I am known by friends and family as a bit ‘OCD’ when it comes to organizing things. It’s no surprise, combined with my love for anything creative (including stationery, stickers and doodles) that seeing all my fellow bloggers posts on ‘bullet journals’ recently I was intrigued. After seeing all the Pinterest, Instagram, Blog & Facebook...
Another Watermelon *Coin Purse
I decided to have another go at making a Watermelon *Coin Purse. You may recall the previous Watermelon *Coin Purse 🍉 which I gave away to my friend Mandy whilst on holiday in SA. The watermelon reminds me so of hot summer days, relaxing in the shade by the pool with friends and family. Just under 2...
Sally’s Birthday *Coin Purse
I made this purse for my friend Sally using yarn I bought in South Africa. Her birthday party was fabulous. We were invited to dress up as a person we’d love to be. She dressed as Audrey Hepburn (and looked stunning – why didn’t I think of that). Her husband was Tin Tin – he...
Blue Cherry Blossom *Coin Purse
Inspired by beautiful oriental fabrics seen on my visit to NewYork (of all places) at the annual Japanese ‘Sakura Matsuri 2016’ in Brooklyn botanical gardens last year, I decided to make the Cherry Blossom purses. Firstly in pink as you will have seen in previous posts Pink Cherry Blossom *Coin Purse and also *Coin Purses galore…. I’ve had...
Back from holiday catch up
Well folks, I’m back to the cold and have had a wonderful visit with my family! Leaving Cape Town at a glorious 34deg, arriving in London at a dismal 4deg, sure added unpleasant thoughts to my miserable state… but I’m here and keen to crack on 🙂 The 3 weeks went by fairly quickly in...
Rika’s Rose *Bunny
I’m always amazed that despite using the pattern I wrote down for myself to reproduce another, every bunny I’ve made is completely different when compared to the one before. Then again, why shouldn’t they be different? They’ve all had different start dates; have been made with a different purpose; invariably all have different colouring and...