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18 a6 rectangles our second ring of petals used between 12 to 15 a6 rectangles of paper and the third ring used about 9 to 10 pieces of a6 rectangles incidentally we also used some crepe paper but i will come on to that later for speed i decided to staple my petal tubes instead of using glue so here s what we did have a look at the sequence below please those black arrows in picture 1 are just for illustration purposes you don t need to draw those on yours ok if you brought those two arrow marked corners towards each other like i did in picture 2 and made a tube or cone with a pointy tip like i did in picture 3 you would be able to slide the stapler into the cone and stick a staple in there to hold the cone together picture 4 we stapled the bottom of each cone too we made up all the cones we needed for the outermost ring of petals and the second one the petal cones were left just as they were for the third ring of petals we needed the cones to be about an inch and half shorter so we cut the ends off and stapled the bottom you can see the three colours of petals in this next picture note that the cream cone has had the end cut off so it s shorter than the other two we now need to make the base for the flower i cut a 6 inch diameter circle from some cardboard here is another sequence of photos for you in picture 1 you can see that i poked two holes into the cardboard circle you really don t have to be very precise with these holes halfway between the middle and the edge will do i then took a 6inch piece of pipecleaner and fed the ends into the holes like you can see in picture 2 fix the ends with some glue and a bit of sticky tape see picture 3 this little curve of fuzzy pipecleaner wire forms a hanging loop for hanging your flower up later on the same side as the ends of the wire mark out some circles roughly in pen see picture 4 i marked out a circle about an inch and a half in from the edge and a second circle roughly an inch inside the first one so we have our base and we have our three sets of petal cones now comes the part where we glue it all together ready ok i have a cool melt glue gun and i also have a hot melt glue gun i love both my glue guns equally this part is a lot easier if you do have a glue gun missy moo wasn t very confident using the glue gun so i did the gluing part whilst she stood by and handed me the petal cones one at a time using my glue gun i stuck my first set of petal cones down along that first pen line i drew onto my base picture 1 and just kept going all the way around picture 2 then i glued in the second set of petal cones following that second pen line on my base each one of the second set of petals sits in between the petals from the first set finally i glued in the third set of petals these are the stumpy ones that we had cut the ends off there was now a hole in the middle of our flower that needed filling we cut a 3 inch wide by roughly 3 feet long piece of crepe paper our crepe paper was quite thin almost like tissue paper missy moo scrunched the crepe paper up like this i then glued this along the edge of the cones so we got a frilled ring going all around the middle missy moo made a frilly disc for the middle of our flower here is how she did it brace yourself for another sequence she cut two a4 sheets of paper lengthways into thirds so we had 6 strips she folded each strip lengthways 1 she then carefully made small cuts just halfway down all the way along the folded edge of each strip 2 when all the strips were cut she rolled one of the strips up 3 and 4 and when she got to the end joined another strip in with a bit of sticky tape she just kept going until we got to the end of all 6 strips this left us with a little crown like the one missy moo is holding in her hand 5 we glued this flower crown into the middle of the crepe frilled circle to complete our paper flower there you have it a gorgeous larger than your head paper flower you can make these in whatever colours take your fancy we thought they might make fabulous fascinators or fancy hats here is missy moo modelling our lovely flower which looks like it could be one of the amazing millinery creations that race goers might wear to ladies day at the royal ascot races what do you think we hope you ve enjoyed this photo tutorial and will have a go at making your own giant paper flowers happy crafting friends posted by ady at 22 25 1 comment labels tutorial thursday 7 april 2016 happiness is a self made dress that actually fits hello everyone it s been pretty busy here at chez craftady hence the lack of postings of late sorry i hope to make up for it very soon with a neat little tutorial of a paper flower the girl child and i made recently for her school easter holiday project anyhow i wanted to share with you something i made for myself recently it s been a while since i made myself any clothes i had the simplicity 2444 pattern in my stash for some time and finally decided to pull it out after seeing all the lovely versions out there on the internet it s a project runway pattern with lots of different options and variations i decided to go for the sleeveless i have had this particular fabric in my stash for a year i bought it last summer intending to make a dress with it but never did aren t the flamingoes adorable instead of using facings i decided to line the whole dress with a navy coloured lightweight poplin this meant making two of everything except for pockets the bodice is fitted with four darts on the front and two in the back the skirt is lovely and wide with darts at the waist best of all it s got pockets i really took my time with this one i made the lining of the bodice first and used that as a toile to make sure it fitted i had cut a straight size 16 out of the packet there is a zip at the back which went in surprisingly easy i am very pleased with the finished dress it fits it s comfortable it has pockets see what do you think i was so thrilled with it that i just started cutting out a second one lol with summer approaching it would be great to have a couple of new dresses for work it s friday soon yay do you have any nice plans for the weekend i am going to try to get some more sewing in then i have market on saturday morning and missy moo and i hope to finish the tutorial and post that for you next week until next time happy crafting posted by ady at 18 55 2 comments labels sewing friday 4 march 2016 getting ready for mother s day it s mother s day in the uk this sunday actually to be more precise it is mothering sunday at wythall hollywood country market producers like myself are getting ready for tomorrow s market where we will be showcasing all sorts of wonderful gifts for mums nans and grannies there will be activities for our younger visitors too unfortunately i am not going to be able to attend in person there s an open day at work which means that my team and i are going to be on campus looking after our visitors i am however sending my craft goodies in to market goodies like these lovely things celebrating mums nans and grans i also made a few boxes like these mothering sunday is traditionally a christian celebration here in the uk falling on the fourth sunday of lent exactly three sundays before easter during the early 1900 s young children who were in service as household servants were given a day off to accompany their mothers and family to attend the mother church a large church or cathedral rather than the local