BeeHappyCrafting

WIPocalypse here I come! I'm so looking forward to this year with more incentive to get finishing some of my cross stitches. In reality I've done very little for the last few years but since before Christmas I've found a new impetus and bought a few more kits and patterns and now I so want to get going. Joining a group I've found, with my decluttering group on Facebook gives me more incentive to start and I found this group, WIPocalypse that virtually pays you for actually finishing and fines you for spending so no more spending and more stitching (and knitting). Somehow I am going to get through all the craft stuff in this house. So my plan for next year Finish the 15 works I've already started My daughter's birth sampler the 23rd psalm learning to draw welcome sampler a time to reap a time to wonder a lighthouse in the distance a lighthouse closer up Our father window collecting shells hedgehog come and watch my garden grow count your bless

Welcome to my blog! I love Crafting - all kinds and I've tried all sorts through my life. I love working with my hands and making things. I once used to dream my whole house would be made from things I'd made but it didn't happen and I doubt it will now but I am going to keep trying. My favourite craft is cross stitch but it's something I've not had a lot of time for since I had children, three of them. There is nothing like making things with toddlers and teaching them how to use their hands to make things. I was never one of those protective mothers who stopped my children using a sharp knife to peel vegetables or an axe to chop wood. They still think you fix electrical equipment by hitting it with a hammer when nothing else works (and believe me, it sometimes does work, especially if it's a battery operated doorbell!). It's expensive buying crafting stuff for children so I made things like playdoh. I even got so good at it I ended up making it for o