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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:

i also have a waterstones habit

I just can't help myself I've just got to get one or maybe more

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Originally posted by fairy_suzie:

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Originally posted by Angel of the North:
I cross stitch and make cards so most of it get used but theres some stuff I wonder 'what was I thinking' (then remember I was on prescription drugs at the time)

It's good that some of your stuff gets used and I'm sure you'll think of something for the rest of it

Me and the kids make all manner of stuff....mostly a mess but all manner of stuff

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Originally posted by Angel of the North:

Me and the kids make all manner of stuff....mostly a mess but all manner of stuff

Messy stuff is always the most fun stuff to make and usually the most treasure

ooh I just noticed this thread my first attempt at craft was making a mickey mouse rug and I was so proud of it

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Originally posted by Bagel Queen:
ooh I just noticed this thread my first attempt at craft was making a mickey mouse rug and I was so proud of it

Not tried rug making but it looks easy enough if you start in the right place
Hubby does rug making and made that exact booboo. Now he can't be bothered to unpick it all

Have you done anything since your mickey mouse rug? Do you still have said rug ?

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Originally posted by fairy_suzie:

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Originally posted by Bagel Queen:
ooh I just noticed this thread my first attempt at craft was making a mickey mouse rug and I was so proud of it

Not tried rug making but it looks easy enough if you start in the right place
Hubby does rug making and made that exact booboo. Now he can't be bothered to unpick it all

Have you done anything since your mickey mouse rug? Do you still have said rug ?

I have done rag rug making or clippy/proggy mat making as some might know it by. It is very therapeutic and a great way to use up oddments of material and even old clothing. What basically was a necessity in days gone by so that people could have some kind of covering on their floor is now very artistic and some of the work done is amazing

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Originally posted by fairy_suzie:

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Originally posted by Bagel Queen:
ooh I just noticed this thread my first attempt at craft was making a mickey mouse rug and I was so proud of it

Not tried rug making but it looks easy enough if you start in the right place
Hubby does rug making and made that exact booboo. Now he can't be bothered to unpick it all

Have you done anything since your mickey mouse rug? Do you still have said rug ?

I have done a few more rugs over the years..all disney characters..it was years ago and I think it came in a kit..rentakit? It took me ages and I was so proud..it was for my first baby when I was pregnant with him..I have not got it anymore but I do like crafts, I just have not got the time or paitence really these days

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Originally posted by Bagel Queen:


I have done a few more rugs over the years..all disney characters..it was years ago and I think it came in a kit..rentakit? It took me ages and I was so proud..it was for my first baby when I was pregnant with him..I have not got it anymore but I do like crafts, I just have not got the time or paitence really these days

I think the one my hubby's doing is a disney character, not sure what company the kit is though.
Shame you don't get time to do it anymore but maybe when you've retired you'll be able to take it up again
It is after all very rewarding to produce things of beauty for the home

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Originally posted by fairy_suzie:

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Originally posted by Bagel Queen:


I have done a few more rugs over the years..all disney characters..it was years ago and I think it came in a kit..rentakit? It took me ages and I was so proud..it was for my first baby when I was pregnant with him..I have not got it anymore but I do like crafts, I just have not got the time or paitence really these days

I think the one my hubby's doing is a disney character, not sure what company the kit is though.
Shame you don't get time to do it anymore but maybe when you've retired you'll be able to take it up again
It is after all very rewarding to produce things of beauty for the home

ooh I got a few more years before retirement (I am in me wrong side of 40's lol)

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Originally posted by Bagel Queen:


ooh I got a few more years before retirement (I am in me wrong side of 40's lol)

Didn't mean to imply you were close to retirement just that you could revisit your craft when you finally get that old

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Originally posted by fairy_suzie:

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Originally posted by Bagel Queen:


ooh I got a few more years before retirement (I am in me wrong side of 40's lol)

Didn't mean to imply you were close to retirement just that you could revisit your craft when you finally get that old

