Tag: Crafting

Making Pom-Poms

Making Pom-Poms

I have stacks of wool and I mean stacks of wool. So I have been trying to think of something to do with it recently, other than knitting and crochet so I can use a lot of it up. I thought of Making pom-poms, but 

Making Changes

Making Changes

Currently life is super busy. It is good being busy and I am not complaining. But I am missing things. Things that I actually think I need to do to keep sane. Blogging for one. Crafting for another. We are working so hard on finishing 

What A Bit Of Cleaning Can Do…

What A Bit Of Cleaning Can Do…

Today I was cleaning, and it suddenly came to me what the problem has been. I wrote the other day about feeling lost with the blog, and not really sure how I wanted it move on, or where I wanted it to go. Then while 

My First Handmade Blanket

My First Handmade Blanket

I have always dipped in and out of knitting, it is something I have always wanted to learn and to be able to do, but something that I have always struggled with. I started buying the Art of Knitting a few years ago, and then 

Developing a Love of Sewing

Developing a Love of Sewing

Last week as I sat hand sewing my square for my #crafttheparcel project, I realised that I was actually really enjoying sewing. Sewing is not something that comes naturally to me, to be honest whenever I need something sewn I send it to my mother. 

A #crafttheparcel Blanket Square

A #crafttheparcel Blanket Square

At the end of 2014 I was emailed asking if I wanted to join in a collaborative project called #crafttheparcel with a group of other bloggers to make a blanket. The idea of the project was for each blogger to make a 12″ square, and 

Working, Planning and Working

Working, Planning and Working

This last year I have been silently planning, ideas for the business, a new venture and planning for the wedding. But everything was put on hold until after the wedding that took priority. And for quite a long time that was all I could think 

A Covered Notebook and Returning to Work

A Covered Notebook and Returning to Work

So today after deciding to take maternity leave from Scrapbookerry for the last few months, I decided to return back to work. I need to be working, I need to be bringing in some money, so that all the responsibility isn’t all on Mr L 

An Upcycling Project

An Upcycling Project

For ages now I have wanted an old style telephone table, the one with the seat attached. I have looked at them before, but have never been able to afford the prices of them. Today while walking the dog, I found this table being given 

Finding Me

Finding Me

A while ago I wrote about finding me, as I felt a little lost. A lot has happened since then. I rearranged my blogs and combined them all to here and I went on maternity leave from Scrapbookerry. I needed a break, I needed to