Category Archives: Crafting
Weekend Project {Heart Heat Pack}
Well I am here for another Weekend Project, Shock Horror I made it back for a second week. This week has been one where I have been hurting in various different ways split between my knees back and stomach so I have been very thankful for our house’s large supply of heat packs. Although currently my knee pack has been… Read more »
How Pinteresting…
Check out this infographic on the hurricanes and tropical storms since 1851. Source: theatlanticcities.com via Pippa on Pinterest This dress is a free pattern from the V&A museums website. How simply gorgeous is this: Source: dressaday.com via Pippa on Pinterest Check out this Dolman sleeved Tshirt Transformation. I have actually completed this one although the waist needs to be a… Read more »
Weekend Project {Stencilled Trousers} How To
Ok so here we go with how to make the stencilled trousers. 1) Collect Supplies. make sure you have all your supplies, see the previous post for a list of these. 2) Make Your Stencil. If you are using a pre cut stencil you can skip these steps. I made my own stencil out of a sheet of plastic from… Read more »
Weekend Project {Stencilled Trousers}
I have decided to try a new series on Beads and Barnacles called Weekend Projects. Today I am going to run over the things needed to make these stencilled trousers and post a how to tomorrow. These are more in depth than a lot of my projects and did take a few days to do. Partly because it took me… Read more »
Project Pokemon!
A slightly more unusual project for me this time. Which could be quite difficult. A friend of mine is having a Pokemon themed 21st birthday. So I am making myself and one of my friends some costumes. His Costume: Vaporean My costume: Rapidash So this will be some experimenting with papermache and interfacing… Slightly challenging but I hope it will… Read more »
Using your scraps.
I quite often find, as I presume everyone else does as well, that when I’m working on a project I get left with lots of offcuts and scrap pieces of fabric. They’re sometimes large enough to use in another project which is good. But if they’re slightly more bizarre shapes, or too small then I don’t really want to waste… Read more »
Card Holder Tutorial
Well I have to say I normally find my inspiration for projects on other peoples blogs or on stumbleupon and this one is no exception. I came across a lovely tutorial on Blue Cricket Design but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be there anymore. But there was also this other tutorial on ‘my so called green life’. So I decided make… Read more »
Yoga Pants Mini Tutorial
Edit: Unfortunately the images in this post have decided to disappear completely and at the moment I can’t find them anywhere. Sorry. I suppose these would be classed as Yoga Pants, but as I don’t do Yoga and am English so resent calling trousers pants I am not going to refer to them as that again. I allowed myself to… Read more »
Lace Top
Edit: Unfortunately the images in this post have decided to disappear completely and I can’t find them anywhere. Sorry. Well today I decided that I would finally make a top out of the lace I have had sitting in my stash for a while now. This took me an hour from deciding I was going to make it to the… Read more »