I know doll I was just trying to be dry coz I only have a few years to go really

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Originally posted by Bagel Queen:

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Originally posted by fairy_suzie:

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Originally posted by Bagel Queen:


ooh I got a few more years before retirement (I am in me wrong side of 40's lol)

Didn't mean to imply you were close to retirement just that you could revisit your craft when you finally get that old

I know doll I was just trying to be dry coz I only have a few years to go really

nawty nawty

Anyone ever been to a craft fair?? they never make it this far north but i would love to go to one

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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
Anyone ever been to a craft fair?? they never make it this far north but i would love to go to one

I've been to 2, one in Liskeard where I bought a decorated egg, It was soooooo pretty.
The second time was in Plymouth, wish I'd taken a wheelbarrow and a millionair with me

would anyone be interested in starting a swap thing? if we have things we don't need we can offer them up to anyone who would use them??

Maybe you could get that shirt that's being given away on the Big Brother forum and make it into a rug?

I've been sitting in the garden sewing most of the day... lovely

ooh I like this thread

Yogi (it's Claire Lou here) do you remember that cross stitch you showed me - the wedding one - through a father's eyes or something? Well I'm still only about a fifth through that - it was really hard

I'm almost finished a flower fairy one though - the mallow fairy. I am having an op on wed and have to have a few weeks off work so my hubby bought me another fairy one to do while I'm off

Ooooooh...a craft thread....yaaaayyyyyyy!!!

I love my crafts...card making, scrapbooking and flower arranging are my faves!

I've got 100 Orders of Service to make for my sis-in-laws wedding in 6weeks!!!! I did her invitiations and all that...just the OoS to go.

I have had stall at both craft fairs and farmers markets selling my wooden flowers displays....it's brilliant fun! My fave craft though, is scrapbooking as the end result is very personal but sooooo spectacular and rewarding. I love it!

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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
does anyone else have a problem with "stash"

mine is ridiculous now ... i have over 20 kits

My stash did take over the whole house at one point....but is now beautifully organised and stored in the huge understirs cupboard....that's all that is in there!!!! If I ever get round to it, I'll take a pic and post it...my stash has to be seen to be believed!!!!

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Originally posted by Clarence:
ooh I like this thread

Yogi (it's Claire Lou here) do you remember that cross stitch you showed me - the wedding one - through a father's eyes or something? Well I'm still only about a fifth through that - it was really hard

I'm almost finished a flower fairy one though - the mallow fairy. I am having an op on wed and have to have a few weeks off work so my hubby bought me another fairy one to do while I'm off

clairy fairy i was wondering about you the other day... i too am only about 1/5 through it lol but have put it aside to get my parents wedding photo stitched first

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Originally posted by MrsB:

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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
does anyone else have a problem with "stash"

mine is ridiculous now ... i have over 20 kits

My stash did take over the whole house at one point....but is now beautifully organised and stored in the huge understirs cupboard....that's all that is in there!!!! If I ever get round to it, I'll take a pic and post it...my stash has to be seen to be believed!!!!

lol mrsB mine did take over a floor to ceiling cupboard at one point but i sold a lot of stuff at a car boot sale and now just have my kits, and magazines, and um books and ummm threads maybe i didn't have quite as big a clear out as i thought

Thats the kit both me a claire are attempting

I'd give up.

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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:


Thats the kit both me a claire are attempting

it is soooooooo hard

I've done the outline and some of the mirror and the top left corner and that's it!!


Yogi how are you my dear?

lol i've done half of her skirt (wedding dress)

Hi Yogi and all

I have tried a number of things over the years but probably am best at crocheting and watercolours. I have done a bit of cross stitch but don't seem to find the time to do it these days, probably if I stayed off the computer I would take it up again.

