Hope you are in fine fettle and that your Mother's Day was a peaceful and happy one. We had a jolly olde time. I had been on a little soiree with my girlfriends the night before so was feeling a little fragile dare I say. I hadn't had a proper girly night for about 2 years so think it was well deserved. In my youth ie early 20s, I loved my girly nights out with friends, can you believe it used to be a Wednesday, a Friday, a Saturday and sometimes even a Sunday that we spent having fun and frolics ;0) Boy have times changed, I used to go to bed with a copy of Cosmo and a lovely cold glass of white wine and now it is a copy of Crafts Beautiful and a needle and thread. Boy am I getting old or what ;0)
Talking of Crafts Beautiful, look at the lovely thrifted copies I found. Yes alright they are many years old but I do love all things vintage and they have some wonderful ideas and crafts for me to have a go at, all with their original templates and patterns too.
I get to have a lovely read about Christina Strutt
There are of course, a
Crafts to make for Easter....
A project I could maybe do with the children....
Ohooo I may even make me a nice pair of slippers, I even have the same delicious fabric....
I have always wanted to have a go at a rag rugging....
Though may get my fingers dirty on a smaller project to get me into it, like this cute raggy brooch....
Ohooo I likey and I can dream that one day I could make this, I believe the pattern is from Vintage Knits by Sarah Dallas
These books I have from the library shall help me a little with my knitting abilities maybe.
I loved the words on a card I would like to handmake.
Well I am a busy little bee here. I have not 1, not 2, but 3 swaps that are keeping me busy tinkering away in my little crafty area. I have not had much time for Blogging, or much else really. What I have had time for is unwrapping pretty parcels. I have received a beautiful swap from the delightful Jozen who was my colour swap partner. Of course I plumed for pink, and had a wonderful swap from Jozen. Here it is all re wrapped, he he, I forgot to take a photograph of it wrapped as I was too eager to get stuck in, so I re wrapped them for you ;0)
I shall of course, in my next post, let you take a peek at the lovely and thoughtful items I received. Here they are, having been re wrapped by myself. Hope Jozen shall be as happy with her swap from me when she receives it.
I too have been a little busy with some lovely orders from my Facebook page. Here is a little selection of what I have been making.
Pretty and colourful patchwork....
And hand stitched pretty buttons....
Personalised totes for special girls....
With pretty linings....
And an Ohooo so vintagy little draught excluder.
There is a little running joke at home that I don't seem to have the time to sew 1 button on my husband's jacket, yet I have time to sew 45 ish on this pretty number. They are in the shape of a heart, the customer asked for buttons to some how be incorporated as she loves them so I thought a little heart would be perfect. and hand stitched on too, so handmade with love.
Right I better get back in that crafty area, and get handmaking some pretties. I have swaps to get on with and also some more orders. I am especially looking forward to making some bunting for a couple of special chaps. Their lovely mummy, said the boys loved their cushions I made for them, yes they are very advanced for their age ;0) and they now want some personalised bunting too.
P.S. I don't know if any of you saw Mary and I again on the television. We, or rather my infamous Candelabras made their anniversary programme :0) Now what do you think, was our expert right in saying they were cheesy. I hope Mary thinks the same, that we love our Dresden Candelabras, a wonderful keepsake of our special time on BH, and pretty too, and for what I paid for them back from the lovely guy who paid a fiver for the two, were in my eyes, cheap as chips ;0)
Have a lovely weekend and Happy Crafting
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