June ATC
Dreams.
I thought this would be easy, ethereal, floaty, pretty even. But when I started to think about my dreams pretty doesn’t come into it! Shopping lists, wool, patterns, hairy legs, journeys, walking, lots of colour, death (though not through some morbid thoughts, I’ve been hooked to the first series of Six Feet Under – brilliant!), confusion and a multitude of scenario’s that I won’t bore you with or indeed scare you!
So with confusion and randomness being a reoccuring theme I went with that.
There are no straight lines as I don’t dream logically, though who does? It is pretty actually because a lot of my dreams are full of lush, deep colours, a bit of randomness and a bit of continuity. Lots going on and finished off with a crocheted butterfly (there had to be crochet!) representing my inability in dreams and life of fluid thought.
Hope Stacey-Ann of the brilliant creativesque likes it, i’m looking forward to seeing her’s, some of her watercolour cards are gorgeous!
Crocheted shell bowl
Well, the title pretty much gives it away!
I’ve had an idea in the back of my head for a while for creating bowls though didn’t intend to work on it till I’d exhausted my bag ideas first, but when I saw those shell bracelets in the sale the other day, well they were just sitting there and the football was on…
What do you think?
I’m quite pleased, these shells are quite heavy so I had to make the fabric dense to support their weight, so my fingers are killing me! I like the combination of rough, simple string and the lustrous, deep shells. I think I’d like to do another one but make this more curved and possibly more Lacy, though that might have to involve some sort of starch, I don’t know, but definitely it has possibilities!
A plea, and a new idea!
Over on UK Handmade they are getting a petition up to bring back a second series of the Mastercrafts programme, as the BBC have said that even though the first one was hugely successful they have decided not to recommission it. So if you have a minute please pop over to UK handmade here and sign their petition, they want to get as many signatures as possible and they will present it to the BBC with as much publicity as they can.
I rarely go into town, but needed a few bits so I managed to fit in a quick wander – when what did I see in the sale? Oohh, I could do something with that I thought, I popped over to Wilko’s and got some string too. I’m posting now because my fingers are KILLING with this wonderful new idea and they needed a break. If they recover I’ll post some pictures soon!
More green swap goodies!
Look what I got in the post yesterday!
Unfortunately, unlike Emma, my swapee, I was too excited to take pictures of it all wrapped up (her blog post is lovely about my bits), so sorry, I was excited! I could I could take a picture of the magazine wrappings in the recycling bin…
So what to show you first, well, how about this
Isn’t the card wonderful, it must have taken hours, they are cut out from the scraps Emma has left over (and I think its in the recycling logo), and that pincushion – how cute! Much to my shame I’d never have thought of keep such tiny scraps and then to make something so great from them! (a lesson learnt)
My favourite colours too.
Next up is some lush fabric which has got my mind whirling already, especially the teal one on top…
Yes, there is more! Some ’green’ toiletries, I’m looking forward to trying the face scrub tonight, I’ll also be sampling the chocolate too, in the interests of politeness of course! Though it is perfect for me, I love sweet and savoury together, if I have a bit of chocolate I have to have savoury nibbles too, so this chocolate has caramelised salted almonds in which sound totally lush!
And finally an inpired idea. Made from left over hessian Emma has made these vegetable bags – not only are they gorgeous and well made, they are mega practical too!
A huge thanks to Emma and Rachel for not only organising but coming up with the idea too for this swap, its been brilliant, the making and the receiving! If you keep popping over to thatlittlebitgreener blog they are going to post links to everyone’s blogs who took part so you can see all the other lovely goodies that people have made and received.
Green Swap goodies
Well, Emma aka bagladee has received her parcel…. and I can show you what I made!
First up is the shocking pink, organic, fair trade scarf. I saw this on Ruffles And Stuff’s blog, from a link on crafteroo and fell in love immediately with it. So simple, so recycled and plain fab! I used an old top of mine that I’d ear marked for this exact project ages ago and seeing as Emma likes bright colours, and I have like a gazillion scarves, I thought I should make it for her instead!
What do you think? (excuse the face, It was 7.30am and Rich was rushing to work, the boys were trying to sort out their breakfasts, mornings aren’t generally good etc etc…)
It is such a simple pattern, and coming in at 158 inches makes for lots of drape!
Second up is a little pot I crocheted, from an old music tape from my long and distant carefree youth (the Prodigy if you were interested!), no pattern, just sort of made it up as I went along. Although a little squeaky to work with, it is so soft when crocheted and has a fabulous sheen to it so it almost looks like woven metal. Topped off with a button from my stash. Look at the gorgeous shadows it makes
I also added some buttons in an upcycled paper bag ( an idea I complety pinched from Rachel of contented who I did the pincushion swap with and will use again and again as it was fab!), some ribbon and a lush bar of fairtrade chocolate. With it being a completely green swap I made a couple of boxes from a cereal box to pack everything in that were very bright and quirky and I like them!
Luckily Emma loves her scarf and pot and I’m sure the chocolate has gone down a treat! For this swap I was organised for a change and sent it early, with us being away last week, so when Emma sends her bits through I’ll let you have a peek!
Holidays
We had a fabulous week in the Gower, how lucky were we with the weather!! We all ate and drank too much, slept a lot, yes, even the boys (bliss) walked, kyaked, cycled, meet some wonderful friends and yes, even a little bit of crocheting!
The coast line is stunning around there, dramatic and varied
Rhossili Bay by Worms Head
Port Eynon
Port Eynon
Three Cliffs Bay
and of course the rock – I love rocks
and shells, so tiny like fragments of ancient artifacts
and … a little bit of crocheting too. Its coming on, slowly but surely. I wish you could feel it, it is so soft I spend most of my time just stroking it!
