Belated CRAFT 52 week 48-52

It has been an age since I blogged!
I keep up with friends mostly on facebook these days.
I made tons of things for xmas, party hats, bookmarks, necklaces, tees, tons!
Sadly I just didn't photo much of it.

Here are two photos of the end of my CRAFT 52 project :)




I love these so much :)
Licorice allsorts and dolly mixtures, yums!

More blogging soon xoxo

CRAFT 52 WEEKS 41-47

Annoyingly I didn't remember to take photos of many of the gifts I have made and sent off, but I do have some fun things that I made to show you!

First attempt at a stack of pancakes with maple syrup and butter.

Oreos!! These are vegan though, unlike the real ones.

Gingerbread men. I usually make these every year, slightly different, this year I have made them with raisin faces etc :)

One of my new pieces, Faux food in a jar!
This time a festive bunch of candy canes.

A delish chocolate bon bon with a nibble taken. I have been making choccies for years and years
but I like this one the best so far!


A cake that is full of love and faux fruit :)
I made this piece for the raw food guru, Kate Magic :)
It is very similar to one of her raw chocolate and fruit cakes.

More crafty posts to come!

CRAFT 52 week 39 and 40

Hey hi,
just some pics of some recent makes,
hope you enjoy looking at them :)



Sweet tees.

I adore all these cushions I have made, they have really cheered up my living room.

Doggy bed for my lil woofs.


Bear tee that I made with felt,
terrible photo, didn't get a pic of the full tee before I sent it off to a friend.

CRAFT 52 week 36

Well hello there peeps!
Peach here :)

So, my creative juicies are still, well, juicy, hehe, so here are my recent makes.



Give me a P, give me an A and a RTY, what does it spell?? PARTY!!!!

Party hats, yeppers, been making lots of party hats. I made one for Captain, my lil wooflet on his first birthday and decided to make some for my birthday and also for friends etc.

This lil guy was FUN to make. I enjoyed everything about designing him to seeing him come to life.
However I can't think of a name for the lil gnome dude, and he really needs one, poor lil guy is sad without one, so PLEASE name him and make him happy again :D

What shall we call him????????

CRAFT 52 week 35

Hollar, my friends!!
How are you??


Creativity has been flowing and last night I designed and made this owl cushion :)
Not 100% happy with the design and would do it differently next time around but he sure is cute and brightens up the living room :)


He looks at home, already ;D

What do you guys think?

Craft 52 week 34

Hi guys!
My creative juices have been flowing lately and I have been mostly drawing and sketching out ideas. But here I have a goodie to show you that I made last weekend.
I had some cute owl fabric in my stash for a while and my living room cushions are so boring (apart from the kitty cushions, hehe) and totally not me , so I whipped up this to brighten up the room. I have bought some more darling doggy fabric to make some more sofa cushions too, eee!


I made my friend Teevs a cute bear tee, too but can't show a pic of that until she has it as I want it to be a supreeeze! :D

There are so many cute handmade housey things that I want right now!

What handmade housey thing is making you drool right now??

CRAFT 52 week 33 dog toy tutorial

Hi guys!
I just wanted to share something with all you peeps who share your house with pups.

As you know from reading my blog, I am a thrifty chickadee. I like my money to stretch and I if I can I will make something, rather than buying it.

SO, my woofs really needed some new chew toys but we are saving as much moola we can for moving so buying them was out of the question.
I remembered I had some fleece in my fabric drawers, so I dug it out and wondered what to make.
My dogs will destroy anything in 10 mins flat, so I didn't want to spend hours making stuff, so I just cut strips of fleece and plaited it!!
It is perfect! The woofs LOVE these toys and keeps them quite for ages.
They sit there chewing them, playing tug of war with me and eachother and roll all over the place with them, haha!

To make, simply cut three strips of fleece, knot one end, plait as you would plait hair, then knot the other end, done!! Cheap and cheerful dog toy that they love!!
If you have a big dog, maybe you could try 6 strands of fleece, but for small to medium three is plenty :)

Just wanted to share xoxo

Please lemme know if you know of any thrifty doggy or kitty toy makes too!!

Don't you just LOVE being thrifty!!

What is your best thrifty tip to share??

