January

Hi All! So how is 2013 shaping up so far for you all?

Well mine went something like this!


Last year I joined a great Etsy Team, Knit1Treble2... I know great name right! Lots of very talented peeps from the Great Britain, who either knit of crochet supporting each other and what they, we make.

Like with my blogging, I have been a bit rubbish with the old treasuries . but I have been kindly added to lots of beautiful treasuries, the most recent of which is this one... from the lovely Bebby who makes adorable hand knitted jumpers for Kiddies! http://www.etsy.com/shop/bebbyjumpers

Isn't this just an adorable collection of flowers!!

Flowers in the Rain - Etsy Treasury curator : bebbyjumpers

I also got added to these treasuries by these lovely Knit1Treble2 team members!

KittyBallistic - Curator of : A Pinkish sort of Red

RoseCottageCraftsUK - Curator of : 1,2,3,4 ...

CwtchBugs - Curator of : Hearts and Flowers for Spring
BabanCat - Curator of : Monochrome
Megshomeknitting - Curator of : Webs of the World
thefibretree - Curator of : Softly...
JensCrochetandCrafts - Curator of : All You Need is Love
crochetbypamela - Curator of : A crochet wedding

And a couple of other Treasuries I was lucky enough to be in are...

from the adorable Yvonne from MyHauntedAttic - Curator of : Above The Clouds
and the super Laura from paradisereal - Pick your Perfect Purse!
veganessa - Curator of : One Day I'll Fly Away

Thank you all for your Treasuries! :)

Earlier this month, I was also asked to be a Team Leader for Yvonnes new Team : Heart of Wales So although I am not technically from Wales, my Mum, Dad & Granddad live there, and home is where the Heart is right? :)

I been busy on Instagram lately.. are you come find me on there.. Elli aka HEARTSTITCHING shared one of my doilies on the lovely blog.. go check her out! :)

So I turned another year older!.. yuck.. but such is life eh.. but I did get some lovely pressies.. As well as some snow!! I can't remember it ever snowing on my Birthday.. but it did...

This was the view from our front door,.. we went to Wales to visit the family, and they hardly had any.. must have been the only bit of Wales that didn't get 10 foot! )

This is me and the Mr. wearing our wooly warmers.. that I made :)

New lens from the Mr.

A great new mug for work! ;)

and these addddorable pom pom makers from the family...

I was very lucky and got spoilt rotten.. :)

Hey!!! I have reached OVER 1,000 - yes that is ONE THOUSAND subscribers on YouTube!!!

*faints*

I can't actually believe it!!!!.. Think I will have to do a YT give away very VERY soon!!!

So if you haven't already why not subscribe to my channel.. hopefully I will be able to scape a few pennies together and get a nice little giveaway prize! :)

http://www.youtube.com/user/Girlybunches

Not much else has happened.. too much rain/snow and general weather.. so looking forward to spring and think I will start to make a few hearts for that looming V-Day... ! 

One parting gesture... 

A picture tells a thousand words... as they say... ;)

xxx

December ... Christmas of course!

So as you can see.. I am a little bit, in fact down right awful at keeping up to date with blogging!

So I thought I would try a new line of attack.. A monthly update??

So here is Decembers offerings..

I love December, not just because of Christmas, I just love the festive seasonal spirit it gets everyone in... yes.. going around the supermarkets it's not too easy to find the festive spirit, but I know it's there and it certainly makes a dark and dank month seem to go much quicker!

I didn't really get very creative for Christmas in the crochet department, but I did do a little fun video on making my Christmas Tree (pattern can be found in my Etsy shop)

Hope you like it.

I do need to make more videos, any requests??

Another exciting bit of news, the lovely people at Simply Knitting Magazine who made a few special editions of Simply Crochet Magazine earlier this year that they kindly featured me in has gone global and MONTHLY! YES!!!! 

This is going to be the first edition, and from what I've already seen of their publications last year this periodical is going to be jam packed with beautiful crochet goodness.. but then is made by the makers of the adorble Mollie Makes!... and HERE is a link to their subscriptions page! First edition is out on 6th January 2013.

The darling Mr. Girlybunches was kind enough to point out to me that I had rather a lot of 'left over yarn'... which I am sure you will all agree would be a MORTAL sin to dispose of...so I decided to try and use it up in an inventive way!.. Several cups of tea later I decided that I would make pot scrubs out of it. The yarn in question is an acrylic yarn, and so impervious to bleach, tough as nails, and wash up a right treat... so... this is what I came up with...

 

Mr. Girlybunches thinks I have lost it.. but had to admit they work rather well!... 

What else have I been getting up to.... oh yes!... I remember.

Mummy Girlybunches AKA Sweethearts and Roses has been making for a long time embroidered cottages... and some of my lovely Instagram ladies have been as of late showing their adorable little fabric houses.. I thank all of the above for the idea to make my own!... over the Christmas holidays while at the ranch, I made two.  Admittedly I've never done embroidery, but Mummy Girlybunches was all to happy to show me the ropes, as she did with knitting and crochet! 

I think I will work on another cottage using elements of the first two. 

The second one is now in my Etsy shop.

I hope Father Christmas was a good to you all as he was to me.. I got some amazing goodies...and here are a couple of the crafty highlights...

I love books.. and crochet books are always a winner with me.. and Yoga for your Brain looks stunning!

HOW adorable are these vintage Yarn Holders!!! swoon! I love them.. and are going to be so handy!

Well lovelies.. this is the end of my December round up.  Only a couple of days left of the year, and I am glad that the world didn't come to an end, how boring would that have been...!

Till the end of Jan, where I will be another YEAR older (sigh),.. I wish you all a very Happy New Year!... Happy Hooking! xxx