tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788473094050152522024-03-08T11:34:12.408+00:00The Summerhouse by the seaClarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00982560561057556641noreply@blogger.comBlogger482125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578847309405015252.post-17034652286447552282022-06-04T07:30:00.000+01:002022-06-04T07:30:35.036+01:00This week <blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWmx3DWNEvcODm0MrlM_nGcgLGvezKYGbp-kDd2jWsiLCMeVlIQtMF1Qp4Ml3_G3wQPbLgXwIO2RDi-TJcGAJRjIEi8gUYhi6M912ku8bi5QVSRCqdHlZUVDPTQy0HJS44rYMsJVxiTATMADoBTh3X8683FayxcGdJdHun9B1mLOe0hznLqQkqfkC/s3024/93C5AC48-E642-4CCE-B777-040D11FCE593.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghWmx3DWNEvcODm0MrlM_nGcgLGvezKYGbp-kDd2jWsiLCMeVlIQtMF1Qp4Ml3_G3wQPbLgXwIO2RDi-TJcGAJRjIEi8gUYhi6M912ku8bi5QVSRCqdHlZUVDPTQy0HJS44rYMsJVxiTATMADoBTh3X8683FayxcGdJdHun9B1mLOe0hznLqQkqfkC/w640-h640/93C5AC48-E642-4CCE-B777-040D11FCE593.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">This week I have spent a lot of time resting, in bed or in my lovely hammock in the garden with darling Monty.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03agxGThftgvbLUJbqX_ssvOXlJABIXBip5ZwbgRCqIJN-ISTWrn2u1W9bppUQ61529fxeACvhARuowuUIfqCd-AOXGf7Si6fUrDqz1TnfMBNVTzC9_dNiSggFfOFWC7LYfN1tKbCvM5qXVU6N--r1RXm2tM_3i8576RH5CbEd7p4tn5R_YuLBh2o/s3024/153AF148-9986-4B3B-809F-A862758D425A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03agxGThftgvbLUJbqX_ssvOXlJABIXBip5ZwbgRCqIJN-ISTWrn2u1W9bppUQ61529fxeACvhARuowuUIfqCd-AOXGf7Si6fUrDqz1TnfMBNVTzC9_dNiSggFfOFWC7LYfN1tKbCvM5qXVU6N--r1RXm2tM_3i8576RH5CbEd7p4tn5R_YuLBh2o/w640-h640/153AF148-9986-4B3B-809F-A862758D425A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This week I was delight to see my David Austen rose start to bloom, meet ‘Silas Marner ‘</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxwwzIy7gf4GHnXK533rRzXrHYSjwXTTtfs4JMkdVPLdZG2XX6KK-XJw0qyO6s6-EiStvtD7FJkUqdoS0_AKPpHAlIVSLacrpVLlecR1McfaxyrhDnnraOCHYsByEVwPRyPwj8HIOLB-qOnNAGk-uQp6LtsSxI4piTLg6Bos3f98ETBraePNkhbHi/s1800/AEFCE775-5D80-4621-8D45-4B30147F663A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxwwzIy7gf4GHnXK533rRzXrHYSjwXTTtfs4JMkdVPLdZG2XX6KK-XJw0qyO6s6-EiStvtD7FJkUqdoS0_AKPpHAlIVSLacrpVLlecR1McfaxyrhDnnraOCHYsByEVwPRyPwj8HIOLB-qOnNAGk-uQp6LtsSxI4piTLg6Bos3f98ETBraePNkhbHi/w512-h640/AEFCE775-5D80-4621-8D45-4B30147F663A.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">This week was spent mostly bed resting because my blood pressure did this. It’s very erratic swinging from dangerously high to very low. The joys of dysautonomia. So this week I’ve been feeling very poorly. </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFag7oyznqqd-L4AuNMbK76OH93ohAEZuMQrvxE4jzSRWQnSoTdQ1O63Fms-jUvlK3YdxZHf6NCNvioY_zv7js1f05Ps63j-SqcjxjoLf9_fej-tAbqZbD7EL1wE2QbNwbTM81czitcAIbJkBibU0XS0_xD_CnWr-pRRDkEqZqeodmfJpRRprydy6/s3024/C7E997C2-7F0D-4B06-8E26-C955B4496528.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFag7oyznqqd-L4AuNMbK76OH93ohAEZuMQrvxE4jzSRWQnSoTdQ1O63Fms-jUvlK3YdxZHf6NCNvioY_zv7js1f05Ps63j-SqcjxjoLf9_fej-tAbqZbD7EL1wE2QbNwbTM81czitcAIbJkBibU0XS0_xD_CnWr-pRRDkEqZqeodmfJpRRprydy6/w640-h640/C7E997C2-7F0D-4B06-8E26-C955B4496528.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">This week I tried to crochet for the first time in ages. Just for ten minutes to see how my elbows coped, it’s sadly been years since I’ve been able to crochet. I wanted to give it a try as I was having a ultrasound scan of my elbow to see exactly what’s going on. </p><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMB2VqKKAY88jAA770BoZFqdGeNrcaeBch6mFlX5ekZSKNl1mBfUgjrml0hE9K9b_px5hwZmb9WOz93em57I3-wenyZExmuVmEBk2MJHiIYwo-rPfZEXSg4U4_vI2BJmdzXuBBMrvl1K4hDl4EaM2EGtBeeLMzjNiZ75nBT58l3G-u00s62v7fryY6/s3024/DF8A8D35-98D4-4DF7-A78F-F21AD7E4F784.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMB2VqKKAY88jAA770BoZFqdGeNrcaeBch6mFlX5ekZSKNl1mBfUgjrml0hE9K9b_px5hwZmb9WOz93em57I3-wenyZExmuVmEBk2MJHiIYwo-rPfZEXSg4U4_vI2BJmdzXuBBMrvl1K4hDl4EaM2EGtBeeLMzjNiZ75nBT58l3G-u00s62v7fryY6/w640-h640/DF8A8D35-98D4-4DF7-A78F-F21AD7E4F784.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;">This week I was able to meet up with friends and family outside to celebrate. We are still mostly shielding here so this was lovely </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoq0Kd8zz_EELhVtYOQYCrY92kZSvllE9RYFczF-vNeGZTFWAM0ohTrDfPVJ2VmgPSX2HwTy4MgXQZf1rL3b6RvoeaRjnF9dnz-9ZsBTx12dPae5hdm67hQqpS_2CV_wCRj5_zyZI7xnbJQ9eKM_gLBeydTDCwcJGnnOzMr_iBlOa6l5q_e8S120Rt/s3024/E31111BB-79D4-42EA-8603-249146DFCB54.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoq0Kd8zz_EELhVtYOQYCrY92kZSvllE9RYFczF-vNeGZTFWAM0ohTrDfPVJ2VmgPSX2HwTy4MgXQZf1rL3b6RvoeaRjnF9dnz-9ZsBTx12dPae5hdm67hQqpS_2CV_wCRj5_zyZI7xnbJQ9eKM_gLBeydTDCwcJGnnOzMr_iBlOa6l5q_e8S120Rt/w640-h640/E31111BB-79D4-42EA-8603-249146DFCB54.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This weekly there were autumn jump started sweet peas </span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM31fyZASErUjSd6-OAkrIjccPJx2eFZ8l3jiHGtMZZMnAMBGkTC-GWqeO_5H7Fn7qbKXuKgs8y9dKMmJ8VcdNXfh_iJCsQZyg7FztRQh2bh37IOPmKH48XC8WqHQQY2NDn-VBxhCGMPbtaD0HpbS4Rx_ODi3CVN0mpvdBwcIw4-M82m7MpB71D_n/s3024/A8127C0F-4F63-4FFC-A8EF-A7710126553C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM31fyZASErUjSd6-OAkrIjccPJx2eFZ8l3jiHGtMZZMnAMBGkTC-GWqeO_5H7Fn7qbKXuKgs8y9dKMmJ8VcdNXfh_iJCsQZyg7FztRQh2bh37IOPmKH48XC8WqHQQY2NDn-VBxhCGMPbtaD0HpbS4Rx_ODi3CVN0mpvdBwcIw4-M82m7MpB71D_n/w640-h640/A8127C0F-4F63-4FFC-A8EF-A7710126553C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And Ranunculus in bloom in the summerhouse garden </span></div><p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Clare xx </span></div><p></p></blockquote>Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00982560561057556641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578847309405015252.post-76647857211607692622020-07-31T23:22:00.003+01:002020-08-06T07:40:14.172+01:00A Little crochet catch up.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJl8IsV0FCZVAXYiqEhdeketGjJNst6dQSvUFQCclcdxjulQ_-fZuiksu7ZwVYYJLG48hk_SrrPy-aD_QyiPTPhQ9LZTjnYsMk-qQ06Qvr_Pbo910j3AEv8tGYm2bx9qnmi_RgfJKR6xw/s2048/IMG_4255.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJl8IsV0FCZVAXYiqEhdeketGjJNst6dQSvUFQCclcdxjulQ_-fZuiksu7ZwVYYJLG48hk_SrrPy-aD_QyiPTPhQ9LZTjnYsMk-qQ06Qvr_Pbo910j3AEv8tGYm2bx9qnmi_RgfJKR6xw/w328-h328/IMG_4255.JPG" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello.... So I thought I'd do a little catch up on all things crochet. To be honest its not great news, before I took my blogging break. I was working on the Eastern Jewels blanket, such a wonderful feast of colour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately, I developed Tendonitis first in my right elbow and then my left (after the GP told me to stop using my right arm!!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last Summer after a few months break I started working on the blanket again trying a tiny bit of crochet, adding a round here and there.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOPMxPI7uqRu9JQjbo03ucYQrlu4oaARKv2RRNeqZ9ExsvdTixlJL-I6k3a_JYqeOgbbic7PfkkT2_RIu9HjKvy01c35x-A5_ZRW_fEALRrMobWd6foIUdCl7OUoRjw1m2lj4G2BV4E4/s2048/FIKT5646.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOPMxPI7uqRu9JQjbo03ucYQrlu4oaARKv2RRNeqZ9ExsvdTixlJL-I6k3a_JYqeOgbbic7PfkkT2_RIu9HjKvy01c35x-A5_ZRW_fEALRrMobWd6foIUdCl7OUoRjw1m2lj4G2BV4E4/w330-h330/FIKT5646.JPG" width="330" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Still treating myself to beautiful yarn that I just could not resist. But despite really resting them my elbows just weren't getting any better.<br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMXg38mQf7GcAYTKEbuV3itQRMPuIeEBLFO9L9gSfpMkrPS6uzhrDRAbLZIZtTrGIRZolTguntosPVBRTSoE8HBom1XmZoLleoZGxPXqC13nPlOTxWncJcHvQcT-gufuW7hcZ4XfeefE/s2048/IMG_4479.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMXg38mQf7GcAYTKEbuV3itQRMPuIeEBLFO9L9gSfpMkrPS6uzhrDRAbLZIZtTrGIRZolTguntosPVBRTSoE8HBom1XmZoLleoZGxPXqC13nPlOTxWncJcHvQcT-gufuW7hcZ4XfeefE/w307-h410/IMG_4479.JPG" width="307" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last September I just could not resist, and decided I wanted to try and join in with Cherry Hearts beautiful 'Natures Walk ' crochet along.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBc92kEcPMWeAvBLlJm1vnvw5ufk5fD7JWLYS0-Pl6Nlzj379-wWDkEQdq8cBLMvY32zslpZepRl9jlk-Z4um7q1xoD5MR39Yjf2QIGEtxZEK0VNS9Dnmv_5GPk9eVTy0vFRw34h42hA/s2048/IMG_4630.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBc92kEcPMWeAvBLlJm1vnvw5ufk5fD7JWLYS0-Pl6Nlzj379-wWDkEQdq8cBLMvY32zslpZepRl9jlk-Z4um7q1xoD5MR39Yjf2QIGEtxZEK0VNS9Dnmv_5GPk9eVTy0vFRw34h42hA/w329-h329/IMG_4630.JPG" width="329" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hoping the squares would be a little more gentle to manage<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1fvUPK94qXIdAozMAiEOfgcFJlcWFn_2Hrv_W_GRDweuIGaYLH6OSjVYhRFnkeUDHfphZfSYrAw-NvzXvOpNtGGpLXwnFC_dAImeRSCKG7Q4PfPi-c3aUA7BCSrLG8Vlp1Z-F8E6j7w/s2048/IMG_4686.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1fvUPK94qXIdAozMAiEOfgcFJlcWFn_2Hrv_W_GRDweuIGaYLH6OSjVYhRFnkeUDHfphZfSYrAw-NvzXvOpNtGGpLXwnFC_dAImeRSCKG7Q4PfPi-c3aUA7BCSrLG8Vlp1Z-F8E6j7w/w328-h328/IMG_4686.JPG" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Loving the colours I had selected for the blanket. Aww Just look at lovely Monty cat all grown up.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOyfgtljcMMXnTbIwmGbW6jvKIIu2boXeBR0uVyG-vNMsFQ2OnCM8QdtbZ9D8UlmcZjBq4s8dMKwtpKo1XNJLRFqDcwU0rCe8fgVQemk_4Nqgzagg1K4Z29zbsyAYbcWHTL_WzQwLqE8/s2048/IMG_4830.