Not-quite-a-wheat-wheat-bag

So when I made my Kindle covers I had plenty more jumper left over to play with so I decided to make some wheat bags out of the arms; they were super easy, just chop the arm off, sew one end closed and attach some ribbons to the open end so that it fastens and creates a little pouch for a separate wheat bag to slide in.

I decided to make the separate wheat bag as it would then be replaceable should anything go wrong and I didn't really like the idea of throwing the cashmere in the microwave over and over again. It was just made from some white sheeting, stuffed then sewn closed.

I didn't really know what exactly I needed for the filling, 'wheat' seemed a little amiguous so I had a little Google and found that normal rice does the same job (and doesn't go manky like pearl barley does after a while) so my not-quite-a-wheat-wheat bag is actually stuffed with white rice and a crushed up cinnamon stick for a nice smell (I hate lavender!).



Pop the inside bag in the microwave for 2-3 minutes, pop it in the cashmere pocket and snuggle! I made 2 as Christmas presents and I wish I had a 3-arm jumper so I could have made another one for myself! 

Winter Wedding Wonders Part 2

I decided that I wanted to make a card and gift to match my brother's wedding colour scheme, I had the card and loads of leftover snowflakes after all!

The snowflakes and hearts are cut using my Sizzix. 

The matt in the frame is to fit a 5x7 photo so the super shiny-ness of the gold card will be toned down majorly once the photo is covering it.

I'm looking forward to going round and seeing this with a photo of the gorgeous bride and groom to complete it!

Winter Wedding Wonders Part 1

My Big Brother got married on Thursday 1st December, I can't quite believe that after 4 years of being engaged he actually said, 'I do', and it was just wonderful; I may have had a little weep.

The wedding was all gold, ivory and snowflakes, I helped made the invitations back in August, and cut out so many snowflakes I thought that winter had come already, in fact when it started to try to snow yesterday I got flashbacks!

The invitations are little petal-fold wallets with 3 cards inside.

Apparently the guests all loved them and couldn't believe that they were home-made which I always think is a good thing to hear!