Results and a Fuzzy Llama giveaway!

Hi,

 

As many of you will know from the news Thursday was results day for all the A-level people, so that includes me :P I got A* in Psychology, General studies, Maths and Physics and A in Business & Economics. When I got home from picking up my results I checked my emails and all the confirmation for my uni place had been sent through, so YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! I am DEFINITELY 'in' to study Costume Production :D I am soooooooo excited- I have started buying the books and stuff I need so am waiting eagerly for the different bits to arrive through the post! :-)

 

As I feel in a very celebratory mood on confirmation of my uni place I thought I would do a giveaway- with a bit of a twist!

 

As Enriko, the little fuzzy llama I made, got such a good reception when I blogged about him I thought I would make another little llama friend to do a giveaway with....

 

 

As well as the little llama you could also win his surprise little prize parcel!- here is just a teaser pic of it:

 

 

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To enter the giveaway:

 

You have to be a follower

 

And now here comes the twist...

 

Then comment below with a cool name you would choose to name the fuzzy llama.

 

On 21st of August entries will close

 

Then on the 21st of August I will put up a list of all the names/entries and then everybody can vote for there favourite name (not their own entry obviously)! The name with the most votes after a week will win the Llama and the surprise parcel :D

 

As usual the giveaway is open to anyone, any age, anywhere!

 

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I hope everyone has got that- I will go over it again just to make sure as sometimes I don't explain well :P

 

 

- To enter the giveaway be a follower and comment below with the name you would give to the fuzzy little llama on offer (make sure you include a way to contact you too in case you win e.g. blog or email address or ravelry name)

 

- You have until the 21st of August to enter

 

- on the 21st I will post up a list of the name entries and then there will be voting open for a week where you can vote for the name you think is best (not your own entry)

 

- Then the person whose name got the most votes will win all the goodies and the fuzzy llama!

 

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Good luck everybody- I can't wait to read all the great names :o)

 

if anyone still has any questions feel free to post them below,

 

See you all again soon with pictures of my room which is now all done- apart from a clock :P,

 

Byeeeeeeee xxxx

 

Today is the start of something new :D

Hi everybody,

 

Today I finished the last ever of my A-level exams meaning I am done- finito- done, done, done, done, done!

 

It is a fabulous feeling as now the next chapter of my life can finally begin- what I worked so hard for- to go to university and study costume production; my dream career!

 

I have the holidays and several weeks and lots to do before I head off to do that but I am so happy as now I can really start the rest of my life :)

 

Hehehe, I was just so happy I wanted to share my thoughts with you all!

 

Thank you all for all of your lovely comments and reading my blog and everything as all of it really helped me through my Alevel/exam years being able to talk to all you fabulous people!

 

xoxoxoxoxox

 

See you all soon (when normal posting will resume- but with all the new stuff in my life included too :P),

 

Byeeeeeee XXX

 

My lovely class :)

Hello,

 

Today was my last ever day at 6th form (just my exams to go in a month and then I am off to uni!).....

 

...... and also my last ever day of the textiles club I run for the Year sevens at the school.

I have been running it for a few months and a lovely little group have been coming, we have made pin cushions, fabric flowers, ribbon flowers, stitched heart decorations and cards and I have had a really great teaching them :)

 

Today I brought some lollipops for them and we made stitched strawberries as our finale project. I was blown away though as they had got together and made me this fabulous card and bought me a sewing kit and scissors too, and some of them had made me extra little handmade gifts too!

 

Look, look, look!:

 

 

Hehehe, the strawberry on the keyring is what we were making today (if anyone wants a tutorial for the strawberries I could post one up- they are very easy- you can let me know :)

 

I have started using this pin cushion already :-)

 

The gifts and card are so amazing, I love them soo much- and my sweet little class :o)

 

The sewing kit will be coming to uni with me- I'm sure it will come in very handy as it seems to have everryyythinggg!

 

See you all soon- I feel emotional again!,

 

Bye xxx

Pirate ship t-shirt!

Hello everyone :)

Welcome to my new followers also! Today was non uniform day at my 6th Form and I decided I would wear my domo hat about a week ago! I wasn't sure what top to wear though but then I remembered I had a stitched pirate ship t-shirt I started making agggeesss ago for a themed party but then it got cancelled :( So I thought I would finish it off for today, I managed it just in time:

I was really happy because everyone said it was really good :-)

I got the fabric in a bag of cuttings I bought from a craft shop in the IOW a while ago (I think I posted about it, it was only a £1 but I have found so many uses for all the bits of fabric so far!)

I really want to try stitching some more t-shirt designs soon, I have had lots of ideas.... hehehe :)

I am off to keep working on the ATC's I making for a swap I am doing with Laura from Cute crocheted creations at the end of March, I am sooo excited!

See you all soon,

Bye xxx

One down, four to go!

Hello everyone,

I recently realised that if wanted to get all my Christmas crafting done I was going to have to start taking some of it to school too! So I sat and thought about what would be most practical and decided cross stitch would be the best option as I have a lot of books and that is small enough to fit in my bag :)

In Hobbycraft a while ago I bought 5 Christmas cross stitch kits to make decorations for my tree so I took one of those in and now I have finished it:

I am soo happy, he is soo cute!

One of my friends did one stitch, she really wanted to try it, hehe :0) she did very well, she stitched one of the pieces of fallings snow.

It took me a week and a 1/2 doing it in my breaks, registration and lunch if I got a chance. I had to do a bit of undoing due to counting wrong because of the noise in the common room! lol

I lost the mini kit at one point as it fell out of my pocket :( but someone found it and handed it in at the office which I was very grateful for as I really wanted to finish him! and now I have :D

Only four more left now, a cat (which I am starting tomorrow), a penguin, a robin and a little Santa too. I think I will manage to get them all finished....