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOyfgtljcMMXnTbIwmGbW6jvKIIu2boXeBR0uVyG-vNMsFQ2OnCM8QdtbZ9D8UlmcZjBq4s8dMKwtpKo1XNJLRFqDcwU0rCe8fgVQemk_4Nqgzagg1K4Z29zbsyAYbcWHTL_WzQwLqE8/w328-h328/IMG_4830.JPG" width="328" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sadly the elbows did not improve despite my GP saying, most cases heal within a year. In January two years into this pain, I was finally sent for Physio and the news was not great. Complete rest and lots of painful treament that could take months. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They were not even in good enough shape to have a injection. With the added problem of Lyme disease, the Physio said to the lyme bacteria, the collagen in my tissue and tendons was like cavaiar it was just being eaten away, that my tendons felt like frayed fuse wire when he worked on them, yikes!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So that's where I am really, with the lockdown I've had no physio since March as I'm too high risk to leave the house.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are Cocooning here, as I like to call it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think maybe I need to try and do a little crochet to see if things have improved at all.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Find a cute little make to try.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibj5DJmANRInX1aEhBAW13qjl8B-b86kl6pS-UZCcH-53kpLpxU45xOmk4jl8pS_Gh42uwAUU7vzP0ABIGJ8Q1dJcQH0Vg5PbJM5A4RX1Q_bRfuNPB5D3LJ7-ghqmEs-wbG1bwmbCPxJM/s2048/IMG_5187.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibj5DJmANRInX1aEhBAW13qjl8B-b86kl6pS-UZCcH-53kpLpxU45xOmk4jl8pS_Gh42uwAUU7vzP0ABIGJ8Q1dJcQH0Vg5PbJM5A4RX1Q_bRfuNPB5D3LJ7-ghqmEs-wbG1bwmbCPxJM/w328-h328/IMG_5187.JPG" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe something like these cute pumpkins I made last Autumn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What are you making at the moment?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'd love to hear?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Crafting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clare xx<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I’ve started a new little blog about my health issues and the pursuit of wellness which you can find Here <a href="https://thecornucopiacorner.blogspot.com/?m=1" style="text-align: left;">https://thecornucopiacorner.blogspot.com/</a></div>Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00982560561057556641noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578847309405015252.post-76332164374145797932020-07-19T15:12:00.002+01:002020-07-19T15:12:26.692+01:00Red Riding Hood<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloQGhL5_FsO_krgHaK-iurreHP2HeJCt4IKqTEle1ezGYC1-3BZEA7FdnP98rV79MK7E5HjKhaObswKfOxCXTp-vboSnhw75yXUwgJotwwSvUNqZXua90BKQquNIpwttjiHDcFj5nZZ8/s2048/IMG_5362.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloQGhL5_FsO_krgHaK-iurreHP2HeJCt4IKqTEle1ezGYC1-3BZEA7FdnP98rV79MK7E5HjKhaObswKfOxCXTp-vboSnhw75yXUwgJotwwSvUNqZXua90BKQquNIpwttjiHDcFj5nZZ8/w625-h625/IMG_5362.JPG" width="625" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hello........... Hows everyone? Today I thought I'd share a little art post with you. Since 2016 I've been working on improving my Art skills. After I started receiving pyschic images with little ability to put them on paper.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKqr0qmsHhL-XjeOR5CMwATloLRPf-DJ9erMAHmxWmtE5mEz0CXL2DdWubGliYgcalCQAs8xSRaU_RxR8yc3XUOkPTTiVi6Hmj0GwwO6mmjZzY0o5oz8fe_f7YDa-mWcUiPC8M_Y7Zlg/s2048/IMG_4997.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKqr0qmsHhL-XjeOR5CMwATloLRPf-DJ9erMAHmxWmtE5mEz0CXL2DdWubGliYgcalCQAs8xSRaU_RxR8yc3XUOkPTTiVi6Hmj0GwwO6mmjZzY0o5oz8fe_f7YDa-mWcUiPC8M_Y7Zlg/w625-h625/IMG_4997.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So last November I got myself a copy of this gorgeous book in the hope I could improve my people drawing skills. Plus it looked like a whole lot of fun, the Whimsy and fairytales really appealed to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tamara Laporte the Artist, splits down each lesson into stages, which is great as you learn the theory along the way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2Uujx4OuQLRT_NEVR0YxWNM3s-bCBw9bxUjZuYtghdy1d2uokMCMCoCSrMPOI-1LCSf1110LRADsFL6ZOT13M06vpA2jEKI7yQw6G2_wGICno8EQ1TFLsqUGBJVKR7lP4YILk894dks/s2048/IMG_4999.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2Uujx4OuQLRT_NEVR0YxWNM3s-bCBw9bxUjZuYtghdy1d2uokMCMCoCSrMPOI-1LCSf1110LRADsFL6ZOT13M06vpA2jEKI7yQw6G2_wGICno8EQ1TFLsqUGBJVKR7lP4YILk894dks/w375-h500/IMG_4999.JPG" width="375" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The firts lesson in the book is Little Red Riding Hood, starting with a basic drawing<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquJPpXiP6eDsSAPTD_iuR0HVHzb15r1Ko1XRy4IzV8pbnHzHL9jznoc3KiK3wXJSZxNQjk6OeGWdtuXEaUAbjVi9WEwi5hzP5JMo5OTiu23uv0HYSY2yCFk5zh6OgAiqr1rMXWtaqrpM/s2048/IMG_5006.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquJPpXiP6eDsSAPTD_iuR0HVHzb15r1Ko1XRy4IzV8pbnHzHL9jznoc3KiK3wXJSZxNQjk6OeGWdtuXEaUAbjVi9WEwi5hzP5JMo5OTiu23uv0HYSY2yCFk5zh6OgAiqr1rMXWtaqrpM/w625-h625/IMG_5006.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then building up the face, I'm using various water colour pencils and then going over them with water.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirO2TfCtAukoLht2CqylBeerAhQjsl7faIqJbkcrlQon0pD11aAYfhfaD9lLYrGS_fHbxZQ_wriKb5SlB-coD39VLUqnQbcCoDpJr5nSKhobefurt6k964woCaJh-6ZkwhKVI1SF5ntHA/s2048/IMG_5007.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirO2TfCtAukoLht2CqylBeerAhQjsl7faIqJbkcrlQon0pD11aAYfhfaD9lLYrGS_fHbxZQ_wriKb5SlB-coD39VLUqnQbcCoDpJr5nSKhobefurt6k964woCaJh-6ZkwhKVI1SF5ntHA/w625-h625/IMG_5007.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which is much easier when painting from bed, the book is all mixed media projects so paints pens, collages etc. I just used what I found easiest from bed. Building up my little Wolf in layers<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzX4ajizv2Ud3AQZ2v8L4fmLP4Ax_2d6FBJGVQoBek6M6z3YXG9TYT5J_d8qCYN5OBPs56S9NVBC3Q7YXecNvUaluQV4HwaDbbC8aHRH2ov9FAQW_QefepZDfP7LeZzwToehCOc4bOPUw/s2048/IMG_5010.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzX4ajizv2Ud3AQZ2v8L4fmLP4Ax_2d6FBJGVQoBek6M6z3YXG9TYT5J_d8qCYN5OBPs56S9NVBC3Q7YXecNvUaluQV4HwaDbbC8aHRH2ov9FAQW_QefepZDfP7LeZzwToehCOc4bOPUw/w375-h500/IMG_5010.JPG" width="375" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The great things about watercolours is that, you have built in time to rest while letting stuff dry.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8Au3K-KJ5GUEQNL_QMIGYYjI0RD7ENGy-xMg6sreBTql1jIAwJlvxPrBpG1fYI6gD0NxCKQQ0mymGL_pNK51OX6x-Y1_f1lanxwqflKl0MdfwYsEx-gu5DSvdpsU9y28U_IeUvvVmkM/s2048/IMG_5014.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8Au3K-KJ5GUEQNL_QMIGYYjI0RD7ENGy-xMg6sreBTql1jIAwJlvxPrBpG1fYI6gD0NxCKQQ0mymGL_pNK51OX6x-Y1_f1lanxwqflKl0MdfwYsEx-gu5DSvdpsU9y28U_IeUvvVmkM/w375-h500/IMG_5014.JPG" width="375" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I mostly used my inktense pencils, and discovered it was easier to add them to a paintbrush than to draw them diretcly onto the paper for the background. I just loved how the background jade colour was at this stage and was a little sad to see it fade as the picture developed<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0uSl0adyVjY8fb3fp-FsZaow4iFucI_l4crFZdUE3wfGFq5E1OIlJYx45Nc-U3KlDdccCctbYXlSysohPC56wqJaNvtPOs3uzYba6H00cL2goDAQUOqbY58cTGTXp0VtfKzj6a0LlU0/s2048/IMG_5351.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0uSl0adyVjY8fb3fp-FsZaow4iFucI_l4crFZdUE3wfGFq5E1OIlJYx45Nc-U3KlDdccCctbYXlSysohPC56wqJaNvtPOs3uzYba6H00cL2goDAQUOqbY58cTGTXp0VtfKzj6a0LlU0/w375-h500/IMG_5351.JPG" width="375" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I then added some metallic outlines to my image and some cute sequin and paper stars<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRKtu5Kr5P-9D1Fu0auVKRuMXCrOL1avoefVb9-zE396cRrj8ODauVZKgJDD2-eV8tMR4h02CV4-ayF_QfnHJDEYuKJycD9ryQxESotO_xx7ecbRpQALz3No5Vr5yMAg5DjKiCY7DEMU/s2048/IMG_5356.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRKtu5Kr5P-9D1Fu0auVKRuMXCrOL1avoefVb9-zE396cRrj8ODauVZKgJDD2-eV8tMR4h02CV4-ayF_QfnHJDEYuKJycD9ryQxESotO_xx7ecbRpQALz3No5Vr5yMAg5DjKiCY7DEMU/w625-h625/IMG_5356.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and of course some glitter glue to the wolf’s crown and wand then a little heart button to his throat.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVupjvyGyOf56bn8JGcHkQn3vWlL0bO022MZxozdj_Zo1YvP1OLtvdsyvZMgIQfA1TlgzdqClJK7kWoooqJS4EhwVFF-_D8EoP1XQvQ8xGZXwCFOr0cwmifVaHLGBB2b5-9gfeqjSxvTo/s2048/IMG_5357.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVupjvyGyOf56bn8JGcHkQn3vWlL0bO022MZxozdj_Zo1YvP1OLtvdsyvZMgIQfA1TlgzdqClJK7kWoooqJS4EhwVFF-_D8EoP1XQvQ8xGZXwCFOr0cwmifVaHLGBB2b5-9gfeqjSxvTo/w469-h625/IMG_5357.JPG" width="469" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ta-Dah</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My first ‘ever after’ project was complete, it took me a few days to do which was perfect with my energy levels.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichImshpSu2jmuNmkQVDuUdvobQtAZA7RxI6XLShpEvfGyujAOtKAFHTjzZ8Ah-hPHwCG6mL9kmQ1ALHVxLemCm_kkxVWSvDUaPWCRQqmEuqYgdqOAoJn6P03114S1fO_-QAyZC96HjTU/s2048/IMG_5359.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichImshpSu2jmuNmkQVDuUdvobQtAZA7RxI6XLShpEvfGyujAOtKAFHTjzZ8Ah-hPHwCG6mL9kmQ1ALHVxLemCm_kkxVWSvDUaPWCRQqmEuqYgdqOAoJn6P03114S1fO_-QAyZC96HjTU/w625-h625/IMG_5359.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love that Little Red and the Wolf seem best of friends, now that is a happy ever after.