I finally got around to getting the sunshine print I made for Ronan’s nursery printed out at ArtsCow and realised that I’d made a silly error in my original print, and hadn’t left enough of a border for framing. Yeah, not my smartest move. I’ve uploaded the new files, with the space for framing to the original post, so please download them there. I’ve also added an additional version of the “Happy” print with the US spelling of “gray”, so [...]

This is one of those projects that I’ve had in my head for months now and it just feels so good to finally get it done! This was originally destined for the glider that lives in my sewing room, but the boys have fallen in love with the texture on the chenille and I keep on finding that it’s made its way into their room. The chenille is quick to sew up, but takes a while to fluff – it’s [...]

Rebecca from Simple As That created a rainbow themed printable for St. Patricks day last year featuring words from 20th Century author Gilbert Chesterton, “Without the rain, there would be no rainbow”. Words to remember, and a print that you can display all year round – it would look awesome in a rainbow themed nursery!

Yesterday I was searching Pinterest in search of new rainbow themed tutorials to link up to and stumbled on to this beautiful little rainbow sunshine soft toy from Holly at Chez Beeper. As soon as Ronan fell asleep this afternoon (which took a while because this kid has got some serious grumps going on!) I stitched together a sunshiney version with yellow minky and orange and yellow ribbons. No face to speak of yet. I’m hoping to grab half an [...]

Continuing the rainbow love with this beautiful crochet coin purse tutorial created by SparklePetal. If you’ve never added a zip or lined a crochet project before this is the one to start with, the tutorial is super detailed with loads of photos – perfect for beginners, or crocheters like me who haven’t picked up a hook in months!

Not long before Christmas I picked up a small ironing board at a garage sale for the grand total of $1, it was the perfect size for bringing into the kitchen and ironing on the worktop whilst I watch the kids (Or more truthfully, for when I’ve piled fabric on top of the full size ironing board in my sewing room and I’m forced to start moving stuff into the rest of the house to have space to actually create, [...]

Wendy from Ramblings From The Sunshine State created this rainbow themed wreath as part of the decorations for her daughter’s birthday party. All it took was a wreath form (use a pool noodle taped in a circle if you struggle to find them in your local craft store!), some yarn and some felt. I know flower wreaths are all the rage right now (or they were last year? I don’t know, I’m so unhip…) but I love the addition of [...]

My gobsmackingly awesome niece is due to turn eighteen next month and I’ve been wondering what to gift her for a while. I know I wanted to make her something, but I was unsure exactly what I could do. My boys were sitting down watching Sleeping Beauty, I was half listening as the fairy godmothers were blessing Aurora when it suddenly clicked, my niece needs to begin her adult life with a Fairy Godmother, and that’s exactly what I made [...]

Before you stop and ask yourself, why are there so many posts about rainbows? I thought I’d explain! I’m playing around with a monthly theme idea on CB, not promises whether it’s here to stay or not, but I’m hoping it will give me a bit more focus when it comes to creating tutorials and coming up with new ideas for round ups. This month I’ll be focusing on Roy. G. Biv, rainbows, and crafts based around the spectrum. It’s [...]

I’m welcoming in 2012 with a face lift for CraftBlog, so if you’re normally an RSS reader, pop on over and take a look around at my awesome new look, it’s pink and black, and I’m more than a little excited that it co-ordinates so well with my hair. Over the next few weeks I’m hoping to iron out any problems with the new design, launch the CB newsletter and start accepting regular advertisers and sponsorship. 2012 is shaping up [...]