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Two new FOs and Day 307 and 308 of crafting 365
Home Made Originals | September 2nd 2008 by Frances
Crafting 365, Day 307, Alpaca Cowl closeup, originally uploaded by homemadeoriginals.I'm happy to have two projects completed, one the brown felted purse I started months ago and just couldn't get motivated to finish.. The cowl was a quick knit (one read more
Symmetry
Home Made Originals | August 28th 2008 by Frances
555 hearts on Etsy...what a nice round number! And 303 days of crafting. Today I visited with owner of the LYS about my upcoming knitting class. I'll be teaching a beginning cable class on September 20 using my neck warmer pattern. In preparation, I' read more
View from the Back...
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | August 28th 2008 by Lupin
I'm determined to get the last of my applique / embroidery pictures (based on an image by Askey) finished. Lots of sewing still to go, but I'm getting there slowly. Here's a peek at the stitches behind the scenes: read more
Finished! (C365/346)
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | August 27th 2008 by Lupin
I have finished my accounts! Hurrah hurrah hurrah *happy dance*I've still got the actual tax return to do, and a few bits of printing and filing to sort out but spreadsheets have been completed, calculations have been made, all bar one receipt has be read more
Best in Show (day 345)
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | August 26th 2008 by Lupin
Yesterday was exactly the sort of day when - in the olden days, before my Crafting 365 project - I would've thought myself too busy to do any sewing and a day would have passed without creativity or the satisfaction that comes from making things. But read more
Crafting 365, Day 300
Home Made Originals | August 25th 2008 by Frances
I made it to day 300! Tonight I worked on some cable samples for the knitting class I am teaching in September. Here are the last 36 days of Crafting 365 photos for your enjoyment: read more
More Tea Love
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | August 25th 2008 by Lupin
Yesterday (day 344) the tea-themed craftiness continued: I finished the pink tea badges and made a small batch of embroidered "tea addict" pins. Here are both batches all neatly packed away in their storage bags:I love those little bags: they help me read more
I Heart Tea (Crafting 365 day 343)
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | August 24th 2008 by Lupin
I drink a lot of tea. Many many mugs of the lovely stuff. I am totally addicted and totally obsessed with all the paraphernalia that goes along with it: teacups, teapots, teacosies, even nice teaspoons! So it seemed only right and proper that I got b read more
Crafting 365, Day 292, Last minute baby dress
Home Made Originals | August 17th 2008 by Frances
Crafting 365, Day 192, Last minute baby dress, originally uploaded by homemadeoriginals.I'm headed off for a visit to meet my grand daughter in the morning, so today I had to make time to make these for her today. I've had the fabric for some time bu read more
A Week Away
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | August 15th 2008 by Lupin
I didn't manage to do much crafting while I was away, but I still managed to squeeze in a little bit here and there (though I did admittedly skip a couple of days inbetween!). My main crafty activity was embroidering these:They're felt artworks based read more
Symmetry
Home Made Originals | August 14th 2008 by Frances
I just realized that yesterday I posted my 288th Crafting 365 photo and earlier today I made my 288th blogpost. Or today is my 289th day of crafting 365 and this post is my 289th post. How's that for symmetry? You can see my 288 days of Crafting 3 read more
Felt Brainstorming
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | August 6th 2008 by Lupin
Last night (crafting 365 day 331) I sat down with a big pile of felt (two big piles, actually) and tried out a few ideas that have been bouncing round my head for a while. Just like getting ideas "down on paper" it's great to get things "down in felt read more
Disguise Yourself
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | August 5th 2008 by Lupin
There's a bit of a disguise theme going on with my crafting this week, first finishing a batch of moustache disguises on Sunday...... and then cutting out pieces for making masks on Monday evening:I was just planning on starting a few "spares" of the read more
Crafting 365/277, Tie dye bag
Home Made Originals | August 3rd 2008 by Frances
Crafting 365/277, Tie dye bag, originally uploaded by homemadeoriginals.I bought this tie dye fabric some time ago and never had a use for it. This is a little drawstring bag I whipped up today that has a soft lavender sweater as the lining. It's ver read more
A Box of Oddments (C365/328)
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | August 3rd 2008 by Lupin
Last night I was out babysitting for some friends, so I took a box of sewing to keep me entertained...I finished a batch of ginger moustache disguises, worked on some more battenburg pincushions, finished the last of the tree brooches, and beaded a f read more
Leaning Towers of Felt (C365, day 327)
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | August 2nd 2008 by Lupin
Last night I pottered about doing a few bits and pieces and then curled up on the sofa to cut up some felt squares:It's always a bad sign when my craft work ends up covering the sofa simply because there's no room for it on the coffee table - lots of read more
Christmas in July?
