A serious crafting aim!

So about this time last year I wrote about, how I needed to use up what I have craft wise!  Well I am ashamed to say I failed - big time. Instead I added to it. With my Birthday haul from hobbycraft.. Which you can read about , birthday-haul .  

Plus a small haul from hobbycraft just before Christmas, which didn't go to plan. My order went missing between hobbycraft and being delivered to me.

So after a few phone calls to hobbycraft, I got my  order resent out!

This is what I ordered!

 So the first item is this 

' DecoArt - Media - Modeling Paste'. This will be my first time using this, stuff. I do a lot of art/mix media journalling and I have been looking for some new things to try..

 The next item I got is the 

'Tattered Lace - Eiffel Tower'. I have been eyeing up this up for a while now.. 

 While ordering the 'Eiffel Tower' I saw this lovely die ' D655 Panorama Grass' and thought they might look good together!

Then I saw these cute pockets. I will say I thought these were fabric like what I've seen on YouTube vids from America instead they are 

 paper. Oh well they will do for now! 

I have a little confession to make, there is one other thing I have ordered. That is the Pebble Company - Garden Party 6x6 paper pad!  I will post pictures of the paper pad on Instagram when it comes..

So once again this year coming my aim is to use up as much as I can from papercraft to yarn (knitting)!

Follow my journey throughout the year either on here or on twitter, Instagram, YouTube and facebook..

A Tale Of A Minion And A Giraffe!

I think it is safe for me to put this on here now. Now that my brother and godmother as had their Christmas presents from me!

This is partly the reason why I have not been writing much on here, since about October. Instead I have been busy knitting, sewing and crafting goodies!!

I will start with my Godmother, she loves giraffes and her favourite colours are purple and green..

Before you say yuk - purple and green. If I'm right I believe those two colours are opposite to each other on the colour wheel...

I was looking through a knitting magazine and came across a pattern for a giraffe... I thought I know who I am going to make this for..... Lucky enough I had already had the colours I wanted in my yarn stash....

I tried not to feel attach to the little fella.. But I have to say I love how he turned out..

Actually I should stop called the giraffe a he as my godmother as called her Geraldine.. Yes like Vicar of Dibley.

Next. . . . . my brother...

So you know by now my brother loves and I mean he LOVES Minion's that much so you can read it Here .

Anyway I wanted to make my brother a minion cushion, but more I look for one online the more I realise there just wasn't a pattern... Which at the time I thought oh great how am I going to do this. 

Then I decided that it wasn't going to stop me. I design the minion by drawings and ordered the yarn from Deramores . Deramores is an online yarn shop actually anythink you want for knitting to crotchet... 

So this is what I made... 

Both my Godmother and brother love their gifts! 

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