Month: July 2015

Card making

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That was a really fun morning.  Edna had done a fabulous job of putting together little kits so we could launch straight in to assembling our first cards.

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This was mine.  I think it worked pretty well.  If only all bees had so many flowers to choose from!

Then we were let loose to experiment both with things Edna had prepared and with other bits and pieces the rest of us had brought along.

I came up with this design featuring blue tentacles and falling leaves.  I’m not sure what I’ll do with it, but I really like it 🙂

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I definitely have to get working on what to do for next time, everyone seemed to like the idea of bracelets so I’ll start with those and see what we end up with.

Ramsey Crafters

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It’s the first proper meeting of Ramsey Crafters today.  I hoping we get a few new faces coming along to join us and it’s not just the five of us who started the group, but even if it is it will be fun to get together and make something lovely.

Edna is going to show us some card making techniques today, I’ve made a few cards in the past but it’s not something I’m especially good at so I’m looking forward to learning a bit more about how it should be done.

It’s my turn for a demo next time, it’s going to be something jewellery related but I really haven’t decided quite what to do as yet.  I think I need to have a rummage through all my beads and findings and see what I have available.  It doesn’t want to be anything too tricky since we only have a couple of hours, but it does want to be something nice.   I’ll probably take along a load of random bits and pieces so people can have a play if they get finished quickly as well.

Ramsey Crafters

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I just realised that I haven’t said anything here about the craft group!

After the Craftworks course finished most of us wanted to keep on meeting up and crafting together, and working together to do stalls and craft fairs.  As a result, on Monday five of us got together and set up Ramsey Crafters.

We’re going to have craft sessions every two weeks which should be fun, and we’re talking about maybe organising a Craft fair in the run up to Christmas.

My role is the computer stuff and some PR.  I’ve written an ad for the local magazine and sent off an application for some funding to help us get going.  I’ve also set up a basic website and facebook group which I need to get photos for asap so it looks a bit prettier. The craft stall tomorrow is our first proper event and I’m hoping we make enough money to fund the first few meetings at least.

It’s a lovely group of people and I’m hopeful that it will inspire me to keep making and selling.

Busy busy busy

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It’s my day off today – which of course means I shall be busy all day getting things ready for a craft fair tomorrow.  There are so many things I still want to make, and I need to do the labelling and work out how to display everything I’ve already made.  Just to add to the fun I get to see darling daughter this evening and darling son arrives for the weekend soon after that

At the moment my to do list looks like this:

  • Kitten earrings & bracelets – at least another dozen
  • Add wires to the sides of a mirror for hanging the earrings
  • Make more flowery headbands – another 6 would be great
  • Assemble artwork into cards and sleeves
  • Frame Tracy’s pictures
  • Make another 2 – 4 art canvasses
  • Sort out table clothes,
  • laminate the letters and assemble Ramsey Crafters banner
  • make flyers for the craft group
  • pack car
  • assemble picnic stuffs and drinks for tomorrow
  • Go have dinner with Vicci
  • Collect Dale from train station
  • Make price tags and labels
  • Sort through everything left over from last stall and check labels etc

Better get on with it then!

Flowery headbands

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I’m trying to decide how to price these headbands.  They’re made from bits and pieces I had laying around so I have no idea what the materials actually cost.  They don’t take long to make and I’m actually doing them while between tasks on my actual job so I’m already being paid for my time.   I’m thinking they should be cheap and cheerful as I like the idea of kids wearing them at the Craft market /summer festival I’m going to this weekend.  What would you expect to pay for something like this?

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Working

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I’ve got some extra office work for a few months.

For once it’s actually something a bit more interesting and creative than general admin.  I’m working for an agronomist doing soil analysis zoning.

It looks really interesting.  They use geophysical surveys and satellite images to collect data about fields and my job is to use that data to define zones within the field.  They then take samples from each zone which are sent off to a lab for analysis. The agronomists and farmers then use that data to decide exactly what fertilizers are needed in each area for optimum results.

From my perspective it looks a lot like trying to convert photographs or pictures into cross stitch charts or simplifying them into bands of colour for artwork.  So it should be kind of fun 🙂