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Selection of some of my creations (Little Lids Siobhan

Little Lids Siobhan - 2015 photoshoot with Ms. Little Lids

Autumn Time

The clocks are changing, the evenings are getting darker. Its time to get those Winter woolies out and wrap up. But there is no need to hibernate or hide just yet.

I am working on a range of  adult accessories which  as well as being functional are full of the colours of Autumn, you will be able to match your accessories with the Season at hand.

The selection of warm colours and wool will keep you toasty over the Winter period.

Check out my collection and as always I welcome comments and suggestions.

Picture Perfect

While I might be good at making some creations, I am definitely no photographer; although my skills are improving.

I do however love working with photographers. Its so nice to be able to make their dreams a reality.

Its great to work on projects with them especially newborn photography and help them achieve the image they have portrayed to me.

Ciara Drennan is one of the local photographers I work with and we did a joint competition / promotion last year. I made some props for Ciara to use. Here are some of the pictures, I really think her work is amazing.

If you want to see more of Ciara's work you can visit her website:   http://www.ciaradrennan.com

Little Lids Siobhan: It takes balls!!!

Little Lids Siobhan: It takes balls!!!: Literally it takes a lot of balls to keep this business going. I have wool stashed everywhere. My latest investment was a kitchen dr...

Away with the Fairies

Being the mother of a little girl of course the fairies were going to come to visit the house, and in our case we took them down the woods.






I love a challenge and making something different, that I really put my own mark on. It gives a great sense of achievement. Last year I made a collection of Fairy Hats all of my own designs.

You can view the full collection here:
Fairy Hat Collection on Facebook

 

I had a little boy comment and tell me that he was not happy with all the designs as there were none for boys !!! So I took the task in hand and corrected this with the addition of a gnome. I love kids their wit and wisdom always comes in handy, and of course their honesty.

 The collection is still open to more designs and options if anyone has comments / suggestions I can work on. I love a challenge.

Princess Dress for my own little Princess

Every little girl loves to dress up and my Isobel is no different. I have her a little bit spoilt she doesn't want the same one as everyone else. We have emerged from the tomboy phase and everything is now princess, pink and sparkles.

So with her request in hand I took to the internet to source fabric. I was so excited to find a fabric, containing most of the Disney Princesses.

Next task was to find pink and sparkly, so I bought some bright pink sparkly wool. I used simple granny squares to make the top of the dress, we had a few trials for size to make sure it was comfortable.

Then I added lining to the dress and sewed the materials together. I attached my crochet top to the bottom of the dress by hand sewing it. It really was a labour of love, as my patience and speed with sewing is something of a challenge (plus Isobel underfoot excited to get the dress on wasn't helping).

Finally it was well worth, the research, sourcing and sewing to see her face when she put the dress on, and the burst of pride when someone says her dress is lovely and she replies "My Mommy made it" makes it all worthwhile.

It takes balls!!!

Literally it takes a lot of balls to keep this business going. I have wool stashed everywhere.

My latest investment was a kitchen dresser with glass doors on the front to keep my collection nice and clean. Also I love all the colours and textures and believe they should be on display and not packed away in some dreary corner.

I plan on emptying it all out in the near future and painting the dresser to make my wool collection even more of a feature in our home.

And no matter how many balls of wool you have, you are constantly buying as some colours have more use than others and popularity can vary. Like for instance I went through about 30 balls of neon yellow wool when Minion mania took over last year. It was not a colour I had ever imagined buying in bulk.

I try work ahead of time especially for school time and then Christmas Markets, usually starting a stock of hats in August to be decorated later in the year.

Ive also accumulated a lot of embellishments such as ribbons and buttons.

Worry Bug

Do you find that come bedtime all the worries and struggles of the day for your little one come to light. I have the sweetest little girl and she is so sensitive. Come bedtime as I tuck her in she has endless questions and thoughts for me for situations that may have come to light during her day, or things that are tormenting her for the following day. Is her best friend going to be in creche ? What time will I be home at from work ? Someone didnt give her a turn playing with a toy she wanted, the list is endless really.

To help get over this we came up with the Worry Bug, Isobel loves ladybirds and red is her favourite colour (but other characters and colours can be created no problem). So each night there is a "worry" we write it down and give it to the Worry Bug. The Worry Bug loves to eat these little notes up and sometimes there is a little note left back, or even a sweet or packet of raisins. But the most important thing is once Isobel wakes the worry is gone.


