A patchwork charm bag for me :)

Hellooo,

 

I hope you are all well :) 

 

This weekend apart form some costume history work (I am planning to do a post soon on some of the stuff I am learning in that lesson as it is very fun and interesting- I may even make some mini garments for my doll from the times so they can model and show you all 'the look' :-P) I didn't have tons to do which was good as it means I got to start another craft project!

 

I was inspired by the pouch I saw on Steph's blog which she made to put some Halloween treats in. I decided to start making a similar patchwork style purse/bag out of different bits of scrap fabric and all the findings, charms and beads I have been collecting for so long and haven't got round to using yet!

 

I want to make each square/patch say something about me or what I like, I have only got the main sides done so far, still the flap and then all the sewing together and lining left to do but here are some work in progress pics;

 

 

Hehe, I love sponge bob so he had to be featured :P

I also love apples!

I think leopard print is really cool, and different cool/cute dolls which is what I put the Russian doll fabric in for :)

The little scrap of African fabric in the corner under Spongebob was given to me By Stefany the dressmaker where I work sometimes so that is special to me too :3

 

My sweet tooth is also huge!

 

Christmas is probably my favourite holiday of all time!!!

 

With Halloween coming close because cute creepy stuff is amazing too!

 

I don't have too much stuff going on Tuesday so I will probably get down to work and try to finish it then. I reckon I will manage it as now I am back at my uni house I can use my machine which I brought with me, at home I have been hand sewing everything (which I don't mind actually) :P It is so much fun just being so creative with it and sewing on all the ribbons and buttons and charms making it all personal to me!

 

See you all again soon,

 

Byeeeee xxx

 

 

Halloween giveaway!

Hi,

 

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend :) I went home for the weekend to see my family- my brother treated me to a Mcflurry (the Maltesers one- yum!), my mum bought me a new coat and my dad cooked a lovely roast dinner so I have been thoroughly spoilt :-) I also managed to get some time to put together my Halloween giveaway! Yay! So here is what is up for grabs:



 

 

• A sheet of pumpkin stickers
• A spooky sherbet dip sweet
• A Glow stick pumpkin lolly (yes it glows in the dark! :P)
• A set of Halloween beads
• 3 scrabble tiles which spell out Boo (Hehehehe I thought they were a bit of fun for you to get creative with :)
• And a little felt bat brooch handmade by me :o) Here is a close up pic as you can't see him too well in the pic above:

 

I think he looks like a Brian :P

 

Hehehe, I hope you like the prizes, I love Halloween so had good fun finding/making them!

 

To enter all you have to do is be a follower and comment below.

 

Make sure to include some way to get in touch with you e.g. blog or email address or ravelry name in case you win!

 

The give away is open to anyone, any age, anywhere :)

 

Entries close on Friday the 18th of October and the winner will be announced on the same day.

 

 

Goooood luck!

 

Speak to you all again soon,

 

Bye XxXxXxX

 

It's a felt feast!

Hiii,

 

I have now finished all of the felt cakes/desserts from the kits my dad bought me a couple of weeks ago :) I worked on them over a few evenings (whilst watching Big Brother- my guilty pleasure :-P)

 

I love all the little bits and bobs they gave you to finish of the treats with like the cake box and the doily. I like the designs too, they are different to many of the felt cake kits I have seen/made before.

 

Here is my finished felt feast!:

 

 

I added some little beads as the seeds for the strawberry to add to the jazziness even more!

 

To me these cupcakes are more like fancy petit fours, I would say the first one is strawberry flavour, then the middle one is marshmallow flavour and the last one is a fancy chocolate brownie square.... mmmmmm..... I'm getting hungry now :P

 

I am tempted to rummage through my 'handmade stuff' box to find all the other felt cakes I have ever made and display them like a huge felt cream tea, hehehe :0)

 

In other news the chocolate walk I mentioned I was going on last time I posted was really good- we got lots of samples from places like; Hotel Chocolat, Fortnum and Mason's, Charbonel and Walker and Paul A Young. My favourite sample was the milk chocolate passion fruit truffle we got from Fortnum and Mason's. In Hotel Chocolat we got some chocolate pasta which will be interesting to try! I will let you know what I think when I try it :)

 

See you all soon,

 

Bye XOXOXO

 

 

Blythe Halloween costume- complete!