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clare xx<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloQGhL5_FsO_krgHaK-iurreHP2HeJCt4IKqTEle1ezGYC1-3BZEA7FdnP98rV79MK7E5HjKhaObswKfOxCXTp-vboSnhw75yXUwgJotwwSvUNqZXua90BKQquNIpwttjiHDcFj5nZZ8/s2048/IMG_5362.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00982560561057556641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578847309405015252.post-8423156528840558792020-07-14T08:00:00.001+01:002020-07-14T08:00:05.287+01:00Bee Happy.... Bee Safe<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzVAsCHhlhoVTMnmGrFVIukeRxsW-0WFNFyn2HPJbWpOSVAcxTdhIDuFnnWFhjOyOEoYSB3fV7jGAJxE-i5yF88WyXGYxfFQS_eODMj1ZXhQnlAk23Gmx6PC7VFlrvY2sF7k01s63Wgo/s2048/IMG_8773.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzVAsCHhlhoVTMnmGrFVIukeRxsW-0WFNFyn2HPJbWpOSVAcxTdhIDuFnnWFhjOyOEoYSB3fV7jGAJxE-i5yF88WyXGYxfFQS_eODMj1ZXhQnlAk23Gmx6PC7VFlrvY2sF7k01s63Wgo/w625-h625/IMG_8773.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"> Hello... So how is ever one doing ?</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2">During lockdown I've been making lots of cards, one of the reasons being that it's a bit tricky to get hold of cards from home, another being that all crochet has been on hold now for quite a while due to me developing Tennis Elbow.<br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="2">These Bee themed cards were made from a craft kit that came from 'Crafts Beautiful' magazine.</font><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcAxxrvFepJnvXD8rY7F9v_ddR2U_xDwXxtSJQ2oQTJVKY7CUzmoAL8S-ak-hXwtk13UwUbpUca_HpwHmU2j0F3zm2BykZf83nM-Jsz6cMUs_YgS7D8e1csvpO623P9mD-UaN5JxTsPA/s2048/IMG_8780.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcAxxrvFepJnvXD8rY7F9v_ddR2U_xDwXxtSJQ2oQTJVKY7CUzmoAL8S-ak-hXwtk13UwUbpUca_HpwHmU2j0F3zm2BykZf83nM-Jsz6cMUs_YgS7D8e1csvpO623P9mD-UaN5JxTsPA/w625-h625/IMG_8780.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I used the stamp from the kit <br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OMIrFVZSudv9DUxHK_CtqEMll23aSLQuhI5F4mzJhNUzNl_m0ATixbxetWbl2XWGx0LBb2yhUyzrJ3xG0-9y2yAZPDSr_SGWirUU-Ejz_F_bXnqgPJXN9j6VVw74HF1e2LpQB_Qy57Y/s2048/IMG_8781.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OMIrFVZSudv9DUxHK_CtqEMll23aSLQuhI5F4mzJhNUzNl_m0ATixbxetWbl2XWGx0LBb2yhUyzrJ3xG0-9y2yAZPDSr_SGWirUU-Ejz_F_bXnqgPJXN9j6VVw74HF1e2LpQB_Qy57Y/w625-h625/IMG_8781.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> some black ink and a yellow sharpie marker<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9NxWI-LjajVi0leVtVIpjd3RFchwvDpyqW2fJ-u-RuSq_lVSV_cHpWv-LjOiJOpEsXmi1P99NHBOAR8xPUy2D2kVXsyTYktoNe9qU-wRtBy3elNjNQ5XRr8Ca3qgWMbv-b3bP6RBhjY/s2048/IMG_8782.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9NxWI-LjajVi0leVtVIpjd3RFchwvDpyqW2fJ-u-RuSq_lVSV_cHpWv-LjOiJOpEsXmi1P99NHBOAR8xPUy2D2kVXsyTYktoNe9qU-wRtBy3elNjNQ5XRr8Ca3qgWMbv-b3bP6RBhjY/w625-h625/IMG_8782.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To decorate some of my own papers<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQLf29er4dbdG0VR2LwE1qgmGweLN3tdWlubrX5cfAXP6r5oIoJzWBeBGPuhf96n1ginlZyvGzKFHCQHe7sVj7Jdino2RXfrnYmnDLPn_Q9GkXiiRP9jcvYDFC84xQ6rcz93TjmTPHKk/s2048/IMG_8774.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQLf29er4dbdG0VR2LwE1qgmGweLN3tdWlubrX5cfAXP6r5oIoJzWBeBGPuhf96n1ginlZyvGzKFHCQHe7sVj7Jdino2RXfrnYmnDLPn_Q9GkXiiRP9jcvYDFC84xQ6rcz93TjmTPHKk/w625-h625/IMG_8774.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also had a go at making some shaker cards, I made the one at the top of this post first and adding some cute little seqins to the cards.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0E8QEIPzAGw8juGHk3Ge8irjX76wSR2N17FGeicvAwbVISx1bhpL_Vcm4zEzWkocoElwj5hph5WDoKs1K0xiym_2oP7-C4_D48ur6zzRW4e9wE-A5EXuzCy5apzUvG-jQEtIPgaELJ5Y/s2048/IMG_8776.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0E8QEIPzAGw8juGHk3Ge8irjX76wSR2N17FGeicvAwbVISx1bhpL_Vcm4zEzWkocoElwj5hph5WDoKs1K0xiym_2oP7-C4_D48ur6zzRW4e9wE-A5EXuzCy5apzUvG-jQEtIPgaELJ5Y/w625-h625/IMG_8776.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before sealing them up with some decorative tape.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzDakp6ygRNapQJxIAwUUEuZo7Mk-nTK3qs4TOnxwCcTBkm9GM7hAbCBWhWn-oMuQSgQRqjdTg_JVeoaBFUvVDm0ONquysR3aDVpzAE1UUSodwAwOEXgaeS29Kw9XjSSRPtOlERrwFes/s2048/IMG_8783.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzDakp6ygRNapQJxIAwUUEuZo7Mk-nTK3qs4TOnxwCcTBkm9GM7hAbCBWhWn-oMuQSgQRqjdTg_JVeoaBFUvVDm0ONquysR3aDVpzAE1UUSodwAwOEXgaeS29Kw9XjSSRPtOlERrwFes/w625-h625/IMG_8783.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I used the stamped up papers, by gluing them to a card blanks and adding some cute little bees I found in my stash then a scattering of the sequins for some sparkle.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuH6vJIlnHI0DCAYRdt2TIE5p_t1a8CNsW4ACFKTwOQikkzKVJVQl917ATx4vfk_HTN1aYkhdGoe7bE5Lxbz1dL6HwACleHynWW8lEzhBRSMmyneXrLREWcSingYMhCEG61jQJ08js4E/s2048/IMG_8784.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuH6vJIlnHI0DCAYRdt2TIE5p_t1a8CNsW4ACFKTwOQikkzKVJVQl917ATx4vfk_HTN1aYkhdGoe7bE5Lxbz1dL6HwACleHynWW8lEzhBRSMmyneXrLREWcSingYMhCEG61jQJ08js4E/w625-h625/IMG_8784.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All the other slogans and cute scrabble tiles came in the little kit.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDnYoMwb4ihf5nQL1gLtl6HdG9Hs7nKm0oYz1gOu88fDLbZrInrlA8b3MRym3mClhm3tazyLhoPmHCTmJ-qB231KbBSVdJ0ZSgboy8rYmjN7a8gi8B8I_E3wfK1T7tEliwvvLIbwaoqc/s2048/IMG_8785.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDnYoMwb4ihf5nQL1gLtl6HdG9Hs7nKm0oYz1gOu88fDLbZrInrlA8b3MRym3mClhm3tazyLhoPmHCTmJ-qB231KbBSVdJ0ZSgboy8rYmjN7a8gi8B8I_E3wfK1T7tEliwvvLIbwaoqc/w625-h625/IMG_8785.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I like the rainbow one the best. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you are all keeping well?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bee Happy and please Bee safe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clare xx<br /></div>Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00982560561057556641noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578847309405015252.post-44371900774940522382020-07-13T19:20:00.001+01:002020-07-13T19:20:32.891+01:00Lockdown Sampler<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiljVFlmg_72hxUXsplCo39Bh8IKpdxL7HKyVasR3Chhdo0UdFwxW3UWUc9-3c2Z_WghBwye8CxrMFVPEd7GV-aodcP5UoyFvdCcOFB3WZZR_WA74joRcPo2vnM4BBvZXjCBOt_z1oJhM/s2048/IMG_8582.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiljVFlmg_72hxUXsplCo39Bh8IKpdxL7HKyVasR3Chhdo0UdFwxW3UWUc9-3c2Z_WghBwye8CxrMFVPEd7GV-aodcP5UoyFvdCcOFB3WZZR_WA74joRcPo2vnM4BBvZXjCBOt_z1oJhM/w625-h625/IMG_8582.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">Hello...... So I'm back after a very very long break from blogging. During the lockdown I decided to join in with ' Sew a little Happiness everyday' over on Instagram. I picked up a old project I started a few years back and decided to have a go and stitching me a little happiness.</div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">It been pretty tough here, I've not the left the house since the 16th March, we are cocooning from Covid, as we have decided to call it.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirypnyW25v-n6WZq-XreRvcUMvAIHKtJoXdm7KHbCsR9IFYyu59cJQUzbaKp7KiHOOv4cxVYmYxz1xD_xbFcUmG1F75VVHxnv_VYjmp-XnJhkrw7HOkDpMPlCkhbFPZhCHQHoDSbIkwac/s2048/IMG_8587.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirypnyW25v-n6WZq-XreRvcUMvAIHKtJoXdm7KHbCsR9IFYyu59cJQUzbaKp7KiHOOv4cxVYmYxz1xD_xbFcUmG1F75VVHxnv_VYjmp-XnJhkrw7HOkDpMPlCkhbFPZhCHQHoDSbIkwac/w625-h625/IMG_8587.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The first thing I decided to add to my sampler was some pretty bunting as is was VE day weekend here in the UK, People here we asked to hanging bunting in there windows. We had afternoon tea in the garden as part of the celebrations, it was a bit lonely just 'P' and I with no family or friends around.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETo4MPSPm3n6oSGuucWWJEgCpwhi34WKRXAClTLb4ZSZz5-YpyOpgcKHdlqRgs4Lolei5c5G-a88mRbHkc71hagkBTR2pLl_kQGxIHztGBahnjYGBH7bSGKr8bMe04mu3FHhbkuWeqhY/s2048/IMG_8594.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETo4MPSPm3n6oSGuucWWJEgCpwhi34WKRXAClTLb4ZSZz5-YpyOpgcKHdlqRgs4Lolei5c5G-a88mRbHkc71hagkBTR2pLl_kQGxIHztGBahnjYGBH7bSGKr8bMe04mu3FHhbkuWeqhY/w625-h625/IMG_8594.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I decided to use a exisiting WIP I had already added a Springtime Tree to the top corner of my Sampler<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWU_igKAWyxBfeBWhZTD-2K4atFE6ldDnQ9t-TJmvYkCOd6Awhjd9XZuNE4OCDY6I0WQRjgi8c85mTjBDicWkRu6h-tCCOfjSApzds4nopSc6BEiNno94tCzRx9Bebk0mXSOUEgrwJdZM/s2048/IMG_8595.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWU_igKAWyxBfeBWhZTD-2K4atFE6ldDnQ9t-TJmvYkCOd6Awhjd9XZuNE4OCDY6I0WQRjgi8c85mTjBDicWkRu6h-tCCOfjSApzds4nopSc6BEiNno94tCzRx9Bebk0mXSOUEgrwJdZM/w625-h625/IMG_8595.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and a wintertime one to the bottom right corner, adding a little frosty sparkle with some metallic thread.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamhV29xQrCQQIuqH-z7i_GBNO23ALQWRVkBuh4CwmCzBGIlwxVx0IMuJqHJspyHuBWFE9rDt_KJDft0npBOL9F99kKteFaUv-HStC2ZLm8oE7qPb4STg_w3ixaUanwYhXCk2gpLYPBD8/s2048/IMG_8659.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgamhV29xQrCQQIuqH-z7i_GBNO23ALQWRVkBuh4CwmCzBGIlwxVx0IMuJqHJspyHuBWFE9rDt_KJDft0npBOL9F99kKteFaUv-HStC2ZLm8oE7qPb4STg_w3ixaUanwYhXCk2gpLYPBD8/w625-h625/IMG_8659.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each week I aimed to complete one of the little boxes I'd stitched to the linen napkin I was using.