A Little Something for St. Patrick's Day

I  just made this cute simple shamrock ring, perfect for St. Patrick's Day. They are available here if you're interested: https://www.etsy.com/listing/124076328/shamrock-crochet-ring-st-patricks-day#.

Jen x

An Etsy Treasury

Here's an etsy treasury I made for a team challenge, all about the farm! I love all the adorable knitted and crocheted farm animals.

'Down on the (knit and crochet) farm'

This is a Knit1Treble2 Team Treasury Challenge entry! Anyone can play!Inspired by Pamela's cute pink little flying pig!

Crocheted Flying Pig Amiguru... crochetbypamel... $6.50	Milkshake the Cow toy knitti... fluffandfuzz $3.00	Sheep Lamb Amigurumi Crochet... ViridianMuse $26.99
Crochet Girl Cow Amigurumi S... YouHadMeAtCroc... $35.50	Set of Four Farm Animals Cus... MillieFern $63.00	Toffee Rooster - Hand Knit O... yarnmiracle $72.00
Crochet Fluffy white Westie ... TheFluffyDuck $19.50	Hand Knit Wool Barn Storage ... PailandPie $65.00	Cat tea cosy knitting patter... madmumknits $2.75
Knitted Baby Chick in Egg Pl... chantelstar $14.50	Felted Woolly Sheep NicsGifts $5.00	Bruno the knitted hedgehog SilverleafShin... $5.00
knitted, stuffed with wool b... WoollyFamily $20.00	Farm Animal Finger Puppets EightLittleFin... $18.00	Hand Knitted Owl Tea Cosy jacksknits $25.00
Knitted pigs sachiyoishii $17.00

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5 Crafty Things to Do with..... Food!

Today's five crafty things is all about using food in crafts. I found these ideas and tutorials on Pinterest and each source is linked under the picture. Enjoy!

1. Make a spaghetti starburst mirror.

Food used: Spaghetti.

Source: http://tuckerup.blogspot.ie/2012/09/diy-starburst-mirror-under-5.html

The mirror in the picture was made using wood skewers not spaghetti but I'm pretty sure I've seen a mirror like this made using spaghetti, and would mostly follow the tutorial given in the link provided.


2. Make stamps from food, for pictures and even clothing, like scarfs.

Food used: Whatever you can think of!! (Within reason, I don't think things like a banana and bread would make very good stamps!)

Source: http://blog.luulla.com/paper-craft/food-stamping

Source: http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2012/08/fruit-veggie-stamping.html

This is a fun one as the possibilities are endless.

3. Restyle a picture frame.

Food used: In the frame pictured, green peas, barley, and pasta were used, but you can change it up a bit if you like. I think pasta type foods and seeds and grains would be best, things like that that wouldn't go bad.

Source: http://stranamasterov.ru/node/212745?tid=451

4. Make a food flag.

Food used: Whatever food matches the colour you need. (Try to use food associated with that particular country to make it more fun and challenging.)

Source: http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/national-flags-made-out-of-popular-foods.html

I like this one, I think it's very fun.

5. And lastly, why not make some handmade tea bags with heart cookies.

Food used: Ingredients to make your favourite cookies.

Source: http://www.merrimentdesign.com/handsewn-teabags-tied-to-yummy-cookies.php

These would be a lovely little present for Mother's Day.

Thanks for reading this installment of 5 Crafty Things, I hope you've enjoyed these foody crafts.
Jen x

Some New Etsy Listings

Here are some new crochet rings I've added to my Etsy shop.
I really like the yellow one, so bright, perfect for Spring!

Happy Wednesday!

www.etsy.com/listing/123513168/crocheted-rose-ring-yellow-with

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/123513651/crochet-rose-ring-brown-rustic-looking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Craft Project for February: Notebooks!

For my craft project for February, I'm going to make some notebooks! I've been looking for the perfect notebook for ages but haven't been able to find one I really liked at a reasonable price and that's when I came across this tutorial: http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-100-page-Notebook/!!! It looks perfect and reasonably easy. Very excited about this crafty project, back soon for an update!

Jen x

5 Crafty Things to Do with ..... Square Pieces of Paper

This weeks 5 crafty things features a simple square piece of paper. Most of the things shown is origami, but who doesn't love a bit of origami, and you can create such beautiful things with it.

1. Paper Wall Art.

I found this on Pinterest, it's from marthastewart.com. It's similar to the paper snowflakes that everyone's familiar with except the paper is square. I think it's cute and would make some interesting wall art. The tutorial for this wall art is available here: http://www.marthastewart.com/272167/rice-paper-wall-art?czone=crafts/crafting-tools-center/crafting-tools-projects&center=276982&gallery=275000&slide=272167 .







2. Origami Crane

 This is one of the most popular origami models and they're super fast and easy to make. You can find an easy diagram tutorial here: http://www.origami-fun.com/origami-crane.html. There are loads of things you can do with these cranes like this below.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p96wvSgu_fI/T7J9ylhQhQI/AAAAAAAAD9M/j2qMfSGs9Vs/s1600/031.jpg

3. Origami Butterfly

 This is another easy but beautiful origami piece. Simple diagram tutorial can be found here: http://goorigami.com/single-sheet-origami/origami-butterfly/3006
 They can be used in similar ways to the crane and would look lovely displayed in a way like the picture above.







4. Origami Heart

 These are very easy to make and as Valentine's Day is coming up they can be used for a variety of things. They can be attached to handmade cards, used as valentine's decorations, write a letter then fold it into this heart shape, whatever you can think of. An easy to follow tutorial can be found here: http://www.origami-instructions.com/easy-origami-heart.html.





5. Origami Star

Last but not least, a square piece of paper can be used to make an origami star. Mine looks very rough in the picture but that's because I was using slightly thick paper that was not very easy to fold (note to self: next time buy origami paper or something besides card!). There is a tutorial here that's easy to follow and shows how nice they look if you make them with patterned paper: http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-8-pointed-star.html





Thanks for reading this 5 Crafty Things. Coming next week is ....... I haven't quite thought of anything yet, I'll have to put my thinking cap on and get back to you! If you have any ideas, let me know.

Jen x

An Etsy Treasury

Just sharing a little treasury I made, a  lovely collection of romantic clothes and accessories. Look pretty in pink tonight!

'You Look Wonderful Tonight.'

A collection of clothing and accessory gift ideas.

Dress , blush pink , chiffon... AtelierSignatu... $89.99	Beige Crochet Slippers with ... WhiteNoiseMake... $29.00	Lilac swallow earrings, glas... RubyRobinBouti... $12.00
Butterfly Top Dusty Pink Pa... EkoLuka $45.00	Romantic, Pair of bronze Swa... florencerosevi... $14.00	Dusty Pink ... 1 tissue pape... PomLove $4.50
Romantic Vintage Irish Handm... MomoTreesJewel... $30.00	Pretty Pink Skeleton Leaf Dr... ResinRoad $12.00	Timeless bride...dusty pink ... AtelierEdytaLo... $59.99
Crochet Flower Corsage / Bro... graceandfavour... $65.00	Ruffled Dress-Peachy Almond ... LaCostureraSho... $105.00	Pale Peach Warm and Lacey Fi... tallib $13.00
Ivory cream marble lady came... OVGilliesDesig... $78.00	Pink hair flowers, pair of b... Cultivar $25.00	Valentine Day Sale Elegance ... miadressshop $28.48
Oversized Clutch in Ivory - ... OneBlushingBri... $75.00

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