Crafty Creations

One day I was looking through some craft websites and saw these friendship bracelets.  Suddenly I was 12 years old again and itching to make some.  I thought back to the day when I was a kid and making bracelets with gimp was all the rage, man I loved that stuff. I decided to start with an easy pattern to …

Today I completed my first craft project of 2010.  It’s a Baby Bobble Afghan I started a while back from a pattern by Bernat.  Now I just have to get it packed up and sent off… I’m a little sad in a way, I quite enjoyed working on this and I learned quite a bit as it was only my second …

You know how they say that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure?  I’ve been learning the validity of that statement ever since a second hand shop moved in across the road from our house.  Every so often I pop in there to see what’s new or if anything catches my eye and more often than not something does. I …

For the last few days I’ve been keeping myself busy but working on a crochet project I started a while back.  It’s only the second time I’ve crocheted something but I’m quite enjoying working on this pattern.  The first time was when I made a baby blanket for Faela, my friend’s adorable baby girl who is now growing like a …

God I’ve been meaning to write about this for ages but I’ve been so busy the last while with my friend Penny being in town and a few other things that have been going on (that I will write about soon), my blog has suffered. Anyhow, a while back my mother in law asked for some photos of us because …

I am now about to begin the 4th block of gail pan’s Christmas Wish BOM, and I’m so enjoying making them.  The three above are the ones I’ve completed up till now, and the one below is my most recent.   I didn’t think I’d enjoy embroidery as much as cross stitching but now I think I even prefer it.  …

I’ve been wanting to learn to do embroidery for a while and when I saw the Christmas Wish BOM over at gail pan designs I thought it was the perfect opportunity to teach myself.  So after a few online tutorials and YouTube videos I felt confident enough to give it a go.  It came out pretty well for my first …

One thing that has been bothering me about my camera since I got it, is the camera strap around my neck.  The nylon material it’s made with scratches the back of my neck, and can get quite uncomfortable.  Also, one thing I noticed when I was out with my camera yesterday, because it’s black it heats up really quickly.  Not …

A few years ago I wrote about another blogger who was photographing strangers in public to ridicule them, which was something I disagreed with very strongly.   It brought up a lot of questions in regards to taking photos of people in public.   My personal opinion was that it was ok, that people in public are fair game, as long as …

Sunday morning I woke up and my back was still killing me, but I couldn’t stand the thought of not making it to Keukenhof.  The last time I was there was about 8 years ago and I was due for another visit.  I packed my camera bag with painkillers and tried to take the Suck it up, Buttercup approach. It …

April doet wat hij wil is a saying about the spring weather in the Netherlands.  It means “April does what it wants”, and boy does it!   A lot of people get irritated by not knowing what the weather will be like from one moment to the next, but I like it.   We go from days of 20-25 degree sunny weather, …