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_VOYlpjN12P7Svz38bk9_-avBAJl4g6JM8sdAAUOVfE4MBdTsbNfXxPfXV6nt4Fte8rDj1yYyrg0jmUokMKEjoQnCFP2q2KO876KQAu2-Stikq1CwBqlzaRR9fMdhvmBbtuN1h_sktA/s2048/IMG_8721.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_VOYlpjN12P7Svz38bk9_-avBAJl4g6JM8sdAAUOVfE4MBdTsbNfXxPfXV6nt4Fte8rDj1yYyrg0jmUokMKEjoQnCFP2q2KO876KQAu2-Stikq1CwBqlzaRR9fMdhvmBbtuN1h_sktA/w625-h625/IMG_8721.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I added a little stitchy rainbow to my sampler to support the NHS and care workers as we clapped on the doorstep every Thursday.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXSP-WYjq8Q2yCPrTVO6j8n1zk9N8hMinhlxzh1kMNT0-0FW2UfCHFrXGQbwGCBtQ8bMautzRye3U2LM8SYc_-qJp_Xqk5BZrFA30AdzCVO1E3ckAvnZEVWmz-OwWqQDURu15DpfnZ7U/s2048/IMG_8743.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXSP-WYjq8Q2yCPrTVO6j8n1zk9N8hMinhlxzh1kMNT0-0FW2UfCHFrXGQbwGCBtQ8bMautzRye3U2LM8SYc_-qJp_Xqk5BZrFA30AdzCVO1E3ckAvnZEVWmz-OwWqQDURu15DpfnZ7U/w625-h625/IMG_8743.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I aim to split my napkin into four sections one for each season so added some pretty cherry blossom to the Spring corner.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0YSULA4pyg7Tc_xmkiAQwAuhFJQBBwVLRVXNzJEzk6xCXIhw9i3FjoJY9pg6X5CQHZYDXxg3njHQ6lTVMc3ib8W5I8LF31Anq-rZS3C1fvifxSk3RR1aKFOIEKOWTwLd1iXyzVSYDmw/s2048/IMG_8930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0YSULA4pyg7Tc_xmkiAQwAuhFJQBBwVLRVXNzJEzk6xCXIhw9i3FjoJY9pg6X5CQHZYDXxg3njHQ6lTVMc3ib8W5I8LF31Anq-rZS3C1fvifxSk3RR1aKFOIEKOWTwLd1iXyzVSYDmw/w625-h625/IMG_8930.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Next up I added a peacock feather !! Why you ask? Well during the lockdown our little seaside town was entertained by the antics of four local peacocks who went walk abouts in our little town, the roads were so quiet and the fab four travelled miles. Keeping us all entertained. 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So I had to stitch a cute little moma and baby bird in a nest.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWf3FYXaDtySgK5gOXLNdxTbWxMBEDTJvdERE2puBm17GXnexQEr3Skm_Mn44FSuhUIZOZPht3tsEeXpRtydfIQ6az42ysv2fKZqogCi3TZFJ7niNa8xkTfIYKX_0oIxngaPbDX0zbwhY/s2048/IMG_9529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWf3FYXaDtySgK5gOXLNdxTbWxMBEDTJvdERE2puBm17GXnexQEr3Skm_Mn44FSuhUIZOZPht3tsEeXpRtydfIQ6az42ysv2fKZqogCi3TZFJ7niNa8xkTfIYKX_0oIxngaPbDX0zbwhY/w625-h625/IMG_9529.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So my little sampler is coming along.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoBIkSaXeIXQ2Xt7cVFZEDiRsAzBBAdv_nRTAv4xo0pml3g4MZxSPIzccEFwGN4THQdOapFMo-QfkCaAAXJiyslq3V3qJODokLI1xkRp3y3yorTOFmBHWyfKXNtNng1vWY80FczhotxU/s2048/IMG_9687.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoBIkSaXeIXQ2Xt7cVFZEDiRsAzBBAdv_nRTAv4xo0pml3g4MZxSPIzccEFwGN4THQdOapFMo-QfkCaAAXJiyslq3V3qJODokLI1xkRp3y3yorTOFmBHWyfKXNtNng1vWY80FczhotxU/w625-h625/IMG_9687.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A couple of weeks ago, I was thrilled to discover we have a hedgehog visiting the garden again. 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More on that another time, aplologies for any spelling errors blogger has annoyingly removed the spell checker in my absence. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If anyone is still out there in blogland please say hello in the comments, so I'll know that someone is still out there</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for reading</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clare xx<br /></div>Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00982560561057556641noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578847309405015252.post-37503886060273621952018-07-06T09:51:00.002+01:002018-07-06T09:51:24.745+01:00Awareness Butterflies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello........... A few weeks ago now some friends and I were offered a tree to decorate at the Woollen Woods. We all have various Chronic Health conditions so decided we would decorate our tree with flowers and insects in awareness colours representing our various health conditions.</div>
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I decided to make some butterflies as they represent transformation and hopefully one day things will improve for the better for all of us. I used <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_F_TbybRI" target="_blank">Bella Coco</a>'s butterfly tutorial and soon they were flying off my hook.</div>
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It amazed me how they all turned out so different depending on the yarn, represented here we have ME Lyme disease, Thyroid disease, diabetes, autoimmune disease.</div>
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Hello............ Back at the beginning of February I started work on this baby blanket for a neighbour, I decided to go for granny squares as I wanted to make a simple colour block blanket.</div>
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The blanket is for a little boy, so traditionally would be a baby blue but I wanted to make the blanket quite contemporary so after much colour play I decided to go with duck egg, silver and cream, originally I was going to use white, but it really altered the look of the duck egg blue making it look very grey. The yarn I used was all from the Stylecraft DK range.</div>
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I really enjoyed making these simple squares, round and round so relaxing, perfect as so easy to pick up and put down. I found the colours so soothing.</div>
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Little man wasn't due to arrive until the beginning of May, but I knew given my limited crafting time and energy levels I'd have to give myself plenty of time for my squares to mount up.</div>
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Over the next few weeks with lots of supervision from kitten crafting assistants Monty I continued making squares until I had enough.</div>
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It felt quite a achievement to see them all laid out, </div>
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Until it dawned on me I now needed to stitch them all together, la sigh </div>
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Once that was done it was time to start on the edge </div>
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I wanted to keep the border simple to go with the clean lines of the blanket. So I worked it in three rounds.</div>
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I finished it just in the nick of time. As it was a surprise I was a little concerned that I might not have opted for the right colours and style.</div>
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This make wasn't all plain sailing though, one morning I came down to find this wrapped round and around the lounge tangled around the legs of the chairs and dining table, note to self never leave yarn bag unattended with kittens about it took 'P' ages to to untangle it all for me.</div>
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Naughty Monty and Alfie looks like they had lots of fun, me I had to order another ball of yarn to finish my blanket.</div>
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Hello..... Earlier in the year @living_with_lyme over on instagram asked me if I'd like to make some crocheted bunting pennants for a Lyme Disease Awareness yarn bombing project.</div>
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As I have a complicated medical history with ME and Chronic Lyme disease and a crochet hook I was only to happy to help, my health has been very poor but I manged to make five pennants one a week.</div>
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I then had a play around with some variegated green yarn which I double stranded with some Green style craft special DK </div>
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Now here's crafting Assistant Monty who was very keen on the Lime green yarn, and kept running off with it, can you believe it they are one year old now.</div>
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So sometime later they arrived in Newark to join in with @lymeyarnbombs for Lyme disaese awareness month which is May. You can see more about the chairty <a href="http://lymeyarnbombs.com/" target="_blank">here</a> lots of lovely pics yarny goodness.</div>
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Then last week I received a surprise in the post a Tote bag as a thank you for taking part in the project. I really hope it helps people to become tick aware as this illness is destroying lives, even here in the UK.</div>
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As for my Lyme disease story well it's ongoing, I've have severely relpased again and left the doctors last week with this little lot. six weeks worth of antibiotics, sadly it won't cure my Lyme disease but it's the best the NHS has to offer here in the UK, hopefully it will make my quality of life a bit better, for just a little while, once I get past the awful die off reaction that the Antibiotics will cause.</div>
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So please do be Lyme Disease Aware when you're out and about in the countryside, parks or even you're back gardens these ticks are everywhere.</div>
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Hello............. Today I thought I'd do a bit of a update post on the Persian Tiles crochet along, now that all the square are completed.</div>
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First up we have the peachy square,</div>
