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Around the House:  Into December
9 Dec 2022

Around the House: Into December

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Around the House, Books, Embroidery, The Garden 2022, What's Been Happening? | 14

The weather has been so mild for the beginning of December with several rainy and foggy days. Even though the temperatures have been around 5 Celsius and a bit warmer I always feel colder on these days, probably the damp … Continued

blue hoop snowflakes, felt snowflakes, garden journal 2022, Mike Martin, slow stitching, snowflakes
Around the House:  Decorating and Stitching
2 Dec 2022

Around the House: Decorating and Stitching

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Around the House, Christmas, Crochet, Embroidery, What's Been Happening? | 12

The last month of 2022 has started. Where does the time go? The snow we got towards the end of November was all washed away with rain on milder days. December arrived much chillier and windy but still no snow. … Continued

blue hoop snowflakes, Christmas village, decorating, slow stitching, snowflakes
Crafts:  Felt Snowflakes
25 Nov 2022

Crafts: Felt Snowflakes

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Christmas, Crafty's Projects, Embroidery | 14

Inspired by the snow we have had recently I am working on some embroidered felt snowflakes for my stitching this week. I experimented with the patterns, first creating my own patterns on paper and then with the erasable pen. I … Continued

felt, slow stitching, snowflakes, winter
Crafts: Making Bigger Snowflakes
16 Nov 2022

Crafts: Making Bigger Snowflakes

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Christmas, Plastic Canvas | 4

What better time than than the first snowfall (in my part of Ontario) of the season to share my pattern for making bigger snowflakes from plastic canvas and yarn. Feelings about snow change through the years, from exciting when young, … Continued

ornaments, Patterns, snowflakes
Christmas 2020
17 Dec 2020

Christmas 2020

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Christmas, Nature Crafts | 10

When Decem-brrr arrived the decorations inside the house changed from Autumn to Winter and Christmas. The first change was in the front hall, where the urn of Autumn decorations has been replaced with 4 large branches slightly covered in snow. … Continued

Christmas trees, Nature tree, snowflakes, snowmen
Crafts:  Wooden Snowflakes
27 Nov 2019

Crafts: Wooden Snowflakes

by Crafty Gardener | posted in: Christmas, Crafty's Projects | 15

This is how I made some wooden snowflakes. You need: Before it got too cold and snowy I went to the back of the garden where we keep lots of brush and sorted out some branches and bought them inside … Continued

nature crafts, Nature tree, snowflakes, wooden discs

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