I'm forever sewing buttons...

pretty buttons everywhere.

I rarely buy them, they just seem to grow.

Do you have that problem?

I have a house full.

I have been trying to use them up.

A lucky button for exam season?

or is this more appropriate? 

A mutton button?

The girls were not amused.

 They were getting bored.

I offered them a button modelling assignment...

but they preferred pins.

I've been foraging for our 'garden fete' on Saturday.

The weather forecast is dreadful...

thunderstorms and lightening, very very frightening me!

I may need that panic button!

Crafty ways make risky days

but it's all worth it when you find 5 yards of kittens...

My sewing skills are limited so... bags, cushions or pinnies? 

What do you think?

EE xx

Poetry in Motion

My little owl was feeling low

And so I perked her with a bow.

My ironing board was weary too

And so I covered it with blue.

The seagull's flying low today,

I hope he doesn't fly away.

My puzzle needed just a clean

And then wrapped up in polythene.

'Tis market time again, you see

And I'm as busy as a bee.

Gathering bits and bob's to sell,

Have I got a hope in hell?

You may have guessed my purchase new,

Let me show a little clue...

Crafty ways make rhyming days.

EE xx

Time flies when you're having Flow...

Do you ever get so immersed in something that you forget the time?

I have just discovered that it is called 'Flow'.

They say it can improve performance, focus motivation

and give a feeling of serenity.

I like 'Flow'

and I have been flowing... 

Some people would call it 'cutting and sticking'.

Lisa calls it 'creative therapy'

and some would call it 'making a mess on the dining room table'

but I'm calling it 'Flow'

and it is welcome in my house any time.

Crafty ways make days flow.

EE xx

Who let the dogs out?

Said the Penguin to the Guardsman.

It's been slim pickings at our boot fairs lately

and we have a vintage market in ten days.

I wondered if I could combine my love of vintage toys

with my desire to make woolly brooches...

 'Would you wear a dog brooch?'

Said the Guardsman to the Penguin.

'No, but I'd wear a kipper tie!'

said the Penguin.

Crafty ways make me smile.

EE xx

The Easter Dummy

I was disappointed that our April market was cancelled.

I was looking forward to making some Easter stock.

We did a lovely little garden fete a couple of weeks ago,

the sun shone all day but it was too early for any eggcitement.

I missed my Easter crafting so I decided to make something else.

I'll give you a clue...

I was in the sewing room with Mrs White and the candlestick.

Can you guess? 

Please say 'hello' to

The Easter Dummy!

She is slightly slimmer than a bunny.

 I tried to make her a 'fuller' friend with the other candlestick...

but she just looked wider.

Never mind...

I'll leave them here as a gentle warning to waistlines everywhere...

BEWARE THE EASTER BUNNY...

HE WILL MAKE YOU EAT CHOCOLATE.

HAPPY EASTER

Crafty ways may keep you trim.

EE xx

Hooky Feet?

I seem to have caught the crochet bug,

not with the usual blanket symptoms,

more a sort of footwear fever.

It all started with a hot pink toe cap...

which rapidly spread...

to a full blown boot...

after some tweaking the whole family were infected...

even big foot.

It's left me dizzy with ideas...cotton sneakers for summer,

chenille pumps for evening wear, mohair, alpaca, angora ...

 and perhaps a chamois leather sole for grip.

There are plenty of patterns out there if you want to get hooked

but fit-as-you-go on triple yarn worked best for me.

Just start with a 3 chain loop, 8 dc, increase to 16 then 24

(24 fitted me) continue in tube mode to instep

then back and forth on 20 sts to a heel seam. Ankle cuff optional.

I love my new affliction but it needs a name...

 Hooky Feet...Woolly Soles...Crocheted Clogs...Yarn Boots...

or Fabulous Freestyle Footwear for Thrifty Folk?

I just wish they'd go clip-clippety-clop on the stairs,

Oh yeah.

Crafty ways make slippery days.

EE xx

PS: Broken hip slowly mending...a bit weak and wobbly

but occasionally crutch-less! Hurrah!!

Lets play shops...

There is a little shop,

Over the virtual hill.

It's up in cyber space

But I don't think it's real.

The shelves don't get dusty,

The floor's always clean.

It's all very strange, 

Do you know what I mean?

So if you want to see

'Something More Exciting'

Hit the magic button,

I hope it's inviting...

MAGIC BUTTON

Crafty ways make magic

EE xx