Lariath- Live a Little.

I had a quick try at Tunisian crochet a while ago for my  Afghan stitch charity square . I wanted to give afghan crochet another go for something small. I came across some lovely Tunisian crochet feathers that I had the urge to try. When I made the Tunisian crochet square I wasn't happy about the way the square curled upon itself when finished, however a feather with a bit of a curl sounded perfect. But what to use them for? My love of dream catchers started when I was very young. I just like the way something so simple can be made into something so pretty. I also have an affection for trees. One of my favourite trees is the Japanese Maple, which I happen to have in my garden, it changes gradually from orange to green, beautiful (such a nice surprise to find this gorgeous tree after I moved in to my house!). Anyway back to the point. I wanted to mash together two things that I love, dream catchers and trees. I roughly followed the tree of life wire crafts that can easily be fou...

I have never tried watercolour painting before, well I probably did when I was very young but I don't remember. I love to learn and try new things so I want to give it a try. For my birthday I asked my friend to get me some watercolour paints. She asked me to paint her a picture so that is what I concentrated on for my first try at watercolour. My friend loves Japan and her favourite flower is a cherry blossom so I searched for some watercolour tutorials to help me out, with this theme in mind. I found  This YouTube Video  (Keep in mind I completely new at this and my painting is nowhere near as good). I am a newbie and don't really know any techniques yet, but I thought my friend would appreciate my first attempt with the gift she gave me. Here it is: I made a little frame for it to make it looks little neater: I am hoping to try more watercolour painting in the future but it will be a long time before I am any good at it. There is so much to learn! Enjoy this p...

I'm obsessed with tree silhouettes at the moment so I was brain storming what I could make involving trees. I came up with the idea of making a candle cover thinking that the candle light behind a tree would look good. Here's what I used: Plain white A4 paper Tissue Paper (I chose red) A4 card (I chose orange, I have no red) Scissors Pencil Rubber Ruler Glue stick Craft knife Craft Board First I decided how wide I wanted the cover to be so that it would fit around the candle without being too close to the candle. I decided 8cm by 8cm was big enough for the base. Here's the diagram I made: I folded a plain A4 piece of paper 8cm from the edge and then folded the paper again 16cm from the edge. I also made a small flap of 5mm after the second fold. The flap is shown in the diagram as the darker gery area.I also drew a 5mm border within the two folds as shown with the orange lines in the diagram.  Then I drew the design i wanted within the two...