Wednesday, 20 April 2011

BLOWING EGGS

I've not blogged since Christmas! its about time I said hello again, so thought I might give a little crafty lesson.
My Mum taught me how to do this when I was little, I seem to remember it being much harder, maybe its because I had smaller cheeks back then who knows.

This is a nice thing to do over Easter, paint eggs, decorate them with pretty things, I'm just going to show you how to empty your eggs without cracking them.





STEP 1. The things you need - an egg or two, an egg cup or something similar to hold egg up,a needle, something to tap the needle like a knife nothing too big or you might end up smashing the egg, and a bowl to empty the contents of the egg in too.




STEP 2. Place your egg in the cup - then get your needle and make a hole in the top of your egg i say the smaller end of the egg is best but it doesn't matter, this only needs to be a pin hole!





STEP 3. Turn your egg upside down - now do the same on the bottom of the egg, this time the hole needs to be bigger only slightly though mind, do about 3 small holes close to each other then join them together.







STEP 4. Pick up your egg - now with the small hole at the top and the bigger hole at the bottom, and the bowl under your egg blow in to the hole, you may need to clear the bigger hole out slightly if nothing comes out. The bigger the hole the easier it come out its just you don't want a big hole at the bottom of your egg.





STEP 5. You can feel when your egg is empty and nothing more is coming out, i would now get a bit of water in to your egg and slosh it around then blow out the water so your egg is clean.






STEP 6. leave your now empty egg to dry and paint as you wish.
hope it all makes sense


I will upload pics of my egg creations over Easter

Saturday, 30 October 2010

CHRISTMAS



NOT LONG TO GO NOW AND IT WILL BE CHRISTMAS EEEK!!


LOOKING FOR GIFT IDEAS? COME AND TAKE A LOOK ON MY FOLKSY SHOP, I HAVE SOME GREAT GREETINGS CARDS AND LOTS OF LOVELY STOCKING FILLERS.


HAVE A THING ABOUT ME HAVE A THING ABOUT ME
HAVE A THING ABOUT ME HAVE A THING ABOUT ME<br />
HAVE A THING ABOUT ME HAVE A THING ABOUT ME


ALSO WHY NOT CHECK OUT THE REST OF FOLKSY THERE IS SOME BRILLIANT THINGS TO BE FOUND.

Monday, 18 October 2010

Oooo TAPE!

FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW (PROBABLY A LOT LONGER) I HAVE BEEN THINKING I WANT TO GET SOME PERSONALIZED TAPE.THEN WHEN I OPENED UP MY SHOP IN MARCH I THOUGHT OOO I CAN GET SOME HAVE A THING ABOUT ME TAPE - I LIKE MASKING TAPE THE BEST, BUT I CANT SEEM TO FIND ANYWHERE THAT DOES PERSONALIZED MASKING TAPE AND THE OTHER BIG PLASTIC PACKING TYPE TAPE YOU CAN GET DONE, BUT ONLY IF YOU GET A BIG BULK LOAD OF THE STUFF.



I HAVE NOW BECOME VERY OBSESSED WITH THIS STUFF THOUGH - JAPANESE MASKING TAPE
I'M SLOWLY BUILDING UP A FINE COLLECTION OF IT!






SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I WALK IN TO WORK, ON MY WAY UP THE STAIRS I NOTICE A LITTLE PILE OF PERSONALIZED TAPE HOW VERY EXCITING! NOT ONLY WAS IT FUN TAPE BUT IT WAS ROB RYAN TAPE MY SLIGHT OBSESSION WITH TAPE AND MY SLIGHT OBSESSION WITH ROB RYAN ALL ROLLED IN TO ONE, HOW GREAT. SAID TAPE IS CURRENTLY HIDDEN AT WORK SO'S NOT TO GET WASTED.






I HAVE SLOWLY DISCOVERED A WORLD OF GREAT TAPES. AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU CAN GET ALL OF THESE TAPES ON ETSY. I'M ALSO PRETTY SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON OBSESSED WITH TAPE OUT THERE, ENJOY!

Thursday, 30 September 2010

AND THE WINNER IS......

