CRAFTY SUNDAY

What a week it has been!!Things have been crazy in the Glover house and i have not had much time for getting crafty. I did manage a quick bag though.

oh and a few cards and boxes.....

This box is a crib of one of the fantastic box tutorials over on Debbies blog at Country heart and home.  Her blog is amazing and her tutorials are simply fantastic.  Click here for the tutorial i used.

Another box i made from debbies blog...

I thought i would have a go at sewing on a card.  I think it ended up quite effective so i did another!

Photo's where do i go wrong!

Ok when i look at everyone else's blogs they all have lovely photo's showing what they have made or what they are posting about.  So why is it i class myself as crafty/arty but can't even take a simple photo without chopping my subject in half, randomly capturing the item in bad light etc etc.  Even Lili can take better pics than me - being outdone by a 4 year old really isn't sitting well with me!).

So i'm after some lovely handy tips off all you lovely people who take stunning photo's and make looking at your items enjoyable as opposed to people looking at mine and wondering why the end of my cats tail is in the corner of the pic or why my hand is half across the lense!!.  As a starter i would like to know how to put a nice border around my pics when i am uploading them onto a post.  Please please please leave me a comment with some good tips x x

CRAFTY SUNDAY

I haven't joined in with crafty sunday for a few weeks as i have been on holiday but this week i have a few things to show.  it has been a manic week with work being really busy and trying to catch up on holiday washing/ironing and fitting in some crafting in between!!!.

Anyway without further a do this weeks makes include some pump bags that i made using gorgeous owl fabric which i just love. i also have it in girly pinks.  I also made co-ordinating crayon rolls.

This pink fabric i have had for a while and couldn't think what to make with it.

This is a one hour ric rac bag which is so easy to make (and it does take less than an hour!!). If you fancy making one the tutorial is here

Craft Fair Makes Part 1

At the moment i don't have much time to blog :-( as i am doing a craft fair on saturday and have quite a few things still to make.  I thought i would share a few of the things i have made so far. I have also made some girls bunting for the first time and i have to say i am really pleased with how it looks. i'll take some pics when i get chance and post them.

I think the cupcake bookmarks are quite sweet so will probably make some more of those for saturday.

Crayon Rolls -I love how easy these are to make

A bit of sewing and broken machine!

Ok why is it that things always go wrong when you really don't want them to or don't have the time for them to do!.   There is never a good time for your sewing machine to break but 4 days before a craft fair really couldn't be much worse!!. I had geared myself up to spend from tea time onwards sewing last night..... I'm half way through a handbag when my machine jams and will not work Arggh.  I then had to spend the next hour and a half trying to work out the problem by dissecting the machine.  At first i was thinking ok i'm a civil engineer i'm supposed to be technically minded surely i can figure this out  - erm no!!.  Anyway I eventually worked out that the spool holder wasn't turning because a piece had dropped at the back which meant it was catching. I then decided to try a quick fix of stuffing fabric (with a pair of tweezers) under the piece of metal so that it can't drop and the spool holder can turn.  To my surprise it actually worked and i managed to keep sewing and finish the bag plus another one and some bunting.  Now i need to get it looked at (can't wait to explain how i have temporarily fixed it!).  

Anyway here is one of the bags i managed to finish