Hobbies and Crafts

(((((hugs))))) Moonbi, I do hope the anyi B's kick in soon for you and you get your strength back.

Moonbi, you must be feeling pretty awful. Hope you start to feel better soon. Nothing worse than the cough, cough, cough.

We had a giggle going into jewellery class today. We looked like we were all armed and going out 'on the rob with coshes' with our pipes, poles and handles in all sizes!

Today we wound long wire coils and made them into bracelets with bead clasps, not my cup of tea at all to be honest, but all good practice. A necklace again next week. :-D

Bracelets sound a bit chunky, were they Ann? Let us know what the necklaces are like next week. Photo maybe?


Some photos from Shaun on the photo blog.

Hi all, just got back on line it seems ages since I came on here,

Welcome Annx lovely to meet you, the jewellry is lovely , it seems to be getting very popular now I see on the craft shows its really taken hold,
so we can expect more of your pics on Anns blog, I am a cardmaker and also I love doing memory albums,
sorry you havent been well Moonbi, like Ann I hope the tabs do thier work, and you will soon be feeling much better...
Ann i have sent you a p.m. see you all later
love Jean xx ~~~~~~~~ to Von ~~~~~~~

I feel rather humble at even thinking about joining this amazing thread, what a talented group you are.

My talent in arts and crafts is very limited, I enjoy embroidery, cross stitch, and can knit but not as evenly as I used to.
I am just about to start crocheting a shawl for the grandchild due next February.
Just Jean how do you make the memory albums, I really like the idea of this?

Bridget in Spain.

Hi, Bridget, the memory albums are also known as scrapbooks, but I prefer the name memory albums, its a great way of getting some of the many photos we all collect and sorting them out by putting them on 12x12 pages, or smaller books 8x8, adding your thoughts and memories of that time, I have loads of them , example, our trip to America, daughter, also my Nanas Boast book of my grandson from birth up to now it covers 30 years... I have made them for others too.
you can make them just about any subject you want, Have a look on Anns blog there are one or two pages on there, Ann does them too. or google scrapbooking and there are lots of sites that will give you the general idea... if I can help in any way feel free to ask.....
love jean x

Bridget welcome to the thread. If you have any photos of your crochet or embroidery we would love to see them on the blog. If you do have any email them to me (You have my e mail address) and I will put them on.

Thanks for your welcome Jean. Our teacher says she sold absolutely everything she made with buttons at her last craft fair!

Yesterday we made some quite fiddly, but pretty necklaces, but a bit more work is needed to finish mine! I will send Ann a photo when I've finished it to see if she wants to include it.

It is very interesting on here seeing what different things people make.

I will look forward to a photo of your latest creation Ann.

I wrote out my Christmas cards on the weekend, and Im off to post them this morning.
I have 2 international ones this year and 14 others to my far flung family. I decided to post to the ones who I dont see very much, as its getting too expensive.
Im feeling much better now and I hope to get back to a bit of sewing soon.

Glad you are feeling better Annette and that you have felt well enough to tackle your cards.

Some more Herefordshire churches from Shaun on the photo blog

Even before our twin granddaughters were born I was busy making the bedding for a lovely, wooden dolly crib I had found in a local charity shop. Eventually, after much patience I found the identical one on eb*y for just £5 and in perfect condition.

I carefully stitched two patchwork quilts, mostly new fabric, mattresses, sheets and pillows. I don't knit but found a super knitter on eb*y who made a dear little blanket and I subsequently ordered the same, both in white.

I was completely made-up with their reaction at their 2nd birthday parties recently. They played for an hour, taking everything in and out, saying 'help me, Mama', patting their babies as they added each layer. It made it all worthwhile. This evening I have got my winter sewing back out so that I will be ready for their twin Silver-Cr*ss dolly prams next year! I splashed out when they were born so that I might enjoy the stitching. I am using the Beatrix Potter fabrics I bought on the web. :-)

Sounds lovely Lavender. I suppose you don't have a photo of the needlework you did for the blog?

Ann
I have some photos for the blog but would you be willing to pm me your addy please.
Von

Ann
Photos sent.
Take care
Von

Some very clever jewellery on the blog. Made by Von from fabric that she has dyed.

hey everyone.

just realised this post was here!

Its quite strange considering that i want to now put my family history down on paper, but wasnt really sure which way to do it, and was considering doing some sort of scrapbook, as i though that was a bit different.

anyone any suggestions?

thanks

paul

Paul, I have made a family history scrap book.

I started with the oldest member on my tree of whom I had a photo because mine is photo based. This was my Maternal Great Grandfather, I wrote about him in the 'journalling and added that to the page. As a backing for the photos of my Great Grandparents I used a photocopy of marriage and death certificates. This was one page of a 12x12 album (available from places like hobbycraft.) You can put anything on the page to decorate it. On the next page were my Maternal Grandparents, the following my parents etc etc. Then My Paternal Great Grandparents, he was a R Marine Tailor and his page is decorated with a tape measure and photos of houses where he lived.

To get the idea of how to lay out scrap book pages there are often cheap scrapbooking books in places like The Works. Or there is a magazine called Scapbook magazine which is available in Smiths, not sure how often it comes out, maybe monthly.

If you want to know any more please ask.

I think Von's flowers are fabulous and I love the feather detail on them! More lovely cards from Jean too. How does she think up all the different ideas for them?