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Took a small break from stitching this weekend and had a go at tiara making. Having never done it before I was a little apprehensive but I have to say it was good fun. I bought a kit a few months ago from Create and Craft with the promise it was easy and have to say it really was!

I started this late Sunday afternoon and ended up getting so hooked I stayed up till the wee hours of the morning to get it complete, it was rewarding for it to grow so quick which can sometimes be a draw back to stitching, sometimes it feels like you have been working on the same section for hours and you look and you seem to have done hardly anything!

The kit included everything I needed, other than pliers to cut the wire, with plenty left over in case (like I did) you twisted a little too much and snapped the wire.

 Overall I was impressed with the end product, to say it was my first attempt at anything like this. Think I will buy another kit again sometime to have it stashed away when I need a break from my first love.

Here is a link to the makers site directly, for £20 I think it is pretty good value. Not only that but I now have a tiara to wear while doing the housework, how cool is that?!

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So here it is, after several attempts and promises I would do this, here is my very first post on my crafty blog.

Lets just hope this one sticks and this won't be the one and only post on here.

I've mainly set this up so I can read the blogs of my much more talented and creative peers, but if in the process that should give me some more inspiration then so be it.

I don't have all that much to share with you at the moment but I will show you a couple of my small completed pieces.

This was my first piece I did after my 15 year break from stitching. It is by no means amazing but it is special to me in its own way.

It was a freebie kit with World of Cross Stitch from the ever popular  All Our Yesterdays range, not really my style but it brought my bug back to me.

These next two always make me smile, taking pride of place on my fridge, even at 6am on a Monday while getting ready to work these always cheer me up.

These are the Wie Highland Coo and the Wee Wooley Sheep. When I saw these I just had to have them. It just seemed very appropriate for me and my other half, what with him been a hairy scot and me a proud Yorkshire lass!

Last but certainly not least are my Christmas decorations I made for Christmas 2011. Christmas is my favourite time of year, always getting FAR too giddy come mid November (yes that's right, I'm one of THOSE people). I think making your own decorations is just lovely at this time of the year taking pride of place on your Christmas tree, and with that in mind I think it will soon become somewhat of a tradition in our household...too early to start already???