Blog — crafty

Hot Water at Last!

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I have been terrible this week for keeping updated on my blog. And I had so much to share too.
We finally have hot water again!! It is wonderful, everytime I wash my hands I jump in surprise that this amazing thing is happening!

I did do a lot of crafting on Monday but have been pretty terrible at doing much of anything this week. Yesterday I was really unwell, woke up with a migraine, tried to...

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Alphabets and Ninjas

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With no work yesterday (or today for that matter!), I had a pretty productive day overall. I didn't get to do the fun kind of shopping I was hoping for as it just isn't very good for that where we live and didn't quite get ourselves ready in time for travelling to Bristol or Birmingham, but did get to do some of the boring "stuff we need for the house" kind of shopping. When we got home we ate...

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Boiling Baths and Beads

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There is still no hot water or heating in our house...and probably won't be for another week, which really is truly rubbish! However it does inspire me to be a lot more crafty in the evenings, especially when it comes to making polymer clay items, as I am constantly being asked to by my boy, in order to have the oven on for a while in an attempt to warm the house! Having a bath also warms the...

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Buttons and Bags

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Now available for sale in my shop are the cupcake and toadstall buttons....






AND....

some very lovely shopping bags.

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Baking Cupcakes...

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Along with the many fly agaric mushrooms I created yesterday I also cooked up a whole load of cupcakes.
Today I shall be getting these ready to post in the shop and stitching up some more shopping bags.

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