I mentioned the other day that I’ve been down a YouTube Rabbit-Hole. I started using YouTube marginally more frequently when I learnt to crochet, then when I started papercrafting. Especially with crochet, I find it easier to follow instructions when there’s a demonstration, rather than when they’re just written down. Then, a few months back,… Continue reading The Crafter’s YouTube Rabbit-Hole
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Notes From My Office: August’s Words
And so the summer ends, with a soggy bank holiday weekend. Schools, in theory, return this week, and Offices might begin to open up again. But nothing’s set in stone. We’re not sure yet when we’ll return to the office, but given it’s a possibility in the near future, I’m beginning to think about what… Continue reading Notes From My Office: August’s Words
TWIC: Ships and Anemones
In the last nine or so months since I took up paper-crafting, I have gathered a reasonable collection of stamp sets, mostly with matching dies or embossing folders. The majority have come from my monthly Simply Cards & Papercraft (SCP) magazine, although occasionally I pick up one of the others (because I particularly like the… Continue reading TWIC: Ships and Anemones
TWIC: A Simple Card
I’ve thought occasionally about writing about projects, but I’m not sure. Mostly, this is because I don’t want to be making things purely to turn into Projects. I’d rather bring things that I’ve made for a reason. So, I shall continue to post about experiments and practice attempts, as well as occasional Projects, because whatever… Continue reading TWIC: A Simple Card
The Art of the Spring-Clean
I mentioned before that I’ve been spring-cleaning recently. I’m being more ruthless than normal, too, with all the clutter and the things which I don’t really need. Largely, this is due to the fact that my crafting supplies have definitely outgrown my craft-corner, and I am now trying to clear out and reorganise the spare… Continue reading The Art of the Spring-Clean
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
Review: The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
I’m not much of an artist, and usually I’m not much interested in things I can’t really do, but over the last few years I have begun to develop an appreciation for drawings. For sketches and cartoons. Especially, it must be said, for political cartoons. One of my favourite cartoonists is the late David Low.… Continue reading Review: The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse
Craft: On Stamping
One of the most common freebies with papercraft magazines is a stamp set. When I first started getting interested in paper-crafting, and began gathering my few supplies, I chose magazines based on how much I liked the freebie. The one that most appealed came with a unicorn die and a stamp set with a magical… Continue reading Craft: On Stamping
Notes From My Office: January’s Words
I’m a subscriber to the OED Word of the Day email. Sometimes, I wonder who picks the words, and how they’re chosen. I have had occasion to laugh, so appropriate the Word of the Day is to particular situations, in general and more locally, and to public people. I also like to look at the… Continue reading Notes From My Office: January’s Words
Recipe: (Almost) According to Hummingbird: Muesli Bar
I was looking for something vaguely virtuous, something I could, perhaps, easily take to work to nibble at lunch-time. Something which wasn't a sandwich, and which wasn't full of sugar, and wasn't really flapjack. What I found was this recipe for a Muesli bar in one of my Hummingbird Bakery recipe books. It involved oats… Continue reading Recipe: (Almost) According to Hummingbird: Muesli Bar
