An Autumn Walk and continued progress with the 'Blanket a Long'.

Hi all,

We have had a very busy half term break but managed to get out this afternoon to enjoy the warm Autumn weather and one of our local parks.  We took the dogs to visit Pooley Country Park and enjoyed a lovely stroll along the canal and through the woodland.

 

 

The dogs loved the walk and we enjoyed it just as much.  The October sunshine was warm, and really, I did not need the coat I had put on.  We walked through the Silver Birch woodland and discovered no end of beautiful red mushrooms throughout the walk.  The colours were beautiful!

 

 

 

Well, after our walk I managed to find some time to photograph my progress with the 'Blanket a Long' from Zooty Owl Blog.  I have finally managed to complete Part 5 and 6 of the steps.  Here is a photo of the Popcorn Flower and Leaves squares from Part 5.

 

 

And I then ploughed on with Part 6 and managed to make the Box Stitch Squares which came out quite well, I thought.

 

 

I managed to sew these together last night to make 4 large squares as instructed on Zooty Owl's blog. 

 

 

So there we go, another two steps complete and on to the next one.  I will update you when I have managed to get round to completing these because there are another 4 larger squares - Zooty Mandala squares! 

 

Bye for now!

 

Von x

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halloween - Spiders Web Made From Beads

Halloween never used to be something that we really bothered with until we had our two lovely children and now each year we make something new to add to our homemade Halloween decorations.  I love seeing the children get so excited about decorating the house.   This year I decided to have a go at making a spiders web from beads.   Here is a photo of the finished result ....

Julie
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Blanket a Long Making Progress

Hi,

     Just a quick update on how I am getting along with my blanket making.  As you know, if you have been following the blog I am trying to keep up with Zelna over on ZootyOwl Blog.  In my last post, I had completed the small squares and since then I have sewn these together to make larger squares.

 

I have, then, worked on Zelna's next step making 8 "Popcorn Flower and Leaves" squares.  It has taken me a little longer to do these as I have been so busy lately but I have tried to find a sneaky five minutes here and there to manage to get these completed.  So here is another stack of granny squares ready for my ever increasing blanket.

 

 

So next step is part 6 of the "Blanket a Long" to make 8 Box Stitch Squares which are another batch of smaller squares.  I will post a picture as soon as they are done!

Bye For Now

Von x

Thank You Tag Tutorial

Hello,

I am always in need of Thank You cards or notelets for one reason or another and, when I can, I like to have a go at creating my own handmade ones.  This was the finished result from my most recent attempt.

 

 Let me share with you how I went about it.  Firstly I cut a piece of pale blue card 15 x 8 cm which I then trimmed to make the tag shape.

 

I then rounded off the corners using the corner trimming feature on my paper trimmer.

 

 

Next I cut a small piece of bubble wrap and using an Airondack Denim Blue inkpad stamped across the whole of the tag to create a lovely speckled/blobby effect.

 

 

Then I went on to cut a smaller piece of blue card measuring 10 x 7 cm in size.  I used my corner trimmer to round off each of the corners.  Then I used Clarity Stamp Alium 2 with a Versamark pad and stamped these overlapping across this piece of card.

 

After that I used Perfect Pearls powder (Perfect Pearl shade) and brushed this over the stamped aliums to create a lovely delicate background.

 

 

Then, using a Black Archival ink pad I stamped a simple Thank You message at the bottom of the card.  I used Clarity Stamp's Thank You clear stamp to create this.

 

 

After this, continuing to use the Archival ink pad I stamped another alium across the card.  I used another Clarity Stamp for this.

 

 

Finally I used some foam pads to attach this to the bubble wrap printed tag.  I hole punched the end and will add some ribbon.  You could use brad here as an alternative.

 

 

I am sure I will be sharing further Thank You related tags or cards in the future.  Please share your own ideas as I am always looking for ideas.

 

Bye For Now

 

Von x

 

 

 

Crochet Blanket a Long Update

Hello,

     Gosh! Everyone back to school and it has been manic! Not had much time for crafts but the routine is beginning to settle so hopefully I will be able to find a few minutes here and there.

I have been busy with the next step of Zooty Owls Blanket a Long and have now made a further four large granny squares.  I followed the next step on Zelna's blog to make the Tic Tac Toe squares which I am quite pleased with.

So I am gathering quite a stock pile of granny squares now for my blanket.

 

Now for the next step.....

 

I will keep you informed of my progress.

 

Bye for now

 

Von x

 



Parcel Cake

It was recently my brothers 31^st birthday and we had lots of fun with a party at our house.   We threw a game of apple bobbing in the afternoon and that gave everyone a few laughs.   

 

I mentioned in an earlier blog that I was going to make him a cake and I did.     I wanted to have a go at doing a tiered cake so that I can start to practice at getting my icing nice and smooth and make sure that I can stack layers on cake on top of on another.  

I have had several attempts at making novelty cakes but stacking cakes is very different.   I need a bit more practice but this was the finished result ....

Julie
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Blanket Crochet Along - The Next Step

Hello,

Just a quick note to let you know how I am getting along with following Zooty Owl's Blanket Along.  I am making good progress at the moment and have managed to complete the second step in the blanket making.  This step involved making 10 smaller squares you will find the instructions for these here.  I must say I have really enjoyed this step and found the smaller squares very quick to crochet.  Here is a photo of my squares so far....

Must go...crocheting to do! Next step is four large squares...

Bye For Now

Von x