Hello there
It's been a long time between posts (my fault, not Linda's) but a new article of mine has been published on The Crafty Network's site. It's an update on where I'm at on my 'crafter's journey'. It's not so much about what I've been crafting but about what I've done or not done about selling some of the things I make.
Go and have a look at the post HERE . It's my fifth article for the site, so you may want to read some of the others too if you want to have a really good nosey at what I've been thinking/doing :-)
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Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Wednesday mini-challenge
Hello there
Oh boy, what a day! I found out this morning about the challenge theme for today's mini-challenge over on The Crafty Network's Facebook page. You had to create something handmade related to St.George's Day, which is on Monday 23rd. It doesn't have to be something made on the day but since I don't have anything I've made that is remotely linked to St. George, I had no choice but to make something off spec.
Thankfully I had some material to hand which I think worked a treat. The white material is up-cycled from a valance which is too small for my current bed.
I had to hand-cut the crown, as none of my Cricut cartridges have a crown which I think is suitable to cut material with. I thought of it too late to add one to the placemat as well as the coaster but since I used the same material for the crown as I did for the cross, I think that blends them both nicely. The back of the coaster is the same material as I made the bias binding with.
This is the photo I entered into the challenge. Even this was difficult to decide which one to show.
Oh boy, what a day! I found out this morning about the challenge theme for today's mini-challenge over on The Crafty Network's Facebook page. You had to create something handmade related to St.George's Day, which is on Monday 23rd. It doesn't have to be something made on the day but since I don't have anything I've made that is remotely linked to St. George, I had no choice but to make something off spec.
Thankfully I had some material to hand which I think worked a treat. The white material is up-cycled from a valance which is too small for my current bed.
I had to hand-cut the crown, as none of my Cricut cartridges have a crown which I think is suitable to cut material with. I thought of it too late to add one to the placemat as well as the coaster but since I used the same material for the crown as I did for the cross, I think that blends them both nicely. The back of the coaster is the same material as I made the bias binding with.
This is the photo I entered into the challenge. Even this was difficult to decide which one to show.
You have to get your entries in before midnight and I posted mine at 11, so I'm mighty chuffed. I haven't taken the dogs for their evening walk tonight but hopefully they'll forget about that very quickly. Considering that I woke up this morning with no idea that I'd be entering this challenge, I am very pleased with the outcome. I didn't actually start doing it until this afternoon.
I completed the challenge for a few reasons. One of those reasons is because I thought it was good for me to do something quickly. If I start making these for a business, I may well get a customer who needs her/his order rather quickly, so I wanted to see what I could achieve under pressure. I will make five more of both and use them myself at home. There'll only be Maggie and I here on the Monday but I still think they'll be good for all the Jubilee celebrations that are going on.
Wish me luck and take care out there
Date of writing - 18th April 2012
Monday, 13 February 2012
A wha hey moment!
Hello there
Take a look to the right of your screen; can you see the followers section? Yes? Great! Now, what do you notice that's different? Come on, I do hope you pay attention when you look at my blog :-) For those of you who are far too similiar to me and don't normally notice such things, the difference today is that it says I have eight followers rather than just seven. There's a NEWBIE following me! Wha hey! I am excited about that and also slightly intimidated, although I'll get over that pretty quick as when I'm typing my blog, I just type away; I don't worry about who's reading it or what they'll think. If people don't like what they read, I'm sure they'll move on very quickly. I enjoy my crafty things, so even if only a few people have a look, then that's brilliant as it's a few more than none!
Anyway, enough of me rambling on. I want to do a shout-out for Linda from The Crafty Network who is my new follower. I've been a 'part' of the Network for quite a few months now but I didn't realise until a couple of weeks ago that Linda lives in Warrington and then on Saturday at the Warrington Craft Fair, I met Linda and found out that she lives just round the corner from me. Linda set up The Crafty Network almost a year ago with a couple of other ladies but she now goes solo. The website offers advice, hints, tips, specialist articles and a craft directory of all it's members to help them promote themselves and learn some business skills. There is currently an article on there written my Maeri from the Make and Do Studio all about the very first steps involved in setting up your own crafty business - please go to the website of The Crafty Network to read that article and have a look around to see the whole array of things available. It's not just for local craft companies; it's for the whole of the U.K, so hopefully it'll build up into something great. On Saturday we joked about having a craft seminar type event. They have loads of them in America, so I can't see why we can't get together to help small businesses in these difficult financial times.
Right I'm off to try to finish all these placemats ready for tomorrow's handmade Valentine's table.
Take care out there
Take a look to the right of your screen; can you see the followers section? Yes? Great! Now, what do you notice that's different? Come on, I do hope you pay attention when you look at my blog :-) For those of you who are far too similiar to me and don't normally notice such things, the difference today is that it says I have eight followers rather than just seven. There's a NEWBIE following me! Wha hey! I am excited about that and also slightly intimidated, although I'll get over that pretty quick as when I'm typing my blog, I just type away; I don't worry about who's reading it or what they'll think. If people don't like what they read, I'm sure they'll move on very quickly. I enjoy my crafty things, so even if only a few people have a look, then that's brilliant as it's a few more than none!
Anyway, enough of me rambling on. I want to do a shout-out for Linda from The Crafty Network who is my new follower. I've been a 'part' of the Network for quite a few months now but I didn't realise until a couple of weeks ago that Linda lives in Warrington and then on Saturday at the Warrington Craft Fair, I met Linda and found out that she lives just round the corner from me. Linda set up The Crafty Network almost a year ago with a couple of other ladies but she now goes solo. The website offers advice, hints, tips, specialist articles and a craft directory of all it's members to help them promote themselves and learn some business skills. There is currently an article on there written my Maeri from the Make and Do Studio all about the very first steps involved in setting up your own crafty business - please go to the website of The Crafty Network to read that article and have a look around to see the whole array of things available. It's not just for local craft companies; it's for the whole of the U.K, so hopefully it'll build up into something great. On Saturday we joked about having a craft seminar type event. They have loads of them in America, so I can't see why we can't get together to help small businesses in these difficult financial times.
Right I'm off to try to finish all these placemats ready for tomorrow's handmade Valentine's table.
Take care out there
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