chapel that they would usually attend for sunday service near to their place of work the children would pick wild flowers on their way to this special service for decoration within the church or to give as gifts to their mothers although fundamentally mothering sunday was much more of a religious event than anything else in those days the essence of giving was still apparent today we give beautiful gifts of flower bouquets cards and chocolates i personally love giving something handmade mothering sunday or mother s day has become so very commercialised and so much more lavish than those simple wild flowers however at the very heart of it i believe that the gesture of giving is the same we celebrate our mothers thanking them for their endless support and guidance just as those boys and girls did back then i will be thinking of my lovely mum on the other side of the world sending loving thoughts and missing her lots whether you are celebrate mothering sunday this weekend or mother s day in may wherever you are have a wonderful weekend friends posted by ady at 23 24 no comments labels country market crafting pyrography thursday 3 march 2016 that old adage of the apple not falling far from the tree some 10 days ago very randomly the 13 year old dinoboy casually asked if i would take him to buy some spray paint cans now i instantly thought oh he wants to have a go at graffiti art so i prodded some more and asked a ton of questions after several monosyllabic replies to my inquiries he eventually said that he didn t want them for graffiti art and that he just wanted to have a go at spray paint art also he intended using his saved up pocket money to purchase said cans i have to admit i was initially a little skeptical off we went on saturday to scope out a couple of specialist spray paint shops in the city he went in asking for a very specific brand of paint he had obviously spent some time researching this online when the chap in the shop asked so you ve used those paints before and got a no from dinoboy i got a raised eyebrow look from the chap who then proceeded to try to steer dinoboy towards more beginner paints dinoboy was having none of that he knew what he wanted and his mind would not be changed we left the shop sans cans since they didn t have any of the ones he wanted in stock so we traipsed on over to hobbycraft where he bought 4 pretty pricey plasti kote cans and some foam board to start with i had decided i wasn t going to interfere it was his project and he obviously knew where he was going with this we got home and he went out into the back yard to set up his new stuff i left him to it and went off to do some chores when i came back some hour and a bit later he proudly showed me this i was stunned to say the least and he was so proud of what he had achieved so was i it was the first time he d ever picked up a spray paint can pretty awesome first painting right once he started there was no stopping him here he was the next day making more art this is his piece from sunday afternoon his second ever painting he d gathered a whole bunch of supplies raided the recycle tub for pot lids and took possession of my old painting palette knives and sponges so far he s done 4 paintings the third one was a bit of a dud because he hadn t accounted for a slightly faulty cap it is very encouraging to see him pursue this creative outlet i have so far steered clear of experimenting with his cans i want this to be something he owns this is his art here is the last one he did just the other day after he got home from school he did his homework first then headed outside with his box of supplies to paint he was still outside when i got home from work i believe he is only going to get better and better with practice i am hugely proud of his initiative and his obvious talent i hope this interest continues he was talking the other day of possibly selling some of his work to pay for more cans of paint his sister has already bought a foam board with her pocket money and has asked him to paint something for her i hope your week has been going well the weekend is almost upon us friends what are you up to this weekend i will be at work instead of being at market this saturday as we have an open day happening until next time happy crafting posted by ady at 12 57 4 comments labels inspired by others kids monday 22 february 2016 amour armoire dreams of lovely storage i had not heard of chairish before so when they got in touch with me to see if i d be interested to have a look at their website and maybe share a few crafty storage ideas i was both intrigued and delighted little did i realise how much time i would spend browsing the site oh my there is a ton of really great stuff there chairish for the uninitiated is an online site that offers a rather special social shopping experience they facilitate peer to peer selling and buying of vintage items like furniture accessories jewellery and decor on their website chairish say that they make it fun and easy for design lovers to buy and sell vintage furniture and decor to one another but here s the other big thing chairish only exclusively features curator approved items this provides a safe and trust worthy environment for both buyers and sellers pretty neat right on the one hand i am gutted that chairish isn t operating in the uk yet on the other hand i can totally see how mr craftyady and my purse might heave a massive sigh of relief for now here are a few things i have found there which have great potential for being terrific craft storage armoires are gorgeous vintage cupboards with heaps of potential to be repurposed into craft storage there are many excellent examples of armoires on chairish check out their collections here like these lovely asian inspired ones which can be turned into wonderful storage like these ones i found off pinterest via in my own style via jen s natural kitchen via it all started with paint mr craftyady and i have been thinking about undertaking a renovation project on our house and expanding on some of the space we currently have missy moo could do with a larger room now she s growing up we ve talked about how the expansion could also incorporate a craft space for me all the talk of possibilities has got me dreaming of storage for all my craft related stuff and boy do i have a lot of stuff there s sewing stuff card making stuff pyrography stuff art stuff leather work stuff chainmaille stuff seriously there s tons right now most of it is stashed away in clear plastic boxes up in our loft and i have to pop up there ever so often to get something i need i d love to have an armoire to meet my storage needs and a space to put it do you have a craft room what s your favourite storage item have you ever repurposed anything into storage for your craft supplies until next time friends happy crafting posted by ady at 06 22 no comments saturday 20 february 2016 ain t modern technology great at work one of the departments bought themselves a laser cutting machine i was invited to view it and was offered the opportunity to use it during my lunch hour if i wished i did have to provide my own materials and bring along a compatible vector file that the software could use to direct the laser to cut i had been playing around over the past few days with a couple of freeware packages that can turn jpeg files into vector files that the laser cutting machine could read and use finally yesterday i was able to get some time on the machine i had drawn up...