2015

Wednesday

Jenny got her dream job as a designer for Yo! Sushi in London and came over to "work from home" with us today. I finally got to give Jenny the Christmas presents that I'd crafted for her, includin...

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Sunday

I teamed up with JaneR Designs to make Tom a Figaro print hat as a Christmas present. I'd spotted Jane's knitting machine when we toured her studio a few weeks ago and got curious about making my ...

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Christmas

We were hosting Christmas again this year, so my Mum, Dad and Nana came to stay. We woke up to stockings filled with treats and opened them before everyone else woke up. It was then time to get s...

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I've had the same Christmas stocking since I was a baby, which turned out to be the same one my Dad has as a child, so everyone decided it was time to replace them. I couldn't making our own of cou...

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Friday

I'd fallen a little behind on Cocktail Hour with lots of new bottles arriving for Christmas, but my little assistant was keen to help me out as we mixed up parma violet flips for The Bitter Truth w...

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Tuesday

It's not a good idea to watch Nigella's cooking show before going to the supermarket on an empty tummy, but that's exactly what I did last night before coming back with new mixing bowls, cookie cut...

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Saturday

Susana Tavares painted this amazing Crafterella art for Superhero Sunday this week. I love the textures and the adorable little Bobbin too.

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JaneR Designs

Duncan & Alex invited us to the JaneR Designs open studio in Dunbar today. Jane has the cutest little studio filled with antiques and a giant knitting machine which she used to make hats and c...

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Sunday

I've wanted an old fashioned school ruler with the CO+K logo on for a while when I had the idea to make my own using temporary tattoo paper. Check out Diy Ruler on Cut Out + Keep

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Saturday

Tom's started doing a little contracting work to make some extra pocket money over Christmas, and as it was technically his first weekend in ages, he treated me to breakfast at Blackbird this morni...

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Country Living Christmas Fair

We were invited to the Country Living Christmas Fair and a blogger event with Laura Ashley in Glasgow today, so we jumped in the Fig and headed through early this morning. The Country Living Chris...

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Friday

We've got a new vegan cafe in Bruntsfield called Moon & Hare and got tempted in by the cute hare on the window. We shared a seaweed, carrot and hummus wrap which I really liked but wasn't quit...

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Tattoo Shoes

I was getting crafty with a pair of Lotta From Stockholm clogs today and tattooing them with Crafterella. Check out Tattoo Clogs on Cut Out + Keep

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Garbage

Katie & Phil were at a wedding today, so they asked us to take care of their shop Thread & Heather. It was so much fun playing shop, chatting to customers about their craft projects and we...

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Foodies Festival Christmas

This seasons Foodies Festival Christmas was held at the EICC in Edinburgh with hundreds of vendors selling and serving food, drinks and gift ideas, perfect for the holidays.

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Thursday

Jenny came through to visit today and we started off with breakfast at Milk Cafe. After a few cocktails back at our place, shaken in the name of work, we treated ourselves to cake at Falko before ...

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Katie's Birthday

It was Katie's birthday today, so I baked a carrot bundt cake with cream cheese frosting, because she'd mentioned it was her favourite and invited them over after work. Someone from work had bought...

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Sunday

Anton Belardo created this amazing Crafterella internet mermaid edition art for Superhero Sunday this week and I love it sooooo much. It was kitten day for Crafterella today and we got quite emoti...

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Saturday

It's Katie birthday this week, so I made her (and myself while I was at it) a pincushion cushion for her craft room. This idea has been in my idea book for ages, so I'm glad to have finally got aro...

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Thursday

I love wearing hairbands but I only suits ones that sit at a certain angle, so I decided to make a hairband that I could easily snap on and off different accessories. We went for dinner, which Tom...

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Reloved

My work shoes were beginning to look a little scuffed up so I decided to give them an Irregular Choice style makeover with scissor print fabric and tape measures. Check out Seamstress Flats on Cut...

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Sunday

Mizna Wada created this amazing Crafterella comic called Zombie Vs Crafterella and just in time for Halloween. Mum & Dad came through to visit and we went for breakfast at Piece Box, which we ...

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Little Red Riding Snood

Knitting projects stitch up so much faster when it's cold outside and this week, I finished making my Little Red Riding snood. It's made with hand dyed yarn from the Indie Yarn Store and it's so s...

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Museum Of Fire

Mum brought Nana through today for a visit and we took her for a tour of the Fire Museum. We were the only group there but our guide was so friendly, even though it was his very first tour.

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Thursday

It's been a while since we visited Salt Cafe so we treated ourselves to drinks and cake after work today. I decided to give our wooden utensils a cute makeover by dipping their handles in copper p...

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Sunday

Amalia K created this amazing Crafterella art for Superhero Sunday. She looks so pretty and I'm really jealous of her pin cushion stool.

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Board Game Night

The Secret Herb Garden is all lovely and overgrown at the moment and felt really Christmassy with this little robin singing next to us. We popped in to Thread & Heather so that my Mum could ge...

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Wednesday

Katie & Phil came over to hang out after work so I mixed up some espresso martinis to perk everyone up. Phil brought some super tasty lebkuchen cookies that he'd baked. They didn't make it thr...

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Tuesday

Blossoming Gifts sent me this gorgeous rainbow bouquet to get creative with and I was inspired to make an etched button vase for the office. It was so simple and looks really cute and crafty.

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