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The Tomte is reputed to safeguard the farmer and his family, as well as the land the farmer owned or worked on against any misfortune. It was especially during the night that the tomte was actively being protective.
Posted in Living Simply
Tagged artist, Christmas, crafts, creative, elf, glass, gnome, Tomte
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Beautiful Mermaid Quilt
Eldest daughter made this for her friend’s birthday. Absolutely beautiful!
Glass Crafts With The Girls
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged art, covid19, crafts, dog, family, girls, glass, Life
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Lap Quilt in Progress
Eldest daughter is working on this Dresden Plate lap quilt for her grandma’s 100th birthday in May. Still trying to choose the colours between the squares. It’s going to look beautiful when it’s finished and mom will love it.
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged art, Beauty, crafts, Dresden plate pattern, happy place, heart, home, inspiration, Life, love, photograph, quilt, sewing, share
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Braided Rug Growing Larger
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged art, braided rug, crafts, happy place, home, inspiration, photograph, rug making, upcycle
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Braiding A Rug – Sewing the Braids together
The long strips of braided fabric are now sewn together into a rug, around and around, adding more strips until the rug is the size you want it to be.
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged art, Beauty, braids, clothes, crafts, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, photograph, recycle, repurpose, rug, sewing
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Another Project Finished
I finally finished the pineapple shawl project. Whew. I’ve been working on it for months, put it away a few times but it’s done. I started it to use up all my embroidery cotton threads that I no longer use. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Simplicity
Tagged cotton, crafts, crochet, finishing, green, inspiration, photograph, pineapple shawl, thread
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Miniature World
A special gift from a friend who created it just for me. Built on part of a branch that fell off an ancient fir tree. Idyllic little world of green, flowers, trees and two sheep there, a tempting little cottage … Continue reading
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged crafts, creative, flowers, garden, gift, green, happy place, inspiration, Life, miniature, nature, needle felting, Peace, photograph, seeing
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Garden Totem
Middle daughter made this garden totem for eldest daughter’s birthday. The blocks spin and you can change the story.
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged bc, Beauty, crafts, garden, handmade, happy place, home, hope, inspiration, Life, nature, photograph, seeing, spring, totem, woodwork
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April Fools
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged April, crafts, crocheted, octopus, photograph, toys
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A Ball of this and a Ball of that
I used up a lots leftover balls of wool for this crocheted vest.
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged clothing, crafts, crocheting, handmade, inspiration, photograph, scraps, share, vest, wool
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Crafts: Sammy Seal
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged crafts, crochet, home, inspiration, photograph, Sammy the seal, seal, toy
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Crafts – Crocheted Mat
I used up most of my old embroidery and cross stitch threads on this mat. I used one teal coloured thread throughout and added to other strands of colour as I went. It was fun making it and I’m enjoying … Continue reading
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged cotton, crafts, crochet, home, inspiration, Life, photograph
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Crafts – Drawstring Bag
Crocheted cotton Drawstring Bags, green and blue. These were fun to make.
Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity
Tagged bags, cotton, crafts, crochet, crocheted, happy place, home, inspiration, photograph, seeing
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