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 30th 2008 by Lupin
Yesterday I got a rush-job custom order for some ivory poppy bracelets, so starting those was top priority last night...... but as you can see, I also started a couple of other things too! The bracelets turned out really nice (and got posted in such read more
Odd and Ends
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 27th 2008 by Lupin
I hoard nice-looking pieces of paper. Paper with nice patterns, shiny paper, scraps of wrapping paper... I just can't throw it away! I keep it "just in case" and love spending afternoons cutting and sticking and making use of it. So I very happily sp read more
Packaging and Parcels (C365, days 321&322)
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 26th 2008 by Lupin
Apologies for the lack of a blog post yesterday - I was planning a quiet evening of emails and blogging and other internet-y things in the evening but the boyfriend reminded me we had people coming round to dinner! Oops :)The day before, I'd spent my read more
Argh!
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 24th 2008 by Lupin
This afternoon when I got back from work, I took about 200 photos and then sat down to drink a nice cup of tea and edit them all ready for use in my listings... "That's weird", I thought. "Why hasn't the camera focused properly in these?" After inves read more
Time Out (C365, days 313 to 319)
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 23rd 2008 by Lupin
I don't like to go on about it, because it's really rather dull but I'm often not very well. After long periods of ill health in the past, I'm gradually starting to get better but it's a long process with many a frustrating stumble backwards and ever read more
Crafting 365, Day 263, New needles
Home Made Originals | July 20th 2008 by Frances
Crafting 365, Day 263, New needles, originally uploaded by homemadeoriginals.The needles are Knitpicks Options in wood....my newest needle acquisition. I've loved my interchangable Options needles from the day I got them, but the wooden tips are gorg read more
Remembering Things
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 16th 2008 by Lupin
I am very forgetful. Take pictures, edit them, Flickr them, blog them - it is less of a surprise when I forget these, much more surprising when I actually remember! Yesterday is a good example: I remembered the first three but fell at the last (blog- read more
Teeny Piles of Felt (C365, day 309)
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 13th 2008 by Lupin
Today we are cleaning the house. My life is very glamorous.So, quickly, here's yesterday's crafty snap:... as you may guess, I've been cutting out pieces to make cherry blossoms. I didn't have much time to be crafty yesterday, but a little bit of pre read more
Social Sewing and Secret Swaps (C365/305)
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 9th 2008 by Lupin
Last night we went round to a neighbour's house for drinks and a nice friendly chitchat, so I took a little sewing kit with me and worked on some bluetits while we nattered...It is still raining a lot here, very miserable. Lovely cheerful post this m read more
Making Things Grow
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 7th 2008 by Lupin
Last night's crafting is mostly a secret cos I made my secret swap item - very late, as the swap was supposed to happen at the end of June! Oops. I am a very bad swapper, but hopefully my secret swap partner will forgive me...I also cut out a few bit read more
An English Summer
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 6th 2008 by Lupin
It is absolutely chucking it down with rain outside (as it has been all weekend) and it's making me very glad to be stuck indoors with lots of sewing to do! Not great weather to take photos in, but luckily it was quite sunny for an hour or two yester read more
Rainbow Circles (C365, 300)
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 4th 2008 by Lupin
Hurrah for hitting day 300 of my Crafting 365 project! It's so awesome to think I've spent 300 days crafting (and most of those blogging about it, too). I know I've fallen off the crafty wagon a couple of times & I've had a few enforced absences read more
Sneak Peeks
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | July 2nd 2008 by Lupin
Hello again!I've been very busy doing lots and lots of sewing - some restocking, some finishing off of odds and ends from my wip pile, but also some new designs, hurrah!Tomorrow my new camera and I will be getting properly aquainted but for the momen read more
Where does the time go?
Bugs and Fishes crafting blog | June 24th 2008 by Lupin
Actually, I know exactly where the time goes: it gets eaten up by sitting at the computer faffing about. Nom nom, yummy spare time says my computer: check your emails! reply to them! file away those pictures! delete the ones you don't need! back them read more
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