tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805543447800121232024-03-05T12:51:23.345+00:00BerryCRAFTlandMy blog is where crafting is way of surviving and that surviving is way of life and that life is beautiful.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-52966585493945721702010-06-11T11:56:00.017+01:002010-06-11T12:42:27.669+01:00catching upBefore Christmas I bought my first book about crochet and ... my sister-in-law got as a wedding present a white lace shawl based on Doris Chan pattern from Amazing Crochet Lace. It took me four months to make it and I had to adapt the instructions to suit the fine cotton and smalll hook but at the end it was worth it. It looked great on Sarah's shoulders. The pattern was very easy to remember andberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-65358536533866811252010-03-02T15:58:00.003+00:002010-03-02T16:02:30.941+00:00GiraffeI knitted and knitted and ... finished and posted the giraffe. It is based on pattern in Itty Bitty toys book which was GREAT present from Sally for Christmas ... of course i had to change it little. It is stripy (yes i like stripes) and the pompoms were too easy to pull a part as i made it from cotton so another little change. It came out ok and it already emigrated to Czech Republic. I hope theberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-84204386330085674432010-01-27T10:35:00.002+00:002010-01-27T10:41:53.877+00:00PAINI suffer from pain ... headache, joints pain, all over pain .... it affect my everyday life. I simply don't know what more i can do. I take painkillers, i go for walks, i sleep even during the day to get by, I drawn the pain in hot bath but the pain is still in my lifeberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-74628605103080923652010-01-22T12:13:00.001+00:002010-01-22T12:14:32.637+00:00Path of lifeMy life path got very tangled and it is not even heading in the same direction as the "right path of my life" ....berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-53753837648405632832010-01-22T12:11:00.001+00:002010-01-22T12:13:17.017+00:00Eynsham Yarn ClubOur Yarn Club got little bit smaller, just three of us in our local pub with crochet hook, knitting needles and all colours and types of yarn ... what a nice evening in a very creative company.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-57258536344546468452010-01-22T12:09:00.002+00:002010-01-22T12:11:41.472+00:00ONE DAY ONE PAPERWe all read papers or magazines but what do you pick up on. This is what popped up at me one day in one paper - why is our society so dark? How can you be positive when there is so much bad stories?berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-27776508687347516832010-01-22T12:07:00.001+00:002010-01-22T12:09:37.454+00:00EXPEDITION TO MY HEARTI loved those black and white images and started this page without any intentions, i just kept doing it and it ended up as an expedition to my frozen heart.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-88496391257099576172010-01-22T12:06:00.001+00:002010-01-22T12:07:47.710+00:00Third diaryI'm starting diary No.3. I will use all media and will not limit myselt to just one colour or style - new experinces ...berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-38123888285635685912010-01-22T12:04:00.001+00:002010-01-22T12:06:20.119+00:00END OF THE BLUE DIARYI truly can't believe that i never managed to keep a diary and in last 7 months I fill 2!berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-28738903581950325332010-01-13T11:14:00.000+00:002010-01-13T11:15:22.069+00:00middle part of my blue diaryblue blue blue blue day of my lifeberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-85920699515877781842010-01-13T11:12:00.001+00:002010-01-13T11:14:20.905+00:00first part of my blue diaryafter few pages i decided that this is going to be blue diary - no other colours and i can't have black/bad day ... only blueberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-57214102277941922592010-01-13T10:27:00.002+00:002010-01-13T10:30:29.274+00:00new diaryYes I'm still struggling with depression. I know it is up to me to get out of this black hole but it is really hard. I don't do page in my diary everyday as I'm trying to do other things but my diary is still my escape, my way to express what I'm feeling inside without use of worlds.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-18189058712933149412010-01-13T09:52:00.003+00:002010-01-13T09:56:54.644+00:00wonderful white stuffI love snow and I'm loving our current weather. Our village is little bit cut off - the buses now go around instead of through but my hubby is managing ok to drive to work and I'm loving being snowed in. I built a proper snowman in our garden and yesterday he fallen over but it is snowing today again so i think I'll outside later building another one :-) Yes I'm an adult but the snow put smile onberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-6839424726546038432009-12-06T13:06:00.004+00:002009-12-06T13:09:36.263+00:00christmas ornaments swapI received christmas ornaments swap parcell all the way from New York. What a nice parcel - thank you thank you thank you. And as soon as my parcel arrive in Las Vegas i post photos of what i posted.