I have had some pretty lilac cotton for about 3 years and have never known what to use it for. It has a large print at the bottom, gradually lessening to a pattern of tiny flowers. I’ve never wanted to get rid of it as I knew one day, I would have just the perfect thing. [...]
Read more →New to crafty thoughts – Hi, I’m a new blogger here at crafty thoughts. So here’s a quick introduction before I post about one of my pieces. I’m Sam (incywincy), work at home mum who loves all things fabric and Textiles. Mum to Emma, who is 2 yrs and quiet often appears as my model! [...]
Read more →Here is another tiara. This one is created using fresh water pearls in a beautiful pastel pink colour. The pearls are off set with swarovski crystals and gold wire work. The inspiration for this creation came from a tangles mess of pearl neacklaces that I bought from a charity shop. Tweet
Read more →I’ve finally had enough of grey skies and have turned my thoughts to fresh, crisp spring days. This was where my thoughts took me this morning…. The colour is more of a duck-egg blue. Something else I can blame on the grey skies … poor photographs! Tweet
Read more →Well have been messing about with some soy wax that I got and I am pretty pleased with the results. The wax is great and the really really good bit is it can be washed off with ordinary detergent and hot water. www.candles-by-lisa.co.uk www.candles-by-lisa.com Tweet
Read more →As I sat helping my daughter to knit recently I was bitten by the bug and am now in the process of creating a series of bags for crystalvelvet.co.uk using textures yearns. The first completed bag is the Mocha chocca bag which is created from eyelash wool. It is lined with a cotton ochre lining. Now [...]
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