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Knitting Needle Metric-US-UK Size Conversion Chart

15 July 2011

Metric (mm) UK US 2.0 mm 14 0 2.25 mm 13 1 2.5 mm 12 1 2.75 mm 12 2 3 mm 11 3 3.25 mm 10 3 3.5 mm 9 4 3.75 mm 9 5 4 mm 8 6 4.25 mm 7 6 4.5 mm 6 7 5 mm 5 8 5.5 mm 4 [...]

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My Latest Personalised New Baby Gift

1 April 2011

Recently, a relative and a friend of mine have both had new babies. I decided to create the same personalised new baby gift for them both using my Bernina embroidery machine, by adding names to some 100% cotton towels.  In both cases, they have older ‘toddler’ siblings, so thought it only fair to make some [...]

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How To Get Started At Single Page Scrapbooking

14 January 2011

So you want to have a go at Scrapbooking but don’t know where to start? You may have a colour scheme in mind, a subject you want to cover or know which photo’s you want to use but that’s as far as you’ve got and could spend ages pushing pieces of paper around without actually [...]

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Mother’s Day Card Making Inspiration

8 January 2011

Looking for some Mother’s Day Card Making ideas? Craft Creations is UK based company who not only supply craft materials, but also publish a quarterly magazine. Whilst browsing their website, I recently found a page where they provide links to back catalogues of their craft magazine. They are all older than 12 months (if you [...]

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Crafting with Kids – Your 7 Step Mini Guide

3 January 2011

Depending on how you approach crafting with kids it can either be fun or quite stressful. From a very young age, arts and crafts are a great way to engage your child, spending quality time with them whilst developing their motor skills.  It should be a rewarding and memorable experience for both of you. Here [...]

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Die-Cut Christmas 3D Decoupage for 2011

28 December 2010

I love to make my own cards, but with my eldest boy starting school in September, the build up to Christmas 2010 was a blur & I was not at all prepared in terms of Christmas Cards. Disappointingly, I made less than half a dozen. So this is why I now find myself already thinking [...]

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Example Sympathy Card Messages

16 December 2010

Making your own sympathy card adds a very special personal touch when passing on your condolences to a friend or family member following the loss of a loved one. It’s not always that easy however, to come up with the sympathy card wording that goes inside. So here are a few sample sympathy card messages [...]

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