June 29, 2009
So I’ve actually been doing things lately, shock horror! (I know, I surprised myself).
I finished my mum’s Christmas present, for example.

The colour looks abit washed out in this photo…

… This shows it a little better
I started this about 5 days before Christmas last year, so it was a big ask for me to actually finish it in time, but there’s no excuse for me to have only just finished it! The pattern (which unfortunately I cannot remember the name or where I found it) wasn’t difficult, and I quite enjoyed knitting it. I just lost the motivation to finish it after Christmas, as I had no time goal in which to finish it.
I’ve also been knitting SOCKS D: I’ve tried socks before, and made a royal mess of them, but this one actually WORKED! The heel isn’t all twisted, and the toe is so even and neat! If I could change anything, I would make the foot a few rows longer, and possibly knit on ever so slightly bigger needles – it feels very snug. But live and learn! I’m on the leg of the second, and looking forward to perfecting it – I have several other skeins of sock yarn (more than I thought!) so I can make an even better pair once I’ve finished this pair
The garden is doing beautifully – my beans actually have beans on them! My tomatoes have tomatoes on them! My peppers (which I never expected to make it) are beginning to flower! And the Lollo Rosso is going berserk
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June 22, 2009
… I could say I have been swamped with work, or busy with lots of Etsy sales, or coming up with weird and wonderful creations, to explain my blog absences, but nope. Just me being me. Sorry folks. And thank you if you still keep an eye out for my posts, I do appreciate comments and whatnot.
Anyway, now exams are over, and I am no longer a college student (!) I am a lady of leisure. So theoreticlly I have all the time in the world to craft and garden and do interesting things to blog about. Theoretically.
I’m pleased with how my “crops” are going:

The first ripe strawberries of the season!

And the first signs of tomatoes!
I also have some (relatively) new additions to my garden

Dwarf beans, complete with flowers
And last but by no means least…

Some thriving Lollo Rosso lettuce and carrots – seeds sent to me by a lovely friend
The carrots are in entirely the wrong sort of pot, but it’s the best I could find – our garden is far too stony to plant them straight in the flower beds. We shall just have to see what happens!
I’ve also done a smidgin of craft too…

Before – the box my hair straighteners came in

After – a prettily covered and lined box for thingymabobs and oojamaflips
I’m in London at the moment, but I’m hoping to do something with felt when I get home…
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April 11, 2009
Where does the time go?! I hadn’t realised I had so many (well, not THAT many, but y’know!) things to post about!

Playing with my new circle cookie cutters!

Fabric-covered frames
I made one of these frames ages ago (last year, if not the year before) and never got round to covering it as my staple gun wasn’t hardcore enough
But I dug it out the other day and used some nails to attach the fabric, and I’m really pleased with how it’s turned out. I think they need a little something else – some beads or buttons – but I’m not sure, and I don’t want to spoil them! I went down to Homebase and got some more wood the other day, and then did so again yesterday… I am like a girl possessed at the moment haha! I got some nails from a local shop the other day, but they are just a couple of millimetres too long to hammer in completely, so I popped to Homebase AGAIN today, and got some smaller nails to use on the next frames. I think something like this may be making an appearance on Etsy sometime soon…
Whilst I was at Homebase today…

… I got a gooseberry bush… WTF?!
I’ve gone bonkers buying plants lately. I nearly bought some cherry tomato plants whilst I was there today, but just about got away without!

My new mini greenhouse and tenants – peppers on the top, and newly potted up tomatoes in the middle ^_^
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March 26, 2009

One of a bunch of roses currently adorning my desk
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February 2, 2009
Well I survived the dentist’s chair. It was almost pleasant! Didn’t get any beads done today – been napping this afternoon, tentatively eating soup and mashed potato, and trying to ignore the sudden urge to eat pickled onions. I don’t think that would go well at all.
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February 1, 2009
… When there’s Southern Comfort?
I am having a manic Amanda Palmer sesh at the moment – I’m currently listening to her doing a live set on BBC Radio 6 (Hopefully it will be available to listen again online!) which is getting me VERY excited for seeing her on Wednesday at the Electric Ballroom in Camden
You can listen to some of her stuff here! She also does an amazing cover of Creep by Radiohead on the ukelele.
Anyway, fangirl moment over…!

Another bracelet…

…And another
Been on a bit of a roll with these! I’ve got a huge stack of clay to be getting on with now, and some cookie cutters on the way in the post. Hopefully some new jewellery ideas on the way soon
I’ve been thinking, it feels weird – I got into craft by way of knitting and sewing, it seems odd to be doing lots of stuff with clay and nothing with yarn or fabric. I guess I have a short attention span when it comes to crafts haha.
Hopefully I can get some more bracelets done tomorrow whilst in a sedative-induced fog – I’m having a wisdom tooth extracted. Eeep. Bit nervous, I don’t like needles. But apparently it’s just like feeling drunk, haha.
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