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Hand crafted and stitched vintage inspired cards and gifts, made using fantastic papers, vintage lace and fabrics,with vintage images and pretty embelishments.
Beautiful hand knitted and crochet items including blankets, cushions corsages and much more.Mandi Madehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02905412696018852658noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783316202351197818.post-62346122958342683032012-05-03T17:27:00.003+01:002012-05-03T17:27:21.906+01:00A New Year of making<div style="text-align: center;">
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Its been a while. </div>
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I've been very lazy about blogging but that doesn't mean I've not been making.</div>
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We had another Kitsch and Stitch vintage and makers fare in March so </div>
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I was very busy making for that after selling such a lot at the Christmas fare. </div>
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Unfortunately I didn't take photos of most of the projects I made for sale</div>
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but Kate took some photos of my stall.</div>
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These are my hands busy sewing in the ends of a granny square blanket</div>
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to make it ready for sale.</div>
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It was beautiful and very colourful.</div>
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<br /></div>Mandi Madehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02905412696018852658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783316202351197818.post-65645174890744196672011-10-13T15:52:00.000+01:002011-10-13T15:52:14.524+01:00First christmas makes.<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Papercrafted Bunting.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I covered strips of card with co-ordinating papers then cut them into triangles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dOHV5Hiv-q4/Tpb0YQV7B-I/AAAAAAAAAJg/_x05aQe08MU/s1600/xmas+stash+n+goods+078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dOHV5Hiv-q4/Tpb0YQV7B-I/AAAAAAAAAJg/_x05aQe08MU/s320/xmas+stash+n+goods+078.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I left a 7 inch length at each end. Knotted a loop, leaving a 2 inch end to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which I attached a jingle bell and knotted on a piece of ribbon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8OdD5RHorSM/Tpbzt9jCAzI/AAAAAAAAAJA/3S5NHL8Uwes/s1600/xmas+stash+n+goods+072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8OdD5RHorSM/Tpbzt9jCAzI/AAAAAAAAAJA/3S5NHL8Uwes/s320/xmas+stash+n+goods+072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ta Da !! a length of cute bunting only about 2 foot long. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-anM3htvOqDk/TpVwfC49ErI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/PK8fHy2HV7s/s1600/xmas+stash+n+goods+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-anM3htvOqDk/TpVwfC49ErI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/PK8fHy2HV7s/s320/xmas+stash+n+goods+012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RHQ7VcWPoNk/TpVvKUdPIlI/AAAAAAAAAHY/neKJ2rj9-pk/s1600/xmas+stash+n+goods+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RHQ7VcWPoNk/TpVvKUdPIlI/AAAAAAAAAHY/neKJ2rj9-pk/s320/xmas+stash+n+goods+013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of lovely vintage inspired colours and patterns,in papers and fabrics </div><div style="text-align: center;">with lots of embelishing stash.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've got lots of ideas in my head for cards, bunting, </div><div style="text-align: center;">photo display gifts and much more.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've also got lots of Knitting and crochet to do too. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The papercraft is my day job and I needlecraft in the</div><div style="text-align: center;"> evenings watching telly ( well listening to it really).</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is some of my stash;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MdqMDLQeG0s/TpV1REE1yJI/AAAAAAAAAIY/G1z5LFj25-4/s1600/yarn+stash+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MdqMDLQeG0s/TpV1REE1yJI/AAAAAAAAAIY/G1z5LFj25-4/s320/yarn+stash+001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is going to be turned into scarves, wristwarmers, lavender bags, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">corsages and more I hope, if I have time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Mandi Madehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02905412696018852658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783316202351197818.post-74622507475478248902011-09-09T17:04:00.000+01:002011-09-09T17:04:55.991+01:00Back to Blogging at last<div style="text-align: center;">Finally I have the chance to blog. I've been very busy over the school holidays, I never seemed to be at home long enough. So this is going to be a bit of a long one.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We took our caravan to Normandy for 2 weeks and we were very lucky to pick the 2 best weeks for weather.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wasn't idle while I was there, when the others were swimming or maybe even resting I was busy making lovely little things from Rico essentials cotton in lots of lovely colours.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jz88zzEY0ks/Tmog1rIUGII/AAAAAAAAAF0/14Z7U5i6q10/s1600/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jz88zzEY0ks/Tmog1rIUGII/AAAAAAAAAF0/14Z7U5i6q10/s200/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+034.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I made flower corsages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-00kfJc-MORI/TmohkpXJhqI/AAAAAAAAAF8/vQW3UgbTvWQ/s1600/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-00kfJc-MORI/TmohkpXJhqI/AAAAAAAAAF8/vQW3UgbTvWQ/s320/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ngl-kUKl3IQ/Tmohdp0qGAI/AAAAAAAAAF4/Jz5QKREnygc/s1600/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ngl-kUKl3IQ/Tmohdp0qGAI/AAAAAAAAAF4/Jz5QKREnygc/s320/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The idea for these came from Lucy at <a href="http://www.attic24.typepad.com/">Attic 24</a> I made them in a cotton DK, put very bright buttons in the middle then mounted them onto a disk of felt and stitched on a brooch pin. I can't remember where I got the rose pattern but there are many to be found on the free pattern sites.