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Art Journalling
March 1, 2010 By 6 Comments
Long before I had crafts, I had art. I was particularly fond of pencil drawing and water colours. At the time, I couldn’t care less for crafts. My mother and school tried to teach me the basics of many of the crafty things I love to do now, or want to do now but can’t remember […]
Paper Plate Nativity tutorial
December 16, 2009 By 1 Comment
Going through the craft cupboard the other day to find something to satisfy Aoife’s demands to “make things now mummy, make things now”, I came across some paper plates picked up at various church cakes sales and some scraps of stiff paper. I decided we could make a nativity set for Aoife’s room. She does […]
Easy slow baked salt dough ornaments
December 7, 2009 By 5 Comments
As a crafty/ creatively minded person it has been a delight to see Aoife being of the same mindset. Every day she exclaims “Aoife (wants to) make things!”. Her favourite thing of all is painting, but baking and gluing come a pretty close second. No surprise then that her favourite holiday craft so far has been making […]
Felt Hearts & WIP
December 2, 2009 By 4 Comments
I made these little beauties last week while my mother was over, but only added the ribbons yesterday. I think they’ll add a lovely Scandinavian feel to the festivities this year. Our hands are very busy at the moment. Salt dough ornaments are drying in the oven as I type (ready for decorating tomorrow), Aoife […]
Birthday Crown
November 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I did it! I set my fear of sewing aside for a while just before the weekend to make this lovely birthday crown from Soulemama’s book The Creative Family for Aoife. She chose the colours (and the Swede in me is just a teensy bit proud). It’s not really visible on the photo, but there are three hearts, one for […]
Small felt Christmas wreath
November 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
As my love of felt continues and grows, I suppose it was only a matter of time before I made a wreath. I have been drooling over them on Flickr for months. I had hoped to make one out of felted jumpers, but have not found many wool jumpers in the charity shops (thrift shops) this […]
Learning to appreciate the process of creativity
November 15, 2009 By 2 Comments
I believe one of my greatest lessons in life is patience. I have always lived with a constant sense of urgency, a need to get things done now, RIGHT THIS MINUTE, and pretty perfectly at that. While I may now finally understand the reasons why, I can’t say it has made my creative path particularly smooth. […]
Simple felt pencil cases
November 11, 2009 By 2 Comments
I just love felt right now. There is something inherently warm and fuzzy about it which suits this time of year. It is a perfect medium for the transition into winter. Not that I’m used to working in it. In fact I think I have only worked in felt once before in my adult life; earlier this […]
