ArtyFartyAnnie

 One of our lovely community members, Lynne B, recently rediscovered one of my videos from a few years back - how to make a keepsake mini book with patterned papers.  Lynne had enjoyed the video and was inspired to make a mini book herself, but the link for the instructions was no longer working (it went to an old FB page which I discontinued). I love making these little books, they make a great gift or fundraiser, and you can make one easily in an afternoon.  Front cover So, to cut a long story short, I re-wrote the instructions and re-edited the video and it's going out as a live premiere this morning 5th August at 11am UK time. During the premiere, we can watch the video together and enjoy YouTube's Live Chat feature, but the video will still be available to watch afterwards. I'll put a link below which will take you straight over there.  I sent Lynne the new instructions to try out, and she'd also downloaded the instructions for another one of my golden oldies - ...

 Our first Sunday Brunch Live over on YouTube this weekend was a great success, despite the fact that we lost track of time and almost missed it ourselves!  We had a lot of fun, and the new times lot seemed to work well for many people. Huge congratulations to Kate and Melissa, who were both winners in the draw. The beautiful Tilly Rose book is on the way to Kate here in the UK, and I'm still waiting to hear from Melissa, who won the Amazing World of Collage book - if she doesn't contact me within 21 days, it will go back into the draw.  I also made some colorful watercolour splatty pages, which I plan to doodle into later  - and of course there was a generous portion of waffle on the side with a sprinkle of cheek from Tom :) We'll be serving Sunday Brunch Live every Sunday from 2pm UK time (BST) - see you there!  Annie xo

Hello, and welcome to my craftroom blog on this first day of a brand new month! To celebrate the first ever Sunday Brunch Live , we'll be doing two giveaways - stitchy, one artsy - and they'll both be open internationally.  This beautiful book by Tilly Rose is a joy to look through and so inspiring, any slow-stitcher will love it, I know I do! This one is full of wonderful imagery to cut out and collage - my mate Zoe Hartist  sent me a copy and I loved it so much that I bought two more, one especially for this giveaway :) Join us if you can this Sunday from 2pm - 3.30pm UK time (BST). I'm going to be doodling onto watercolour splashes - bring along whatever you'd like to work on, or just grab some refreshments, relax with us, and enjoy the live chat. Just click here to go straight over to YouTube, make sure you have the Live Chat window open and type your messages in there if you'd like to join in. Cheerio for now,  Annie xo  

 Hello and welcome to my craftroom blog! As far as I know there is just one more piece to come in for our Bonkers Bunting, this year's Arty Farty Community project. I thought this would be a good time to lay it out and get a rough idea of how long it's going to be ... Starting at my front door     Stretching all the way to the back door! I paced it out and it's over the 10m I had estimated! Now my plan is to make a wrap to store it in - when it's all folded up, the stack measures about 20cm deep.         Inside the wrap I want to include the names and countries of everyone who contributed, probably hand-stitched onto linen or something.  If you'd like to come and see the Bonkers Bunting AND the Bonkers Quilt in person, I'll be taking it to the Bazaar August Show on the 15th and 16th August. You'll find me and my friends Marian and Lucy at Stitchy Corner, where you can sit and stitch with us for a while if you'd like to, using the gorgeous Indian...

 Hello, and welcome to my craftroom blog! I'm shaking things up over on my YouTube channel   - a whole new chapter starts this Sunday, with the first ever  Sunday Brunch Live  from 2pm - 3.30pm UK time (BST). This weekly livestream will replace the WIP & Waffle Wednesdays AND the Arty Farty Parties which used to happen on the first Saturday of every month. Tom will join me in person and there will be the usual mix of arts and crafts with a generous portion of waffle! To celebrate the first Sunday Brunch, we'll be doing two giveaways - one for the stitchers and one for the mixed media arty types (although you can enter for both). More news about them later :) I decided that it's also a good time to refresh this blog and start making use of it again. I think it will be a great way to share information, extra photos, free printables, and those kinds of things, and also somewhere I can record thoughts, ideas, and news that I don't share elsewhere. It will also...

Hello and welcome to my craft room blog :) Since passing the magical 1K subscribers on You Tube just recently, I've been busy behind the scenes planning an Arty Farty Party as a way to celebrate and say a big thank-you to all my lovely viewers and arty-farty online friends - and YOU'RE invited! Here's what you need to know ... It's going to be a live stream on You Tube, on Saturday 5th November from 2pm - 4pm GMT.  There will be giveaways, guests, gossip and a doodle-along, so it should be lots of fun. Here's a sneaky peek at the Arty Farty Party Bag full of goodies I will be giving away on the day -  eleven prizes worth over £100 in total – 9 Random Prizes, 1 Special Prize and 1 Star Prize.   Winners of the Random Prizes and Special Prize will be chosen at random from viewers of the live stream – you’ll need to join in the chat for a chance to win. There will also be a Star Prize draw which will be open from 15 th  October 8am BST to 5 th  November 8am GMT - ...

 Hello and welcome to my craft room blog :) For Inktober 6th, the prompt was "Bouquet". Miss Havisham popped into my head straight away, and I thought it would be fun to draw her still clutching her withered bouquet ... For this one, I used Micron pens in 005, 03 and 12 and a white uniball signo, on the prepared india ink background - oh, and a touch of W&N gold ink for her ring. Thanks for stopping by today, see  you again soon :) Annie xo