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I'm doing this crochet along with some friends all who have chronic Illness which means we are only making one square a week which is great for me, with my current health limits as that's about all I could manage, a few minutes crochet each day.</div>
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So it has been nice to see the squares slowly adding up from the start of the year. I really loved the colour combination of square number eight.</div>
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Square nine was a little bit more of a challenge for me, with pistachio in the mix but I'm embracing the colours, I finished it skippy happy with glee as it was the last square, all done quite a achievement for me at the moment.</div>
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<b>Ta-Dah</b> time for the squares.<b> </b></div>
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So onto a new challenge, corners</div>
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Only umm I got a little bit confused with my foggy brain and made a triangle instead, but at least I'll be ahead when we get to the triangles.</div>
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Now here's a corner and what I should have been making, so many dreaded ends</div>
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So that's about where I'm up too, with this colourful make, next step finish my corners then we are onto the Octagon, so exciting.</div>
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Hello .............. As you have probably guessed health wise things have not been so good around here, I'm not going to go into it now but I am going to share with you this scrappy butterfly picture I made a few months back for the craft club exhibition.</div>
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It was a bit of a last minute job as in a whole year I'd not made very much at all to include in the exhibition so was feeling a bit guilty that, I'd let the other members of the group down and we were going to have a bit of a empty wall.</div>
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So the theme was butterflies. I was in bed, as I am most of the time and suddenly realised I had the perfect template for my scrappy butterfly right in from of me on the duvet, so I traced one of the butterflies onto some card and then raided the ragbag.</div>
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I had a old tunic in there with lots of embellishments and sparkle and set to cutting it up, in search of pretty shapes I could add to my butterfly. </div>
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I then found a scrap of fabric left over from a patchwork quilt my sister made, which I used for the main body of my butterfly, adding a contrasting piece for the centre I simply added a little bit of stitching to define the wings. </div>
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You know me I just couldn't resist adding a little sparkle too, so I added some sparkly gems, for the antenna and to add a bit more decoration. The camera dosen't really pick it up but they are very sparkly.</div>
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Hello.......... I have a exciting post to share with you today, something very new for the summerhouse. </div>
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Yes I've actually ordered a colour pack and I'm going to follow a pattern and stick to it hopefully. When I saw this little beauty by Janie Crow in the Eastern Jewels Colourway created by Lucia Dunn back in October I came down with a case of the wanties, yes I needed some Eastern Jewels in my life. </div>
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So when some friends suggested we have a very slow crochet along I just couldn't resist ordering the kit. The colours just make my heart sing. I'm making the blanket with a group of friends with Chronic Illnesses, so I'm hoping I will be able to keep up, with one square a week, although I've found that difficult some weeks.</div>
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Now although I've fallen very much in love with the look of the finished blanket, some of the colours are proving a bit of a challenge for me, as they are quite different from the summerhouse's usual colour palette. I've never made anything where I didn't pick my own colours before eek.</div>
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I felt quite happy with week one just the Tomato round gave me a bit of a wobble.</div>
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In week three I had to confront my fear of Mustard, eek in fact I just couldn't face calling it mustard and spent the week calling it saffron ha ha whatever gets you through. </div>
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Now as for week four, I just had to imagine I was in a Moroccan Spice market to get me through. </div>
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So at the end of the first month this is what I had, my exotic Persian Tiles </div>
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Week six had me on much happier ground, even with <strike>Saffron</strike> Mustard, the colours say Springtime to me and make my heart sing, my favourite weeks so far. Reminds me of one of my favouirte flower combo Yellow Roses and Purple Iris.</div>
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So there we have it, my colourful adventure for 2018. A huge thank you to Janie Crow for the original Persian Tiles pattern and Lucia Dunn for this amazing colour way. I can't wait to get onto the Mandalas.</div>
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Hello.......... If there is still anyone out there in blogland that stops by the summerhouse, I'm sorry I was not about very much last year, but with a health crisis I kind of lost my crafting mojo a bit, for a long time I just wasn't well enough to crochet and craft.</div>
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This make kind of helped me find my mojo again, I made this wreath as a secret Santa present for a crafting group I'm a member of on facebook. Now I ummed and rrrrred about whether I was well enough to join in with the secret Santa but in the end I decided to go for it. </div>
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I wanted something quiet easy and low energy to make so decided on some crocheted flowers. Now this make didn't start out as a wreath at all, but a garland. the very pretty yarn came from a kit that came with Mollie Makes magazine.</div>
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I made the flowers up as per the patterns in the magazine, only to find that when I threaded them onto some bakers twine they would not hang straight., they just kept falling forwards. This was probably because I couldn't resist decorating the flowers with pretty buttons and beads.</div>
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Then I spotted a large embroidery hoop in my craft basket and inspiration struck, using double sided tape at the top of the hoop, to hold the yarn in place, i started winding the yarn around and around to cover the wooden hoop. </div>
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It took me a few days as this was quite a workout for my weak noodle arms. Once the hoop was covered I simply used another piece of double side tape to hold the yarn in place at the top of the hoop, before tying off the yarn around the metal clasp. </div>
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My wreath was complete. I really hope that the recipient likes it, sunny colours to cheer a winters day.</div>
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Hello............ Earlier in the week my sister put in a request for another crocheted Poppy, so my crafting time this week has been spent making one. </div>
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The pattern I used is a free pattern from Simply Crochet magazine which you can find<a href="http://www.simplycrochetmag.co.uk/2014/10/21/free-poppy-pattern-remembrance-day/" target="_blank"> here,</a> it's the best Poppy pattern I have found. The Poppy is crocheted in one piece and once you get you're head around the pattern it's quite simple to make.</div>
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This was because I really wanted to added a button to the centre of mine.</div>
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Not the best pic but here's a quick selfie of what it looks like on. It you want to make a donation, to the Royal British Legion, then Simply Crochet have kindly added a link, or you could just pop a donation in one of the collecting tins when you are out and about.</div>
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Hello............... Now I know what you are thinking, I'm a bit late to the party on this one, but for the last few weeks I've loved seeing all the pretty crocheted pumpkins appearing all over my Instagram feed and after seeing the cuties, Lucy over at Attic24 made '<a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2017/10/crochet-pumpkin-patch.html" target="_blank">here</a>' I could resist no longer.</div>
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So I grabbed my chunky hook and then I did something terrible, I broken into the yarn pack I've ordered for crochet along starting in January. Eek I just couldn't resist I needed a chunky pumpkin in my life.</div>
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This one had me dreaming of a pumpkin fit for Cinderella's coach, so pretty. Now if I'd stopped here I would have been ready in time for Halloween, but I always think things look better in threes and I was hatching a plan.</div>
