I haven’t always been as crafty as I am now. I learnt to knit when I was young but because my mum wasn’t a great knitter I could only do basic things. I taught myself (through trial and error!) how to do cabling on a jumper. For several years I didn’t do any knitting as …read more!

One of the idea behind that *wonderful* New Year resolution of mine (/sarcasm) was to allow myself to finish WIPs and UFOs I have, and to get my supplies organized by getting rid of the old and welcoming the new. Though this month I haven’t been very productive on the first front (I made one …read more!

The New Year has come and gone, and with it my ambition to start anything new. This is not to say I will NOT start anything new. As a matter of fact, I absolutely plan to start something new. Just as soon as I finish all those projects I started…oh, about this time LAST year. …read more!

As you may have seen (and if you haven’t, well now you know!) this month’s craft-along is about Taking Crafty Resolutions¦ And Keeping Them! It should be fun to see what people have resolved to doing in 2011, and encourage them to keep those resolutions although the year! That is¦ it will be fun for …read more!

Refresh, Renew, Resolve A new year is upon us. 2011. The year of the release of the LAST Harry Potter Film. This brings with it a deep sadness for me, and also a resolution. This year I resolve to fall in love with this series all over again. I vow to read all of the …read more!

So, I’m a week behind with all my blogging duties. I apologize. It’s been a long crazy ride. And let me tell you why. On my personal blog, I’m doing a sort of ‘count down’ to Deathly Hallows, by posting every other week, about each movie that has come out so far. Last Monday I …read more!

In just a few days we’ll finally be able to see the beginnings of The Final Battle play out in front of our very eyes. Excited? Um, yeah…that is the understatement of the century! To celebrate this upcoming epic event the Crafty Witches have decided to play host to a little war of our own …read more!

Yesterday (which was Sunday), I spent the evening crafting, as I’m now trying to do every week. There was a bunch of things I wanted to make (stenciled onesises, a huge cross-stitch of a family picture, some sewing projects including a dress, curtains, etc.), but I settled on making Christmas ornaments similar to this one, …read more!

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is fast approaching us. For those who are unfamiliar with NaNo, basically from November 1 ’ November 30, the writers of the world write like mad. The aim is to write a novel length story, so the goal is 50,000 words in a month. It sounds impossible, but it can …read more!

Trailers are popping up left, right, and center for part one of Deathly Hallows now. Every time I see one of them it’s all I can do to sit down, I’m so excited. Not only for the movie, but for the crafting possibilities! Now The Leaky Cauldron has posted a news article announcing that the …read more!