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Tomorrow I’m off to Edinburgh, and I’m thoroughly looking forward to it . It will be my first time in the city, so if anyone has any suggestions of things to do/see particularly arty things let me know. I am hoping to at least visit a few art galleries. Of course the main [...]

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After yesterdays post about felting, I thought I would give you some links to good sites about felting.
So first of all, a definition of felt. And there is a little more history here.
The Esty Storque has a really good article ” Trends: A Little Fuzzy Bling of Felted Goodness” about felting with lots of links [...]

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What a busy few days! Aral returned safe and well on Thursday morning, much to my relief. Of course as soon as he got home, jet lag struck and he promptly fell asleep for several hours, so it was pretty lucky that when he was at South by Southwest he had visited the Make: expo [...]

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It seems like everyone is out of the country at the moment, and on Thursday that will include Aral as he goes off to SXSW in Austin TX. The traveling seems to be getting easier and I think it has a lot to do with being happier within myself and getting on with my own [...]

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I truly think there is nowhere better to be than England in the sunshine. Today was the first day of the Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts show in The Brighton Center. I went along with my friends Relly and Jessica, and it was really very inspiring. The WI exhibition was really great and showed off [...]

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On friday I am excited to be going to Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts at the Brighton Center. I am really looking forward to the knitted gingerbread house, and I am going to be accompanied but some crafty friends, Relly and Jessica.
I’ll let you know how I get on

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Yip Yip

I saw this on the Cut Out + Keep site the other day and e-mailed it to my Mum, who asked if I could make her one, but there doesn’t seem to be a tutorial attached . Can anyone give me making suggestions?
Does anyone else remember the Yip Yip’s ?

clipped from www.cutoutandkeep.net

I [...]

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Just when you thought you couldn’t take anymore cute cupcakes, here are some super cute snail cupcakes, to feast your eyes upon. Pete’s Mum, Maggie Flodman made these for her Nephew who loves snails

Aren’t they great! Photo courtesy of Pete Aylward

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Why does it seem that the last week has been one long rainy afternoon? It seems to get dark about 2pm here in Brighton UK. There are a few things keeping me going right now.

Milk and homemade biscuits! I made these using one of Nigella’s recipes for butter cookies, but I used half wholemeal and [...]

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The start of a new year is very welcome to me, this last year has been a complete blur. At the beginning of the year I had just come back from university after just 3 months and the decision that it really wasn’t for me. I was working part time in a chocolate shop and [...]

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