feels like it’s been a bit of a tea-break for Life Ever Crafting. It’ll continue through September, though I am hoping to get back… Continue reading Card of the Week: Time for Tea
Stitch By Stitch: Sailing By
Ten to one in the morning used to be a good time for falling asleep. Radio 4 had Sailing By followed by the Shipping Forecast. I’d normally be asleep by the time the Shipping Forecast was relevant for me, not that it really made much sense. It just has a soporific sort of rhythm to… Continue reading Stitch By Stitch: Sailing By
Notes From My Office: July 2021
My office is full of boxes and my craft supplies beginning to be packed away. Or set in the trolley as a Capsule Craft Room. To be honest, the thought of all the packing is rather exhausting. It has begun though only in a desultory sort of way. Doesn’t help that temperatures over the last… Continue reading Notes From My Office: July 2021
Fat Quarter Sewing: The Orange Tablecloth
The last of the rainbow tablecloths, though probably not the last tablecloth I’ll make. Not when they’re so simple and straightforward and easy. I shall have to expand my fat quarter sewing into other, simple, patterns. The orange tablecloth This one used several quarters left over from the first yellow set I got back in… Continue reading Fat Quarter Sewing: The Orange Tablecloth
Card(s) of the Week: The Owl and the Elephant
There are two cards this week, mainly because they're similar in style. When I made the black and white elephant card last month, I liked it so much I used one of the other stamps from the same Mindful Moments set from Creative Stamping 93 to make another such card. Well, two, because then I… Continue reading Card(s) of the Week: The Owl and the Elephant
A Stitch in Time: The Peacock Cushion
With an imminent move coming up, I had thought to write about what I am calling my Capsule Craft Room. But that isn’t ready yet, so will have to keep for a later date. Instead, and like the Remembering Reads I’ve recently started, I thought it’d be good to share some previous crafty makes. I… Continue reading A Stitch in Time: The Peacock Cushion
This Week in Crafts: The Autumn Squirrel
I was back to playing with the more autumnal stamps and colours this week, after the monochrome of last week’s elephant. This week, it’s a heat-embossed copper squirrel playing in the orange and red leaves of autumn. I did think about doing the squirrel in silver, since grey squirrels are more common than red ones,… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: The Autumn Squirrel
Fat Quarter Sewing: The Purple Tablecloth
I’m getting to the end of my rainbow. After this one, I’ve just got the orange to go, since I don’t propose to separate the blue and purple into Blue, Indigo, Violet. Just one blue and one purple will do. It’s back to lots of flowers for the purple tablecloth. Suitable, given all the bee-friendly… Continue reading Fat Quarter Sewing: The Purple Tablecloth
This Week in Crafts: Summer Butterflies
I can’t remember seeing many butterflies so far this year. Plenty of bees on the balcony, but not so many butterflies. Or in the park next door. There’s time for them to turn up, and perhaps they will, now the sun seems to have come out. In the meantime, at least I have plenty of… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Summer Butterflies
