Crafty Mamas CRAFTY SUNDAY INSPIRATION

I have decided to start a new weekly series in my blog here, it will be, dear reader, simply...

CRAFTY SUNDAY INSPIRATION. 

Each Sunday I will simply post a few things that made me go "squeee"  this week,

a sharing of awsome-ness!

How to ...Make your own Chevron fabric.

from Kristin Eldgridge Photograhpy

via Craft Gawker

A gorgeous Dotty Deer to make

 from Torie Jayne 

via Craft Gawker

From Ashley at Lil Boo Blue, 

very clever Ipod and Ipad gloves

 via Craft Gossip

Easy Margarine Soap

 from Instructables

Easy Handmade Dress Ups from The Train to Crazy 

Condensed Milk to Caramel ( Dulce de Leche) in the crockpot!

And finally, Banana Chiffon Cake from Mennonite Girls Can Cook 

Happy Sunday

~Lisa 

So I like to Embellish a little..is that wrong?

If you hang around the Crafty Mamas forum long enough, you will notice a similar trait among those of the Crafty Mama variety... we don't do plain very well, and quite often, can't leave well enough alone. 

It's not enough to create from scratch a gorgeous handmade design..we constantly feel the need to adorn our creations.We like to stencil, embroider, paint, applique, iron on, attach ribbon,labels, rip,tear, ...just to name a few of our vices.

So it's a jolly good thing the Crafty Mamas Shop has all you need, to allow you to tissy up to your hearts desire! 

 Crafty Mamas Iron Ons are often our weapon of choice when a quick fix is needed.

And why? They instantly elevate your handmade item from " Thanks Mum, another handmade tee.."  

too...

" That's AWESOME , Mum, can you make me another??!".

These arrived yesterday, and well, I'm Smitten. Who wouldn't be?!

**LOVE**

~Lisa~ 

New LILOFANT arrived today! Give-away!

The very very VERY cute new design from Lilofant of Sweden arrived today! See how cute it is?

Check out our Lilofant HERE.

In a cotton lycra knit, so excellent for kids wear!! Do you know of a little person that might like this?
What would you make? Tell me in a comment below, and I'll give 1m away on Monday. Good Luck!


Did you win our Ottobre Design Etsy Voucher??!! The two winners left anonymous comments so I cannot contact them! I need to hear from them by Monday or I will draw new winners.

So, what's been happening here?

Such a full on couple of weeks! It seems everything happens at once around here.

A couple of birthdays were had..

 My baby is now 8, how did that happen??

Lots of cake making going on...

Rainbow cupcakes of course! 

 

and a self decorated cake by Lil 

(note nose in top left corner)

The crazy pup we fell in love with...

 

 ..is now a lanky, charming young fella, 

 

 ..and just the teeniest bit spoilt...

 

But he soon learned, the cats are really in charge.

One daughter attended the races

Kwik Sew to the rescue!

 

And entered in the Ag Show..

We saw some of the coolest chooks at the show..

 

 

..and this cute little guy..

..and got up close!

 

So..now you know where I've been!

 

Back next week with new tutes!

~Lisa~

 

Crafty Mamas/Ottobre Design Give-away..WINNERS!

Woo hoo! We have some WINNERS!!!

 You may recall, we offerd up a chance to win one of these 4 prizes!! :

OTTOBRE is  very kindly  helping us celebrate by giving away;

2 x one-year subscriptions for 6 issues (4 kids + 2 women) 
2  x gift cards worth 50EUR to spend at their Etsy shop

( Thankyou Otto!)

Our two lucky blog readers to win a 12 months sub each are...

1.

Dani Castley said...

OOOOOOHHHHHHH yeeesssss. Ottobre has become my only pattern vice now. I just adore the designs and I am looking forward to making some designs for my daughter as she is hitting the adult sizes. Luv ya work Lisa!

2.

cherie said...

Happy 7th Birthday! Thanks for the great giveaway!

11:47 PM

And our two lucky winners of the Otto Etsy Shop 50 Euro Gift voucher are...

1.

Sherry said...

Happy, happy birthday. Congratulations and thank you for all the hard work, also for bringing us the fabric so our clothes look just like the magazine.

2.

Sam said...

What an awsome prize. Really would love to win something like this. 7 years, congratultions!

Congratulations guys! Please shoot me an email so I can organise your prizes?

Thankyou everyone for your comments! :)