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Hello All

Hello im sorry i haven't posted anything on here for awhile i started a new job but that finished in July and since then I have been working on my home decor/altered art signs and picture frames. I am in the process of taking pictures of all the items i have made so far. I will be uploading them to my facebook page and my new business facebook page Geek and Crafty (currently not live) All items will be for sale. Sneaky peek at one of the designs below:

I promise i will get better at blogging and i will be posting more regularly from now on. I'll let you know when everything is up and running.

Geeky Craft Moment

I know i haven't posted on here for awhile but i had a geeky craft moment yesterday. I emailed into ideal world/create and craft channel during there pick of the day launch for a  new Hunkydory set and my email got read out on air!!!

its the little things

Pom Pom Puppies

On Wednesday last week I spent the day in London for my Boyfriends birthday. While there i picked up the below craft item in Forbidden Planet:

 It was so cute I had to buy it. The kit includes everything you need to make 4 cute puppies of various breeds. So far i have made 1. This the Chihuahua I have called him Peanut.

I'm going to have a go at the long haired Pomeranian next.

Finished Hello Kitty

I have finished knitting my Hello Kitty for my first go at following a pattern i'm quite pleased. I still have the pattern so I can have another go at it in the future. On the Crochet note its not going well but i'm determined to keep going.

 

Hello Kitty Knitting Progress

So I said I would keep you all updated on my knitting progress as start to make my Hello Kitty. So far i have knitted the head and body and added the stuffing. For my first attempt i think its going well. Arms, legs and tail next.

I have also decided i'm going to learn to crochet i'll post the results when i've stopped losing my temper with it.

Knitting

So i have finally learnt how to increase in knitting yeah! It wasn't as hard as i thought is was going to be so i have decided i'm moving on from scarfs and i'm going to have a go at knitting a toy. (I maybe running before i can walk here) I'm starting with the below kit i'll post photos once i've started. Wish me luck...

Card Making

So i have written about my progress with Jewellery Making so i thought in this post i would write about my card making. I decided to start making cards after visiting the Great British Craft Festival. I stocked up on the basic supplies from the every crafts a £1 stall. These included A5 cards, double sided tape, 2 sets of stamps, ink pad, glue, die-cut topper set and glitter. I added 3 paper packs from the works in various colours and another set of stamps. The first card i made was a little wonky but i was really proud of it.

Within 3 weeks i had won all of the Hunkydory supplies i talked about in my first post and filled 2 storage boxes with crafting goodies (when i start a new craft i tend to go a little mad). So with a lot of practice a large number of card making magazines numerous card making shows on create and craft my cards now look like this:

Jewellery Making Progress

So after my brief overview of my crafts yesterday i thought i would concentrate on my jewellery making today.

I decided to start jewellery making after watching the Beaders Companion shows on Create and Craft. The kit my boyfriend bought me had everything i needed to get started. It included 3 pairs of pliers ( side cutter, round nose and chain nose), findings, chain, elastic, tiger tail wire, various sizes of beads and instruction book. So the first item of jewellery i made was a pair of earrings the picture is pasted below:

I have progressed a bit since then. This is one of the last items i made:

Pearl, bead and tiger tail necklace.

Close up of the necklace.

So let me know what you think of my progress so far.

Crafts

I didn't really know what to write for my first post so i decided to start by listing all of the Crafts i currently do and how long I've been doing them. So I will start with the longest:

Knitting - My Nan taught me to knit when i was about 7 years old. The first thing i knitted was a little jumper for my teddy bear (he is still wearing it) after that i knitted a coat for my Nan's dog so he wouldn't get cold when my Grandad took him out for walks. I didn't knit for a long time after that then about 18 months ago i bought one of those part work magazines which taught you how to knit and since then i have slowly been learning new knitting techniques, ok so most of the things i knit tend to be square or rectangular but i am slowly learning how to increase and decrease.

Jewellery Making - I have been making jewellery for nearly a year. Last Easter my boyfriend bought me a jewellery making kit from Ebay which had everything i needed to get started. Within about 2 weeks i had 2 boxes full of beads. I started off making earring first then i moved onto bracelets and necklaces. I will post pictures of the jewellery i have made in my next post.

Baking - I started baking in senior school for part of my Food Technology GCSE. I mostly make cupcakes and large sponges i wish i had time to bake more.

Card Making - I started making cards last August when i went to the Great British Craft Festival. I had started watching more of the card making shows on the create and craft channel so i decided to give it a go. I bought all of the stuff i needed to start from a stall which was selling all craft items for £1 or you could have 12 items for £10 it seemed like a good place to start. While at the festival i entered a competition to win a share of £3000 worth of Hunkydory craft items well 2 weeks later a massive box of stuff arrived i had won! (Picture of my winnings below)