Monday, 31 December 2012

Sunday, 30 December 2012

Christmas Sewing

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Along with the Christmas Crochet I also managed to get some Christmas sewing done between attending nativity plays, running the kids to various parties etc! I made a make up / toiletries bag for my cousin, which I filled with a crocheted headband and some hair slides, and a dancing shoes bag for...

Friday, 28 December 2012

Christmas Crochet

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In the week before Christmas I realised I was significantly less organised with pressies for people than I thought so ended up making quite a few gifts in some rare quiet moments! Here are the crocheted ones... First was an earwarmer using this pattern but I forgot to take a photo of it... Then a...

Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Merry Christmas and a Thank You!

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Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you had a great day yesterday, we had a lovely time with my parents and grandparents and my house now looks like a lego shop! Now for the huge thank you... Amanda from City Girl Gone Costal had a giveaway a while ago and I was one of the winners:) She sent the most beautiful...

Thursday, 13 December 2012

A busy month!

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Wow, it is a month since  I last posted and what a month it has been! We now have a new (almost finished) kitchen and new living room! Here are a few photos of the evolution of the living room of the last year... Photos of the kitchen will follow once we have done the final...

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

DIY Swarovski Sparkle!

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I have been having some fun making sparkly Swarovski earrings again, I think these might feature heavily in my Christmas giving! They are so simple to make, using the headpin bending technique brilliantly shown at My Girlish Whims, then attaching the crystals to jump rings, other crystals etc depending...

Monday, 5 November 2012

Sugar Overload!

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Is it possible to have a sugar hangover? If so I think I have one:) We had family round on Sunday for a bonfire and fireworks (the 5th November is Guy Fawkes night in this part of the world so we were a day early). It started as a 'pirate ship'... and ended up a blazing inferno! I made toffee...

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Halloween

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We dooked  and carved (a terrified pumpkin!) and carved some more (well my Mum did..) A traditional turnip lantern and ate some mummies! Inspired by pintrest Hope you have all had a great! ...

Sunday, 28 October 2012

DIY Scented Owl's aka Stinky Owls!

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 While I was sorting out my huge fabric stash I came across two half cut up felted jumpers so decided some little owls (and some other things that will be blogged about soon) should be made! I made these two a few years ago A well loved Owl, looking really tatty! so used the same template...
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