Red and yellow floral glass candle plates

Painted Tealight Holders and Small Candle Plates

New glass painting designs this week.

Hope everyone is doing OK. This week has not been my best. I’ve had a toothache all last week that’s been driving me crazy. I’ve got a dentist appointment tomorrow though so hopefully it will be sorted out.

It’s been a while since I’ve done any glass painting, so lately I sat down with some candle holders and candle plates and came up with some new designs.… Click here to read more

Blue spotty cushion

Cushion, Coasters and Placemats

A few different bits and pieces, with plenty of binding nightmares.

Hope everyone has enjoyed their bank holiday weekend. Last week there wasn’t a blog post because everything I had was a work in progress. Bits of fabric here, containers of wax there, various assorted items in various states of completion. This week some of those pieces are now finished so now they can photographed and shown here.… Click here to read more

Handmade drawstring fabric bags

Making Fabric Drawstring Bags and Tote Bags

It’s all about bags this week.

This past week I’ve been practicing my bag making. I’ve worked on a few versions of drawstring bags and this week I made my first proper versions of it. The fabric is a dark blue with white spots, the same as the blind in last week’s blog post. A butterfly appliqué was cut out of felt and hand stitched to each bag.… Click here to read more

Big blue handmade window blind

Placemats, Tealight Candles and a new Blind

A bit of all sorts of crafting this past couple of weeks.

I never got around to writing my usual blog post last week. A few days of visiting friends and family meant my usual blog writing time passed me by, so I thought I would save my blogging until this week. As well as going around visiting, I eventually went to an optician to get my eyesight checked after having several months of blurriness.… Click here to read more

Nag champa and baby powder scented soy wax tealight candles.

Many Soy Wax Tealights Made

Several different types of scents and colours in this week’s soy wax tealight making.

Happy Easter everyone. I hope the Easter Bunny left you plenty of eggs. I went to my local newsagent to buy one of the huge bars of chocolate they were selling last week but they were all gone, so I’m having to have Easter Ben & Jerry’s ice cream instead.… Click here to read more

Soy candles - scented testing

Brown Easter Bunny and More Candle Testing

Should be thinking about Spring crafting but it’s more like Winter outside.

Hope everyone is staying warm in yet another period of snowfall. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that those people in cut off areas or where there is no power are OK.

Last week’s Easter bunny has now met up with his cousin who helps him out when it’s busy.… Click here to read more

Handmade and handsewn felt Easter egg decorations

Easter Felt Decorations – Bunny and Eggs

Doesn’t seem like a week since I wrote my previous blog post.

We are back around to Sunday already. This week has gone by exceptionally fast for me. I can only come up with two reasons. A – I’ve been working with mainly one craft medium all week. B – I’ve been much more focused this week due to my new crafting companion – classical music.… Click here to read more

Front view of placemat with binding

Making Placemats, Coloured Tealights and Getting New Supplies

Been a busy week of trying new things and getting new materials.

Welcome everyone. A word of warning to those with slow Internet speeds. This blog post has a lot of images so it may load slow.

After the comments received a few weeks ago about the coloured scented candles I was testing and a idea from Simmi of Grace’s Favours, I set out to make some packs of tealight candles with different colours in each pack.… Click here to read more