The Worry Bug is available for sale, I am working on other designs at the moment so watch this space !!!!

Pickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk up a penguin

Anyone who knows me knows I absolutely LOVE penguins. I think they are just the cutest little creatures ever, you can but smile when you look at one.

As part of my wedding day I had to make sure they featured in some little way.

 Watching over the rings on the morning of the wedding.

 Cute little penguin couple on my husbands bike.

 Featuring in the wedding photographs out in Emo Court, Co. Laois

My good friend Orla Edwards who runs Cakes by Orla, ensured that they featured in the main reception and had them escaping from the back of the cake. If you want to check out some of her fantastic creations check out her facebook page at:  Cakes by Orla


Sinead Ging fed my fetish by taking pictures of a Wally themed penguin I gave her in the run up to the big day.  

 Praying for good weather on the big day.

Doing the conga at the dinner table.

The Hot Seat

As well as being a Crafter I also work full time during the week. To keep the creative juices flowing while I am at work I decided to yarnbomb my chair. I had been toying with the idea for ages, wondering what would my colleagues think, how would it look when it was done. So after weeks of pondering and some pinterest research I decided to give it a go.

It truly was a labour of love, and armed with just my hook and wool (and no pattern), I made two freeform pieces to cover the back and seat of my office chair.

It took a few attempts, of adding rows each evening and bringing it to work to measure up to the seat.
I got several comments and questions about what I was doing.

I have to say I am truly happy with the result and it certainly brightens my day and the office seeing my seat when I walk in each morning. I guess its nice having a little piece of my personality at the place I spend 7 hours plus everyday.

For the littlest Hurling Champion

I work with a few local Photographers producing props for their photoshoots and I love when they call. Its always going to be a special creation for someone who is just about to make their mark on this world.

For one particular photoshoot I was told that daddy played hurling and could a hat be made with a hurley on it and all hush hush as the photo was going to be part of a gift for his birthday.

I admit I was a bit puzzled as to how I was going to put a hurley on a hat, I could have crocheted one but the thing about wood that makes it beautiful is the natural pattern of the wood. After must research I decided to buy some wood patterned fabric and literraly make the hurley. So I drew out the pattern and added the bonding paper by ironing. Once cooled I cut it out and placed onto the hat to add again by ironing.

I have to admit I was quite chuffed with the finished design as I hope the family were with my creation.

I welcome custom orders and its no problem to change the colour or design of a hat to meet the customers particular needs. Being verastile when you are a crafter is simply a way of life, you always have to think outside the box and be able to see the finished product in your head.

The Fibres of love

I am all about the personal touch and my wedding day was no exception. Weddings can be a stressful time and as I find crochet relaxes me it was the perfect route to go down. I decided that I wanted little pieces of myself everywhere throughout the day.

I made some items which were evident in the ceremony and reception, so there is a little of my personality throughout the day.

Firstly I made the ring pillow for our daughter to carry the rings up the church.

I also made some crochet flowers to go in her headpiece which was made with baby's breath and ribbon by Flowers by Josephine. Josephine Higginbotham was so accommodating and helped with my creative buzz, she advised me to make some flowers to go in the groom and best men's button holes. The attention to detail was fabulous on the day. If you want to see more of Josephine's work please check her out at: Wedding Flowers by Josephine

I covered a jar and pen for the signing of the register to have it all personalised with my crafty theme.

My pride and joy on the day was my bouquet and bridesmaids bouquets. They took several weeks to make, but it was worth every painstaking minute to have it in my hand as I walked up the aisle. I made them multicoloured for maximum impact. My own bouquet was larger and had a silver handle, the bridemaid's were smaller and I wrapped their handles in lace and decorated with a pearl brooch to match the detail on my dress and shoes.

In the hotel, the table numbers were jars which I had crocheted covers for, I choose an ivory colour similar to my dress and it has a sparkly thread running through it. Each one was tied with string and a wooden heart. Each heart had a hand written number and a pearl detail attached.

Thanks to Ciara Drennan for my amazing wedding photographs, if you want to see more of Ciara's work please check out her website: http://www.ciaradrennan.com 
or you can also like her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CiaraDPhotography