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So I could have the cutest stripey pumpkin, well maybe this one is more of a squash....</div>
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My Happy little pumpkin family, so sweet I think I will keep them out on display all autumn.</div>
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You can find the original pumpkin pattern <a href="https://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/pumpkin/" target="_blank">here</a> over on Planet Junes blog. So a huge thank you to June and Lucy for sharing there talents with the world.</div>
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I'm sorry its been so long since my last post its been a bit of a time of it here at the Summerhouse. 'P' who is my full time carer had a stroke at the beginning of July. It was thankfully mild but never the less a Stroke and is taking some time to recover from.</div>
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With everything and my health already so much weaker this year, for the first time in 28 years of chronic illness, we had to ask for some outside help, as I just couldn't manage alone while 'P' was in hospital. I hated asking for help but after I collapsed at the washing line, my sister knew something had to be done. </div>
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Sadly we live in Kent where you can only access adult social care via something called the Enablement Service, not ideal for someone struggling with a chronic illness that means the more you push them the sicker they get. The six weeks of Enablement I received from this service pushed me further into relapse and made me sicker than I've ever been, hopefully it has not caused permanent damage to my health I guess only time will tell, after quite a battle some care is now in place but it's really not ideal. </div>
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Any how, that's another story and I really don't want to bring you all down. With everything, not much crafting has been happening around here, although over the summer I did slowly make a new mandala to display my crystals on by my bed.</div>
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I can't really tell you how I made the mandala, as I kind of just made it up as I went along, </div>
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I can say that I had lots of help from my new crafting assistants, (we're still working on the rule about not playing with the yarn)</div>
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I selected colours to represent different crystals. </div>
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Working on the mandala from bed when I had a little energy to spare. </div>
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It felt so good to achieved this little make, a glimmer of normality in the darkness.</div>
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I'm calling it my Throat Chakra Mandala because the colour blue is associated with the throat, the yarn colours were chosen to represent the above crystals. in order left to right we have Blue Agate, Blue Chalcedony, Aquamarine and Turquoise.<br />
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Middle row contains Sodalite, Blue laced Chalcedony, opalite, blue howlite<br />
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The last row contains, Lapis Lazuli, quartz, celestite and white howlite.<br />
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As you can see I've been putting it to good use already</div>
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Hello........... How are you? Today I thought I'd write a bit of a catch up post, as well life seems to be one big work in progress at the moment and I guess that's what it should be.</div>
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My crafting assistants are growing up fast, well I think they are every time someone comes to the house they say how much they have grown, being here with them every day we're not noticing it so much. They are bundles of fun and full of energy so not a lot of crafting is getting done.</div>
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I did manage a tiny bit at the weekend as I went over to stay at my sisters, above is Monty on the top of my bag, it was either a case of 'don't leave' or 'can I come too'. </div>
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While there I took the opportunity to do a little crochet.</div>
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Working on my Rainbow Drops Blanket. </div>
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Here's a pic of our little Alfie, aka (piglet) who is smaller than his brother but catching up fast, he eats twice as much as the other one. </div>
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The crystals I selected for this week are a mix of blues and green, so pretty, blue is mostly linked to the throat chakra and green the heart.</div>
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Mostly I've been carrying around this blue chalcedony, it's such a pretty colour I knew it had to be in the mix this week as I had a dream about this very stone, shape, colour a exact match, I'd forgotten I even had it, I have several storage crates containing crystals, so in the morning I went and had a look and found it there. Weird but I'm going with it.</div>
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So craft assistant Alfie asks 'What you Doing'</div>
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Well, as you know not to much at the moment but I do have this lovely charm pack that I'm hoping to turn into a table runner when I get a mo, I'm hoping to have a play around with the colour and layout today, when you pair are having a sleep.</div>
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Aww they are so cute when they are sleeping.</div>
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Alfie even likes to hold onto you're thumb while alseep, which is lovely but sure does slows down the crocheting.</div>
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What are you making at the mo ?</div>
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<br />Clarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00982560561057556641noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578847309405015252.post-27129036121390862732017-06-09T12:39:00.000+01:002017-06-10T19:50:10.731+01:00Cornucopia Corner- This weeks crystals<br />
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Hello..... I thought I'd start off my first Cornucopia Corner post with a post about Crystals. Well they are just the loveliest little treasure from the earth. I tend to select some crystals each week for there healing and energetic qualities. </div>
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I'm not a qualified Crystal Therapist (maybe one day ) but I have had a interest in them for years now and have acquired quite a collection, last year I started working with them again, anyone who follows me over on instagram with have noticed I post a Crystal picture most weeks like the one below.</div>
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So lots of people have asked how I select the crystals I work with each week, well mostly I select them through doing a guided meditation, which is working really well so far. Sometime I'll add in any other crystals I'm particularly drawn too.</div>
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Yesterday I did a meditation and first main colour and crystal that came up was Amethyst, which is the central crystal in the layout above, other crystals that came up were Prehnite a crystal that I seem to be strongly drawn too, you'll see it come up a lot over the weeks, then we have, Aquamarine, Malachite, Turquoise, white Howlite, red Carnelian, Tigers eye and Rose quartz.</div>
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So first up this week we have lovely Amethyst. Who doesn't love a bit purple, it's a great all round healing stone, boosting hormones and tuning the endocrine system as well as cleansing and boosting the immune system. It's a very protective stone and on a more subtle level it balances out mind body and spirit. It is thought to help spiritual wisdom opening up intuition and enhancing psychic gifts it's a great one to hold during meditation.</div>
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As a green crystal is linked to the heart, it's a very grounding stone it's good for balancing female hormones<b> </b>and is sometimes called the midwifes stone. It's a good one for me this week as it helps with vertigo and arthritis, swollen joints, it also aids the pancreas and parathyroid and immune system calming acidification of the tissues, so I guess you could say it a bit of a anti inflammatory.</div>
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Oh it's just sooo pretty, it's also a very calming stone, it's link to the throat and I guess that's why it came up for me this week as I have terrible hayfever and tonsil trouble, it's very calming to the immune system so good in calming autoimmune conditions and I have plenty of those.</div>
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It's another good one to meditate with, it can sharpen intuition and also help clear any emotional blocks we have, promoting self expression.<b> </b></div>
