The last few months...

WOW! Since moving to Kent everything has been pretty hectic. Life isn't so great and we've a list of problems the size Mt. Kilimanjaro but still we paddle onwards and put it all down to experience. The one benefit of living here though in this land of pretentious-ness has been that it has made us realise what we really don't want in life. Money means little to us (luckily we don't have any) and it's the simple things that make us both most happy.

As a result of working so much and having a distinct lack of inspiration here I have found I've not done a great deal of creating... boo, however this is one of my little gifts for my friend back in the land of the great... Wales. tehe.




She has recently developed an interest in gardening (which was a suprise when she's a bit of a princess but in a good way). So for her birthday present (which was in October but she didn't get it till January) I made her this little seed box with pegs to keep her seed packets tidy and organsied.

Unfortunatly it's a bad photo as I took it on my phone. But thought I'd share the idea anyway.

Hope you are well, keep rock'in.

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jobhunting = lack of inspiration

So I've moved to Kent, completely the otherside of the country miles and miles away from home and..... still no job, home to live in or income..... ahhhhhh!!!! okay so we've not even been in Kent for a week yet so I really shouldn't be expecting to have had any job offers (despite the amount of applications I have already completed). But anyway the stress of no job, home or income has completely blown away any creative inspiration. The inspiration bit of my brain is just full of cobwebs... not nice ones either their full of dust and feel like they've been there for years, decades, centuries even. I need help. NOW. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

Textile Street Art

I've fallen in love.
I absolutely adore some of the textile street art that's going on at the moment.
This little movement of indie crafters is fab.
I like it so much I reallllllly want to learn to knit.
Although with my inability to concentrate long enough to learn how to, I'm tempted to have a go in a different way, maybe using sewn art work instead.
Here are some of my favourite images I've found and loved.



By Knit the City
I found it on google images and I just had to share this masterpiece. Check out the website (linked above) for more of their streetart.


BY Carol Hummel
Same again, check out more of Carol Hummels work, it's such so cute.

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Pop, Fizz, Whoo.

I've finally made more than just one of these ring pull, bottle cap brooches. I've made a range of colours and think they are pretty cool.

Many people have commented on the plain silver one I made, many hadn't realised till closer inspection of what it were made of which I thought was pretty neat.


They are now for sale on my artfire shop, please find them here.
Well anyway hope you like them.
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It's all just adequate

Some of my friends might remember just how much I used to love going to Adequate Seven gigs when they were around. I saw them a total of 24 times in about 2 and a half years in numerous places around the country. I always thought they were so much better live than recorded, they had so much energy and enthusiasm on stage which doesn't come across quite so well in recorded versions. As a result I'm really missing their shows infact live ska and punk in general.

I rarely go to gigs these days either because i'm working or it's bloody miles away and we have to travel for hours to get there and to get back. It's a shame as I really miss live music. I hope that when we move to Kent in septemeber Seb and I will start going to alot more gigs and start seeing other bands we enjoy more regularly. *fingers crossed*

Anyway that's all I've been thinking about.
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All in a frame

As I mentioned in my last post, I'm taking part in a craft swap.
Here's my favourite craft item for the swap, Definately going to have to make myself one. It's a photo frame note board.I used a second hand photo frame I found in a charity shop and used fabric, ribbon and glue.
I went with the colours of the British flag and painted the frame white.
Hope you like it.
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Slate Twist

I'm taking part in a craft swap on cutoutandkeep.net, the title is global village and the idea is you swap craft items and i few other bits that represent where your from.
I live in Wales, working at an eco-centre which is located in an old slate quarry.... so inspiration hit and i made this necklace using slate found on the site.
I wrapped wire around the piece of slate and used a used piece of leather for the necklace.
Hope you like.
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Button Cloud

If you've been reading any of my other posts, you may have realised by now I have a wee obsession with buttons, I love the little things.

Here is my latest button creation, I call it the 'Button Cloud Necklace' for obvious reasons.

Hope you like.
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Earth-tastic

I love this button necklace I made just the other day.
I used some neutral buttons and some copper wire to create a small button pendant and attached this beauty to some hemp cord.
Nice and earthy, don't you agree?
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Wish I could bottle the smell...

OMG I've just made an eggless chocolate and nut banana bread and wow the smell of it cooking is amazing. I just want to bottle it up.

Here's the recipe, try it yourself.

Recipe
150g caster sugar
50g butter/ vegetable spread (for vegan version)
1/4 cup applesauce
2 tablespoons water
5 mashed bananas
250g plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 handfulls of chopped nuts

1 banana chopped for topping

preheat over 180 degrees c
1) Beat sugar and butter until smooth
2) Beat in bananas, water and applesauce
3) In a separate bowl sive the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder
4) Mix the dry mixture into the wet mixture, mis till moist
5) Add the cocoa powder and nuts
6) Place the chopped banana in the bottom of the loaf tin
7) Pour in cake mixture
8) Bake for approximately 1 hour or until an inserted skewer comes out clean
9) Leave in the tin to cool for 10 mins then turn out onto a wire rack
10) ENJOY!



Hope you enjoy.


Can't wait to get stuck in now.
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