Hi guys,

 

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago I started working on a little Halloween costume for my Blythe dolls and today I finished it! Here is Mirabelle modelling her new witch outfit! :03 

 

I am very pleased with how it came out :D It is one of the more detailed costumes I have made for my dolls :) I added little beads to the front to give some sparkle and embroidered the neckline a bit too. The hat was really fun to make and I added a red ribbon band to make it match the dress!

 

Mirabelle can't wait to show her costume off at my halloween party I am having with friends on friday :oP  (We are having a party early as I will be in the IOW when it is actually Halloween.)

 Now I have finished my dolls costume I can start on mine, lol! I am going to be Mummy,I bought some bandages yesterday and dipped them in tea to 'age' them now Ive got to go shread my T-shirt a bit so I will be ready for Friday!

See you all soon,

Bye my lovely friends xxxx

Butterflies, fish, monkeys (and more shopping!)

Hola,

 

I had a bit of a temporary trouble with the internet, thats why I didn't check back sooner :0) I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

 

On Thursday me and my family went to butterfly and fountain world. It was my choice, even though I have a mild fear of butterflies and moths, because I wanted to see the koi carp in the japanese garden there. (I took pictures but am having trouble uploading :/ so will have to wait till I get back)

 

On Friday it was shopping day :P Hehehe, there were some lovely masquerade style masks in one shop and my mum said I could choose one as a treat :D I chose a glittery light  purple one with pearl style string beads dangling from it :-)

 

On Saturday my aunty came over on the hover ferry to spend the day with us and we went to the owl and monkey haven. All the monkeys we soooo sweet one called 'fudge' kept us all very amused he just kept picking grass and eating it, lol! He acted more like a cow! :P

 

Today we had lunch at Chocolate Island, I had a piece of chocolatey caramel shortcake :0) It was deeellicious (I would send you all a piece if I could :). Then we did some strolling and a bit of shopping I got a couple more masks, a pretty purple cat one and a blue harelquin one in one shop. Then in another my dad treated me to a little recycled paper flower brooch. In a fossil shop I found a bookmark with the heiroglyphic alphabet on it, it was super cool and when I took it to the counter to pay for it the shop owner (Jurassic Jim, lol :P) gave me a mini egyptian quiz, for the prize of a scarab beetle bead. I got the question wrong- it was why do the egyptians like scarab beetles so much; because they thought a giant one rolled up the sun into the sky each morning (scarab beetles are kind of like dung beetles). Jurassic Jim gave me the prize anyway though, lol he was very nice :0D

 

Tommorrow we are off to mini golf and then me and my brother are cooking for my parents again. I will try to remember to take pictures before eating it all this time though :P I might also manage to finish the mini teddy bear on the beach cross stitch kit I started a while ago and have been working on recently :)

 

See you all soon,

 

Byee xxx

Back home!

Hi everybody!

I am back now :-) I had a brilliant time in the IOW despite lotssss and lotsssss of rain! Due to the rain I didn't manage to take many pictures around the Island but when the rain did finally stop for about and hour I managed to get outside and take these pictures of the mill where we were staying :)

Hehehe, I  kept trying to give the chickens a hug but my dad said I never would never manage to catch one, Rocky could barely do it in the films!

There were baby ducklings but they were hidden away in the nest, there were also some baby birds who had nested in a crack in the walls of our cottage, they were super cute but I didn't want to disturb them by taking a picture!

