when life gives you scraps

 

If you sew you have scraps.

 

Some keep them all organised in colour

or size and sometimes range.

 

Some sort them and iron them.

 

Some make beautiful strippy quilts from them.

 

Me?

 

I just tied thousands onto a coat hanger

and bent it into the shape of a heart.

 

I'm crazy like that.

these are a few of my favourite pins

 

Mixed Stripey Blanket from Little Woollie

 

 

Blanket for my daughter from ~ Buscond Comienzos

 

 

and my very own granny ripple that I'm very pleased with.

 

Next time I'll share with you some great links on learning to crochet.

 

Would you like that ?

these are a few of my favourite pins ~ sewing tutorials

 

How to create Zipper Tabs from The Sewing Loft.

 

 

 

Tutorial ~ Continuous Bias from No Big Dill.

 

 

Tutorial ~ Ruffles from Kiki and Company.

 

I hope some of these are helpful to you.

Seeya later alligator !

 

now it's even cooler

 

In a bid to be a little more organised this year

I thought I'd make myself a business card/note holder.

 

I began with a daggy cooling tray

 

gave it a quick spray with paint that was

 left over from another project

 

added a few bits of broken bling and

 

ta da! new card holder!

these are a few of my favourite pins

 

Tissue paper pom poms from Design Dazzle

 

 

Origami paper flower bouquet from Capitol Romance

 

 

Andrea from The Cottage Market

 rounded up 25 great paper crafts too.

 

I was hoping to be back with one of my own projects

that I've been working on but you know how it is ...

life and all that stuff.....

 

What pins would you like to see next week?

 

Sewing , gardening , recycling?

Let me know, I'd love to hear what you're interested in.

 

 

these are a few of my favourite pins

It's no secret I love pinterest

As this is the beginning of the new year I thought I'd start a weekly thing where I would show you my 3 favourite pins of the week.
I'll put them into categories for you and add the direct link to the source.
Sometimes the links on pinterest are broken so I won't be using those .

Without further adieu I give you my 3 favourite craft pins!

Kindle Holder from a hardcover book ~ Come Together Kids

 

Key to flow ~ Yarn Balls 

 

 

 

Tulle pom pom balls from Chintzy Couture

 

 

Next week I'll be featuring pins from my papery board

so I hope you will enjoy that too.

 

Follow me on pinterest , I find some really good stuff.

 

when the dog bites , when the bee stings , when I'm feeling sad

I simply remember my favourite pins get it !

 

 

 

looking forward

 

Don't you just love the end of the year with a fresh and new one beginning.

 

Last year was pretty crap for me so I'm declaring 2014 my  year.

 

By the end of June I will have no children left at home

and although I am incredibly sad about this (shattered really)

I know that it is not healthy for them or me to wallow about it.

 

So I will put on a brave face and look forward to the next phase of my life.

 

In 2014 I hope to .....

(see I said hope not will)

 

not have another heart attack

do an online design course

spend more time with friends

do more crafting

not have another heart attack

read more, watch less

enjoy mothering from a different angle

rest a bit

relax a bit

grow my blog

release at least 3 new patterns

look at turning my patterns into PDFs

do more family tree research

try some new things

be happy

 

None of these are huge goals but they are important to me

and I know that I don't need a new year to begin these things

but this is the year that everything is going to change and

it really doesn't get much bigger than having

all your children gone.

 

 

What about you?

Do you set goals or unrealistic expectations?

How did you cope with your empty nest?

Were you miserable or happy when they left?

 

As some of you may know I don't get very personal here

but I'll let you in on a little secret .....

 

I'm going to cry for days when my kids are gone.