Blog — crafty

"Hello Mr Sewing Machine, my how I have missed you"

Posted by vicki brown on

It has been quite some time since myself and the above mentioned sewing machine have kept company, but over the last few days we have been getting reacquainted with one another. And what a jolly good time we have had!
Often I think I avoid sewing, because I can get myself in quite a tizzy over the whole process! Compared to all the other crafts I partake in, such as knitting and crochet, I find...

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Much more baking!

Posted by vicki brown on

What a busy little crafter I have been again the last few days! And I have some very satisfying pictures to prove it!

I made a mountain of beads yesterday....

They just look so lovely all piled up like that! I'm actually selling them in bags of 30 in my shop and sell they have hence my making of so many more!

The white bits glow in the dark which I find so extremely exciting! I made myself this here...

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Maybe I should have been a baker....

Posted by vicki brown on

Well I am looking for a career change and I do have this huge obsession with cupcakes at the moment!

I just absolutely adore the aesthetics of these lovely little scrumptious cakes. I am particularly proud of the little cupcake buttons I made this morning. I have already adorned my favourite cardigan with these treasures and it looks super cute. Daylight is fading here so I shall post a picture...

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Beauty in Unexpected Places

Posted by vicki brown on

I just got back from a lovely spring walk around my little (well actually it's the biggest village in England, maybe even the world) village and it was so so surprising! We've lived here for almost 9 months now and yet there is so much more to it than I realised. The same thing happened in the summer when we decided to go wondering not expecting to find much, when we came across a lovely canal and...

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Busy Bees

Posted by vicki brown on

Indeed what a busy bee I was yesterday! Apart from all the boring things, going to the doctors, post office and food shopping, I also managed lots of creating!!

I am particularly proud of these....

I used glass beads for the sprinkles as a bit of an experiment and it worked! Horah!

I also painted some new ceramic magnets, this is them in their raw form, they still need to be glazed and fired...


I part...

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