This is the view from the highest point on the mill land and there is a nice little bench you can sit on at this point too:

The rain meant lots and lots of shopping, which is never a bad thing :D

I got lots of different bits and pieces but one of my fave buys was this pin cushion:

It was handmade in Mandarin, I love the tiny people around the edge! <3 I think I am starting to build up a pincushion collection.... :0)

The rain also meant lots of staying indoors and crafting (and watching all the Jubilee celebration T.V!), I managed to get quite a bit further on the mermaid costume I am making for my dolls, just a few more beads left to sew onto the tail now :)

I hope you all had a fantastic week too and the giveaway I promised is coming up tomorrow so keep your eyes peeled!!! :0)

See you all soon,

Byeeee xxx

Mothers day bracelet

Hello,

For mothers day I wanted to get my Mum a special piece of jewellery :) I looked on lots of different websites at some very beautiful pieces of handmade jewellery but I didn't know that any of them would be able to arrive in time for Mothers day :( I was talking to my Dad and he said why not just make my mum a special bracelet or necklace? I had a think about it and had a look in all my craft boxes and found some bits and pieces that gave me an idea for a bracelet inspired by the one my dad bought me for Christmas:

After being slightly worried at first about how my jewellery would turn out (especially as it was going to be one of my Mums main gifts) but I am really happy with it :) I hope my Mum likes it!

I was also happy because I learnt a new skill, making felt beads :D I had lots of wool in the needle felting kit I got the Christmas before last so I had a large selection of colours, they are fairly simple to make and there is a great tutorial here! :-)

Now I have go to finish some of the little knitted chicks I am making for charity, like the ones I made last year! :)

See you all soon,

Byeeee xxx

Halloween swap parcel!

Hello everybody,

I got home from the IOW yesterday and waiting for me when I got home (after the very, very long car journey!) was my swap parcel from this months Cute and Quirky swap :D I put up two themes this time; 'Amazing Autumn' and 'Happy Halloween'. I chose 'Happy Halloween' as I really love the holiday!

My partner was Annamaltoys look what she sent me :0), everything was also wrapped in cool black and red tissue paper:

I am really pleased with it all I had been looking at the bat and pumpkin beads in Hobbycraft for ages but didn't treat myself so I am soo glad my lovely partner sent me them!

And I realllllllllllllllllllyyyyyy love zombies!!!!!!! so was thrilled when I unwrapped this little guy! The added detail of the brains made me laugh, hehehe :P

And the Halloween hanging decoration is really beautiful it will be displayed in my room long past October 31st!

Hehehe, they are all soo cute!

See you all very soon :-)

Bye xxxxxxx

I'm back!!!

Hello everyone!

I'm Back! and better than ever, Hehehe!

I have missed you all lots!

 I had a brilliant holiday though! :0) The apartment we stayed in was nice and had a great view of the sea and the water park was very fun, we went rock pooling and snorkeling quite a few times too!

This was the view from our balcony:

and here is a picture of the water park:

In the end I was brave enough to go on all the slides :)

This is one of the beaches I visited:

The water was quite clear and contained lots of fish and little creatures, I went floating round on my lilo wearing a snorkel, exploring! I kept creeping my dad out by saying 'I can see a hermit crab' and 'Whats that thing?', he's not as keen on the creatures of the deep as I am, he worries he will tread on them and get stung/bitten etc...! :0)

I can't blame him though, I did see some pretty odd marine life, such as this centipede type thing:

I think he is quite cute in his own way :)...?

In the rock pools there were lots of crabs and some baby hermit crabs too, which, of course I took pictures of to show all you lovely people!

I also manged to fit in a lot of crafting (post coming soon :) and bought loads of good stuff from the local shops such as a realllly cute hello kitty backpack and pair of shoelaces, some little hair clips and some bargain bracelets which had loooaaddsss of beads on which I am going to cut up and use for crafting :)

I also bought some stuff for a giveaway which I will be posting up soon, it has just been pretty hectic first day back. My GCSE results were meant to be posted to me, as I was away but there was a mix up and they weren't (I did find a little thank you card in the post though from Laura from Cute crocheted creations for the gift I sent her for her wedding, which you can see on her blog. That made me smile, thank you Laura!)

