Back in July I had a bash at making a Kindle cover. Since then I have actually got a real Kindle to put in it (rather than a cardboard mock up!), and the cover has served me very well. My fella received one of the new, smaller, Kindles as a gift this Christmas so of [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Kindle cover (take 2…)
Posted in General craftiness, tagged bananaman, comics, judge dredd, kindle, kindle case, kindle cover, recycling on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Crafty Photo Scavenger Hunt: December
Posted in Crafty Photo Scavenger Hunt, tagged architette studios, crafty photo scavenger hunt, diario, penguinous, starla dear, the leopard anchor on December 30, 2011 | 7 Comments »
If you’re new to the Scavenger Hunt then please visit Kirst’s blog to see how this all began. I’m acting as guest host again this month, and I hope you find everything to your liking! I’ll start off with a list of those people who are taking part – please do visit their blogs and [...]
Weekword: box
Posted in Weekword, tagged boxes, creating misericordia, hatboxes, lush, toy chest, weekword on December 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »
This week’s Weekword is box, and it was chosen by Katy over at Creating Misericordia. If you go and visit her blog you’ll be able to see what she’s written, as well as a list of the other participants. Boxes, and tins, are one of my major weaknesses. I’m a complete sucker for a pretty [...]
Pretty new papers
Posted in General craftiness, tagged scrapbooking paper on December 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Not the most imaginative title, but it does exactly what it says on the tin! I ordered a load of new papers just before Christmas, and as they were the last delivery I received the box was shoved unceremoniously into my studio and abandoned. Shame on me. Still, I had time to open the box [...]
Tying up loose ends
Posted in Pins and needles, tagged blanket, crochet on December 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As the end of the year is rapidly approaching I thought I’d better see if I’ve got any projects on the go which I could try and finish before 2012 starts. Mercifully I only seem to have the one at the moment: the colourful adventure blanket (yeah, I stil need to think of a proper [...]
Tardis
Posted in Commissions, General craftiness, tagged dr who, journal, notebook, river song, tardis on December 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been wanting to blog about this for ages, but my hands have been tied as I had to wait until after the recipients had opened their Christmas presents. I don’t watch Dr. Who, so this was one of those commissions where someone handed me a photograph (well, a screenshot) and said “make that” … [...]
Crafty Christmas…
Posted in General craftiness, tagged moleskine gift set, origami calendar, pantone tin on December 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Merry Christmas to one and all! I’ve been spoiled rotten this year and have had oodles of lovely stuff, but I thought I would pop on briefly just to show off some things which will be making their way into my studio very shortly. Firstly an origami calendar from my parents-in-sin. Last year they got [...]
Making memories
Posted in General craftiness, tagged biscuit tin, calendar, diary, memory box, mollie makes on December 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Something in January’s issue of Mollie Makes caught my eye… I loved this idea: it’s so simple, but has a lot of charm about it. So I had a think and then decided to make my own today. I hunted out an old biscuit tin, and then cut index cards and other card to [...]
Winter solstice at Kew Gardens
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged callicarpa, cornus, kew gardens, photography, rowan, sackler crossing, sorbus, winter solstice on December 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I visited Kew Gardens for the first time in 13 months. The last time I visited I was with my father, and it was his last trip to see the gardens so going back was quite an emotional occasion. I’m glad that I went, and it seems fitting that it was on the occasion [...]
Weekword: Mail
Posted in Weekword, tagged mail, mail art, post, postsecret, weekword on December 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A list of all this week’s participants is given at the end of this post I decided to be selfish and choose a word that I knew I could write about this week. No shame in that! I think everyone loves to receive things in the mail (barring bills and parking tickets…), and I’m [...]
