Crafty Corners

The past week has been very busy, busier than usual, and i have been as busy as a bee......lots of new designs are in the works here at my house :)........i thought you might like to see some of the crafty corners of my home today...........my house changes all the time and crafty things move about and are even packed into boxes and sent off to publishers sometimes for photography...............

 ...........little piles of things seem to arrange themselves here and there, like these cushions..............

 .............there is always a crafty decoration of some kind hanging on my fabric cupboard door.....this time it is the sewing heart from my pretty patchwork gifts book...........please note the folded fabric on the shelves....i have been inspired by other tidy crafters lately and have tidied up my sewing room (a bit).......there is a big pile of unfolded fabric too, though, just out of shot..............

 ............besides making fabric things for commissions this week i have been doing some paper crafting too for future magazine projects..........i've also been adding things to my garden journal......one sunny breezy afternoon last week i planted up next year's tulip patch...........

 ...........this time i put all the little name tickets from the bulbs into a pocket in my garden journal, not on a stick in the garden that the birds can steal as they did last year :).............we bought heaps of bulbs from a garden centre in the lake district..............

 .............i love how that small ordinary looking little object holds so much colour, beauty and promise for next spring...............i mixed all the bulbs up this time before planting them.......

 .............here is a pot plant that looks nicely autumnal, i think, gracing another corner with a birdie plant stick and some real and some fabric pumpkins..............

 ...........lots of patchwork quilts and crochet things are piling up here to be used for keeping us cosy......the weather has been chilly this past week and we have lit the fire in the evenings and had to put the heating on sometimes too..............

 ..........i am so glad i learned to crochet, it has been such a fun and relaxing addition to my crafty making enjoyment........i remember when i longed to be able to crochet a granny square and was so delighted when i finally could :).................

 ..................i loved doing granny stripes and the ripple pattern too............

 ...............but as you can see the joy of making granny squares hasn't worn off yet for me.....

 .............in the bag is the new autumn granny square blanket i showed you recently.......

 ...........and here is a bit of it again with the real pumpkin i acquired this week...........

.............pumpkin filled shelves are part of my autumn decorating........it is a lovely time of year and the grandchildren are so excited about halloween and dressing up....in fact they have already begun ..............thank you so much for visiting me here and for your sweet comments, it is a pleasure to see you, lovely readers :)....... wishing you a happy crafty autumn week and a wonderful weekend when it arrives......back soon xxxxxxxx