I have quite a collection of Japanese needle felting books bought mainly on my various trips to Japan and Hong Kong. They are always full of impossibly cute characters, and flicking through them inspires me to get my needles out and create my own little designs. Because I don’t read Japanese I’ve always had to just use the pictures and…
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Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, and the romantic in me is always excited by what this day represents. Even though I was one of the legions of luckless, unrequited teenagers who never discovered a love stamped note in their locker, I held onto hope that the next year would be different. To celebrate my enthusiasm for Valentine’s Day I…
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It is wonderfully inevitable that what we admire most in the world becomes a part of us and is reflected in the choices we make. A love of Van Gogh may draw one to growing sunflowers, wearing yellow dresses and painting your walls blue. Or in my case, a fascination for Andy Warhol and a love of sixties kitsch has…
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Last weekend I finally had a go at the craft of wet felting. It was not all sunshine and rainbows, some of my initial attempts would have made the front page of Pinterest Fail, but with a little persistence, I managed to make a few felt geodes and learnt a lot in the process. This post is not so much…
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Whether you are into paper craft, sewing, crochet, felting or printing, you are sure to find a fun little DIY to try amongst this Valentine’s Day Craft Project collection. Even if you aren’t romantically inclined, the sweet thing about hearts as a motif is that you can enjoy them all year round. This post contains etsy affiliate links Needle…
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Dealing with yarn ends can be one of the more annoying parts of knitting and crochet, all that weaving in loose ends at the end of a project can be a real drag! Then there is the question with what to do with all those left over scraps of yarn that you end up collecting. Well I’ve got a solution…
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Emma loves playing with pretend food, so I thought I would add some felted fruit to her collection. She loved when I surprise her with little gifts, what kids doesn’t? Although I’m sure she’d prefer a My Little Pony if she knew they existed. Today I’ll show you how I made this kiwi fruit, and also how to use carding…
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