And the winner is...

Wow... I've finally found some time to announce the winner of my giveaway... I spend a few seconds writing down the names of the contestants...

I folded all of them and put them in a bowl, ready to pick the winner when one of the kitties decided to come take a look...

And steal one of the pieces of paper...

Obviously, the kitties have decided who should be the winner...

Congratulations Renske!!! I've just placed the order at the woolly webshop and once the wool and hooking needle have arrived the presents will be coming your way. So if you could email me your address, the presents will be there shortly...

Love, 

Crazy Crafter xxx

Giveaway closed

As of Sunday evening 23.59 CET the giveaway is closed... The winner shall be identified later this week...

Love,
Crazy Crafter xxx

Sneak preview giveaway...

Hi everyone,

So I've already had some time to work (and find) some presents for my giveaway and I've decided to give you a sneak preview... First of all, it will contain a book on amigurumi, a pad with gorgeous pink paper and this piece of tilda fabric...

Other than that it will also contain something that is made with 2 of these fabrics... Still a work in progress at the moment, but I promise it will be finished in time...

Of course it will also contain a ball of simply soft party yarn of your choice with hooking needle... And, last but not least, I'm also trying to crochet something for the lucky winner...

I will also, once more, explain how you can win this package...

1. Be a member of this blog
2. Leave a comment below in which you also mention which colour of simply soft party yarn you would like to win. Just go to http://www.woolly.nl/simply-soft-party-yarn and let me know...

For now, I would like to wish all of you good luck once more... You still have time until Sunday 17 February 23:59 CET.

Lots of love...

Crazy Crafter xxx

1 Year anniversary and... a giveaway...

Hi,

I don't know if anyone noticed, but yesterday was the 1-year-anniversary for my blog. So... I decided this event needs to be celebrated with a giveaway...

I'm not exactly sure yet as to which crafty things the package will contain, but I can tell you there will be a book on amigurumi, a ball of caron simply soft party yarn with hooking needle, a paper pad, some creations of mine and perhaps some buttons and ribbons (still creating and looking for the perfect presents as we speak)...

Now, what do you need to do in order to be able to win this giveaway... 1. Be a member of my blog, 2. write a comment to this message, 3. go to http://www.woolly.nl/simply-soft-party-yarn and choose the colour of yarn you would like to receive. Just put your choice of colour in the comment...

The giveaway will close on Sunday 17 Februari at 23.59 CET. All I can do for now is wish you lots of luck and I hope to see you again soon!!

Lots of Love,

Crazy Crafter xxx

Christmas presents

Hi again,

First and foremost I would like to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New year!! May all your dreams and wishes come true!! And now it's finally time for me to show you some of the things I've been up to. Problem is that forgetful little me almost never remembers to take pictures of my projects before wrapping them up... Conclusion: I can only show you 1 item I've made (still working on a last-minute present for a friend of mine, but I can't show you any of that yet since she's quite the active blogger). Anyway, this doesn't mean that I can't tell you about the presents I've made.

First of all, I mod podged a few more letters. At my BFF's birthday her mother (who's like a second mother to me) thought that the mod podged letters were so beautiful she wanted some for herself, but she didn't know where to get the materials,... So I decided to make the letters for her... I'm still hoping she'll take some pictures of them and send them to me so I can show you what the end result is.

Secondly, I decided to make something that I think everyone needs: a wishing orb. What do you need? A clear glass christmas orb, some tinsel strips in the colour of your choice (in my case hot pink), a little piece of paper and a pen so you can make the first wish and a lining paste pen (for glass) in the colour of your choice (I chose a wonderful Christmas gold)... Now all you have to do is unscrew the top of the orb, fill it with some tinsel strips (swirl them around until you think it looks right), write down your wish for that person and put it in the orb and then screw the top back on. Then you take your lining paste pen and write down a message on the orb (I chose for '(christmas) wishes'). Wrap it up, and you've got yourself a nice little christmas present...

And then, the third present I made for my BFF, zjizjipke, a day-planner frame. I actually got this idea while scrolling through the wonderful universe that is pinterest. Behold:

And little old me immediately starts thinking: 'Well, I can do that' and we are off. All you need for this is a picture frame (I decided to go for one with 8 frames as well), some scrapbook paper and letter stamps and the necessary ink. First I started sorting through all of my scrapbook paper, looking for the pretty patterns and wonderful colours, etc. Next, I measured the size of the frames and started cutting my paper to the correct size. Then I started placing the pieces of paper on the frame so I could see which one goes where (I needed to do this in order to be able to stamp the days of the week onto the paper). Then I took my letter stamps and started inking my pieces of paper... And then we come to the final step: you take off the back of the frame and put in the pieces of paper, making sure that everything is just right, of course. And... ta da...

And some close-ups...

I must say it's still not as perfect as I would have liked it to be, but what can I say, I'm a bit of a perfectionist. Then I added a few whiteboard markers to the package and the BFF is ready to start planning her week... She absolutely loved the present and immediately took a picture to start showing off to her mom... And then she started complaining that she needs a crafty room now, so she can hang it on the wall... So I guess I did pretty good in the end...

Anyway, as always, thanks for dropping by. I'm sorry I wasn't able to show you pictures of all my projects (I'll try to keep it in mind when I finish my next project), but I hope you enjoyed the descriptions...

Love and many holiday wishes...

Crazy Crafter xxx

My apologies once more..

I know, I know... I've been absent for too long again... With work and the cats and some personal issues that need to be worked out I haven't had the time to do a lot of crafting... However, since the holidays are coming up, I have started a few more crafting projects... I'm afraid I can't show them to you yet (the recipients might intercept them), but I promise I'll show them to you soon! All I can say is that it involves some mod podge, yarn and paper... I'll post them as soon as I can...

Love,

Crazy crafter...

I'm back

Now I know I've been absent for some time now due to a move and a new school year etc, but as you can see, I have returned... First of all I think it's important that I introduce you to the newest inhabitants of our apartment. I give you: Gizmo and Jynx...

Little Gizmo...

And the fabulous Jynx...

Sharing strange dreams while sleeping in the bathroom...

or a couch pillow (please don't mind the mess)...

Or my lap (please don't mind the way I look)...

Now, besides having adopted two adorable little kittens, I have been busy as well. I had to attend a baby shower and a wedding, hence new creative pressies. For the baby shower of little Lex I decided to try my painting capabilities and although it still needs a lot of work, I think the end result was ok.

Step 1: paint the background

Step 2: Add some vertical lines and some dots to emphasise the name

Step 3: Paint the name in the middle et voilà...

The end result

Not perfect, but I kind of like it...

So we come to the wedding present. A few months ago I was pinning away on pinterest and I stumbled across the cutest wedding present...

So when we got the invitation, I decided to go digging and asking whether anyone knew their first dance. Unfortunately, no one did and we ended up calling the happy couple telling them that we need it for a present. Luckily the new misses didn't hesitate to give us the title: Thank you for loving my... And on we went. I went to a craft store to buy some thicker off-white and red paper, searched the internet for the lyrics, printed the lyrics on a page, put their initials on the red paper and we were ready to begin.

After I had printed all that I used my heart-shaped embossing tool to cut out their initials in little hearts and then I drew a tree onto the page with the lyrics.

And then we started cutting...

The cut-out tree

The next task was to place everything onto the paper and then mod podge it down...

And I must say that I really like the end result...

 I hop you do as well... So that's it for now, I promise I'll try to come back soon with more creative goodies...

Love,
Crazy Crafter