CRAFT 52 week 31

Hi de hi me hearties!

How are you?

The weather here in the UK has been pretty dismal of late, and because of this I have had to amuse myself indoors, for the most part.

Even the poor woof woofs have been having wet play time for the last three days.

So I cracked open the clay, so to speak!

I had something I had been meaning to make for my old bestie for ages and so it I thought the wet weather was a perfect excuse to get cracking with that.

Well, after making her an ice cream miniature, I set about making these yummies.

It was loads of fun and I cannot believe how long it has been since I made anything with clay. I think around 8 or more months.

I know I could do better with practice but I was pretty pleased after such a dry spell that I could make anything at all, haha!

Sometimes it is very frustrating to be whimsical, I would love to master a craft but I flit and fly between so many.

Maybe one day I will be truly good at something ;D

Iced Bundt cake and xmas cookies, yummy, wish these were real!

Notice the shapes?
Heart, star, xmas tree and gingerbread man!

More iced cookies, this time in a miniature glass jar.

This is a gift for a friend, think she will like it??

What shall I make next?

CRAFT 52 week 28 and 29

HI GUYS!!
I have been a busy crafty thang!

Osoka, the sleepy kitty, made with white linen.
I made 3 of these, one for me, one for a friend and one for my friend's little niece!
They take ages ;D

I made some heart catnip toys for my three kitties :)

Cute dish towels. I made three, for friends.

Lastly, some chocs I made, read more here Choccies

I am busy making more goodies!!!

Hope you enjoyed the last entry for tips on feeling good, had good feedback from people that they are really helpful, yay!!

CRAFT 52 week 27

Hi Guys!!!

Me and my hubs spent all of our money recently on anniversary gifts (11 years married on July 1st, woo hoo) and equipment for our raw food diet (dehydrator, food processor,super foods) so right now we are pretty broke for a while until we save some funds again, so when I saw the etsy listing for a pretty white felt flower hair barrette,I thought, damn, I really like that, but will have to make my own!
I had some beautiful 100% wool felt and a pretty vintage button that I think is about 50 or 60 years old, so I went to town creating my own.

The above is my version of the wonderful creation below.

etsy listing

I personally think it is best to support the artist if you can but most artists don't mind if you are just making something like theirs for your own enjoyment.

I wanted to give full credit to the actual creator, so that you could go buy one if wanted to. I didn't want to pass this off as my design. I mean, I handmade it, designed the petal etc but what I mean is, It wasn't my idea.

I am loving crafts lately and have some great ideas for jewellery right now x

CRAFT 52 week 24

Hi guys!
Here is my latest creative offering.
Chocolates!!
I felt so fancy making these cute chocolates, using the finest raw ingredients, they were unreal!


Please check out my Totally Rawsome blog for more food and eco friendly posts :)
Totally Rawsome


What do you think of how it looks??

I was so keen to do this as I have seen other foody blogs and as their header they use pics of their work and I always loved that and so wanted to try it, so now I have a few cute pics, I went for it :)

Photoshop isn't my strong point, so yeah, It is pretty basic but I think it looks cute :)

CRAFT 52 week 23

Ignore my nails covered in paints :)
I bought these super cute cabs from etsy and simply stuck 'em on some ring bases, super cute for summer outfits, right?

CRAFT 52 week 22

Hi guys!
Here is a pic of my first painting, I know it isn't uh-mazing or anything but I love it and it looks super cute on my craft room wall :)

I painted a big cupcake sign and nailed it to the wall, above our kitchen table.

Lastly, a wee package I put together for a friend. It makers me smile to think of her opening everything up. I just wanted to take a photo as it just looked so pretty and pink!

CRAFT 52 week 21

Teeny tini Odette Lapin.
I made this cutie that stands about 2 inches tall, for my lovely friend Amy, who painted me a lovely pic of me, can't wait to show you guys.

Craft 52 round up, to catch up!

