November 9th, 2010
I just got my regular newsletter from Instructables and saw this fabulous video tutorial on how to make a beautiful box from a simple drinks can.
I really want to try this out – would be great for gifts or even as ring boxes for my antique silver rings!!
October 29th, 2010
I’m always keen to promote handmade crafts and gifts and personally would much prefer to make someone a gift or buy them something hand crafted than buy something mass produced. When you buy handmade you know that the maker has taken the time to make each piece unique, individual in it’s own way and certainly not something you would find in highstreet shops.
July 1st, 2010
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.
May 27th, 2010
Feeling blue? Lift your mood with this selection of bluey loveliness.
Brought to you from Zibbet.com – a global marketplace, connecting buyers and sellers of Handmade Goods, Fine Art, Vintage Items and Crafting Supplies.
May 20th, 2010
Last week was pretty much a non-event when it came to blogging – I just couldn’t get my head into the zone and so I didn’t do a Theme Thursday last week, or much else for that matter. So I thought I’d make this week’s Theme Thursday nice and bright with a whole collection of Orangey niceness in the hope that you’ll forgive me for missing out last week.
Brought to you from Zibbet.com – a global marketplace, connecting buyers and sellers of Handmade Goods, Fine Art, Vintage Items and Crafting Supplies.
May 6th, 2010
Oh I do love to be beside the seaside! But I am biased as I live right on the coast – on a cliff to be precise, so I’ve got quite a lovely view and also the opportunity to walk on the beach everyday with the dog. I’ve been collecting beach findings for a long time and as you probably know have started my own collection of jewellery made from sea glass that is sourced from the beaches in Fife where I live. This week I’ve been working in my studio on some sea glass pieces, so I thought I’d have a seaside theme!
April 29th, 2010
I love the song ‘Ruby Ruby Ruby’ by the Kaiser Chiefs and having just listened to it I thought I’d have RED as this week’s theme. There aren’t a lot of red items in my wardrobe, but I’m beginning to introduce more colour in the the things I wear now and red is definitely creeping in. It’s a lovely warm colour that’s also bold and bright and the items I’ve selected to showcase this week are all fabulously red!
April 22nd, 2010
Nature awakens in Spring and everywhere I look there are flowers and buds forming. I love flowers and I love this time of year as the garden is full of blooms popping up all over the place and the garden is slowly coming back to life. This week I thought I would find some lovely bright and cheerful, blooming flowery marvelousness for you.
April 15th, 2010
Who doesn’t like the colour pink? Did you know that in Western culture, the practice of assigning pink to an individual gender began in the 1920s. From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color, or related to the Virgin Mary. Since the 1940s, the societal norm was inverted; pink became considered appropriate for girls and blue appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century.
April 8th, 2010
It’s time to wake up and Spring into action. Spring is one of my favourite seasons, it’s a time to renew, recharge and restart. In Spring the earth comes back to life after a long cold winter and the first flowers begin to bloom. I’ve chosen Spring as a theme for this week and I’ve sourced 9 bright, colourful and amazing items from Zibbet, Etsy and Folksy for you to discover.
April 1st, 2010
Well Easter is nearly upon and soon we’ll be over doing our daily chocolate intake! To get you in the mood here are a bunch of lovely easter bunnies from all over the web. Please feel free to re-tweet this post and spread the easter bunny love over the web.
March 25th, 2010
I love making pendants and I also love wearing them. This week I’ve found you a lovely selection of pendants from the very talented sellers on Zibbet. Please feel free to re-tweet this post and share it with your online friends.
March 18th, 2010
I’m starting a weekly themed post to promote the amazing products you can find online, concentrating on beautiful handmade goods – hopefully these posts will help to inspire you or give you ideas for gifts, but most of all make you aware of so many amazing talented people who devote their time to making so many lovely things – forget mass produced nonsense – buy handmade! To celebrate St Patrick’s Day this week, here are some lovely items from Folksy, Coriandr and Zibbet.
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