Ric-rac making....

since my last post about crocheting ric-rac 

I received two tiny-little-itsy-bitsy hooks from my darling sister

and have embarked on little ric-rac making.....

seriously can you even see that hook? 

I have my camera as 'zoomy-in' as it will go and it still looks small...... 

to give you a rough idea, the ball of crochet cotton behind it is no more than 1 inch in size 

and the crochet hook is a good bit in the foreground......

how did the girls in the 'olden days' crochet with sewing thread? 

beats me.....

unfortunately, because I am of a certain age and not getting any younger 

I have to work on this in bright daylight 

{and even then I have to REALLY concentrate to see what I am doing.....}

dim evening light just means I have NO CHANCE of seeing what is going on 

and therefore I would have to fly even more by the seat of my pants 

than I normally do......

loving it though......

the other thing I have been enjoying is a pastime I have been indulging in for many years now......

making envelopes.

I love making envelope.....

especially from old magazine and catalogue pages.....

Laura Ashley is one of my favourite catalogues to use as their layouts are just scrummy......

here are some I made a while back....

I've been eyeing up the Cath Kidson catalogue I received a little while ago

and think maybe a page or two of that could be reused to great effect......

envelopes are so easy peasy to make and years ago I made templates for mine 

so that I just have to whip out the template, pop it on the page over the image 

I like and trace round it, fold it up using a touch of pritt stick and Bob's your uncle ... 

a unique and thoughtful way of enclosing a letter or card......

here you can find a tutorial and template for making some 

envelopes of your own from stuff that would otherwise end up 

in your recycling bin......

it also helps appease my stationery fettish too.....