Flowers!

Yesterday I found this pattern for a crochet flower so tried it out with some lilac/white wool I had.  Then using some crochet cotton I made a tiny one and attached it -

Then I wondered how I was going to use it - and thought it would look nice on a baby girl's hat - so went ahead and made one.  It is not often that I make the accent first and then the item!

Here are a couple of new designs I am going to be using for my jewellery this year -

Will be using them for all sorts of things - rings, bracelets, necklaces etc.  Really enjoy making them.  It is strange as I thought I wouldn't like working with tiny seed beads but I actually find it quite therapeutic.

Today I was supposed to be taking son back to Aberdeen but due to the horrendous winds, have decided that we will go tomorrow - too scared to risk it today!  Having said that, it has calmed down a bit here from what it was first thing, but going by the weather forecast I think the worst winds have moved to the north east which is the direction we would be going. So it looks like I maybe able to squeeze in another day's crafting!

Hoping for a calmer day tomorrow!

Mich :)

ps Happy birthday to my dad who is 80 today!

Mix and Match!

I have had a good weekends crafting.  I have noticed though that I am skipping from craft to craft and not concentrating on one specific thing and I'm not too sure if this is a good thing or not.  I do enjoy doing different things but wonder if I should be concentrating on one specific thing - be it jewellery, crochet, hair accessories.

For example this weekend I did some crochet - a headband with a detachable flower - which can be worn on its own.

Then I wanted to make one of those flower pictures but in black this time and I decorated the canvas first before attaching the flower.

Then, doing the above put me in mind of the little Light Boxes I used to make a while back so I made one of these too!

The above with the light on:

I also started a crochet wrap/scarf too!  See what I mean about jumping from one thing to another?!  I must sit down and think more about what to concentrate on.  Maybe putting things on the website and seeing what sort of thing is more popular. (Actually can hear my son's voice in my head saying 'Mum concentrate on advertising the website' lol)

Don't plan to start anything else tonight - will just continue on with the wrap/scarf while watching some TV.

Now pop over to 1st Unique Gifts to see what everyone else has been up to this week.

Have a great week!
Mich :)