Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Neglect

My oh my.  This past week and a half I started my new job, and it's kept me so crazy busy I can't believe it.  I've literally been at work, then home purely to crash!  Craziness!  So yes, sorry for the neglect.  I'm rubbish.

Anyway, to relax, I've been looking around the internet for a little inspiration for when I have some real me time to create away...!


Love my friend Heledd's amazing upcycled product, and these cwtchins(!) are so lovely!  Her self-made businesses really inspire me to explore being creative and just going for it!



Ok, so this amazing chocolate amaretto crepe cake is actually all my sugar dreams in one beautifully fattening dessert.  I'm still processing how incredible it actually is, and will HAVE to attempt making it.  Just love love love it!



I really want to start using lots and lots of washi tape, and this selection is insaaaaane.  Now, how to pick....thinking of projects already!  Scrapbooking, decorating, just for fun, putting tape on everything in sight!


Now I just need some of that me time...

love, gwynypie xoxo

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Weave Your Way

Hi lovelies!  I have a little sort of DIY.  It's very easy and somewhat obvious, so sorry for not providing anything particularly exciting or overly innovative!

Recently I've amassed a slightly ridiculous amount of headbands, all with the same design, but in an array of colours.  See below....


I absolutely love them, and clearly have one for every outfit imaginable(!) but maybe I have a weird shaped head or something, as they never sit well on my head.  Which is true of all elasticated headband type things.  I end up taking them off when I get annoyed of them slipping, or just not wearing them, which is both a shame and waste of cash!  So today, whilst trying to wear the yellow one (and using grips to try and pin it to my head) I got annoyed once again and decided I would cut the elastic off and glue the woven band to a alice band.  I have plenty of plain ones I never use (other than to keep hair off my face when in the shower or applying make-up) and thought I'd put them to a better use!  

See supplies below (although I've just realised my scissors and glue gun aren't in the picture, so as opposed to being a 'supplies' photo it's more of a 'stuff I'm going to cut and glue together' photo.  Bear with me)...


I started off by snipping the elastic bottom parts off the band completely.


Then I pretty much just started gluing!  Both the original and the plain bands must be pretty standard in size (which confirms I do not have a standard head) as they seemed to be the same in length and fit.
I glued at each end of the band, and also at the (slightly off-centre) larger woven part.  I'm hoping this is enough hold.  As it's a woven design, I think trying to glue the whole thing down may be a bit of a hoo-ha.

As you can see, the fit is pretty spot on.  They all ended up like this.


Here's a closer look at the inside.  Basically it's glued along the centre of the big weave part.


Here's the end result!  Pretty and wearable satiny headbands!  I'm really pleased!


Turns out I have 7.  One for every day of the week?!


lots of love, gwynypie

xoxos

Sunday, 18 December 2011

You Wreath Me Up

This is my second post about making my own gifts this year.  This one's for my bestie.  It took a little while to make (perfect for watching some films at the same time). 


Making progress


A little crafting snackage
(just noticed my Murder, She Wrote DVD in the shot...I love that show, embarrassingly)


Supplies


Entertainment whilst wrapping yarn.  Yes Man.  Not sure what I thought of it to be honest.


Nearly finished!


Fully yarned!



Using silk flowers for decorationg

Choosing a layout





 After completing the wreath I decided to make some felt 'toppers' for my jars of scrub!




I know they look like a small child made them, but I was tired and I kinda like that child-like charm!

gwynypie xoxo



Saturday, 3 December 2011

Put 'em up!

I may be a little too obsessed with my hot glue gun. Definitely a favourite crafting tool. It'll be getting a heck of a lot of use in the run up to Christmas as I'm intending to make ALL my gifts this year. Yay!

xoxo

Friday, 2 December 2011

Scrubadubdub!

I am so excited to try 'cooking' up some of Erin's sugar scrub recipes for Christmas.  They really sound scrumptious.  The perfect way to achieve super smooth skin!

I suggest you purchase her lovely e-book.  Such a good idea!  It even comes with printable labels.

Sugar Scrub E book


(Hope Erin doesn't mind me stealing her photo)

xoxo