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Is useful in diagnosis getting to the root of things, it's helpful in blood disorder and gout !!! repairing the connective tissues of the body. It's a good stone for clearing and decluttering and can help seal the auric field. I find it to be a very calming stone, and I just love the pretty green colour my one is. It's a very spiritual stone and is also good for strengthening life force and energy, I knew there was a reason I was drawn to it, another good one to pop under your pillow as helps with dreams.</div>
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Is a great healing stone<b>, </b>good for the immune system reducing excess acid so good for the stomach and joints, being greeny/blue it is linked to the throat but also works great with the third eye and solar plexus, it's great for meditation and dispelling negative energy in our environment<b>. </b> </div>
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Is very energising strengthening the blood and calming autoimmune conditions it's a good one for lethargy it's linked to the base chakra so it's about bringing in energy<b> </b></div>
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I guess this one was thrown into the mix for a bit of grounding all this meditation can make you a bit floaty, on a healing level it heals the throat. It's a good one for self worth and helping blocked creativity.</div>
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It's all about love really, love and peace we could all do with some of that. It's strengthen the heart, and is another good one for vertigo. If you're heart need easing Rose Quartz is the one for you.</div>
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So that's this weeks stones I hope I've not bored you too much, so this is how I tend to use them, they sit by my bed and I use different stones as and when maybe putting some in my pocket all day or holding them during meditation. Another thing I always like to do is wear jewellery with the stones, I've selected for the week.<br />
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With crystals it's important to cleanse and dedicate them to yourself so they are tuned into just you, but I think that might be a post in itself, they are also all linked to the various energy centres within the body (chakra) but that's another one for later.</div>
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Hello............. I have some news to share with you all today.</div>
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and it's not only that I've started a new blanket................</div>
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it's because I'm introducing you all to the Summerhouse's new crafting assistants, this is Monty </div>
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and here's our Alfie, they are both eight weeks old today.</div>
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For the last few weeks I've been working on this mini blanket for them, I'm using left over Lana Gatto merino, it's so lovely and soft, (just like them)</div>
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I'm using Lucy's Hydrangea pattern from over at Attic24, as it's perfect as the weave is quite tight so little kitties can't snag they're claws in the holes. (hopefully)</div>
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I'm not quite finished yet as little kittens can be quite distracting</div>
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who am I kidding, these little cuties mean that all crocheting and crafts have stuttered to a halt, they are completely bonkers and no yarn or crochet hook would be safe around them at the moment, I need to train them up a bit.</div>
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I'll get there though and lets face it they are a wonderful distraction, it's been a long time since we had kittens at the summerhouse and we've never had two at the same time before.... yay for double trouble, I love to see them charging about and playing, so so sweet.</div>
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Even when they are conspiring about the best was to get into the craft basket.</div>
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Aww so lovely to have some little kitties </div>
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Hello........ Today I thought I'd share with details of a new feature I'm am thinking of bringing to the blog. I had thought about settling up a completely new blog called 'Cornucopia Corner' but with my health being so poor I just don't think I have the energy, so for now I think I'm just going to trial it out at the Summerhouse, after all the Summerhouse by the sea is about my life and every day goings on.</div>
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So what are these posts going to be about, well all sorts things really, Mind Body and Spirit, things that I find helpful with my healing journey, well being posts, meditation, Food, and Spiritual matters. </div>
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I'm still going to continue with the usual Summerhouse stuff, I appreciate this might not be every ones cup of tea or reason for visiting the Summerhouse, so I'd love to hear you're thoughts and comments on this, but for now what I'll do is always add Cornucopia Corner to the title of relevant posts, so if you want to you can skip over them. </div>
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Finally why Cornucopia Corner, well my answer is I'm not entirely sure !! the name and image came to me during meditation and when I looked up it's meaning....</div>
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Hello............... Sorry it's been so long since my last post, but this year has not been going so great for me health wise. Never less I'm here to share a bit of crafty goodness today. This is another of the items I made for our craft clubs exhibition back in February, I can't believe it's now May and it's taken me so long to get around to sharing this make with you.</div>
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For this make I decided to decorate a calico shopping bag, with a cute little toadstool house, the template for the house comes from 'Doodle Stitching' by Aimee Ray, the book comes with a handy CD with all the Motifs on and I just enlarged it until I had the right size house to fit my shopping bag. </div>
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For the main part of the house I decided on felt as it doesn't fray and well mainly as I had this lovely white glitter felt in my stash that just screamed pixie house, I also used some pretty duck egg blue natural felt for the door, then it was just a case of stitching it all together with embroidery floss, I used silver and then decorated the door with a split stitch in black thread to look likes boards before adding a cute little button for the door handle.</div>
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Oh how I love how may bag sparkles in the sunshine !!</div>
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I then cut a piece of red polka dot fabric for the mushroom top and cut some more glitter felt to make the spots</div>
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Stitching them in place, I added in the little window with some more black thread.</div>
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I then cut my little house a chimney out of the same duck egg felt and then pinned all the pieces to my shopping bag. </div>
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I decorated and stitched in place the chimney with blue metallic floss making sure the chimney was tucked in neatly under the mushroom. </div>
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Before stitching the rest of the mushroom to the bag I added a tiny bit of stuffing, not too much !! to make the mushroom a little bit puffy, then after a bit more stitching I was done. </div>
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<b> </b>One cute little Pixie house. <b> </b></div>
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Here's it is on display at the exhibition.</div>
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Hello.............. Today I'm going to share with you another make I made for our Craft Club exhibition back in February. This was a bit of a last minute make to fit the woodland theme. I had planned on doing a embroidery in the hoop but with my health being so bad I just ran out of time.</div>
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So first up I selected some pretty fabric and ribbon from my stash and using bondaweb ironed it onto some linen.</div>
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I then found these pretty butterflies in my card making stash and at that point all thought of embroidering some flowers went straight out the window as I so needed a sparkly butterfly hoop in my life. The butterflies I think are made of acetate and are sooo lovely, they have glitter and delicate sparkles with pretty pearl beads and wire.</div>
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Using some felt to make them 3d, the pink butterfly is die cut but for the blue one I decided to wing it with the wings !!!! just cutting out a simple butterfly shape free hand.</div>
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I then did some actual sewing !!! to hold the felt butterflies in place before topping them with the sparkly butterflies using glue dots.</div>
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Almost done I wrapped some turquoise lace around the outside of the hoop holding it in place with double sided sticky tape, yes this is a very Blue Peter make.</div>
