Jewel Colours

I normally am pretty colour phobic when it come's to nail varnish but having a slow and relaxing summer has given me some time to play! My lovely friend Stephanie over on Imperfectly Painted has given me lots of ideas, so here are some of the colours I am liking right now :) I am actually pretty unsure about the blue, is it nice, or does it just look like blue tac??



The glasses were from Woolies (I miss you), 6 colours, all jewel like - I believe Whittards do some similar :) They certainly look fun when filled with equally jewel coloured Robinsons Juice!

Oh P.S. just found that OPI has a trying on simulation thing for nails! Doubt the colours match but is pretty fun! I think I get a bit like this in B&Q with the paint swatches :D

Butterfly Pillow

Sorry has been ages but have been ultra busy at work, it's all over now for the summer though and I am on half timetable - hooray - so lots more made things arriving soon! Here's my take on Ruffle's and Stuff's 'Butterfly Pillow' to go in my Mutti's loftroom she is making over. Enjoy!

Mini Truck Pincushion

I had a go at using the truck I bought yesterday to make a tiny pincushion, it turned out quite cool I think! For instructions on a larger one have a look at this post on 'Just Something I Made'.



I have linked the little truck up to Sew Dang Cute's Link-Party, check out the other entrants below

UPDATE: I have sold the truck! This is my first sale so very exciting, hopefully there will be a few more when I finally sort out Etsy and the local craft fairs!

Custom Front Notebooks

I was shopping with my brother when I went to visit last week and we were admiring some plain front notebooks which you could draw your own cover on! Instead of buying I decided to make some for him with squared, lined and plain pages. The front was thick card cut 2mm wider than the paper pages on all edges, I then stapled them shut and used bias binding and superglue to make the seams, croc clipping them whilst they dried:


Here's the finished books in a little bag (trying to be pro, or just colourful)

I also used the gift giving excuse to make some Nigella Choc Cookies to take home too, they are simply the best chocolate thing ever and very easy!

For more ideas check out the link below:

Denim Bag with Easter Stuff

Hooray it is the holidays (for me anyway) so I decided to make something seasonal-ish and used some of my friends old jeans to make a bag! I did not want it to be only for Easter so the egg is removable (attached by safety pin).

I used some of the leftovers of my secret project to make an inside base by sewing it on to a piece of cardboard.

I then decided to make some other Easter goodies to attach to the bag instead of the egg! I was so proud I worked out how to make felt daffodills and was just about to e-mail everyone my cleverness when I notice someone had got there first! If you want a tutorial check out their's it's great!

Felt Rose and Union Jack Pillow

Hello! I have been stuck in bed so I have been passing the time making felt roses (see The Purl Bee for instructions) which I have made into a pillow! I also had a go at making it a friend in the form of a fun Union Jack, it took all of 20 mins, and quite a bit of that was finding the padding I had somehow hidden from myself, see this tutorial if you would like one too!

I tried using the bathroom as a background this time, the colour looks much better - what do you think. Here are the pillows in their new home for comparison, ugly yellowness!

Felt Roses

I was inspired by The Purl Bee's Rose Barettes and made a felt rose decoration. I put it on my new bottle for now but will probably move it to somewhere in my room later as the colours tie in better!

Fishy Melted Crayons

I wanted to try my hand at something un-fabric related and saw some really cool remelted crayon ideas on various blogs (see Muffin tin Mom for some good ones, wish I saw this idea before I started). To be honest making them now was a ridiculous idea as all my lovely family members are either too young or much to old to use the crayons at present but nevermind that.

1st I tried the microwave method of melting the crayons - this was unsuccessful in 2 ways, first as the crayons only melted a bit, and second as they ruined the glass jug I melted them in. I then tried a sort of bain marie style thing with crayons in individual paper cups floating in boiling water - it worked a treat! The cups were also disposable so no nasty wax cleaning! The fish mould was from IKEA.

The finished crayons! I made the bags out of the bottom of a sandwich bag and a piece of card folded over and stapled.

The Owl and Pan Holder

Have just made a couple of things at my Mum's request, the owl idea is from 'Make It and Love It' and the oven mit based on one I saw on 'The Idea Room' posted links below:

Oven Mit Idea

Owl Idea