My next craft fair will be at Holy Corner Community Playgroup in Bruntsfield 6a Morningside Rd, Edinburgh (Holy Corner)

It’s been a while since I made these but I sold quite a few at the craft fair last week so need to replenish stocks. These were the first notebooks I made, They are the easiest of the spiral notebooks to make as they only have 6 binding holes, which is the default size of […]

Batch of Lego notebooks ready for the craft fair. I had forgotten how much fun it is to make these. I have a huge stash of ‘random paper’ ( plain, lined, graph, music, account book etc). Mostly from charity shops, although nowadays (ie post-covid) there is much less of this type of thing in charity […]

Really I have been here all the time, still making things but ‘proper work’ got in the way more & more. Now I have retired I can get back into just making stuff. I did love my job but it was becoming less enjoyable due to endless paperwork, bureaucracy, & internal ‘politics’. I am hoping […]

Sorry I haven’t posted on here for a while. I will rectify this soon. Please see www.facebook.com/anjcraft for up-to-date news

Most of the cards I make are one-offs, as what I make usually depends on what idea pops into my head, what papers I have to hand, what my favoutite colour is at the moment & what mood I am in. There are however a few recurring themes that prove to be popular & fortunately […]

Recently I have been asked to make several retirement cards. The brief for this latest one that it had to have ‘tartan’ & that the recipient was ‘outdoorsy’.I came across this quote a couple of years ago & it really appealled to me, so I felt I had to include it. I recently ordered the […]

I’d seen cards on Pinterest with cats made from fishtail banners turned upside down, which make very good cats. I spottted these ones  using SugarPea designs ‘stitched banners’ dies. These banners are much slimmer than the regular ones, which makes for cuter cats. I managed to find the dies on Ebay, & set about making […]

I know I have been a bit quiet lately as far as posting here goes, but I have definitely not been idle. I have posted a lot more recently on my Facebook page (see link under ‘useful‘). A few months ago I came across an advert for some classes to make a series of long-stitch […]