Surprise Luau Birthday Party – Club Tropicana!
August 20, 2021
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Birthday, Crafty Kids, Cricut, General Craft, House & Home, Sewing, The Table
Once I get an idea in my head, it can be all I think about. Especially when it is crafty, has a theme… That’s it, I have an idea, and I am off. Often writing lists, sketching, find ways to get creative. Do you do this? I always have to start NOW. Back in April
Feast of Memories
May 13, 2021
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Birthday, Cricut, Foodie Delights, House & Home, Infusible Ink, Sewing, The Table
I set myself a challenge at the beginning of 2021 – sort of a ‘New Year’s Resolution’. To keep this blog up to date, to make sure everything I was making didn’t JUST go on to social media… but, as time would tell it is proving very easy to slip back into old ways. Is
Be Your Own Rainbow!
Be your own rainbow.❤🧡💛💚💙 This week is World Autism Awareness Week, and in particular this Good Friday 2nd April… it is World Autism Awareness Day! However, as it is a bank holiday, Freddie’s nursery are marking it a day early, tomorrow on the 1st – with activities and reading and dressing in a ‘spectrum of
Bunny Cushion!
This is a really simple, but fun make – to create a lovely Bunny style cushion with floppy ears and a fluffy pompom tail, a perfect home Spring decoration! You Will Need Fabric Thread Wool (Optional) Craft Essentials Sewing Machine Fabric Scissors Paper and Pencil Paper Scissors Pins Tape Measure Iron and Ironing Board
Helium Balloon into… CUSHION!
Hmmm, so – how did you spend your weekend? Perhaps a walk, some chores? Time in the garden? If I gave you 100 guesses I am not sure you could have predicted that I was turning a helium balloon into a cushion?! Freddie LOVES balloons, but in particular – this helium balloon. It was left
NEW! Easter Made Easy: Spring Wreath Making Craft-Along with The Crafty Lass
Workshops… it feels like an AGE since there were people sat around The Old Grain Store studio crafting table. I miss teaching! But, I have NEWS! I am very excited to announce that I will be teaching Spring Wreath ‘Zoom’ workshops with Hobbycraft! There are 12 (yes, TWELVE!) different sessions to choose from – lunchtimes,
Heart Placemats
January 20, 2021
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Craft Cotton Co, Sewing, Tutorials, Valentines, Anniversaries & Lovey-Dovey Stuff
Heart Placemats A simple, but effective table mats idea that uses just a few simple sewing techniques and some wadding to create a padded heart effect. You could do this with any shape – a star, a letter, flower – whatever you like as long as you create a template to sew around as below!
The Table
Tables. I have talked about them before in this blog, but to me – they are such an important part of furniture. They are MORE than ‘just’ a piece of furniture. They truly are, and make – the heart of the home. Yes, they get covered in ‘stuff’ and random cr*p but they are still
William Morris Bag (with optional drawstring) for Craft Cotton Co
You Will Need Fabric Thread Wadding Ribbon Craft Essentials Sewing Machine Fabric Scissors Pins Tape Measure Iron and Ironing Board Safety Pin (optional for the inner drawstring bag)
Organisation – Cricut Labelling Heaven!
For someone who loves being organised – a Cricut Maker* is an absolute DREAM! We put this Ikea storage into the playroom earlier this year… No exaggeration, we spent SEVEN hours tidying and arranging these yesterday… adding the coloured vinyl labels on to the draws is the icing on an organised cake! Such a simple thing
Time to refresh, renew, strengthen and build.
Gosh it has been a super long time since I have written a post… I had almost forgotten how to do it! Over the last year I have basically just tried to keep my social media going for The Crafty Lass – my website and blog rightly or wrongly has largely been ignored. I was
