Under the bed...

So, my plan for today's post says U is for 'Under the Bed'. Which was going to be all about the random stuff I keep under my bed, including lots of craft stuff.

Except, since I moved I have so much storage space that I no longer have any need to keep anything under the bed, besides a couple of pairs of shoes that I wear regularly! Instead, the craft stuff that I bought with me is now in either my immense wardrobe or my walk in cupboard.

And, clearly there is room for a lot more.......

Who wants to take me on a spending spree? Obviously I don't have enough clothes or craft stuff judging by these photos!

What do you keep under your bed!? (Although I'm not sure I dare ask!)

Thanks for visiting :)

Tutorials!

I am ashamed to say that I haven't managed to prepare a tutorial for this post as I really had hoped I would. I'm going to play the 'I just got a new house and job' card. Along with the 'I'm wary of telling people how to do my stuff in case they make loads of money from it/ do it better than me' card. I would like to post more tutorials, but I am rather protective of a lot of my patterns. They are like children to me...I slaved over them!

Anyway, there are some absolutely fantastic tutorials for all sorts of wonderful things out there already...

Here are a selection that I have bookmarked on my browser:

 

I made these dolphins and the dinosaur from the tutorials on Nuno Life. There are some really amazing free patterns and tutorials for stuffed animals among other things! Clearly Runo doesn't worry about sharing these things like I do...

I have used this nice simple baked cheesecake recipe to produce my own yummy cheesecakes! Cheesecake is my absolute diet downfall...

I had great fun jazzing up my earphones using this tutorial at Kiss Me Awake.

Following this knitting pattern I made a nice head warmer to keep my ears cosy walking dogs in the cold weather! (Note, that I have very little knitting experience).

Finally, this post from Cute n Cool Freebies showed me how to add a link in the comments that I post on other people's blogs. I looked it up at the beginning of the A to Z Challenge and it has been invaluable - it is so much easier for people to click on a direct link to my blog than have to search for it on my Google + page.

These are just a small selection, I have many many more tutorials bookmarked, some of which I refer to quite often to remind myself how to do certain techniques and things.

I hope you have enjoyed looking through them and maybe feel inspired to find a tutorial for that item that you really want to make, but don't quite know how...

Thanks for visiting :)

Shoes!

In my first year at University, I went through a phase of painting shoes. It was great fun to create funky, unique shoes for myself and as gifts for my friends. Sadly, I have horribly wide feet so I can rarely find shoes to fit, or that I can bear to wear for more than a short while. So mine are more for show...

Chameleon shoes - these were the first pair I painted. I still have them. I love chameleons!

The mermaid shoes were for a friend.

Star shoes - also for a friend

Flower stencil shoes - for my best friend

Orange flower shoes - mine, all mine! And my absolute favourite. Too perfect to wear really. Orange is the most awesome colour ever...

Why not have a go at painting some shoes yourself? You can get usually find a pair of these white pumps for just a few pounds in the cheaper clothes shops. I use acrylic paints which are also inexpensive - between £1 and £2 a bottle. I also have a mixer that makes the acrylic suitable for fabric.

Have fun! Thanks for visiting :)

aaaaaaaaand RELAX

Ok, so I promise I will get back to posting about crafts tomorrow. Promise.

But today I wanted to talk about what I do to relax when I'm not crafting! Well, mostly I browse Facebook, Pinterest and the web. Whilst watching TV series such as 24 on Lovefilm (that's the current one, the previous one was Greys Anatomy).

Tonight, I decided to paint my nails. (This will be yesterday night by the time you read this as I write most of my posts the night before). I rarely, if ever paint my nails. I'm not sure what made me feel the need to do so tonight. I think the prospect of a weekend of no plans made me feel like poorly painted nails would offend no one but myself, so why not have a little fun with some colours!?

The following is why not.

Having tried one colour and rejected it, I moved onto the next - a lovely deep purple. But when I unscrewed the lid, part of it got stuck in the pot. Upon attempting to pry this part out (it was pretty glued in place with semi-dried polish), it proceeded to ping out, flipping over several times as it flew through the air, and splattered deep purple nail polish all over me, my laptop, bed and wall.

Much nail polish remover later and I think I am possibly a little high (finding the whole situation rather amusing) and I have reduced the splatters on the wall to smudges. Well, I guess they needed christening as they were painted just hours before I moved in to the room last weekend.......!! And the smell of remover has nicely masked the horrible drain smell in my ensuite bathroom (but that's another story involving copious amounts of vinegar and baking soda).

So my relaxing evening turned out to be not so relaxing after all! And possibly cost me some of my deposit on the room in the process...

But oh well, such is life! What do you do to relax? Thanks for visiting :)

Quiet time!

In light of the fact that I have failed spectacularly to come up with an interesting 'Q' post, please use the time you would have spent reading it for quiet reflection instead.

Please meditate to this relaxing desert sunrise, as seen by myself from a hot air balloon in Dubai :)

Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thanks for visiting :)

Pokemon, gotta catch 'em all!

Pokemon was an obsession with mine, around the age of 10! An obsession which of course I felt the need to express through my craftyness.

When I look at these now, I find it hard to believe that I was capable of such intricacy at that age! Sometimes I impress even myself...

Just in case anyone cares, my favourite Pokemon was actually Raichu. I'm not even sure why! I think I always wanted Pikachu to evolve......

Who was your favourite Pokemon!? Or what was your obsession age 10!? Thanks for visiting :)

Over the rainbow

Firstly I apologise for tonight's awful pictures. I did not have time to prepare this post in advance and all my natural light had faded by the time I got round to photographing. Plus in my new house I don't have the nice big sheet of white paper I normally use to create a backdrop!

Anyway! Tonight's creation is one of the only remaining remnants of a past love of mine...rainbow. Ok, I still love rainbow I'll admit! They colours are so pretty and bright! But I don't now feel the need to own everything in rainbow which was pretty much the case about 10 years ago...

However I still own and use this gorgeous pencil case that I made way back when. I suspect a little help from my mum might have been involved! But I love it none the less. I wish I still had some of this material, and the awesome buttons...

Thanks for visiting :)