Craft Time...

Morning,
I'm stepping in to Lynda's spot today as she is out and about today and has been a very busy lady of late.
I thought I'd talk a bit more about my craft journey.
As a child I loved nothing more than to make keepsake cards and gifts for family and friends.
Interestingly we have recently been clearing out at my late mum and dad's property and I have come across many of the cards I made for them which they kept.
I'll have to upload some pictures in my next post.
I still do make special gifts and cards for family and friends, like many of us crafters do.
About 6 years ago I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work on various design teams.
I couldn't believe that I'd progressed from a casual crafter to one who had the privilege of being on craft companies DT;s!
I was an awesome experience and still is!
Seeing my work on TV gave me a huge buzz and still does with the teams I'm currently on.
It's interesting to see how our work develops over the years as we learn different techniques and are inspired by changing trends and styles.
About 6 years ago I started decorating CD's and turning them into clocks, I rapidly got know as "The Clock Lady" and wherever I went people would say "Oh I know you, you're the Clock Lady."
They didn't know me by name just "The Clock Lady" Lol!
Hence the name of my original blog which I called Craft Time.
The CD clocks are something I know many, many followers have enjoyed doing too and I do still make these clocks from time to time.
In fact I made one recently for my daughter's birthday which I will have to share, I haven't had chance to photograph it yet.
I have made so many different clocks for all sorts of occasions using varying themes for craft projects, DT and personal as well as for gifts.
Today I thought I'd share a very few going back to 2012 where it all started, hope you enjoy...
Have a great day...Karen x

Playing , Poppies and a Big Hello from Lynda

Hello there! I am so thrilled to have been invited to be a part of the Craft Show Crafty Bloggers team and am delighted to be sharing my first post with you all.

If you’ve read my little biography on here you will know that I craft as a hobby rather than professionally as a business. I love my quiet moments spent at my craft table, which resides in the corner of my work playroom.  It is by far my favourite room in our usually hectic  home- a place of fun for the children that  I childmind by day, and for me a little haven of crafty heaven where I too can lose myself and ‘play’ during the evenings and weekends, splashing paint about on mixed media work, making cards, scrapbooking or doing whatever else takes my fancy.  I’m very much looking forward to sharing the products of my play sessions and some general crafty chat with you in the coming weeks and hope you enjoy it too.  I have no doubt I will also be sharing some of my young buddies creative exploits as well as they also love my little corner and raiding all my stash and it makes me so happy to see the next generation of crafters in the making .

My little crafty corner

With that in mind,  I thought I would kick start my time as a Crafty Blogger  by telling you about a great crafting session I had with some local kids last week. I was invited to share my creative know how with my daughters scout troop and teach them how to make poppies from recycled bottles to contribute towards the upcoming WW1 Centenary commemorations.  Kids and craft- my two favourite things so I couldn’t refuse now could I?

I was working with around 16 energetic youngsters and they worked so hard and made some amazing poppies. I never expected so many to emerge in the hour or so we had but they were on a serious mission! It was so lovely to see them working together ,enjoying being creative and contributing to such an important occasion.

 The technique was simple if you fancy having a go too.  Simply cut the base off of clear bottles and form a rough  flower shape.  Colour with permanent markers ( sharpies are best. I didn’t have many to hand though and so we used my promarkers, which did the job a treat but took longer to dry- and I cannot lie, yes, I was very nervous handing over my precious, expensive,  colouring pens to a group of exuberant kids. They were however  very respectful of them and every pen survived to colour another day thankfully. Phew!  ) . Then comes the fun part and the bit the scouts loved the best- melting the petals! Hold the flower over a tea light and gently melt around the edges to soften the plastic and shape the petals.  I advise opening a window, especially if doing them in the quantity that we did as it can get a little potent smelling. 

It was a brilliant evening and we had so much fun.  I think they would look just as good in an array of colours for a Spring/Summer display too. I think that may well be a future project for the children I care for . It would really brighten up our playroom if we hang them in the windows as sun catchers don’t you think?

And just before I go, I will share a little inky poppy project of my own that I made recently using Distress Oxides and stamps.  I hope you like it.

Have a great week. 

Bye for now.

Lynda 

x

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Do you run a craft group or workshop that you would like mentioned on our show?...
It can be a group of absolutely any size featuring any craft, a regular craft meet amongst friends, crafting with cake, coffee and chat or a larger group that you run, we want to hear from you!

Pop over to our Facebook page leave a photo of your happy, smiley group telling us where it is held and how often you meet, it doesn't have to be a that frequent, even every few months is fine.
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I am owner of Minnie Muse  and we run all sorts of classes and craft sessions, including one to one's, and demo's for social groups and events...
These sessions are mainly run in Kent, where we are based and in Surrey where our crafting started originally.
Community crafting, crafting for therapy, team building sessions or individuals wanting to learn a specific techniques or enjoy dedicated craft time.
Tailored to suit requirements and budgets at designated venues or those arranged by us.

A recent Minnie Muse class at a local community meeting place in Kent with a few regular ladies who are also now good friends.

Now The Craft Show look forward to hearing from you and your group and hearing about what crafts  you do...

All ready to go...

 Some of the fabulous artwork along the way

Share your Spring makes

Morning,

We could all do with a good dose of sunshine so here at The Craft Show we thought that sharing Spring makes night tempt the sun to shine...
We would love you to upload your Spring makes to our Facebook page to share inspiration and our love of craft.
We will then be uploading them here on the blog with your blog/website/social media link if you add one to your post.

Here are a couple of class samples I recently made, hope you feel inspired to share...crafty hugs Karen...x