Introductions

Welcome to my craft blog and thank you for looking.

My name is Samantha. I'm currently 31 years old, I've been happily married for 9 years this July and have 2 beautiful daughters, Rheya who turned 3 years old last December and Anara who just turned 1 year old last month.

I've always been artistic. I had a love for observational drawing when I was at school. I loved to draw plants, flowers, fruit...anything that stayed still really. I also had a thing for drawing pictures of people from photographs.

I wanted to continue my studies into A Level but it wasn't meant to be. Everywhere I went they were closing down their A Level art courses and eventually I gave in and studied Environmental Science, Theatre Studies and Human Biology.

My art took a side line whilst I lived a life of partying, followed by settling down with my now Husband, setting up home and eventually starting a family.

It wasn't until I fell pregnant with my first daughter that I got my craft bug back. I wanted to make her a blanket so I bought myself some knitting needles and some yarn and cast on for the first time in years (My Nanna originally taught me to knit when I was about 7 years old) I never did finish that blanket, but it did open up the doors to my artisitc side.

In November 2007 I got the urge to learn to crochet. It's something I wanted to learn as a child but I didn't know anyone who could teach me. I had the same problem as an adult but this time I had access to a wonderful tool...the internet. With the help of youtube and various other websites I made my first crocheted item, a pair of longies for my daughter.





They're not my best work, but I was pretty proud of my first crocheted item. Not bad for a beginner eh?

and the compulsory action shot :P


From there it was an upward spiral of card making, jewellery making, sewing, fimo, baking and scrapbooking...if it's crafty I'm probably going to give it a go.

I think that's enough introduction for now. I hope you enjoy my blog :)

Father's Day present

I'm getting Daniel some Itune vouchers, but since it's his first Father's Day with 2 children I thought I'd make him something that he can keep :)

So I made him some cufflinks for work (or to just keep)

Sorry about the crap photo's. They're really hard to capture on camera with them being glass.




I had to redo these...better?





I even found a cute box to put them in :D

A very special make

I've been working on this very special make for 9 months and today she made her entrance into the world.

Anara Catherine, Born today (My Grandad's Birthday) at 10.46am, weighing in at 7lb 11oz



Rheya meeting her baby sister for the first time. She's been great with her so far. So gentle and loving.


My Mum with Anara


and a close-up

Purple people eater

This is a custom set made for a guy at Daniel's work


with these earrings


I was liking the colours so I also made this bracelet.


this necklace (I love this, if I do say so myself)


and these earrings

Jewellery frenzy

A couple more pieces



Close-up



I treated myself to a light box to take professional pictures of my pieces



and this is what I made for my friend Steph (but I have enough stuff to make it again) and Daniel had a quick play with the light box...it needs more time to get the lighting right but so far we love it :D



and with a pink background

Flower of envy

This is, by far, my favourite piece that I've made. I'm almost tempted to keep it myself, but instead I might make a matching bracelet...what do you think?

Fat bottom bag and soap bag

I finished crocheting Steph's bag the other day, it just needs lining now.


and because the postman didn't bring me my jewellery making bits and pieces, I was looking for something else to fill my time so I made this


It's actually a soap bag (you put your soap in it and use it as a sponge (apparently) but I think it fits my mobile phone quite nicely...haha