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Handmade: Felt Flower Ring
Today’s craft tutorial is a Felt Flower Ring – a lovely gift for admirers of fun jewellery and the young at heart. Or you could just go crazy and make one for yourself? Felt balls are ideal for crafting. They’re flexible to work with, great for jewellery crafts and cheap. So if you’re needing ideas for stocking fillers and want an easy gift to make (takes 20 mins), this fun craft DIY is for you! Here’s the how-to: You can…
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National Knitting Week and a Giveaway!
Run for your needles and wooden spoons, ladies and gentleman, and behold the week 15- 21 October – for it is National Knitting Week AND National Baking Week. Steady ladies, steady. I’m in the mood for something tangy and satisfying so I’ll be baking up a Lemon Drizzle cake this week to help me begin a knitting project – the annual scarf. My imagination knows no bounds. I’m not the best knitter, mainly because I’m not patient enough to follow…
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Tote Of The Week: Ship in a Bottle Tote by Stephanie Cole
The Ship in a Bottle Tote is a gentle reminder to myself that I will soon be by the sea (4 months ish). I miss the sea. Not that I’ve ever lived by it. I guess all the UK coastal holidays my folks took us on as children/teens have stuck with me. That, and my childhood dream to live in a lighthouse. I’m a sentimental lass. The tote can be yours for £14 from Etsy seller Stephanie Cole Designs. I’m…
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Design Delights: Not on the High Street
Meet Foxy Loxy, a new necklace to join my very small jewellery collection. The necklace is designed and made by Xuella Arnold along with her other wares on Not on the High Street and it holds a very special place in my heart. The hand carved solid bronze fox has brightened my winter wardrobe, sitting perfectly with my chunky knits. As you can see Foxy Loxy is very happy living in our home. As I am particularly fond of my…
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Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair 2012
Alison Bartram (owner of Heart Gallery) and moi at the 2011 GNCCF opening evening Two weeks today the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair returns to Spinningfields in Manchester to celebrate the very best designer-makers that the UK has to offer. As an admirer of contemporary craft and design, fuelled by working at Heart Gallery, I can’t think of a better day spent than viewing the work of emerging and established artists and meeting them too. I better take my purse.…
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Tote of the week: Crafty Like a Fox Tote Bag via Shipshape Studio
I like foxes. I like craft. So I guess that means I qualify as a crafty fox? I hope so because I love this tote via the newly launched online Shipshape Studio. I’d use it while visiting the local craft shop and stuff it with magical crafty ingredients, for I’m a crafty fox afterall. This beauty can be yours for a very affordable £12. However, if you take a gander around Shipshape you might want to add to that tote…
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5 Craft DIY’s for the weekend
DIY Leather Bow Cuff via ISLY I Still Love You Painted jars & bottle DIY via Ada and Darcy DIY Crochet Trim Seam via Trash Couture DIY Vintage Jewellery Organiser via Homedit Fabric Covered Pots DIY via Under the Sky ♥
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A cuppa and a good read.
With the launch of Wish magazine scouring the blogosphere (exciting!) I thought I’d take a look at other magazines on the market that might tempt the alternative/creative woman. There’s nothing better than a pile of magazines and a pot of freshly brewed tea, is there? In fact, that and a little sunshine is a perfect afternoon in my book. Oh and some cake…and maybe the radio playing in the background. Bliss. I’ve already found my bliss in Oh Comely; it…