An award and a great craft community

I was given an award ages ago now from the lovely Julia. Thank you!
I really like this one as I get to pass this on to some of my fav blogs :)

These are not only blogs that I love to read and highly recommend they are also written by very lovely people. So pop by and say hi :)

woollywotnots
Meridian Ariel
..knit and crochet..
maximum rabbit designs
draw, glue, glitter, make
snow queens blog
craft matters
knitz and bitz
my little room
woollyholic's space

If any of you guys want to pass this award on you can, don't feel obliged though I just wanted to share your blogs :)

A lot of these people I have got to to know over at the crafter..oo forum, which is a great friendly community with loads of crafty people. We have challenges and swaps too, plus the lovely people there have raised hundreds for charity.

Crafter..oo's 1st birthday is coming up so they are holding a competition to get the word out about this great place . So if you decide to come and join us tell them span1 sent you (that's me:)).

Summery craftyness

Its so hot here at the minute! The past few days here have been very muggy and close, which doesn't help the dizzy situation! However yesterday the sun finally came out rather than it being overcast and rainy so I was able to spend some very welcomed time in our easy set pool, which was lovely! I'm feeling a lot more refreshed and relaxed now because of it. :)

Gigi however is not very happy, she keeps flopping down on the floor in a very dramatic way like a bad actress in a 1930's film. I suppose having a fur coat is not nice in this weather. :(

My summer swap parcel has arrived at its destination and, thank goodness, it has got a good reaction. :) I was so nervous about it as I was sent some really lovely things.

Here is what I sent:
I sent a summery holiday purse, a mug, some summer berry teas and some notepads.

I also made a corsage (using one of the buttons I won ages ago in I heart crafts Christmas give-away remember?)


and I crocheted a notebook cover/tote bag as she has a thing for notebooks. :)

Woollywotnots has very kindly let me use her photos as I forgot to photograph it all, she has written a really nice post too, here.

Not everything I have been doing recently has been for swaps, do you remember the granny square I started with my new hook? Well it grew


I absolutely love it! It was a lot of fun to make, I couldn't stop myself it just kept on growing and growing. :)

It now lives to serve as a rug in my bedroom, I am so pleased with it that I think I may have to get some more acrylic yarns to make more. Maybe a colourful rainbow one. Oooh yes! :)


I don't know how many of you know this but I like mobiles, especially ones like this, I have wanted one for a while now, so when I received those lovely knitted hearts from woollywotnots I thought they would be perfect :)

This is how it turned out, I am really pleased with it and have hung it on my bookcase so I can see it when I am looking at my books, which is often. :)

granny square update

Just a quick post as I have had a problem getting in touch with some people about the granny square swap. If you haven't gotten an e-mail then can you check your spam folders (some webmails like yahoo etc. are especially bad for blocking normal messages), or if not do you have an alternate way of me getting in touch with you?

Thanks, this is my first time hosting a swap an I hope everyone is enjoying it so far :)

Summer Swap Received

Do you remember me joining woollywotnots summer swap?
Well I was very lucky enough to have the lady herself as my parter and this is what she sent me.


Everything was wrapped up individually with a note, this is what they said

Summer is all about love - some lovely knitted hearts, she sells them here if you fancy some. They are really nice.


Summer is for lots of summer music outdoors - some cds and a cd holder, wow!


Summer is for time on the beach - a beautiful beach bag! (in my fav colour)


Summer is for sandcastles - this bucket is squidgy! I have never seen one like it its awesome!



Summer is for summer novels - I love reading and used to be a huge fan of Judy Blume's childrens novels so I am really looking forward to delving into this one


And as if all those lovely things weren't enough, as it was my birthday she sent me some spongebob goodies as well!!!!!!!!!!!! :D


Thank you so much! I love everything it really was a brilliant swap.
I am a little bit behind with mine (tut,tut!) but it is now ready to be sent, I really hope she likes it!

last one I promise!

Sorry to those who are a little bored of hearing about my birthday but I wanted to share the crafty things that I received. I was mega spoilt this year, which was wonderful.

Phil made me a cake that I enjoyed with a cuppa - in my new teapot!


I received lots of buttons and thread and my Mum made me some really cute cards for the buttons, you can't see on this photo but she designed a little logo on them using one of my embroidered pictures.



My Mum also made me this cute little bag to put my buttons in how nice is that - you can see where I get my craftiness from ;)

This gorgeous yarn is what I chose on babylonglegs stall at the UK ravelry day, I also asked for the books which we found at a huge discount bookwarehouse not far from us.


Some more yummy yarn, can't have enough of that! ;)


I also asked for a huge hook at the ravelry day bought from Rachel John. I was so excited to get this that I had to have a go straight away, and what did I do, a granny square of course!!!



Finally Phil made me this spongebob, he sandcasted it (I have no idea what that is) but I love it!!!!!!


I hope my birthday posts haven't bored you too much, because last year was such a sad one, everyone made a huge effort to make this one special and they did :)

I decided to have last week of from blogging as the last half of the week I was rushing around getting things made for my swaps. so to those how have tagged me and given me awards I haven't forgotten you, I am just a little behind :D

Birthday Surprises

My family threw a lovely surprise birthday party last Thursday for me and Phil, it isn't my birthday until Monday, so it was a surprise! ;)

There were balloons


bubbles


Lots of party food

Jelly and icecream


and yummy cakes!



There were water fights, lots of food and lots of colour. A good time was had!
Thank you to my great family
xxxx

Start Swapping your Grannies! ;)

The time is here to start swapping your grannies!

Everyone should now have an e-mail with who they are sending their squares to, e-mail me if there are any problems or if you haven't received one.

This is the list:

Julia - Amy and Marie.B
Amy - Marie.G and Ali
Marie. B - Hannah(me) and Julia
Ali - Izabela and Jane
Jane - Izabela and Sam
Izabela - Sam and Caroline
Sam - Caroline and Shirley
Caroline - Shirley and Marie .B
Shirley - Marie. G and Hannah(me)
Marie.G - Ali and Jane
Hannah(me) - Julia and Amy

You have until the end of July
and
Happy Swapping! :)