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February 28, 2013
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Hand made beach stones – can you tell the difference?

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Tonight I have been busy making stones to use in my driftwood garlands for my forthcoming craft fair. In some of my designs I use real stones from the beach, but where I don’t want the item to be too heavy I use stones that I have made from Fimo as these are very light...
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Crafts    Driftwood
                    
January 13, 2013
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Handmade earrings with Swarovski crystals and pearls

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Before Christmas 2012 I was busy making Christmas presents and here are three sets of handmade earrings that I made for my Mum, my sister and my Mother in Law. I used a combination of wire, Swarovski crystals (which I love), pearls and coloured and silver beads which I already had in my stash. All the recipients were really...
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Crafts    Family life
           
March 9, 2011
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My pink handmade wedding

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At one of my sewing group evenings recently we were talking about my favourite colour ‘pink’ and I mentioned that my wedding theme had been pink and that I had made all the wedding accessories and designed (but not made) my dress. So I thought I would share this pinkness with you. Our venue was...
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Crafts
                    
October 15, 2010
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Friday’s Fab Find: Gorgeous crochet lariats

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I have just learnt to crochet and have now made the first square towards a blanket for my daughter’s bed. Now I’m fairly confident at making squares I thought I’d try out something new, so I bought a magazine ‘Irresistable Gifts to Crochet’ and found an article (see image below) to make a button and...
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Crafts    Friday's Fab Find
                 
September 28, 2010
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Zakka – beautiful yet useful hand made items

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I have recently come across the term ‘Zakka’ which really interested me.  Not knowing anything about it but having a love of Japanese craft I had to find out more and share it here. One translation of Zakka means “household goods” in Japanese, and the term has become synonymous with simple yet beautiful hand-sewn items...
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