Crafty Christmas

I have been busy looking for some little christmas craft projects...here are a few I am dying to try.

These will be lovely on my dining table....just have to get some red pistachios... Instructions here

So cute...instructions here

Love these...instuctions here.

Halloween Fun

We spent a fun day with Ness for halloween,decorating and 'spookifying' her house for the party. 'Mam why is our house not fun like this'???...wish we lived here!!!

What a little poser!

Huge!

This is how you do it!

Kian had spent the morning watching various youtube videos about pumpkin carving and was itching to give it a go!

I think he did a great job

Making a few changes

Recently I have been at home more, taking a little more 'me' time away from work. It's been really lovely to drop the children to school and come home.I can get so much done before I go back to collect them...mostly sewing of course!
Maybe spending more time at home is making me feel the need for a few little changes. So this week I made some new roman blinds for my kitchen. I had been looking for a new fabric for some time and always wait til a fabric 'speaks' to me before I decide. I won't just choose something just for the sake of it.While the children watched a DVD on saturday night I worked on my new blinds.

Well what do you think???....a big change.

This is my bedroom.The picture looks very purpley but it's more mauve in reality. Again I need a big change so am thinking about doing the wall behind the bed in this pink paper and maybe a grey shade on the other walls.

I love this paper...its so Wow!!

Fun with fleece

Did you know that lush stuff was born last winter???.

It all happened through a combination of a few events.Basically for the past few years I have been a closet crafter ,dying to find more 'me' time to try new things. But work and children always came between me and my time to make stuff. But last winter 'the big flood' allowed me more 'me' time. The road in front of my shop was closed temporarily due to the flooding and work did not exactly pour in (excuse the pun).So all of a sudden I had loads of time on my hands. I bought a few rolls of fleece fabrics, made hats,scarves,sweatshirts and ponchos and hit the Christmas craft fairs. I enjoyed it so much and have been looking forward to doing it all again this year.
I had planned to start making earlier than now but time has really flown...anyway I made a great start on tuesday.Here are a few so far modelled by my beautiful daughter Cerys....a budding model.



Here's the plan I had for those cute flowers I crocheted.Thanks Emily for the know how and the button idea.

Great for keeping the ears cosy.

Such a natural model eh!

Grass needs cutting badly.......You know it's to long when it falls over!!

I love the colours.
I certainly have not forgotten the boys,don't worry....more to be revealed soon. Also need a willing model for them too,daughter 'will not model boys hats'...
Linking up to lush friday.I would love if you would link too.
Also amy lous sew and tell

Cutie pincushions

I was looking through the Anna Maria Horner blog during the week and spotted the tutorial for making these pincushions.I don't know how I didn't see it before.They are sooooo cutie.I made these. Pity I could not take nicer photographs because they really are so much sweeter in reality.
They were a simple ,fun little project and can be made from scraps. I am planning on making a few more too.They would make lovely pressies too.
I am going to link up to a few blogs today....amy lous,simply designing and lush friday here on my blog.

My patchwork clutchbags inspired Jessica.

Imagine how flattered I felt when I saw Jessica's post about her latest obsession.I had to take a second look.I thought they were mine.So cute and I can tell you once you get started,you just want to keep making more...and more...and more!!

Check out SewCraftyJess, this girl can quilt...thanks Jessica for your contributions to lush friday.Keep 'em coming!!

An unproductive Week

This has been the most unproductive craft week I have had in such a long time. I have crocheted nothing,knitted nothing,sewn nothing so made absolutely nothing,my house is a mess and I can't wait for the weekend.

I am so looking forward to our crocet get together in my shop next wednesday.

Here's a pic of our first night.

Look at what we had to nibble on in .Mmmmm.yum yum

See you next friday at the various show and tells.