I'm once again off to bed now,

See you all very soon!

Bye xXx :D

Accessory-a-day

Hey everyone :D

Since I started 6th form where you can wear whatever you want (as long as it is smart :) I took a pledge to wear something handmade, by me, everyday, so far I have managed it :D I have worn the big bow headband I posted about, my DAL gloves, some of my knitted brooches and I have also been making some new stuff that I thought I would show you all today :)

First up I made this knitted sushi charm bracelet using the mini sushi pattern I created a while ago:

Then I did some sewing and made this little heart brooch and headband...

 I love her! <3 I used the beads my friend got me for my birthday for her eyes :)

And to make the headband I used some fabric I cut out of a handbag I had ages ago, I thought the writing gave it a bit of a couture look :0) It went perfectly with my brown and yellow stripy jumper! :)

The last thing I wanted to show you was this dessert ring I made using fimo and a Polly Pocket plate and cup :-) It was inspired by all the cool rings I have seen on From Japan WIth Love. People at school were like 'did you really make that?' Lol :o) I had to be careful I didn't poke anyone with it!

The funniest thing was I actually had to 'bake' the tiny fimo cookies! Hehehe!

See you all soon,

Bye XXX

Crafting Update!

Hey guys!

It has taken me longer than expected to get this post to you due to my internet being very temperamental lately :/ but I'm pleased to say, here, now, finally, is my crafty update!

I thought I would start by showing you all the stuff I made whilst I was on holiday :)

First up I made three pieces of bunting for my knitting group. If you can remember my previous post they are trying to make a really long string in celebration for the Olympics and set a world record too!

The dotty piece was the most difficult. I had to kind of make up where to put the dots as I went along because the pattern was only for a plain piece, there were pictures of dotty pieces though so that helped a bit. I brought them to the group along with some sweets I got from Cyprus and a kids knit book for people to have a look at. All the ladies are soo nice at the group, they really liked my bunting and were also very interested in my finished DAL gloves, which I wore to the group to show them now they were finished as they were the project I was working on last time :) Also whilst on holiday I managed to finish some more innocent hats and two more cross stitch kits:

I really like the way my ice cream hat design came out and I also love the hat with two colour pom-pom, I think the colours make it look kind of royal :-) So far I have made 15 hats but I am aiming for 25 by October!

The monkey cross stitch kit required me to do some french knots which were very difficult at first.  In the end I managed to get them though which I am really pleased about as now I can try more challenging kits and can use them along with other stitches to make pretty borders etc... around some of the other designs I have stitched :D

I haven't really decided what I am going to do with all my finished stitchlet kits yet, at the moment I am thinking of making some kind of wall hanging but first I am going to finish my bat and cat-under-snow kits.

That's all the stuff I made whilst I was away,  I was in the swimming pool all the other time! Now for the stuff I have made since I got back :)

Mainly I have been doing a lot of sewing lately in my ongoing attempt to broaden my crafty skills! I picked up a book from the library about how to sew your own fleecy monsters and thought I would give one a go. I decided to make this little cutie called 'Prudence':

I didn't have any fleece so I made her from a pretty patterned washcloth I picked up once in a store  (I knew if I bought it and saved it one day I would find the perfect project for it!) Prudence sleeps next to red nose day monster now in my bed with all my other cuddly toys :0)

Today I finished the pencil case I have been sewing myself ready for when I go back to school (which Is tomorrow so I just made it! Hehhe :) I am sooo happy with it! :D I was like a nervous wreck at the sewing machine, I had spent so long applique-ing the little bird so didn't want to ruin the whole thing!

Luckily it also fits everything in it :0) The pattern was from a book my mum and dad got me for Christmas called 'Fast Fabric Gifts'.

I also finished this big bow headband today which I may or may not wear for my first day, I like it LOTS but it is very, very, BIG! and I don't want to be told to take it off because the people sat behind me can't see the board, lol :D

And finally the last thing in my crafty update, this random Hello Kitty necklace I made from the top of a broken HK Pez and some bits and pieces I had lying around:

I think it's quite funky! :0) I will be wearing it to school sometime when I find an outfit it goes well with. That's the positive side of now being in 6th form, you can wear whatever you like :)

Well that's it for my (huge!!!!, sorry :) crafting update, See you soon

BYYYYYEEEEEEEE XXXXXX

P.s don't forget to enter the holiday giveaway! There is only three days left so don't miss out :D

Bye :0)

One of many

Hello!

I hope everyones ok :) Can you remember in a post before Christmas I talked about one of my teachers liking my knitting/crocheted gifts for my friends so I made her a Christmas pudding? Well she caught up with when I got back to school and wanted me to make her some little christmas pudidng hanging decorations.......... So I got to work and managed to design a pattern for these little guys:

I showed her it and she loved it, She asked my for 7 (!) and said she was willing to pay. I have decided That they are £1 each :) Im sooo excited as this is the first bit of knitting I have sold! And she is going to take them to Italy next year to put on her family tree!!!

Anyway i'm off to make 6 more......... (hahaha not all at once :0)

See you all soon

Bye bye!

P.s dont forget to check out the cookie button giveaway, entires open till 19th January, dont miss out!

Pencil case, why buy one?

Hi everyone!


Seeing as it is coming back to school time I needed a new pencil case. I thought of going to WH Smith but then I thought why not make one so I did :)




Hope you like it :)

see you soon...................