How I got here...

I have loved making and creating things for as long as I can remember. This took a resurgence when I became pregnant with my little boy who was born in January 2010 and since then I've been a bit of a craft whore :)
Here are a few pics of the things I made:

I've dabbled with papercrafts for years (in other words I have a large collection of pretty papers, stamps and embellishments (could be described as a bit of  magpie :) ) but never really had the confidence to actually use them. I did in the end make the wedding stationary and table decorations for my brother's wedding blessing (UK party after getting married officially in the US).

Then there was the knitting (doesn't everyone have a go at this when they're expecting  baby :) ). Made a couple of bits for my little man. Enjoyed it and much cheaper than the papercraft but I am very slow so it took ages to get anywhere!

My would be sister-in-law asked if I would go to a cupcake making class with her at Love Cupcake (https://www.facebook.com/LoveCupcakeEssex). It was brilliant. I would highly recommend Gemma's classes. I have made many batches of cakes since then (another expensive craft with lots of possible tools to buy :) ) and love making the decorations but again to do all the little bits and bobs take ages and have spent too many nights working until the early hours finishing them off to take it up seriously. Hats off to those that do this for business!

 Really can't remember how this one got started.... Bought the Cath Kidston Sew! book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sew-Cath-Kidston/dp/1844007561/ref=pd_cp_b_0) and really enjoyed making the kit it comes with making the bag shown on the front cover. I hadn't used a sewing machine since I was 13/14 at school but the instructions were fairly easy to follow and I was impressed with the results. I then made another for a Christmas present but combined the design of another bag from the book (lined it and had magnetic fastening). There are plenty of other things that I would like to make out of this book. Only problem I've found with sewing is the lack of shops selling a good selection of fabric and I've had to rely on Internet shops. They are very good but you don't have a real idea of the feel of the fabric and matching fabrics very hard.

And then on came Kirsty Allsopp with her brilliant craft TV show and I saw her making cold process soap. With my science background this really took my interest. After a bit of research I found a wonderful company called Plush Folly (http://www.plushfolly.com/) and just after midnight on New Years Eve/Day I signed up to to their accredited home course for cold process soap. Here we go ......... :)