Keep your ears warm in a cozy craft room

 

Hello again, well I am back as promised with some more photos of my craft room and also a new design for me … a knotted crochet headband / earwarmer.

I do enjoy doing the odd bit of crochet. I have to admit after making so many owl hats last winter I almost got fed up of it but I am back enjoying it again. Here is a headband I made last night.

I am now crafting in my craft room. The carpet fitters returned on Saturday with my carpet and fitted it in no time. After that it was a case of taking my storage unit to pieces and then reassembling it again in my room. All that was easy cos then I had to bring everything upstairs and pack it all away. I have to admit  was blumming exhausted by the end of Sunday but no rest for the wicked – I then had a night shift to do!

So here is my room partially filled…

A very tidy desk ….. doesn’t look like that at the moment lol. I have now got a light fitting and curtains. I also have another shelving unit to be put in. I was going to have some floating shelves above my desk but I have changed my mind for now, I prefer having the space there for now ….. maybe in the future I will find something I would like there instead.

I probably won’t have a post for you tomorrow because it is my mother-in-law’s funeral however I shall be back on Saturday.

If you would like the chance to win one of my bracelets pop over to my crafting facebook page before Sunday to find out how.

Have a lovely evening x

Lady Luck

 

Hi everyone. It has been a few days since my last post because I have been on nights. All finished now though so that is good.

Today I want to share a bracelet I have made for Beading Friends Forever challenge – pop over if you love making jewellery because each month someone will win £15 to spend at Beads Direct.

So I discovered this beautiful tutorial on Youtube and I have to say I adore this bracelet.

I have made this with gorgeous fresh water potato pearls and Swarovski chaton crystal montees. It is so pretty in real life and HEAVY!

Here is a closer look at the detail of the design.

I am definitely going to make more of these but I think I might have a bit of fun with brightly coloured glass pearls and see what it looks like.

My craft room is almost finished now – just curtains and shelves to go up. I have moved in and am happy up here. I shall share some more pics tomorrow of the progress.

If you would like to know what I used to make my bracelet here are the picture links …..

If you would like to buy any of my jewellery please pop over to my crafting Facebook page.

See you all tomorrow xx

Keep calm ...... it's only a candle!

Morning world. Well I was up with the birds this morning for my carpet fitters arriving ... more on that in a minute. I thought I would share a couple of candles that I made a couple of days ago, I forgot to share them yesterday. 

The first is a 'Keep Calm' candle. I wanted to make something a little fun - I think I will make a few more of these in the future.

The next candle is using a photo of my gorgeous niece and nephew ..... really happy with this one...

Please excuse the photos, I am trying different photo editing programmes.

All my candles and jewellery, crochet etc can be purchased through my Facebook page ... click HERE x

And now the carpet saga ...... so the alarm clock was set for 6.30 am ready for the carpet fitters at 7am. Well would you believe it they only went and turned up without the blumming carpet! They put the grippers down and underlay and will be back at 9am with the carpet (or so we hope). On a plus at least the underlay coordiates with my paper :)

So it is cup of tea time now and I will wait for them to return. After that I am going to watch my niece play football. This afternoon is going to comprise of buying a new lampshade and curtains and then the dreaded move of crafting supplies will begin. 

Kind of excited :)

Have a lovely Saturday xxx

Back to work and craft room update!

Good evening everyone, wow Friday already! I headed back to work today and managed my full shift, albeit a short one - well 8 hours if you call that short lol. It went well and I have to say I work with the nicest people. Being the McMillan Coffee morning today a few off us headed up to the cancer centre at the hospital and bought rather a lot of cakes for the department. It seemed quite a fitting thing to do after the recent death of my MIL. I really wish I had taken a photo - the cakes were just stunning to look at. Needless to say they went down a treat and all in the name of a good cause too.

So I got home after work and started on the papering of my new craft room. We are desperate to try and get it finished tonight because we have a carpet getting fitted tomorrow morning at 7am!! What ungodly hour is that? Oh well, I suppose it will motivate us to get it finished. 

I better get back upstairs - just finished a naughty pizza . Here is the first wall which will give you a little idea .... loving my new paper :)

Lots of names

Hi there. Thankyou so much for the lovely messages I have had. It is lovely to be back blogging again. Little update on my new craft room is that the paintwork has all be done now and I am just waiting for it to dry before hubby and I can start wall papering!!! The carpet is getting fitted on Saturday morning so I am ever so excited. All you crafters who have ever moved your stash will know the hardest bit is still to come - RELOCATING ... sigh. I am sure I will be really distracted looking through my old stash instead of moving it upstairs lol. 

So last night and today I have been busy making a few macrame named bracelets that people have ordered from my crafting Facebook page.

These are really simple and quick to make but are fab stocking fillers for Christmas. 

Right, I better go and make a start sorting my 'stuff' out. See you all soon xxx

Please can I come back to play? xx

Hi everyone. Oh my, here I am in blogland and I feel like such a stranger. Whatever happened to me posting several times a week? Hmmm well who knows .... life I suppose. Well I have decided I WANT to be a blogger again. Facebook has distracted me somewhat this year and I suppose giving up papercrafts saw the demise of my blog. 

A lot has happened this year but with the loss of my mother in law this week I have had a look at myself and decided to do what makes me happy. Funny how real life helps put things back in perspective. My family will always come first but my own happiness is really going to be a mission of mine. 

My husband and I are currently redecorating the spare bedroom and it s going to be my new craft room. I was in there years ago but it was just an old room that needed decorating and was never really MINE. But we started ripping off the paper yesterday, probably as some sort of distraction really with the sad loss we have had. So we are now creating my new space. I already feel more creative and have actually realised that I am missing my papercrafts so watch out. Thrown in there will also be my jewellery and crochet and what ever else I feel like making. 

Here is my room at the moment ...... Ruby is even helping!!!! 

Looking forward to sharing the progress updates with y ou all and to then start become an active blogger again ...... if you will have me back.

See you all soon ...... hugs and kisses xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cocktail ring & bling!

 

Wow, I had no idea it has been so long since my last post. Huge apologies. I really need to try and post at least once a week. I have been pretty busy this past couple of months with work. I have also just got back from a little time in Spain enjoying the sunshine which was lovely. Craftwise I am still enjoying my beading although I must admit I think the old Copics may come out soon because I think I am missing my papercrafts a little …… watch this space!!!

Ok, so I have a couple of things to share today. These are my makes for this months challenge on Beading Friends Forever. For those of you who do not know what this is let me tell you – it is a jewellery making challenge blog that I set up a few months ago. I would love it if you took part. Every month there is a tutorial and also a theme to follow plus one person will win a £15 voucher to spend at Beads Direct. We also have a really active Facebook group which I am so proud of. This is full of the most wonderful crafters who share inspiration and support every single day.

Here is what I have made for this month …….

Anything Goes – Hugs and kisses bracelet

I really love this pattern and usually make it with all pearls. This time though I thought I would mix it up a bit and add some crystals. This is so pretty in real life. The pearls and crystals are Swarovski and are so lush.

All my products are from Beads Direct which I just love to order from ….. here is what I used….

 

seed beads and peridot crystals no longer on website :(

Now then, here is my ring that I made – this is the fi

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rst time I have ever made a ring and I am so pleased with how it turned out – what do you think???

This is fabulous and chunky but can be made much smaller using smaller beads. The tutorial is by Beadingful nights and the link is on the BFF blog.

 

Have a great weekend everyone and see you all later xxx