THANK YOU IF YOU ENTERED MY BLOG GIVEAWAY, ITS NICE TO KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE FROM MY SHOP.

SO THIS MORNING I WENT TO WORK WITH A LIST OF NAMES, SCRIBBLED THEM DOWN ON TO SEPARATE BITS OF PAPER THEN MIXED THEM UP AND PICKED ONE.... THE WINNER IS PRESTO BEADS WELL DONE, YOU WIN THE WOODEN HEART PENDANT LET ME KNOW WHERE TO SEND YOUR PRIZE TO AND IT WILL BE ON ITS WAY..









THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE KEEP AND EYE ON THIS BLOG I MIGHT GET GENEROUS AGAIN!

Sunday, 12 September 2010

GIFTAWAY TIME



I HAVE HAD SUCH A VAST AMOUNT OF GREAT GIFTS FOR MY BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THEM (EVEN ONES NOT PICTURED).
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHOW THEM OFF.



A SURPRISE SENT TO ME FROM SWEDEN - A LITTLE HARD BAG, YES ITS HARD! ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE WHAT I CAN FIT IN IT, I WILL FIND A WAY AND A PLACE TO USE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.



A DESIGNER SET OF BOWLS SOMETHING I HAVE SEEN IN SHOPS AND THOUGHT OOOO THAT'S NICE BUT NEVER LET MYSELF HAVE. I SEEM TO LOVE BRIGHTLY COLOURED THINGS AMONGST DULL THINGS, SO THIS WILL LOOK GREAT IN MY NEW KITCHEN(WHEN I GET IT OR IF I GET IT). ALSO WILL BE GREAT FOR BAKING WITH, YUM!


A TRIPOD IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN WANTING AND NEEDING FOR YEARS, SHOULD OF GOT ONE SOONER DUE TO GREAT FRIENDS I HAVE IT NOW!


I HAVE WANTED ONE OF THESE FOR A WHILE BUT NEVER LIKED THE PRICE TAG.


AND THIS TANNED LEATHER BAG IS JUST PERFECT FOR GOING AWAY, THANKS TO MUM AND DAD.

ALSO YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT I HAVE BEEN USING A FISH EYE LENS, GOT THAT TOO.

SO I HAVE BEEN SPOILT ROTTEN THIS YEAR, DUE TO THIS I FANCY A GIVEAWAY.....OR A GIFTAWAY AS I HAVE NOW NAMED IT.

http://www.folksy.com/shops/EASTLANDme - MY SHOP

I'M GONNA GIVE SOMETHING FROM MY FOLKSY SHOP AWAY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL ME WHAT YOU WOULD WANT FROM MY SHOP, WRITE THIS EITHER ON MY BLOG OR ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE, AND FOLLOW ME ON EITHER OF THOSE OR TWITTER OR ALL OF THEM, UP TO YOU.

I WILL DRAW A WINNER OUT OF A HAT, OR GET MY CAT TO CHOOSE ONE OF YOU ON WEDNESDAY THE 29TH SEPTEMBER I WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER AT SOME POINT AFTER THAT.
GOOD LUCK!

Friday, 3 September 2010

ROB RYAN - FOLKSY FRIDAY

So work today was ok, this hairy artist came in called Robert Ryan. His work is amazing, it looks so time consuming and delicate. He's my influence for this weeks folksy friday, I'm sure he has influenced a few bits on folksy too....

http://www.misterrob.co.uk





COSMO CARDS CANDYAPPLE
PIPSQUEEK,S PLESANTCRAFT EMPORIUM QUIET CONTRARY CRAFTS
HAVE A THING ABOUT ME MAGIC ALICE



PRESS ON THE IMAGE YOU LIKE TO GO IN TO SHOP.

Wednesday, 1 September 2010

CROESO Y CYMRU

WELCOME TO WALES

So yeah I went to the beautiful wales last week....

This is an area called Bosherston that I used to go to when I was a kid, still very pretty, its a lovely beach that backs on to Lilly ponds. I swear we used to see glow worms in the dunes at night.(not sure if I imagined that though)