Green is for pretty

I wanted to try a themed type of scrapbooking. The theme being green. I found the cute gnome picture from a magazine and had the rest in paper, washi tape and stickers. Overall, I am quite pleased with the result.

#scrapbooking #green #gnome

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Crocheting my first blanket

So I decided that crocheting animals etc is pretty stressful. Not really stressful but not relaxing. A cool end result but I wanted to find something to crochet where I didn’t have to count the stitches or focus on the different type of stitches. So I decided to crochet a simple blanket. I just wanted to use a small amount of stitches and not count them. I didn’t want to do anything fancy. But I still wanted to crochet. I believe if I could find something to stitch that I could just relax doing than it was worth it. I started googling a simply blanket planet using single crochet stitch. And I found one. It’s simple start off with the first row with a chain stitch and then turn it over and do the rest with a single crochet stitch. Brilliant. So I started crocheting a baby blanket. It didn’t work out. The sides were uneven and the blanket was all different lengths. So I googled and realised after I do a row of single crochet stitches, I have to do one chain stitch at the end before ...

Paint by numbers revival

For a few years, a few years ago (lol), I did some paint by numbers. I really enjoyed the painting and the end result looks amazing. I have quite a lot of hobbies now and my last two paint by numbers I never finished. I think because some of the paint had dried, because I left the painting too long at times and the other painting I just didn’t enjoy the picture, so they didn’t get completed. I then got distracted with new hobbies such as diamond painting, which is similar to paint by numbers. With diamond painting you match the drill to the number to create a picture. However, I have redecorated my home and put up my finished paint by numbers. So I decided to try another one. A few years ago, I had to buy the wooden frame with the canvas and build it together but now you have the option to buy a ready frame, where the company puts the frame and canvas together for you. My most recent purchase is this beautiful image: If you are interested, please find the ...

My AliExpress wish list for diamond painting

Image via: pixabay.com *Please note this post uses affiliate links* If you love diamond painting, here is diamond painting inspiration that you may fall in love with. This is currently on my AliExpress Wishlist: For those who love Disney and especially Stitch, look no further than here: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DCaPBd9 If you want to try something challenging, try this balloon diamond painting with lots of colours: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DdqlrCT For cute Winnie the Pooh, look here: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DE2aXN5 OMG and if you love unicorns like me, you will love this: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DeN8SA7 For something different why not try this: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DeuHBEX I have this exact same panda from paint by numbers so I want to try it as a diamond painting: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Dc6V3SX This elephant is super cute: https://s.click.aliexpress.co...

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