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Tag Archives: crafts

Personalised hand-crafted cushion giveaway

13/11/201413/11/2014

One of my recent craft projects has involved making personalised name cushions.  Here are a few I have made recently: With the Christmas season coming up, these personalised cushions make great presents and I am offering to make a personalised cushion for one of my blog readers as a giveaway.  There are three choices of… Read More

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The Friday Focus – 07/11/14

07/11/201401/01/2015

This week has been a very busy one and has been very I’ve been busy putting together a booklet for the Remembrance Sunday service at church for my mother-in-law who has been researching all of the men from our church (or more accurately the churches which eventually joined together to become the church we are… Read More

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Craft Project – Beaded Necklace

01/09/201416/03/2020
Three beads on beading to make a necklace

I love doing beading and one of my favourite things to make is this pretty necklace. It is fairly quick and simple to make and makes a perfect gift for friends and family.   You will need: 5 x 12mm glass pearl beads 10 x 8mm crystal beads Crimp beads Silver balls 1 jump ring… Read More

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Word of the Week – Creativity

25/07/201421/05/2015

It’s been a fun week this week and I have been enjoying embracing my: Grandma very kindly agreed to babysit so I could go to a craft morning as part of a friend’s birthday celebrations. I was very excited about this, firstly because I love craft sessions but also because it was my very first… Read More

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Craft Project – Name Cushion

24/07/201416/03/2020
Two cushions with Jessica and Sophie's names on

One of my latest craft projects has involved making a couple of cushions with the girls’ names on them. I love how pretty these cushions are. The middle panel could be personalised with any name (not too long though!) or with shapes instead.     To make a cover for a 15 inch square cushion,… Read More

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Making Sock Puppets

18/06/201431/05/2018
Jessica playing with her sock puppets

One of the recent CBeebies magazines contained a Mr Tumble sock puppet craft kit. This proved to be very useful in providing Jessica with some distraction during the ferry journey on our recent holiday to France.     The kit contained two small stripey socks, some googly eyes, Tumble family stickers, some self-adhesive foam stickers… Read More

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I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about living with grief after child loss, crafts, days out and the little moments of family life.

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