A corner of my home...

Sorry for the quietness lately there are just not enough hours in the day.

Here's a little photo I took the other day of a corner in my living room; the pretty embroidery was a charity shop find. It was originally in a not so pretty frame- I think it looks much better like this.

I'll be back soon hopefully!

Crafty to do list

I need to make a list of all my crafty wedding plans otherwise I'm going to lose track...

• Veil & tiara- done!
• Invitations- in progress
• RSVP cards for invitations
• Directions for invitations
• Other info card for invitations
• Thank you cards
  
• Favour bags- will be simple fabric bags filled with treats with a little label tied on
• Menu cards
• Programmes
• Place cards
• Table plan
• Confetti bags?
• Bridesmaid/parents gifts etc.?
  
• Exploding head (mine)?- yes definitely!
  

One man and his shed

I like taking photos of people when they don't know I'm doing it. That could be perceived as stalking but I think it's okay when it's photos of my fiancé putting up our shed. It took nearly all day Monday to do it but it's looking good. Next stage is actually putting something in it but we don't like to rush these things...

Hope everyone had a lovely Easter break. It was so nice to have four whole days of relaxing. I managed to get our invitation wording and layout done and finished my tiara. I'm still not sure about wearing a tiara but at least I have the option. I'll post photos on crafty bride soon.

It's Easter so...

enjoy a lovely slice of Simnel cake.

I'd never even eaten it before, let alone baked it but it was very easy to make. I used this recipe from Waitrose.

On the hunt...

for the perfect font.

I know what I want our wedding invitations to look like and I know roughly what I want them to say. But I need to find just the right font to say those words.

Artistamp via iDiY

Love the effect but it's not the look I'm after.

Beautiful ES via iDiY
I really like this one, it's a contender!

Albermarle Swash via iDiY (again)
I like this one a lot, it could be the winner!

I love eggs...

And not the Easter kind (well yes I like those obviously but that's not what I'm writing about here). I was looking for a recipe yesterday for a quick lunch and I found this one. It was the first time I'd ever tried baked eggs and it was delicious. So today I wanted another quick and easy lunch for one and I found this blog. So a simple combination of spinach, egg, nutmeg and cheese gave me this...
Will blog again soon, I promise!

The best crafty read on the Internet?

Well I certainly think so, but then I'm biased. Take a look for yourself...

In 6 months time...

I'll be a wife.

There's lots of craftiness planned but nothing I can show you yet. Soon I promise.

In the meantime, here's some inspiration, click the image to see the original on flickr and the credits.

Back and crafting like a crazy crafting bride

Well it's been a while hasn't it? The wedding is seven months away and I'm now getting into the crafting ready for the big day. The bridesmaid dresses have been purchased so I know what the colour palette is based on, I have bought shoes to match for me and I've made my veil!

So I guess you want photos of all these things? Well here are the dresses & shoes...

You'll have to wait a little longer for the veil photos but I promise I won't be long...

Been making lots of lovey dovey things

So it was Valentine's last weekend. Not only did I make a lovely meal, I also made a few crafty things...

Card:

Just white punched hearts stuck on the blank card with foam pads. Planning to recycle it and mount in a shadow frame. Talking of shadow frames...

Present:

I printed lots of photos of us on my new favourite gadget (polaroid pogo) and mounted them at various heights (using foam pads again) added some hearts and a nice quote and some vintage letterpress blocks. All mounted in a shadow frame et voila.

Hearts:

I cut out hearts from an old woollen winter coat, sewed round the edge with blanket stitch, stuffed them and added a button.

And finally, I discovered another use for my pogo prints, they're perfect for making magnets. I just stuck them on a magnet and done. Perfect for quick and easy presents.


Ben bought me some beautiful tulips that are making me very happy...



So there we have it, lots of crafty love here last weekend. I've also been busy making my wedding veil. I'll take some photos of that soon. Have lovely weekends everyone x