A little bit of Sunshire Required .......

1. yellow and green forest, 2. Yellow Harvest Mittens, 3. Yellow bike, 4. The yellow cabinet, 5. Vintage Yellow Dishware Set, 6. Splendor in yellow..., 7. Day 83 - Yellow, 8. Tea cup swap #2, 9. A quest for the most perfect yellow yarn..., 10. Yellow Polka Dot Top :)


Today, I was so cold, as my  heating went on the blink, I thought we needed warming up so I have chosen a selection of warming images to bring cheer and warmth into our snowy, cold world today

I did venture out, to the town today, as I couldn't bear the thought of another day of looking at the four walls.  I managed to walk in with my big walking boots on and with several layers, I kept fairly warm.  Surprisingly, the town was quite busy with like minded passers by, fighting the cold, and keeping some normality in their lives.

I stocked up on food, sweets (wine gums, my favourites) and milk so I am ready for the next onslaught of snow forecast soon. I am armed with plenty of yarn to crochet up some new delights and keep 'the wolf from the door and blues from setting in.

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Magical Red Shoes

As I am totally fed up with the snow and the ice, i've been searching flickr for some light and bright relief.  I love my red shoes so here a few of some more lovelies I have found ......

1. there are clouds in my shoes, 2. Fairytale, 3. red shoes, 4. another one, 5. Theres No Place Like Home, 6. Red Heart Shoes, 7. Knitted Mary Jane Booties, 8. Underwater, 9. We're not in Kansas anymore, 10. red

I wanted to start the month with my own calendar page

designed by my own fair hands,

so its better late than never,

I am told,

 and Guide's honour,

 I promise to be on time next month.

Feel free to print out and use or pop on your page

Happy 2010

Bee x

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Handicraft Book that started it all

This book started my crafting love affair,

 long ago in my childhood.

Being a 70's child, I was free to explore my gran's bookcase,

and guess what appeared!

Being a Blue Peter girl, the bright colourful pages,

conjured up majestic ideas of things to create,

along with a magical mess to tidy up.

Hours upon hours of crafty fun,

the time flew by,

along with the holiday sun,

and the time spent with my lovely gran.

 Now I am the proud owner of this book,

and the lovely memories of time spent learning with my gran,

are treasured all the more.

My love of craft books is still as strong,

my bookcase groans under the strain.

Still plenty of new skills to be found,

 time to expand knowledge is all the more rare,

where shall I start, I sit and stare.

Inspired by the 1970's The Complete Book of Handicrafts,

I choose an intrepid journey into Patchwork and Quilting,

a new challenge for this year.

So, I look forward to learning this new craft,

I aim to create a beautiful quilt,

to snuggle down on the sofa

with more crafty books to explore.

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Do you remember this book? 

Do you own this book?

Vote for your favourite Craft Book

Drop me a comment or emai,

I will list them for all to explore.

Please list title, author, and ISBN if possible

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UK Handmade Membership

With a view to meeting other designer makers in the UK, I have been searching the web for groups to join and for those of you who haven't come across UK Handemade yet, I have had the pleasure of joining this group of artists, designers and makers today. 

Along with being an online community to promote the talents of UK artists and designers, it also publishes a brilliant online crafts magazine four times a which is worth a view. It can be found at http://www.ukhandmade.co.uk/, just click the link and sit back, with a cuppa, for a good read.

http://www.ukhandmade.co.uk

I hope you will enjoy!

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All over for another year

Where did the Christmas holiday go ......

as its off to work we go,

as today is the start of the working year  for most,

so I hope all goes well today

and the icy roads do not cause too much trouble for all

Happy New Year

H A P P Y   N E W   Y E A R

 2010

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I hope everyone had a great Christmas, and New Year celebrations last night.  Wishing you all a Happy New Year and the start of a new decade.  I can't believe it is 10 years since the Millenium. 

I will be back on Monday 4th January with more meanderings of a crafty nature.

I will be also be having a January sale in my etsy shop too, to make room for new items, so I will keep you posted on that.

I love the vintage image above which I comes from the Graphics Fairy.  Check out the blog for great images you may like to puse.  www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com