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nRbB8Sxuhjw/Tmoh-TUg4PI/AAAAAAAAAGM/46EncFuc9Yc/s1600/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nRbB8Sxuhjw/Tmoh-TUg4PI/AAAAAAAAAGM/46EncFuc9Yc/s320/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+003.JPG" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also made some phone or camera socks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I had a go and here they are.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zclVf4Z_kBk/TmoiZn81mpI/AAAAAAAAAGc/wekm1x0WrUc/s1600/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zclVf4Z_kBk/TmoiZn81mpI/AAAAAAAAAGc/wekm1x0WrUc/s1600/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zclVf4Z_kBk/TmoiZn81mpI/AAAAAAAAAGc/wekm1x0WrUc/s320/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+017.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Et1lAfGlhE/TmoifyUvCmI/AAAAAAAAAGg/hT05gZUKBRA/s1600/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Et1lAfGlhE/TmoifyUvCmI/AAAAAAAAAGg/hT05gZUKBRA/s320/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+018.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ssGmX6ng8LM/TmoijlZZ8oI/AAAAAAAAAGk/MdhS-2NMZFo/s1600/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ssGmX6ng8LM/TmoijlZZ8oI/AAAAAAAAAGk/MdhS-2NMZFo/s320/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+021.JPG" width="312" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vyDfu3VyWh4/TmoiqC_XaBI/AAAAAAAAAGo/Z2gBMeRo7Xo/s1600/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vyDfu3VyWh4/TmoiqC_XaBI/AAAAAAAAAGo/Z2gBMeRo7Xo/s320/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-80c3UjB9FUQ/TmoitkVHyaI/AAAAAAAAAGs/QA5keZV-KT8/s1600/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-80c3UjB9FUQ/TmoitkVHyaI/AAAAAAAAAGs/QA5keZV-KT8/s320/crochet+coursages+etc+and+new+threads+020.JPG" style="cursor: move;" unselectable="on" width="252" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Successful I think.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rest of the school holidays flew by, getting Kate's GCSE and AS results ( she's now passed 13 with A* to C's, we're very proud), getting her fitted out for 6th form, no uniform now so many more outfits needed. Also getting Oliver new shoes, which also cost me 2 new T-shirts in Animal while we were there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did find some time to do more cards and other gifts ready for the <a href="http://kitschandstitchfair.blogspot.com/">Kitch and Stitch Fare</a> that was held in Cranbrook on 3rd September.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had previously bought a little old orange pine cupboard in a charity shop. I painted it, distressed it then decoupaged it with lovely vintage flowers, fruit and butterflies, and turned it into a jewelry chest. I added some hooks inside for neclaces etc and the mesh front can be used for hanging earings. Then there are 2 little draws at the bottom for other bits n bobs.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hYag7NyaLVg/Tmozt7RVbSI/AAAAAAAAAGw/_hy1W64sBrM/s1600/371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hYag7NyaLVg/Tmozt7RVbSI/AAAAAAAAAGw/_hy1W64sBrM/s1600/371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hYag7NyaLVg/Tmozt7RVbSI/AAAAAAAAAGw/_hy1W64sBrM/s320/371.JPG" width="297" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TeecSxh62Gg/Tmoz350aPRI/AAAAAAAAAG0/_f3XAfJtg8c/s1600/374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TeecSxh62Gg/Tmoz350aPRI/AAAAAAAAAG0/_f3XAfJtg8c/s320/374.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My sister Debbie from <a href="http://www.prettygoods.co.uk/">Pretty Goods</a> passes on to me bags of fabric scraps left over from her beautiful creations and I put them to good use in my collages and other creations. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few picture frames I made from charity shop frames, painted and distressed then scraps of fabrics and lace patchworked together and used for the mounts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_zXDv6B8qVQ/Tmo2hcP5IEI/AAAAAAAAAG4/gyoQMURmVyQ/s1600/328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_zXDv6B8qVQ/Tmo2hcP5IEI/AAAAAAAAAG4/gyoQMURmVyQ/s320/328.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Mandi Madehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02905412696018852658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783316202351197818.post-3536820821726735682011-07-05T17:21:00.000+01:002011-07-05T17:21:40.431+01:00New trials and creations.<div style="text-align: center;">I saw some fabulously coloured cotton double knitting thread </div><div style="text-align: center;">in a sale recently so I had to buy a stash.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a few crochet coursages I created on my first fiddle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> More pretty lovelies to follow I hope.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few photo's of my cards and framed creations on the stool</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-igm2aWCaTOc/ThM0b-twe4I/AAAAAAAAAEg/Wrx9fbX6-Xc/s1600/100_0131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-igm2aWCaTOc/ThM0b-twe4I/AAAAAAAAAEg/Wrx9fbX6-Xc/s320/100_0131.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(my sister Debbie in the background)</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Both frames will be available at the vintage jolly saturday</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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framed in an embroidery ring.<br />
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Some cards made from vintage lace, recycled fabrics and hand crotcheted flowers<br />
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<div>The Gordon House Hotel</div><br />
<div>91 High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1LX</div><div> </div><div>Come and see my stall and all my new cards and gifts. Lots of other lovely stalls too.</div>Mandi Madehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02905412696018852658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783316202351197818.post-59262627099160174262011-05-02T16:42:00.000+01:002011-05-02T16:42:52.352+01:00Beautiful colours for a crotchet blanket and work so far<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MUQt86ckjRs/Tb7QxBpK0MI/AAAAAAAAADU/wSQzteTKJzw/s1600/cards+etc+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MUQt86ckjRs/Tb7QxBpK0MI/AAAAAAAAADU/wSQzteTKJzw/s320/cards+etc+002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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