Sculpting recycled wood into a tatting shuttle-1
July 8, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crafts, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, lace, tatting
My husband’s dad built a desk when my husband was a wee little guy. Sadly, the desk fell apart last winter. BUT!
The desk lives on in all manner of ways!
I have made bag handles and a heap of bracelets from the bottoms of the drawers.
And, today, I made myself another ‘Lady Hoare’ (I pronounce it Lady Harr, as the other possible pronounciations are slightly ‘ahem’-ish) tatting shuttle:
The Lady Hoare style of tatting shuttle is a very old version of shuttle and I absolutely love it. It’s my favorite style of tatting shuttle.
Why? Because it allows me to load it …read more
Eco projects to celebrate Earth Day
April 10, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, crafts, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft
I’ve been having a wonderful time, re-fashioning, reclaiming, re-using, recycling and eco-crafting up a storm in celebration of Earth Day.
I reclaimed part of old desk drawers to make bag handles:
and I took a broken loom and turned it into wonderful ‘eco-bracelets’:
I have lots more eco projects up my sleeve, so stay tuned!
