Finished the gothic cross – picture attached, and can now concentrate on this spiral. It was only when I had been doing it for a week that I discovered the normal time for making one of these is an hour an inch! Oh goody – should be finished by christmas then. Tweet
Read more →The latest addtion to the www.ukcraftwebsites.co.uk online craft directory is a web site called “Stamp with Ease”… The description of the site is as follows: Custom designed, self-inking stamps. Any photo / graphic / image / text – which you desire can be produced as a self inking stamp. You can use hot gun and [...]
Read more →That’s it. I finished the peyote diamond bracelet with only 2 mistakes (unnoticable)! I have this thing about doing three projects at once, it came from painting oil canvasses and having to wait until one was dry……………………..life’s too short to watch paint dry! So, I had the diamond bracelet, a cellini spiral necklace, and a [...]
Read more →Here’s a great idea to make a personalised notebook either for yourself or for a friend. Purchase a hard backed notebook from a stationary store. It only needs to be a plain one! Cover with wall paper (you can take enough whilst gathering samples from DIY stores!!) The really modern funky prints look great. Finish [...]
Read more →This is an exciting time on the forum. We have just announced our first craft swap. With twelve sign ups we should have a great variety of gifts. The format has been that each member of the swap will put together a kit using their own particular craft style. That is then sent out to [...]
Read more →On my search of the web for green things I have found that craftster are having a competition for designing and making your own re-usable bag. The details can be found here. I’m going to have a go – anyone else fancy joining me? Tweet
Read more →Each day I’ll writing a review on the sites listed on www.ukcraftwebsites.co.uk online crafts directory. First of all to the latest submission to the directory which is perkypigs.. So what perkeypigs all about… Well the site offers handcrafted cards by Jules who runs the site and business with her family… The Categories present in the [...]
Read more →After spending the last six months learning beadweaving stitches and techniques, I have now gone solo by mistake. I am in the process of making a quite complicated bracelet, and followed the instructions to the letter – for about an inch. Clever clogs thought it would be a good idea to embellish the pattern a [...]
Read more →……for me to do when I should be doing other things! I couldn’t resist though when Mr M (our esteemed forum leader) suggested a collective blog, so here I am. I should actually be making some aprons for baking sets I am making for two little girls birthdays on Sunday – oh well I’m sure [...]
Read more →Well I finally broke in through all the jargon and I’m here and bloggin! I guess I’ll start by saying how much I love spending time on the crafts forum. It’s a great place to hang out with creative tallented people. We’ve got so many crafts represented on the forum and so there is always [...]
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