Project Crochet Kitchen Bench

I purchased a beautiful bench from eBay when we moved into our new house for the kitchen and I keep promising to make some cushions and make it look more homely!  At the moment it becomes a bit of a dumping ground for anything I cannot be bothered to find a home for!!

My thinking is it is a great bench to sit on and drink tea whilst gazing at the oven patiently waiting for yummy cakes to cook!! So this week I have started making a cushion cover, using up all my odd bits of stash and using bright colours to cheer up the magnolia corner.

At the weekend I am on a mission to find a piece of foam to make a seat cushion and then the next  job will be to crochet some more squares or maybe even circles to cover it.

Mine ALL Mine! My Beautiful Gifts Have Arrived

My beautiful needlebook and spotty buttons have arrived, they were wrapped so beautifully, thank you Kirsty

Hedgehog Needlebook

Very excited as just ordered a hedgehog needlebook from http://www.lovepaperfish.com/ to stop myself stabbing the needles in the sofa and then finding them a few days later - ouch!! Check out Kirsty's website and have a look at her blog  http://kirstyfish.blogspot.com/ it is amazing.  Cannot wait for it to arrive!!  Oh I may have ordered some buttons too :-)

Sorry have not had much time for crafting or blogging this week as work is just so busy!! Planning on having a crafty weekend so will update with some pictures real soon x

Have a great weekend all in blog land x

Gem of a Find!

Hi, I just wanted to share this little gem of a find with you, which I picked up in my local Help the Aged charity shop in exchange for £3 of my hard earned cash!  How cute!

Going to save some pennies for a rainy day!

Crafty Christening Gifts Any Ideas?

Good afternoon, hope you are all having a crafty day!

I have a little dilema I would like a little help with, my best friend has asked me to be godmother to her twin girls in April and I would like to make them something they can keep, either knitted or crochet a present they can take with them on lifes journey.  I have been thinking about a blanket for them both but wonder if anyone has seen anything special or could suggest any ideas?

Granny Square Crochet Hot Water Bottle Cover

I have been working hard to get this finished and although I am pleased with the results, I really wish I had used some brighter colours as I not really a big fan of pink!!

I made this by making 14 granny squares, I decided to crochet 8 together first (2 x 4) and then crocheted 4 together (2 x 2) so I could make a flap at the back and used 4 little pink buttons to close it so I can get the water bottle in and out to wash the cover.  I left the top open so I can fill with hot water without removing the cover.

So I have added a little granny chic to my bedroom, on to my next project, Mmmm I wonder more granny squares maybe!

Next Project: Sad Hot Water Bottle Cover

As I was getting ready for bed the other night, I looked at my hot waster bottle which was chillin out on my new owl pyjamas and I thought my poor little hot water bottle looked so sad!  So I have set my next project to revive my hot water bottle cover and bring some granny square chic to the bedroom!