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Now as for the back having never made a wall mounted hoop before, I wasn't quite sure what to do, I'm sure there is a proper way to do this, but I didn't know what it was, so I just tacked around the fabric to gather it all in before cutting off the excess.</div>
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Hello........... This year the Crocuses have been just fabulous here at the Summerhouse, they may have come up a little later than usual, but boy have they been beautiful.</div>
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It all started with just one or two, the cream and white kind always seem to come up first.</div>
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Then we had the clumping together kind </div>
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of some many lovely colours.</div>
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The dainty kind </div>
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that seem almost ethereal </div>
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just look at the colours when they open up to the sun, so magical.</div>
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We've also had the growing up through the grass under the tree kind, </div>
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Lovely to see them popping they're heads up through the grass </div>
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and just look at those stripes.</div>
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Don't you just love the stripy kind? ............<br />
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Hello........... I have a fun make to share with you today, one of the themes for our craft club exhibition is Fairies and I just could'nt resist having a go at making some from pine cones.</div>
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The idea kind of mushroomed from the Magic wool fairies book I have by Christine Schafer, I made my first felted fairy <a href="http://summerhousebythesea.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/something-new-felt-faeries.html" target="_blank">'here'</a> last summer and since then with relapses I've not really got any further with felting, but when I found some pine cones in the Christmas box inspiration hit, Pine cone fairies !!!! I just needed to make some, I had some wooden heads, pipe cleaners and sequins in my stash and a idea what more could I need.....</div>
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Well the answer to that it turns out is lots and lots of different glues, as I discovered it really hard to get things to stick to pine cones after a lots of trail and error I finally used lock tight super glue and even then some fairy decapitations still happened eek !!!! </div>
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Once the head was on I made some pine cleaner arms and added pretty beads to each end for my fairies hands. </div>
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The arms were much easier to attach as you can just bend them around and through the cones and they stay in place. I then used pva to glue some felt hair to my fairies head, I knotted it in the middle using baker twine to make a hanging loop, now you really have to wait quite a while for the glue to dry at this stage, if not you risk a bald headless fairy situation. !!!</div>
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I then added a pretty flower to cover the knot in the bakers twine and set about styling my fairies hair </div>
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Next up I used some leaf sequins to make some sparkly wings I used glue dots to gradually build up the wings, then I had the same old problem of what sticks to a pine cone ? as the surface is so uneven, this time I used sticky foam pads to build up a flat surface. </div>
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Fairy number one<b> </b> </div>
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I then decided to make a male fairy giving him a wizard like beard and pointy felt hat</div>
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I made him a larger set of wings and this time I wrapped the pipe cleaner arms in some silver sparkly yarn.</div>
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Isn't he a cutie, I love how much personality these little fairies have.<b> </b></div>
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Last up I made a purple fairy, this time I made her some pretty paper wings with added sparkles I also wrapped some ribbon around the cone and added extra sparkles. </div>
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These fairies really are a lot of fun to make, after a bit of hairstyling my final fairy was ready. </div>
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So all my fairies are now on display in the local library and I was pleased to discover today that they all still have there heads, I did a bit of head testing at home before hand as I was a bit worried that the heads might come off and scare the children I envisaged going into the library and finding 3 severed fairy heads hanging on the branches and all the bodies fallen to the ground yikes............</div>
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But it was all OK, here they all are safe and sound hanging out with some woodland friends.</div>
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Hello......... It's Ta-Dah time today for this make which I started way back in May last year, you can read my first post about this mandala <a href="http://summerhousebythesea.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/woodland-flowers-mandala.html" target="_blank">'here'</a> </div>
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but basically this mandala it's supposed to represent a year round woodland walk. I made the mandala to go on exhibition in the local library for our Craft Club. </div>
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So when I last posted the mandala was up too here and I was wondering about how to display it maybe a cushion, but I had fallen a little bit love with all the hula hoop mandala's that were about last year and so just had to have a go myself.</div>
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So in order to fit in a hoop I needed to grow my mandala on a little bit, for the first part of the mandala I used <a href="https://maritparit.com/2014/09/22/the-viola-mandela/" target="_blank">this pattern </a>but for the last few rounds I just winged it. </div>
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So I added a pale pink sparkle row, to represent frost on blossom followed by pale blues skies, blues skies and pink blossom really are a wonderful combination.</div>
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I'm really loving the colours, as my mandala grew I kept measuring it up against the small hula hoop I bought, until it was big enough yippee.</div>
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The next problem was how to fix the mandala into the hoop ???</div>
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Thankfully Lucy over at Attic24 came to my rescue here as she has shared a wonderful tutorial showing just that, you can find it <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2016/10/more-mandala-hoops.html" target="_blank">'here'</a></div>
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So following along with Lucy's tutorial I made a double outer round to secure my mandala, then it was just a matter of stitching it into the hoop.</div>
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I was feeling poorly at the time so my lovely sister kindly stepped in at this point and stitched my mandala into the hoop as I was struggling to hold the hoop with my achy noodle arms.</div>
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One Woodland themed Mandala.</div>
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How the colours make my heart sing, my mandala is mostly made from stylecraft special DK with a bit of added sparkle yarn and is currently to be found hanging out on the library wall.</div>
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Hello............ It's been a bit hectic here at the Summerhouse as I'm desperately trying to get some items made for our craft clubs annual exhibition which is due to start next week, yes I've had a whole year to make stuff but lets face it I've just been too poorly to get much completed over the last 12 months.</div>
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I had so many plans but hey ho it's all ended up a bit last minute, I'm still really struggling, with a relapse and what the Dr suspects is neuralgia, so far with my other conditions finding a pain medication I can have is proving tricky, it's been eight weeks now and I've just about had enough of it.</div>
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Any road today I thought I'd share with you these felt creatures I've been slowly making up, to fit the Woodland theme of the exhibition, they came as part of a kit with Crafts Beautiful magazine, some time ago.</div>
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So recently I've spent some time cutting out the felt pieces </div>
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I then went on to make this little stitchy Hare, I'm hoping to complete this set of woodland hanging decorations with a red squirrel and a deer but I'll just have to see how I go with my energy levels so low at the moment.</div>
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PS If anyone has any alternative/natural remedies for treating neuralgia I'd love to hear them. </div>
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