Thrift mat

The idea from this came from a crafty friend...

Take some old jeans, and cut into strips about 2cm wide. 

Using a satisfyingly large crochet hook crochet the strips in to a simple rectangle.  Different colours of denim can be used to make stripes!

Stop when your mat is the size you need.

Cosy toes in the bathroom from now on!

Dove Grey

the long Easter weekend provided a good opportunity to decorate the craft room, in between snacking on Hot Cross buns of course!  The walls were bright pink with purple flowers and are now Dove Grey.

Craft table - once my Mum's dining table - right under the window.

Some of my favourite collected pictures and cards

Craft essentials: materials, stationery and radio

Peas in a pod

One...

Two...

Three!

2012: the year of thrift

Being thrifty and being crafty go hand in hand as far as I'm concerned.  I love to make things from scraps of fabric, odds and ends of wool and broken jewellery, and I'm never happier than when rooting in a charity shop.

I also think that if you can make a bit of money from making things then, even better! I had fun at a recent craft fair, and also sold a few pieces which meant I had some money to re-stock the craft supplies.

Button Brooch

Button brooch...this one did not sell, so is currently on my coat

Bottle-top resin brooches, by far my best seller

Lavender bags

Lavender birds

Pin up

'Craft Mondays' has been moving house, so there hasn't been much time for craft.  The new craft room is up and running now though and the first project completed has been a notice board.

I followed the excellent instructions from 'A Room of Ones Own' to make this pin board for my nephew's room

http://www.marmadaisy.com/2008/02/fabric-pin-board-tutorial.html

I used Cath Kidston 'Vintage Cars' fabric, which is £20 a metre.  This sounds expensive, but it's great quality and really wide so good value for money.

Seaside

There are few things better than time spent at the British seaside

Red, White, Blue.