Category Archives: gardening

Crochet wind-spinner

In the summer months I tend to be out in the garden keeping up with the weeding, dead-heading and blogging about what’s on my mind about the state of the garden and the wildlife (or lack-of) that I find there.  The pigeons have been pecking away at the honey-suckle that is trying to grown over an arch so I made a wind-spinner that moves and spins in the breeze just to see if that might deter them a little.  It has worked so far but maybe they will get used to seeing it there and start pecking at the leaves and buds again.

There are plenty of you-tube videos on how to do this but you can pretty much make it up as you go along and make it as big or as long as you like.  It uses up any left over yarn, doesn’t take too long and you can make them for charity.  This is made with acrylic yarn left over from a blanket I made ages ago.  I might make the tassel for the next one longer and not quite as thick, or make some other little dangly thing instead of a tassel.

deep red and pink crochet wind-spinner that twirls in the wind
Crochet wind-spinner

Male gardening birthday card

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I have only ever made rather floral gardening cards for women but I was asked to make one for a man this time and you know what men are like about their lawns and tools.  So here is my more masculine gardening card.

Inks:  Memento Tuxedo black, Brilliance Pearlescent ivy, Prisma pencils to colour, versamark with gold embossing powder
Card:  white, green (grass patterned paper background)
Stamps:  Aspects of design Gardening 2, English stamp company Oriental (grass)
Other:  diamond glaze, flower soft (on top of of small plant pot), green gardening twine

Callum’s birthday card

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Callum’s birthday card: I am trying to get him interested in growing his own herbs as he loves cooking. I bought him a herb garden growing kit so you never know – he might just get the bug. Ok so he got cash too just in case the herbs are just not his thing! The images are clipart on photo card matted onto green patterned paper. Hope you have a fab birthday Callum!