Card making tips and tricks

I think most of us have made our own cards at some point, even if it was only as a small child at school.  Making a card in itself isn’t difficult, but I think most people struggle with making something they are really happy with.  So here are some of my top tips to help…

Bracelet Giveaway!

Win your choice of one of these five bracelets! I have been having lots of fun this last week or so making some more items for my shop.  As you may know it was one of my New Year’s resolutions to sell a few more items through my online shop, and I guess this starts…

How to Make Shamballa Bracelets

I had a really good response to this post on some shamballa bracelets I made.  So I thought I would do a how to post to show how they are made. If you like this bracelet, you can win it now in my current giveaway!  Also keep an eye out for similar items in my shop…

Scalloped Edged Hat

I have decided to start stash busting and make some space to buy new wool.  (My husband only knows about the stash busting part so far…) These two hats used up the leftover heather I had from my Nanny’s diamond scarf (so soft!) and most of a ball of cream I also had lying around. …

New Year, New Resolutions

Happy New Year! I read that most New Year’s resolutions fail in the 2nd week. I don’t know if the reason is that they are often too unsustainable or if it’s just that most of us don’t have the necessary resolve required. Maybe we are just too ambitious? I haven’t made any for the last…

A Crafty Demonstration

I signed up a while ago to say that I could demonstrate crochet at my nearest Hobbycraft (Warrington, UK).  They got back to me and I’m going to be in store on 17th November!  I’m quite excited about this as I like to share my skills, and they have said that I can bring along…

Retail Therapy

I mentioned in one of my recent posts that there is a reason for my lack of posts in October.  I have been working on making items for my new shop on etsy.  It is called Bunty’s Cottage and you can check it out here.  I have also set up another blog to go with…