Destined for so much, achieving so little: Crafts

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Oh how I love crochet!

The past few months have been a bit crazy as we've been having a lot of work done on the house. It has quite possibly been some of the most stressful time of my life and we're still no where near completion; I'll spare the details for another post! Whilst all the work has been going on in the house I've been feeling a bit lost since i've been unable to do any craft projects; you can't even walk into my craft room due to the towers of boxes!! However over Christmas we went to stay with my family in Wiltshire and while we were there I popped to the local wool shop and picked up some balls of beautiful Rowan Big Wool and a size 10 crochet hook. Perfect for a brand new portable craft project! I've made lots of Amigurumi using crochet but haven't really tried anything else. I've been wanting to get making some granny squares for a while and thought this would be a great opportunity.

Using this video I had a few trial runs then got making.

I thought making a whole blanket would be a bit too adventurous (and expensive!!!) for a first project so I settled for a bed runner. I'm super pleased with how its turned out :)

I had some wool left over so thought i'd make a cushion too - which nicely complements our new owl cushion that we got from my brother in law and his wife for Christmas.

My hubby bought me this book for Christmas along with some other gorgeous craft books. I'm already itching to get started on my next project. Do you have any craft projects that you've recently started??

Ditsy Florals, bunting and padded hearts!

So its been a while since I last posted but now with only 59 days to go until the wedding I am in turbo crafting mode.

So I found this picture and fell in love...

I just love the village fete look and really wanted a mass of bunting; so with my sewing machine plugged in I began. I found a selection of fabrics and to save time and money I decided to use a simple design. The flags are single sided, but as you hold them up to the light the pattern shows through which meant more fabric was left over to make even more bunting!! I used pinking sheers to stop them fraying and also gives it a home made look, and saved time as I didn't have to finish the edges properly.

I particularly liked this fabric as it fitted in with the tea theme perfectly.

The scraps of fabrics were perfect for making these padded hearts which are being added to my table centre decorations.

So with all this floral inspiration I will leave you with a picture of my beautiful wedding band which we recently picked up. The design is called daisy :)

Wedding Fun!

1 year 9 months and 8 days ago I was picnicking in the grounds of Warwick Castle when my boyfriend (AS) as he was at the time popped the question. For a while we had been collecting Momiji dolls - small Japanese style figurines with a slot in the bottom in which you can put little message. So as you can imagine I was taken by surprise when he gave me this particular Momiji with a very special question inside. I was completely elated; my answer was yes of course (spoken in such a high pitch that I believe only dogs and Mariah Carey heard my initial answer). Wedding plans began quickly and we both thought that it would be amazing if we could have Momiji cake toppers made. We contacted the Momiji Headquarters who said they were unfortunately unable to make us any by the time of our wedding but sent us a lovely pair of limited edition cupids called Plu & Pia.

I was an extremely lucky girl because AS proposed to me with an eternity ring so that I could choose whichever engagement ring I wanted. I already had the design of the ring in my head so a few weeks later and a some trips to the Jewellery Quarter I returned with my beautiful Celtic engagement ring. How jammy was I getting two engagement rings?!

Now with only 82 days to go until the wedding I am keeping myself busy with various wedding related craft projects. Currently covering my living room floor are several wooden hearts. These are going to be the place settings, which seem to fit our vintage woodland tea party theme quite nicely :) We had decided not to paint them at first because we loved the look of the wood grain, but decided that it looks even lovelier with a white wash letting the wood grain show through.

I will be writing all the names on by hand with my swirly writing and my signature toadstool and other decorative doodles.

We will then stick mini pegs on to the back and have each place tag clipped to every wine glass. We also have giant hearts for the table names. The tables are going to be named after different teas to reflect our love for our favourite beverage.

I fell in love with this picture of a table plan today. I am now determined to find a lovely vintage suitcase. Is anyone else planning a wedding at the moment? Do you have any DIY projects?