HS.Hannah Stothard | Web Designer & Front End Web Developer

i love arty crafty things, making websites, interiors, travelling & growing my own veg.

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Dec 2011

Christmas Markets in Vienna

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To get in the festive spirit, we spent the weekend in Vienna sightseeing and exploring the numerous christmas markets.
There were plenty of markets to explore and being crafty I wanted to see all of them. There were some really nice stools with unique hand crafted items although I have to say I was slightly disappointed to see similar items across all the markets. It seemed a shame that there wasn’t more hand crafted items and less mass produced. Having said that I enjoyed every minute of it. Below are a few pictures of my favourite stools.

Vienna Christmas Markets
Decorated biscuits

Vienna Christmas Markets
Vienna Christmas Markets
More yummy biscuits

Vienna Christmas Markets
Marzipan balls

Vienna Christmas Markets
Cheeses and Hams

Vienna Christmas Markets
Christmas decorations

Vienna Christmas Markets
Pretzel pastries

Vienna Christmas Markets
Candle holders

Vienna Christmas Markets
The largest of all the markets – Rathaus

Oct 2011

Renegade Craft Fair, London 2011

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This weekend I went to the Renegade Craft Fair on Brick Lane. It was their first ever London event and it was brilliant. Its one of the best craft fairs I have been to in a long time. Every single stool was full of really nice handmade things. All the crafts were modern and really reasonably priced. I had to hold back the temptation to spend lots of money.


Chalk signpost for the fair



Stools

There was a free felt making class courtsey of The Make Lounge. The Make Lounge do a variety of evening classes that I have always fancied doing. Hopefully one day I will get round to doing a real one :) It was my first attempt at felting and I quite enjoyed it although the little fox I made must have taken an hour in total. Felting involves jabbing a needle repeatedly into hair like material until it starts to matt together. You shape your creation by turning the matted felt and making some areas denser than others.

Sep 2011

New Baby Cookies

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My best friend has just given birth to a little baby boy, so I decided to have a go at making some iced cookies to give her as a gift.

New Baby Cookies

I followed this recipe: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/scary_halloween_cookies_86970

Jun 2011

Art, Craft and Sculpture Fair at Hylands Park

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This weekend Hylands Park hosted an Art, Craft and Sculpture fair. Unlike other fairs I’ve been to recently, I was really impressed. There were multiple tents with lots of different craft demonstrations. See below some pics of my favourites.

I think the most impressive of all the crafts I saw at the fair had to be this one. Paul Hornby delicately cuts away at old coins to create intricate jewellery. It was just fascinating to watch.

Another of my favourites was Martin Green and his Victorian circular knitting machine. With the twirl of a handle the machine quickly churned out meters of knitting. Its fascinating to see old machinery preserved and still in use today.

The guys from Stokes of England gave me an excellent demonstration of heating up iron and shaping it on the anvil.

I loved seeing the wood carvers with their chain saws carving away at big chunks of wood. It really is a great skill to be able to carve using a chain saw, you would think that you would struggle to get such precision.

Jun 2011

30 Days of Creativity

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I have decided to participate in 30 Days of Creativity. Its a great idea to get the social community creating and sharing every day for the whole month of June. Unfortunately Ive come across this little challenge a week in, so I am a little behind. But hey its better late than never. I plan to publish my daily creations as a weekly installment so stay posted :)

Mar 2011

Stitch and Craft Show

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This weekend I visited the Stitch and Craft show at Olympia. I was hoping to find some wool for a throw and cushion I intend on making for my bedroom but the show seemed to be heavily dominated by cross stitching stools and there wasn’t a very wide selection of wools to pick from. It was worth attending and I quite liked the decopage stool pictured above,  but I would have liked to see more stools like this.