We finished something today, my daughter and I. This scarf was knitted on a small circular loom, based on french knitting / knitting nancies. My daughter knitted quite a few of the stripes you see here, plus helped create the tassles we put on the scarf to finish it. With french knitting, on bigger looms, you end up with quite a...
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I’m looking through Week 1 of How to Build the Blog You Truly Love, an ecourse by Liv Lane. Week 1 is all about Passion and Purpose. A very good question, because last month (although it was building earlier than that) I lost most of my own passion for this blog, CreateMinded. Week 1’s exercises for BBTL asked us to write out...
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I’ve now completed another longer term project for the 30 Days of Creativity month. Similar to the previous canvas initials project, this ensemble uses pre-cut wooden lettering. You can pick up these pre-cut phrases at most good crafting stores. Phrases such as ‘love’, ‘family’ or ‘home’ are...
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This is the second item that my daughter arrived home with from school on Monday. She’s in an art program called ‘art mania’ after school, and this little item is what they’ve been creating for most of this term. Obviously, a paper mache penguin, but this particular one had the misfortune of having its beak...
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My daughter came home today from school with a couple of creations. The first is a paper helicopter. There is to be a paper flight competition at school at some point, and she’s been practising by making these paper helicopters. These are really easy to make with a strip of paper, and work very effectively. Now, our house is...
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This is a cake (via Cake Wrecks - Home - Sunday Sweets: Getting Crafty)
(via wonder woman cake :D - COOKING)
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