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Yummy Yellow

Milomade — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:00:45 +0000

Four lovely images I’ve put together this week on the theme of Yellow.

1. Amazing bright yarns photographed by Jeni over at Magnusmog

2. Beautiful yellow stitches by Pamela Tang

3. What a fab chair, discovered on Knack Studios

4. One of the tulips in my own garden

http://magnusmog.blogspot.com/

Juicy Orange

Milomade — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:00:16 +0000

Four lovely images I’ve put together this week on the theme of Orange. 1. Amazing unique patterns can be found in the stone available at Siren Stones 2. Fabulous detail around your neck provided by Dainty Loops 3. Totally original hand embroidered cushions from Sukan Art 4. One of the brightest bracelets I’ll ever make – buy it from my online shop

Red-dy Steady!

Milomade — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:00:32 +0000

Four lovely images I’ve put together this week on the theme of Red.

1. Necklaces inspired by traditional Ukrainian geometrical ornaments over at Skrynka’s blog

2. A bright red cowl knitted from Lana Grossa Baby Alpaca yarn over at tidytipsy.photography

3. Red wool slippers discovered on Hazelnuts

4. Easy ribbon headband tutorial found on Craft Passion

Decorations

Milomade — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:00:12 +0000

For those of you, like me, who don’t decorate the house or your tree until Christmas Eve, here are a few decorations to get you in the mood.

1. Sparkly Sequin Trees

2. Wicker Heart Wreath

3. Festive Decorations

4. Sparkling Tea Light Holder

5. Star Beaded Ornament

6. Christmas Heart Decoration

7. Love Heart Garlands made from recycled sheet music

8. Ceramic Christmas Decorations

9. Figgy Puddings

Make it Yourself!

Milomade — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:00:30 +0000

I love handmade gifts! I love receiving them and I love making them and giving them too. This year I’ve been giving away a lot of my handmade glass stars that I’ve made in an evening class and I only have one left and that one I’m keeping for myself. Here’s a selection of things you can make yourself either as gifts, or to decorate your home, or as a treat for yourself.

1. Knitted Boot Topper Kit

2. Make your own Sock Hopper

3. Fantastic Plastic – PVC Wreath

4. DIY Memo Pockets

5. Bunting Kit

6. Knit your own Goldfish

7. Make your own woven paper beads

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Wishing for a White Christmas

Milomade — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:00:11 +0000

I love snow, but as we live on the coast we hardly ever get a thick covering that settles and stays and so we indulge in our love of snow by visiting family down south every other year or so and it’s so much fun – lots of snowball fights with the kids and giant snowmen. The dog love it too.

This might be a little premature, but I’m already wishing for a white christmas and so today I’m thinking of snowflakes.

1. Button Notecard – Giant Snowflake

2. Snowflake Pendant

3. Letterpress Holiday Card

4. Snowflake Pendant

5. Christmas Stars

6. Glass Snowflakes

7. Snowflake Cupcake Wraps

8. Paper Decorations

9. Snowflake Pillow

Autumn

Milomade — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:00:29 +0000

Autumn is definitely here now isn’t it. Aren’t the colours amazing? I love walking the dog at this time of the year as the sun is always low in the sky at that time in the afternoon and this enriches the colours with that lovely autumnal glow. So I thought this week I’d do an autumnal them with lots of leafy designs and autumnal colours. Enjoy!

1. Captain Cat Tapir Masks

2. Oak Leaf and Acorn Necklace

3. Autumn Leaf Felted Scarf

4. Autumnal Leaf Pendant made from an Antique Silver Spoon

5. Felted Wool Acorns

6. Silver filigree leaf wrap ring

7. Fall Coasters

8. Hosanna with Labradorite necklace

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Explosions of Colour

Milomade — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:00:06 +0000

This week I thought it appropriate to think big bangs, fireworks and explosions of colour. I hope this selection doesn’t disappoint.

1. HandSpun ART YARN – Coral Snake – perfect fall color

2. A Self Portrait

3. Beaded Brooch – Cornucopia

4. Fireworks!

5. Fireworks 8×10 Print by Scott Gregory

6. Fireworks Earrings

7. Green Fireworks Large Tote Bag

8. Ediacarans – set of three plush soft sculptures

9. Milomade Daisy Chain Collection

Halloween

Milomade — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:00:04 +0000

Halloween is almost here so I’ve collected together a few lovely creepy, lovely orangey, lovely weird and wonderful things and ideas…

1. DIY: Halloween Lightpost Decor

2. Halloween Mini Bow Clippies

3. The WoodBottoms Do Halloween

4. Kanzashi Barrette Hair Clip

5. Lace-Patterned Pumpkins

6. Sterling Daddy Long Legs Brooch

7. Pumpkin Party Cooler

8. Orange Button Bracelet

9. Spooky Shoes!

Beautiful Lettering

Milomade — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:00:33 +0000

Jessica Hische is a typographer and illustrator working in Brooklyn, New York. I discovered her work on Craftgawker today and decided that this week’s Theme Thursday would be a selection of her beautifully printed alphabet. Letterpressed on Crane’s 110lb Lettra paper, these individual letters are a selection from the first six alphabets of the Daily Drop Cap project. Printed in an edition of 75. How lovely!

Visit her website to find out more and see further examples of her lovely work. http://jessicahische.com

Rain Rain Go Away…

Milomade — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:17:07 +0000

Thanks to Jill Calder for coming up with the rain theme for this week’s Theme Thursday – it’s quite appropriate as Fife is a tad wet today! We could all do with looking at her brightly coloured illustrations to get some colour back into the day. Is summer over? The rain is here and it’s quite grim all of a sudden and even though I found the sunshine far too hot, I miss it already. I do love the rain though, don’t get me wrong, but it’s put a gloomy haze over the day today, so I went onto the Zibbet site to find some silver linings to our rain cloud situation to cheer us all up.

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Mellow Yellow

Milomade — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:24:15 +0000

It’s a lovely sunny day and I’ve just discovered three little tomato buds in my greenhouse – they weren’t there yesterday when I was photographing the yellow flowers, so they must have developed over night and this morning – I’m really excited! So to celebrate this and the lovely sunshine here’s a Mellow Yellow theme to give you a sunny glow for the rest of the day.

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1. “Do what you love what you do” 8×10 art print

2. Yellow Vintage Button Pendant

3. Fused Glass Sun Flower Bowl

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Summer Snaps

Milomade — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:58:21 +0000

I had a glorious day in the sunshine today putting hte glass into my greenhouse at long last. In the aftertoon, to cool off I took the dog down the beach and went paddling in the sea. I rolled my trouser up to my thighs and pushed them up as high as they could go so I could go far into the water – it was so warm in the shallows that I wish I’d put my swimming costume on and gone for a dip!

So for this week’s Theme Thursday I wanted to showcase a load of sumptious summer images to get you in the summery mood, whatever the weather. I headed on over to Craftgawker and made my selection from there.

1. Summer’s End

2. Weekends on Film

3. Aspen Leaves in the Wind

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