clartycraft: How time does fly

A friend of mine has just started her own blog and I remembered I used to have one of those - so I had a look - I hadn't realised that it was so long since I had done anything on it, just been too busy I suppose. Discipline in something like this I just don't have and it has been a couple of busy years in other areas of general life. I have however continued to craft - I still don't think I have found a style yet, I just love to experiment and try new techniques. I have been better at posting on to my pinterest board and I notice that some of the things are showing on the sidebar of the blog post.

So I think a review is probably the best thing I can do to get myself going and hopefully start to get back on track with this blogging malarkey.

I think the facebook page that I suggested the Heighley Gate crafters have), so that we don't have to try and remember what we're supposed to be doing and bring the whole crafty stash with us every time) has been reasonably successful - members are becoming less shy about posting their makes which is really good; competitions that we spot can be posted up; events that we see can also be advertised on there so that we don't miss out. It's just such a shame that the craft franchise there isn't as good as it used to be and caters more for children than serious crafters. On the up side, a really good craft shop called the Craft Hive has started in Bedlington and run excellent classes for all sort of classes from beginners crochet and sewing to upcycling old furniture.

My latest experiments have involved the faux leather technique and bookfolding I'm really pleased with the results.