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12 Days of Christmas 2021 – Candy Cane Cards

I thought I’d take this opportunity to share my Handmade candy cane themed christmas cards. I’m fairly sure everyone I’ve sent a Christmas card to, has received them by now!

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I make my cards every year, and this year, is of course no exception! I’ll also share my festive bujo spread for this week!

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Handmade Happy Mail 2021

I usually send handmade happy mail out every now and again; to friends and family. A little something sweet through the letterbox is fun to both send and receive! I had a chilled evening recently and decided to make a whole bunch of cards, so I had some ready!

Happy Mail

I’ve had one particular matching set of card blanks for a while now. I love the cute patterns and colours, as well as the style of the open front ones! This week I spent one evening choosing various coordinating toppers, to make around 25 handmade cards!

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Family and Friends – A-Z Challenge 2021

There are a few significant people who get a mention here on the blog, every now and again. But I thought I’d take the opportunity; to share some fun posts and photos from the archive all about family and friends!

A-Z Challenge 2021

We’re on day 6 of the April A-Z Challenge, and I’m sharing a retrospective; or look back at The Craft Room and Beyond. Sharing some historic content you may have missed, or might want to check out!!

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Crazy for Cars – A-Z Challenge 2021

Shock twist for those expecting craft for C! We’re on Day 3 of the April A-Z Challenge, and I thought I’d share a little snippet of a household pastime! Stu definitely got me into cars; (I don’t even drive!) and now I think we can safely say I’m about as crazy for cars as he is; though in a different way!

A-Z Challenge 2021

As I revealed previously; this month I am sharing a retrospective; or look back, on The Craft Room and Beyond! Beginning with A all the way to Z. Sharing fun content past and more recent, as part of the blogging from A-Z Challenge.

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Crafty January Baking & Handmade Cards.

So we’ve made it through the first month of 2021; with just one weekend to go. it’s been a great month of creating and I though I’d do a bit of a round up of a very crafty January!

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I’m feeling fairly positive about how the month has gone, and have achieved several of my goals (not all of them, but it’s looking good for productivity), so I’m calling it a win! With that in mind; I’m more than ready to head into a positive and productive February!

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12 Days of Christmas 2020 – Hello Again Blogmas!

It seems like far too recently I was posting Christmas content! This year, has without a doubt been one of the strangest! But here we are bringing some shine and festivity to the end of the year; with 12 Days of Christmas 2020!

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I’d go out on a limb and say this might be the last one of these for a while, but you never know what’s going to happen in a year! After all, this blog is almost one year old now, and somehow I’m now self-hosted, and things are very different , but also somehow the same. And if you know me at all; you know I LOVE Christmas!

Most of these “Day 1 of blogmas” posts start with a plan…

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12 Days of Christmas 2019 – 4 – Quick and Easy Christmas Cards

I don’t know about you, but sometimes December feels so incredibly hectic, and you really want to be creative, or maybe get crafty with kids, but you don’t have time? Try some of these ideas to make your own quick and easy Christmas cards!

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This is just a small list of ideas for you to be able to create some cute handmade Christmas cards!

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12 Days of Christmas 2017 – Handmade Christmas Cards Share

Every month I’ve been sharing some handmade cards I have made, including recent creations, and makes from the past. And here of course is the festive edition! A selection of handmade Christmas cards…

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Looking for card making ideas? Or just wanting to see some fun handmade Christmas goodness? You’re in the right place, in this post I am sharing some of my handmade Christmas makes from the last few years….

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#CraftBlogClub Secret Santa! (2016 Part 1)

Before I begin, I should introduce the #CraftBlogClub Secret Santa. For a couple of years now I have taken part in the #CraftBlogClub ‘Secret Santa’ gift swap.

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What is #CraftBlogClub?

Every Tuesday I participate in a Twitter chat – “#CraftBlogClub” which takes place between 7 and 8pm. It is simply a place to chat about blogging, and crafting with less of a focus on selling than many other Twitter chats.

Which for people like me, who craft as a hobby, is refreshing – and a great way to meet like-minded people online – without being bombarded with sales content. (Don’t  get me wrong, I love to buy handmade, but I like to have a choice in when  and where I choose to shop.)

#CraftBlogClub also have challenges throughout the year, and I have taken part for the last couple of years. The most recent ‘challenge’ for #CraftBlogClub was set, the Secret Santa gift swap. We all submit our names, and get emailed with someone else at random, to make a gift for! And in return someone gets your name, and you receive a nice surprise in the post!

Of course I couldn’t post about this particular swap until after Christmas, but before I do that, I thought I would go back and share previous swaps!

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