I saw Ennis's dress she made for her daughter and it is fab

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Originally posted by Karma Waters:
Hi Yogi and all

I have tried a number of things over the years but probably am best at crocheting and watercolours. I have done a bit of cross stitch but don't seem to find the time to do it these days, probably if I stayed off the computer I would take it up again.

i find that my problem too I always intend to get an hour a night done but come on here and forget to move till bed time

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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:

I'm sorry, but it really really really really really looks like that girl in the mirror thing is sucking that man off.

Maybe it's like a magic mirror where that old couple are looking back on their days of young rumpypumpy?

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Originally posted by Penny Gabrielwise:

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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:

I'm sorry, but it really really really really really looks like that girl in the mirror thing is sucking that man off.

Maybe it's like a magic mirror where that old couple are looking back on their days of young rumpypumpy?

lol i hope not... it's called thru a fathers eyes

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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
lol i hope not... it's called thru a fathers eyes

OMG! Me too now!

It looks as if she is a bride and he is about to 'give her away' and is looking back thru the mirror and the little girl in the mirror is the daughter he is about to give away

and look at all those stains on his suit!

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Originally posted by ZAYLEE:
It looks as if she is a bride and he is about to 'give her away' and is looking back thru the mirror and the little girl in the mirror is the daughter he is about to give away

I also have the matching through a mother's eyes

Hmm, I think I might hang around here while BB is on (it's manic next door).

I have credentials, honest; I do a lot of cross-stitch, tapestry, rugmaking, and sewing; I can spin (with a drop spindle) and weave (a bit...)but I never got the hang of crochet, and I haven't knitted since I was a child (I sort of forgot how after my gran died...).
And (if it counts), I'm fairly good at origami and bonsai too...

Do I qualify for this thread?

Some really nice stuff on here

I used to make handmade cards too. I started it as a hobby when I was on Maternity leave with my youngest son who's now 4. I made quite a bit cash from it to with people wanting to order cards and get them personalised.

I also started ordering in bulk and selling cards along with the gear for making them.

When I returned to work though I just didn't have the time to keep it up My Mum and a few other family members still make cards, some are really stunning

I've always loved arts and crafts though, even at school, it was actually a thing I was good at

I also like sewing. I've never made clothes but have made curtains and adjusted them, nipped and tucked some clothes and bags, added beads etc to stuff just to make things different, I usually also sew by hand. If I ger a nice but material I like to make cushions and pillows for my therapy room or caravan.

As money was mentioned here, having a hobby can be expensive but alot of the time you can get things in Poundland and places alike. Ok it may not be professional stuff and you will still have to go to specialist places for some stuff, but for beads, sticky pads etc, Poundland or similar places

An example last Saturday my Mum came to shop at my neck ot the woods as she likes the craft shop. She got loads of toppers, backing papers etc which were a small fortune. She was looking at beads, sticky gems and stuff around £2-£3 for a very small bag. I told her to go to Instore or Poundland first and if they didn't have them then we'd come back. Well we went to Poundland and she didn't have to go back for her beads, sticky Gems or pads - she got them all there.

I know some people prefer the real McCoy but it's HOW you make the card, not always what's on it

I sometimes make Jewelery and phone charms. Not much, again just with beads I get in sets.

Mike - you need to make me a bracelet! and by the way you'd be surprised at how many guys are into crafts. As you know I work in a Naval base part time and the amount of guys who do cross stitch, sewing, knitting you'd be surprised.

welcome everyone

I was working on making a Bear out of Pipe Cleaners, but the snotty woman in the craft shop kept insisting I called them "Chenille Sticks" and shouted at me when I said "They look like pipe cleaners to me" so I'm not going back there

So I'll work on making clothes for Basil

Basil's the Man... yes. Well I guess the lady could have been Basil, if she had cruel parents, but she's a doll, so she didn't.
I'm making him a black Tuxedo, as the one I wanted to buy him on eBay went for nearly £80.
I'm not spending £80 on dolls little people's clothing!

That's what I mean about getting stuff out the Pound shops for craft, you'll pay extra just for something to have a posh name, like the "pipe cleaners"

My Mum paid silly money for something which looked like a lolly stick