006: Craft supplies

I am so desperate to start making cards properly but as i am new to it, i am trying to hold off until i have bought all the basics first. It's really hard as i have so little self control! I decided to share some pictures of what i have bought so far, but there is so much more i want to buy. I have asked for a cuttlebug for Christmas so at the moment i am saving to buy one of the larger packs of promarkers for colouring in stamped images. Of course i need to buy some stamps too as well as punches, backing papers, inkpads, embellishments, the list go on lol. I have no idea which are the best things to buy first.

Well anyway, here is what i have so far :)



Most of the stuff in this picture is from www.craftsuperstore.co.uk The acrylic blocks are from www.createandcraft.tv i bought those to go with all the clear stamps i plan on buying. In case it isn't obvious i'm rather partial to the colour pink.



I have also bought a pack of 100 white card blanks and envelopes, again from www.craftsuperstore.co.uk



I couldn't resist this ribbon box from paper-and-string. They are really beautiful ribbons



I got these two cd roms from www.createandcraft.tv i couldn't resist the forever friends one and the artwork on the Enchanted one is just amazing. I also have a couple of my craft studio cd roms, but i seem to have forgetten where i put them so no picture of those



This last picture is of a large pile of different coloured 12 x 12 card stock i bought a couple of years ago and have never used. I bought it from a local shop, so no website, but i think the make is papermania. There are lots of different beautiful colours in the pack. I especially love the pale yellow and lilac colours

005: Snow pictures

I decided to post my snow pictures here as Kath over at her blog has asked to see pictures of people's snow and i couldn't resist joining in. I found it very hard to take pictures showing how deep the snow actually is. It was 18 inches at its deepest. Anyway, onto the pictures!



This is the small tree in front of the house. I always love how the snow looks balanced on the branches, it's so pretty



A view of the house



My footprints in the snow



Most of the bottom part of my leg is covered by snow!



My other leg stretched out in the snow after i fell over



The large tree in the centre of the cul de sac. It looks so beautiful



A different view of the front garden



The back garden



My foot print in the back garden



Not the best picture but the wheely bin is lying down on the ground and the snow on top is deeper than the width of the bin!

That's all for now. Thanks foor looking!

004: Flower arranging week four

On the fourth week of my flower arranging class we made a contemporary display. I don't like this creation as much as my other ones. I prefer the more tracditional displays. However i do like the central focus of the amaryllis. The gold ribbon on the left (which is hard to see on the picture) helps to balance out the large leaf on the right. There are also a few beads pressed in here and there.



The course is £48 and includes all the flowers/foliage for the arrangements and you get to keep everything you make! This works out to just £8 a week which i think is great value for money.

For more information about Sally May, click here. They can deliver flowers anywhwere in the UK, but need 24 hour notice.

003: Flower arranging week three

The third week has been my favourite so far. We made advent wreaths with a lot of foliage, red flowers and berries. It also inculdes four candles, which need to be burnt each Sunday on the run up to Christmas. Today is the first day for the candles to be burnt.



And a close up picture because i really like this one.



The course is £48 and includes all the flowers/foliage for the arrangements and you get to keep everything you make! This works out to just £8 a week which i think is great value for money.

For more information about Sally May, click here. They can deliver flowers anywhwere in the UK, but need 24 hour notice.

002: Flower arranging week two

The second week of the flower arranging class was to make a circle arrangement. This is very similar to the triangle arrangement except that all four sides of the oasis are covered, again with the top being two thirds high and the sides being one third out. Again i was really pleased with my result.



The flowers smelt wonderful and i love the choice of colours i was given.

The course is £48 and includes all the flowers/foliage for the arrangements and you get to keep everything you make! This works out to just £8 a week which i think is great value for money.

For more information about Sally May, click here. They can deliver flowers anywhwere in the UK, but need 24 hour notice.

001: Flower arranging week one

I have recently started a six week flower arranging course where we will be covering a variety of flower arrangements.

When i heard the local florist was going to be holding the flower arranging classes i couldn't resist signing up. I have always loved flowers and this gives me the chance to explore my creative side with them rather than just plonking them in a vase and not doing them justice.

The first week was a simple triangle display. Sally May (The florist) told us that flowers should always be arranged two thirds above the oasis (a foam type thing that you put the flowers into if you didn't know) and one third to the side. When looked at from the front and the side the shape made with the flowers and foliage make a triangle shape, hence the name.

I think i did really well for my first attempt, and it was really enjoyable and relaxing to do. Anyway, here's a picture of my result:



The course is £48 and includes all the flowers/foliage for the arrangements and you get to keep everything you make! This works out to just £8 a week which i think is great value for money.

For more information about Sally May, click here. They can deliver flowers anywhwere in the UK, but need 24 hour notice.

000: Introduction

I am new to crafting and have decided to make a blog to share my crafting adventures! I love cardmaking and also enjoy cross stitch. I also want to get better at knitting and try out crochet.

Crafting for me is so much fun and very relaxing and i love to see what ideas i can come up with. I don't know how often this blog will be updated, but i will try my best to keep it frequent!

At the moment i am still gathering a lot of basic supplies so i can start card making properly. My addiction to buy at the moment are CD roms. Image wise i like to go for cute images and faeries. I also love glitter!