I decorated a couple of eggs as gifts over the easter weekend. I have to say it took a lot longer than I anticipated and quite a few coats of acrylic paint to cover the brown shell. Heres how they worked out…
Apr
2012
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Dec
2011
Christmas Markets in Vienna
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.
Decorated biscuits
More yummy biscuits
Marzipan balls
Cheeses and Hams
Christmas decorations
Pretzel pastries
Candle holders
The largest of all the markets – Rathaus
Oct
2011
Renegade Craft Fair, London 2011
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
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.
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
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
