Knitting Time

Aside from photography, another hobby of mine is knitting. I usually use big, chunky wool – mainly because I’m a tad impatient and thin wool takes so long to knit up. However, a few months ago I embarked on a cowl using 4 ply. I love the bold colour combined with the delicate pattern. Today …

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Learning to Draw!

This blog post is a little break away from the usual photography.  In January I started to attend an 8-week painting class run as part of the Edinburgh Adult Learning programme.  It has really motivated me to start drawing as well as to begin to learn how to use watercolours.  There are so many forms of …

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Time to Make my Christmas Cards

For at least the past 5 years I’ve made all of the Christmas Cards that I’ve sent to friends and family.  I wasn’t convinced I would have time to do the same this year because my Masters Dissertation has taken over my life somewhat.  Thankfully, the dissertation has now been submitted and life is resuming! …

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Felted Flowers

I spotted this crafty idea on Pinterest and couldn’t wait to try it out.  These ‘flowers’ are made using wet felting and are supposed to look like ‘Billy Buttons’ or ‘Craspedia’.  This is actually the second bunch of felted flowers that I’ve made. The first bunch – in purple – were made as a present …

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Trying Out a New Craft

For Christmas my brother gave me the Cath Kidston “Stitch” book.  As a kid I had a go at cross stitch, but I’ve never really tried tapestry until now.  I do, however, always relish the opportunity to try out new craft so I’ve selected my first project from the book – a bright flowery cushion …

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Growing Things

I’d love to grow some veggies but unfortunately living in our lovely flat means that we don’t have a garden so the best I can do is to try to grow some herbs.  I bought three packets of seeds from the botanic gardens – parsley, thyme & coriander.  We planted them up two weeks ago and …

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Getting crafty

I’m very much enjoying learning how to use my camera and showing the results on here. Recently, however, I’ve been spreading my wings a little further afield. I’ve started making a range of greeting cards and gift tags with the hope of selling them far and wide. James has set up my new website (www.bethmakes.com) …

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Cupcakes

After watching the Grand Prix this afternoon, James and I got our chef hats on and baked some rather tasty cupcakes. It was fun but it didn’t quite go to plan – first they look absolutely nothing like the picture in the recipe book, and secondly we thought we were making 12 cakes but we …

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