Blog — crafty

New Ninjas...

Posted by vicki brown on

I was pretty lazy most of yesterday, I did venture out into the very soggy, wet slush, to purchase some craft supplies and a few baby bits from charity shops, but after that I mostly did nothing!! So by the evening I was feeling pretty guilty and set my mind on some new ninjas for the shops.
I made a ninja keyring a while back, and it sold pretty quickly, then the customer who bought the first...

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New Buttons...

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I spent most of yesterday rephotographing and restitching buttons to cards, but I did manage to make a few new buttons, which are available in all three of my shops now (etsy Dawanda and Folksy).
Valentine inspired love heart buttons (bit late I know!)


And...Giant bright coloured buttons (these are my favourite thing I've made in a while)


It snowed here again last night (when will it end!) but the...

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Valentine Ninjas...

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I had to share these photos with a batch of Valentine Ninjas I knocked up a week or so ago, with the help of my lovely man.


Now available in my shop.

xxx

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Paper Flowers

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UPDATE....I found the link for the tutorial for these lovely flowers....
http://foldingtrees.com/2008/11/kusudama-tutorial-part-1/#more-1383

After such good intentions to return to the world of blogging and all things internetbased on Sunday, I was struck down by a horrible sickness bug on Monday, which made me pretty much incapable of anything! Which is why it's taken me up until now to actually...

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Oh Christmas Tree...

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When I got back from work on Sunday there was the sweetest (and quite tiny) Christmas tree waiting for me, still wrapped up and crying out to be decorated!

So here he is. I can't really get any great pictures because of the light, but I can assure you that it looks fantastic, very traditional. And every single decoration that adorns his branches was hand made by myself of Johnny which makes it even...

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