HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR......

Have a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year

from

YOUR CRAFT BOOK

SPUN COTTON TUTORIAL......

This has been my most ambitious craft tutorial to date!

Wonderful Victorian style spun cotton baby & cradle.

 

I love this sweet baby face......

The detailed step by step tutorial can be bought from my Etsy store YOUR CRAFT BOOK click HERE for details......

RETRO REVIVAL......

Everything retro seems to be the thing at the moment.  From the fifties onwards all is new again.  These images capture the charm of the 1950s Pin Up, wonderful to look at, impossible to attain, though many tried. my mother included!




The Barbie doll was invented in the late fifties and you can certainly see the iconic Barbie in these wonderful vintage female forms.

 



Sex appeal had a certain naive charm unlike today!



The 1950s Pin Up Girl!

Happily found on calenders all around the country in the early fifties.  Enjoy my homage to this wonderful era!

You can purchase these images HERE at my Etsy store YOUR CRAFT BOOK.

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL......

A very Merry Christmas to everyone.  May your day be filled with love, family, friends as you celebrate the birthday of Our Lord Jesus Christ......

ANGELS......



Inspirational stories of Angels in our daily lives



I just wanted to take a moment to introduce you to a wonderful writer called CINDY ADKINS.  Cindy has been producing ebooks for a while now and is a multiple Best Seller on Amazon.

ANGELS AT MY DOOR is so perfect for the Christmas season that I wanted to give it a mention on my blog.  This ebook is available HERE.

Cindy has certainly been an angel in my life and for that I am eternally grateful.  Take a moment from your day to sit down with a cup of coffee, a slice of cake and read some inspirational angel stories, enjoy!

To visit her excellent blog WHIMSICAL MUSINGS click HERE I know Cindy will be pleased you called, say hello from me!

Featured Artist CINDERELLA MOMENTS......



'Someday My Prince Will Come Dollhouse'





The perfect romantic tower waiting for it's Princess




Beautiful pale blue shutters! I can just imagine peeking out from this window looking for the arrival of my Prince.




The open back showcasing the beautifully crafted details

 

I am so happy to showcase my first featured artist CAROLINE of SHOP CINDERELLA MOMENTS.  Caroline is fast developing a reputation for creating one of a kind doll houses that we could only dream of owning when we were little girls.

Every dollhouse created by SHOP CINDERELLA MOMENTS is more beautiful than the last.  Take a moment to visit and you will not be disappointed.

You can buy CAROLINE'S dollhouses HERE.

You never know you might find your own one of a kind dream dollhouse just waiting there for you......  Though I cannot guarantee the Prince!

HAPPY TO SHARE......

I just wanted to take a moment to share with you this lovely Santa spun cotton ornament that was made by a lady called Pat.

Pat purchased from me two of my spun cotton tutorials and has gone on to create some wonderful holiday ornaments. I cannot thank Pat enough for all of the encouraging comments that she has sent to me and also the wonderful photographs of her creations.

I hope that Pat continues to enjoy this fulfilling craft, thank you again for sharing!

SANTA COLLECTION......





Handmade paper mache boxes

  



Vintage Santa collection

 


KD Vintage Santa's





Our family tree



I just thought I would take a moment to share some of my holiday decorations and Santa collectables with you.

You can see from my collection that I am a tradionalist at heart.  For me the shades of red and green evoke the feeling of childhood and family. 

Enjoy this sneek peek and have a wonderful holiday season.

SPUN COTTON DOLLS......



Spun cotton doll displayed with a vintage 1950s Pretty Maid Kitchen

 


Close up detail of spun cotton doll

 


Wonderful mint condition 1950s Wolverine Pink Tin Hutch

 


Time for tea!

What better way to display your spun cotton creations than with vintage doll toys from the 1950s.  Have fun coming up with your own pretty vignettes!

For full detailed step by step instructions of these Paper Dolls please be sure to visit our Etsy store http://www.yourcraftbook.etsy.com/





HOW TO MAKE A SPUN COTTON ORNAMENT......

I think it is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, cool air and days that are getting shorter.  Just in time for the holiday season are these detailed instructions on how to make a spun cotton Santa figure.  What could be a nicer way to start the holiday season off than making your own special Christmas decoration and not something massed produced from China.

Enjoy creating many different Santa's from this great tutorial and have fun changing the faces, colors and trims.

Have a great holiday and Christmas season and enjoy!


Full instructions on how to make this Victorian Style Santa available at my Etsy store http://www.yourcraftbook.etsy.com/

BURLAP FABRIC DIGITAL TRANSFERS......

CRAFTING OPTIONS FOR THESE IMAGE TRANSFERS:

Tea Towels
Tote Bags
Tags
Cards
Invitations
Lampshades
Wall Art
Fabric Quilting Blocks
Pillows
Feedsacks
Burlap
Linen
Metis
Cotton
Canvas
Napkins
Water Slide Decals
Self Stick Labels
Steampunk
Scrapbooking
Journals - have fun coming up with more crafting options.

These images has been scanned at a high resolution and are a minimum of 300dpi. These images are suitable for U.S Paper size and also for A4 printing. Feel free to reduce the image size if you choose for your craft project.They look wonderful printed onto burlap, French metis. canvas, cotton and linen.
Many of the designs come to you in multiple color choices of BLACK, ANTIQUE RED, FRENCH BLUE OR SEPIA.

To buy a digital download please click HERE.

SPUN COTTON DOLL......

This sweet vintage inspired mixed media spun cotton doll was such a joy to create.  I have been making spun cotton figures for two or three years now and have really enjoyed the process of coming up with an easy way and strong way to make them.

Once you have created your own pretty spun cotton doll you can customize the face with members of your family, a dear daughter, sister or niece.  The choice is yours!

I have included in this detailed tutorial lots of clear and precise photographs to make the process easier.  Clear written instructions are also included plus templates and faces for the dolls in case you do not want to customize them.  Enjoy!


The instructions are now available at my Etsy store which www.yourcraftbook.etsy.com

NEW DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CUPID COLLECTION......

This pretty shabby chic collection features pale Robin's egg blue and soft pale pink as the two main colors.  There is also a wonderful antique Victorian German die cut cupid and Catherine Klein rose decorating this set.

Come and see the rest of the set here http://www.arosewithoutathorn.etsy.com/

BANNER FREEBIE......



Click on image to enlarge and right mouse click to save......





Cut outside side of the lines with pinking sheers and you will get a pretty white decorative border, enjoy! Use in your crafting projects but remember they cannot be sold as digital images or on digital collage sheets

 

This is a pretty give away for you to use in your home crafting projects.  This pretty bunting has been created with the summer in mind.  There are all the colors of a pretty summer's day with blue skies, pink roses and sweet floral flower beds.

I hope that you create something pretty for your home.  These images are a high resolution and you will be able to enlarge the bunting and not loose any quality.

Have fun!

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WHAT ARE YOUR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS

Dreams and aspirations, we all have them and like so many of our dreams they get locked away for another day. 

Well my dream and aspiration is become a craft book writer, when I first had the idea five years ago it was very much a dream in the distant future.  I had always my whole life created and crafted things from an early dolls house to little people made with the old clothes pegs.  For my sister and I there was nothing better than getting our hands covered in paint and glue.

For me the craft book tutorials that you will find on this blog are that dream.  Will they sell? will people want to make my creations? Only time will.