One of my favourite memories of childhood was collecting rose petals to make homemade perfume. Yeah, I know – the big perfume companies were hardly likely to soil themselves over the competition. But my love of flowers has never waned. If you’ve been to my blog before, you’ll know I certainly share enough flower folklore! […]
Arts and Crafts
#Craftblogclub Gift Swap Reveal
Back in March, the #CraftBlogClub community started on the latest group challenge, the Spring Clean Gift Swap! The concept was simple – we had to create and send a gift to a fellow #CraftBlogClub-ee, using only the materials we had at home. This tied in with the ‘spring clean’ theme, to use up those materials that have […]
Free Crochet Pattern – Neckwarmer and Mittens
I bought four balls of Sirdar Husky in Misty while it was on sale in my local yarn shop and didn’t really know what I wanted to do with it – I just knew I liked the feel of it, and the colourway (mine is grey with black spots). Still, it can sometimes be problematic to […]
New Craft Skills for a New Year
I’m a firm believer in trying new things, and expanding any hobbies to include new techniques or approaches so they don’t become stale, so this month’s #Craftblogclub creative challenge, “A New Craft for the New Year”, was right up my alley. It centered around doing exactly that – either trying a new craft, or trying […]
Icy Handmade On Display!
I work at a local college among lots of other lovely creative people, and we recently had a staff exhibition to display all of the work that goes on outside of everyone’s normal day jobs. It ranged from illustration and textile design to photography, animation, fine art and ceramics. I hadn’t originally intended to put anything in for it, […]
#Pattern – Simple Crochet Case
I spent a bit of time over Christmas coming up with a basic pattern for a crochet pen case, and I figured I’d share it since it turned out to be so easy! All you need for this super simple pattern is two different shades of DK yarn (or you could use a plain one, […]
