Mad about Mag's

At the moment my favourite magazine is Mollie Makes and James got me a subscription to it for my birthday :) Yay! Here are a few things I have made from magazines that I sent to my friend Orjana in a happy little parcel. I love snail mail.

I finally finished the cherry crochet broach, the pattern is in Making magazine issue 3. I think it turned out pretty well.

Didn't take too long. If I can manage it ok it must be easy peasy.

This little Russian Doll keyring's pattern is in Mollie Makes issue 11. I love the cherries on her front! 

Here she is hanging out with the other key's and keyring's before getting wrapped up to be shipped off to Orjanna who loves Russian doll things.

One of my favourite patterns I have come across was for these little cacti pincushions which featured in Mollie Makes issue ten. I used the blanket stitch for the first time on these after a quick consultation with You Tube to find out what it was. I had to reduce the size of the pattern with my scanner so that it would fit in the little pot's I got for them. One word of advice if you get the mag and attempt this pattern - don't think it's clever to glue the flowers on so they don't fall off if you take the pins out. It means you have a hell of a job getting the pins through. It ended up hard as a rock! Plus I got felt stuck to my fingers with super glue. FAIL!

Yoshi wanted in the shot

Luma just before she knocks them off the window ledge.

I also wanted to pop in a little note about the absolutely fabulous card I got given from Orjana herself! How cute is this little elephant on that backing paper! Love it! Card crafts are just not my thing, as I don't have the imagination to put things together.

Wonder what the next issue will bring! Can't wait for it to come through the door and take me away from essay's and studying for a little while.

Kirsty

xx