We’re getting to the time of year where people are having their second lockdown birthdays. I wonder how many of them last year thought they'd be celebrating in lockdown again this year. After the excitement of getting the embossing sandwich worked out, I decided to make a simpler sort of card. At least it was,… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: The No Prob-llama Card
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This Week in Crafts: Stitching Moths
It’s been a quiet week at work this week, so I’ve spent most of it stitching moths. One Atlas and one Tiger. Now I just need to attach them to their felt frames and find them somewhere to go. These moths were designed by Cheryl McKinnon of Tiny Modernist and came with The World of… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Stitching Moths
This Week In Crafts: Embossing (Or Not) Tulips
My Gemini doesn’t get out much. At present, its permanent home seems to be in its box. Mostly this is because I don’t have a space with accompanying plug sockets for it on the desk, or anywhere else in my craft room. So I mostly use my mini Aldi die cutting machine. But a recent… Continue reading This Week In Crafts: Embossing (Or Not) Tulips
This Week in Crafts: Ducks and Swallows
I haven’t actually crocheted at all this month. There are occasional thoughts of coasters to go with the colourful tablecloths, but I haven’t made any. Yet. Probably there will be some at some point. Just not now. Instead, I’ve been playing with several bird stamps, and with the few Distress inks I have, to make… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Ducks and Swallows
This Week in Crafts: Signs of Spring Card Kit
According to the language of flowers, snowdrops mean hope. A fitting sentiment for this time of year generally, and definitely for this year. Signs of Spring Card I don’t think I’ve seen any snowdrops out in the wild yet, though. I’ve had to content myself with the ones I make, first the die-cut ones last… Continue reading This Week in Crafts: Signs of Spring Card Kit
This Week In Crafts: Clearly Besotted Snowdrops
It’s amazing what a difference the gradually lightening evenings makes on one’s mood. Especially when it becomes noticeably lighter, and I’m not having to draw the blinds at half four, but can leave it until I finish working. February is still very cold, and the weather isn’t usually anything to write home about, but the… Continue reading This Week In Crafts: Clearly Besotted Snowdrops
TWIC: Gina the Giraffe
One of the good things about being a crafter is that Christmas usually comes with crafty things. In this instance, a crochet kit from Teeny Tiny Knits for a giraffe key-ring, which was just the sort of thing I needed after the numerous stockings I’d made before Christmas. Oh, I still have masses of yarn,… Continue reading TWIC: Gina the Giraffe
TWIC: The Spring Hedgehog
It isn’t quite Spring, not just yet, but January has such depressing weather when it isn’t snowing. I’m looking ahead and pretending there is sunshine. Easier to do when I don’t have to go outside and face reality. I know I have the map to complete, but since I haven’t actually done any stitching since… Continue reading TWIC: The Spring Hedgehog
TWIC: Sloths and Macaws
With Christmas now behind us, and the decorations down, I’ve turned to this year’s birthdays. Partly because it’s good to have something cheery to think about, amidst all the gloom of Lockdown 3.0, and also because the first birthdays of the year for me are this week or next. I did actually get these cards… Continue reading TWIC: Sloths and Macaws
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
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