The humble pallet is widely used across the world as a base for transporting everything from bricks to loo rolls. Made from unfinished wooden slats, the construction method is basic and they are treated as disposable. BUT and it is a big but, if you were able to get your hands on some, there are some amazing [...]
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Pinterest is taking the world by storm. Pinterest is an online moodboard site that allows you to collect and group images for projects or “just because” You can share your images, or use them for inspiration. Pinterest is Free, easy to use and and anyone can sign up. The first thing you need is an [...]
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It is craft juice Tuesday today so here are some of the latest craft items to hit the Craft Juice pages. A felt brooch from Buttercup Boutique Rose quartz earrings from BlueForest Jewellery A Meercat ACEO from Clare Sherwen This is a hand felted skirt from Milana You can find out how to use Craft [...]
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Another Promoting Your Crafts post today and this one focuses on the ever growing Twitter. As I said in my recent post about Craft Juice, simply putting your craft item onto your online selling outlet is not enough. Using promotion tools is important to get your product noticed. Twitter is a very simple, very [...]
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When I started formally crafting on a regular basis, I persuaded my other half that a trip over to Ikea might be in order and we bought some floor to ceiling utility shelving. It’s strong and it’s deep and holds an awful awful lot of clutter. Soon the family dining room resembled a store room. [...]
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I have been having a week where all I have made is sock Monkeys. These are some of the completed ones. Each Monkey is created from a pair of socks, with one sock forming the body and legs and the other sock being cut up to make the arms, ears, muzzle and tail. I choose [...]
Read more →These are a new prototype of my latest creation: barefoot sandals. Initiallly I created them for beach weddings using pearls, crystals etc but these are for more every day use. Can be made in any colour and size to suit. 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 [...]
Read more →Here my latest batch of Swarovski crystal watches… perfect for the party season!! Tweet
Read more →This is my latest creation and it is definatly not for sale. At the weekend I collected together all my broken jewellery, bits of grandmas jewellery, buttons from my daughters first cardigan, lost earrings etc. I have put them on this heavy chain and am really pleased with my heirloom necklace. it’s a little like [...]
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