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-44416338345693036582009-11-01T16:46:00.002+00:002009-11-01T16:49:00.760+00:00MILLY & MOLLYOur chinchilas are so cute. As wild mouse was recently visiting our house they were not allowed out of the cage but tonight they are going for run - they don't know it yet :-) Usually they run and jump around in our hall and they love to sit on top of the yellow pages and just munch on everything they come across.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-88220390015696321292009-11-01T16:42:00.001+00:002009-11-01T16:44:28.070+00:00INSPIRATION FROM NATUREI went through some old photos and ... i just love nature, the colours, the contrasts & the beauty.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-51939588771732042962009-10-12T11:25:00.002+01:002009-10-12T11:30:15.823+01:00Swine flueYou real in all paper and see on TV all about Swine flue and you think it is not going to happen to you ... and it did! I was back at university, and within a week i got ill. Very ill. I went to the doctors, thinking it is just a virus but i was shifted into little room, left there alone and then let out of the surgery through the back door - what a nasty virus this must be. Anyway, now it is berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-64342179676882921922009-09-30T09:46:00.003+01:002009-09-30T09:50:48.768+01:00collection of entrelac hatsAnother hat for the SHOE BOX APPEAL IS FINISHED.The first one (blue) ended up with a hole in the middle, the second (purple/blue) have tiny small blue centre and the latest one (blue/purple) have very nice purple centre. What i learning progress :-)berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-50123288261625731402009-09-30T09:42:00.002+01:002009-09-30T09:46:00.109+01:00my diary is fulI finished the last page in my diary and i have to say it was interesting journey. When i started i though it was going to be as all the other diaries i started and then left after few pages but this time ... drawing, cutting, tearing, folding, sticking kept me going. I managed to find a way how to express things without worlds and it help enormously.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-55418175860759961692009-09-20T11:32:00.001+01:002009-09-20T11:35:14.673+01:00Blackpool lightsOur last nigh of our holiday we spent in Blackpool and we walked and walked along the promenade and so enjoyed the beach during the day and the lights at night.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-74584217428576041452009-09-20T11:26:00.002+01:002009-09-20T11:31:02.736+01:00what a beautiful landscapeThe English weather was good so our camping holiday in York and Lake district was wonderful. I did take my Christmas crochet project with me but ... i couldn't walk through the villages and landscape and work on it and in the evenings the sun went down and it was time for bed.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-40634470357087150722009-09-06T09:59:00.002+01:002009-09-06T10:03:48.582+01:00Shoe box appeal toysAll my Shoe box appeal have faces now :-)Yes i finally done all the faces on my crochet toys and some look cute, some look ok and some still look scary. The collection is growing steadily and i have to say it is going to be hard to part with some of them, but i know they are for kids for Christmas so i will send them all.berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-72359039361724166982009-08-30T11:02:00.003+01:002009-08-30T11:07:38.729+01:00everyday progress in my diary ...Oh yes I'm still working on my diary and ... i do like cut and glue :-) It is getting more colour full and there is so much hidden meeting in it that is it really surprising me.Last nigh a went to bed and remembered that i haven't done a page in my diary so i got up, went for my diary and i ended up for good half a hour drawing branches - what a way to finish a day.And I'm so proud of my berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-76118892570984214822009-08-26T09:57:00.004+01:002009-08-26T10:06:08.166+01:00experiment / tutorialFor a while my family had been collecting crisp packets for me so i can weave something amazing from them but ... weawing them is hard work so after seeing tutorial on http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com/ i decided to iron them and then sew them into bag, needle holder, project bag etc. So far it work out ok.Proccess: i cut the bags into strips and wiped the inside with a kitchen rool. Then I aranged berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780554344780012123.post-12963082030872021062009-08-21T11:03:00.004+01:002009-08-21T11:08:47.300+01:00picture frameInspiration for this came from one shop in Oxford.I took a cosmetic magazine and cut out strips which i rolled over a knitting needle and glued it to form tubes. When i had enough tubes i got old picture frame from charity shop and glued all my tube around it to hide the wooden frame - instead you see all the colourful tubes. I'm going to go on hunt for more frames and this time I'm going to use berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03607933399440279072noreply@blogger.com0