In the end I had to go to school to try and get them, thankfully the exams officer kindly came in especially for me, to sort them out :-)

I got:

English literature= A

English language= A

Maths= A*

Biology= A*

Physics= A*

Chemistry= A*

Citizenship= A*

RE= A*

PE= A*

Geography= A*

Business= A*

Food tech = A*

I was soooooooooo happy! I really wanted to get straight a's and was really nervous but in the end I managed to do even better than hoped, I cried when I saw the sheet! :D My family were thrilled too and to celebrate they are treating me to pizza and ice cream tonight, mmmmm...,

Yum! :P

I am a VERY happy bunny! =:0)

I also got to go to my knitting group today :) ( I will post about that soon as well)

I think I need too go and lie down now though, I have had a lot of excitement today and I didn't get back till about 1:00am this morning so I think I definitely need to relax a bit before my next dose of excitement, my pizza and ice cream spectacular! 

See you all very, very soon!

Bye xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(p.s thanks to Cucki for looking after wooly! Lol :-)

Bye <3

Cute Kit Giveaway! :D

Hey! :D

As it is coming up to summer I thought I ought to do a special giveaway to celebrate!

I'm giving away a cute crafty kit for you to use with your projects over the holidays :3

Here is what you could win :

• Two reels of cute ribbon! One polka dot, one stripy.
• A set of sweet pink ribbon decorated buttons
• A pack of multicoloured star beads which could be added to amigurumi to make it extra cute!
• Two little handmade teatime treat charms which can be turned into stitch markers or clipped on bracelets or zips :)
• A very cute animal tape measure! For checking tension or measuring your finished goodies!
• A pack of mini lollies (because I always like to include something sweet in my giveaways :P)
• And a sparkly bag to store your stuff in! :0) Meaning you can carry your project and crafty bits and pieces down to the pool, or out with you on day trips during your hols :)

Close ups of the prizes!:

Yum! :)

This time around I'm also giving away a runner up prize:

A Very cute sheep pen, good for jotting down patterns or making quick notes :D

Trust me, I have one in purple... sooo sweet!

Entries for the giveaway close on Friday 22nd of July and the winner and runner up will be announced and contacted on the same day.

The giveaway is open to anyone, any age, anywhere!

To enter all you have to do is send an email to: iitki@hotmail.co.uk. If you are a follower mention this in the email and that will get you an extra entry and for another extra entry you can leave a comment at the bottom of this post stating your favourite thing about summer :D (please also mention if you do this in the email so I know).

(So you can get three entries in total, one initial entry for email (you have to send an email to be entered at all), an extra entry for being a follower and another extra entry for commenting)

(Not the same person can win both prizes so when the winner is chosen, if they had more than one entry their other entries will be removed before I select the runner up :)

Good luck everyone!

Bye :)

Easter Giveaway!!! (:<>)

Welcome,welcome,welcome!  Squash in, there's enough room for everybody :)

As Easter is Just around the corner (24th April) I thought I would do a very special Easter giveaway!!!!!!

Here is what I will be giving away :

Yes, you could win it all!:

 15 cute rainbow coloured little sleeping bunny beads :3

 4 Tibetan silver rabbit stitch markers, which are truly gorgeous!

A pack of Easter themed ribbons, for adding to your special holiday projects :)

And an Aero chocolate lamb! Yummy :P

You also get the little fluffy chick in the first picture too...

Giveaway entries close on the 14th April and the winner will be announced on the same day.

To enter all you have to do is send an email containing your name to: iitki@hotmail.co.uk

For this giveaway I have decided to  allow people to get extra entries! (I have seen this on other blogs and thought It was really cool)

If you become a follower that will give you 1 extra entry and  leaving a comment on this post telling everyone your fave thing about Easter could get you another entry as well :D

(so up to 3 entries in total, email = 1, being a follower = extra 1 and comment = extra 1)

(If you are already a follower that is fine you can still claim the extra entry)

So when you send your email (which is necessary for you  to be entered at all) just tell me if you have become/are already a follower or have left a comment on the blog and I will put you in for either 1, 2 or 3 entries.

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

Good luck! :D

Bye xx