As I told you guys a few weeks ago I had an accident, sliced off a chunk of thumb and was bandaged for 3 weeks, anyway, the bandage came off and I am pretty healed up now, woo hoo, so to celebrate I have been making lots of yummy foodz!
This is also my chace to play catch up as I was so behind because of the accident with Craft 52, so here we go :)

week 19 pine nut pate, blogged in Totally Rawsome blog.

week 16, flax crackers

Blogged about in Totally rawsome blog.
week 18 chcolate cake, blogged in Totally Rawsome.

week 20 chocolate coconut kisses.
Blooged in TOTALLY RAWSOME.

Please go check out my food blog here; Totally rawsome.

Craft 52

Please go check out my fab new food blog Totally rawsome, you will just love the treats I've been making lately!!

This food and the others I have been making are going to go towards my craft 52, so I will make a post about that soon, mwah!

CRAFT 52 week 15, AND UPDATE!

Hi guys!
Well, for those of you who are not a facebook friend, link me to your profile if you want me to add you, You will not know that I had another accident, I have injured my thumb, a big slice off the side, nice eh/ I have a bandage on and It is my right thumb, can't wash my hair, eat, hold anything with my right hand, so it is driving me nuts!! I just want to get some housework done and craft :(

Anyhoo, the lovely cookies above are some pre accident goodies that I made for some friends, they all loved them, yay!

I have created a new blog here Totally Rawsome with my lovely hubby David. My friend Leslie is going to make me a cute header for it, yay!
It is going to chronicle our raw food journey and recipes that we try out and also anything about living a cruelty free, green happy life :)
I plan on doing some youtube vids on cleaning and uncooking, soon as I am all better!!!
Please follow us if any of that interests you guys ok!! :)

Barry M get my thumbs up on nail polish. also CRAFT 52 week 15

Hi guys!
Last week I treated myself to some Barry M products (after finding out that they are cruelty free of course)
I bought the blueberry ice-cream nail paint and the baby pink lip paint.
I was so impressed with the nail paint quality for such an inexpensive price, just 2.95!! I usually buy O.P.I (cruelty free) which is quite a bit more expensive. I am so happy with the result.
I applied it on Friday night to both toes and finger nails and it only just started to chip on the following Thursday on the my finger nails and it is perfect on my toe nails, pretty impressed!!!

SO on to the lip paint, colour baby pink 100, sooooooooooooooooo horrid!!!! I applied it and to my horror it looked so chalky and thick, kinda like ski sunblock make up, lol, not to mention unflattering and unwearable.
It felt so thick on my lips.
I have never ever returned lipstick but I will try to return this, at £4.25 they aren't the cheapest lippy you can buy but it sure looks it. JUST HORRIBLE!!!
Now it could be THIS that colour is nasty and the rest of their lippys are fine and dandy but I will never buy another to try, just don't need the hassle, when there are so many great brands out there that I have never had an issue with.
So after I applied it, about three hours before going out that night, it took me 1 drink of tea and 1 hour to look in the mirror to see that the thick gunky lippy had come half off, so you could see my own lips where I had drank the tea and then this gunk everywhere else, so horrid seen as I was going out for drinks that night, TOTALLY UNWEARABLE!!

I WAS PISSED about it, can you tell, haha!
I really want my moola back as it is unusable but I have to jump though a few hoops first to see if I can which is so lame, not impressed. Firstly with superdrug, btw, not barry m themselves.

This photo is going towards my craft 52, It is creative, right? LAME I know, just not been feeling creative of late, so much is going on, lots good some bad, ya'll know how It is, right?

lemme know your experiences!

CRAFT 52 week 14

This wonderful photo is taken from andreasrecipes.
I made my very first batch of snickerdoodle cookies On Monday night and they were amazing!!!!
I can't believe I have never had them before.
I made mine using spelt flour and xylitol (sugar sub) and kept some and gave the rest to friends of ours.
I was so bad the next day with my Fibromyalgia that I never got a photo of them, booo, so I took this one. They look just the same, 2nd best thing I'm afraid.
I will be baking up some treats this weekend for friends so I will make sure to get the cam out, even if Davie has to take them for me :)
My recipe

• 1/2 cup vegan marg, softened
• 1 cup xylitol
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all spelt flour
• 4 Tablespoons xylitol
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

normal recipe here; RECIPE

Guys, if you do use xylitol, PLEASE keep away from your fur babies, XYLITOL IS POISONOUS to pets, thanks :)