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About craftycreeky

I live in a busy market town in Yorkshire with my husband, kids, dogs and chickens. I love trying new crafts, rediscovering old ones, gardening, walking...anything creative really I started this blog after my New Year resolution worked so well. My resolution (the first one I've ever kept!) was to post a photograph of my garden on Facebook every day. My hope was that I would then see what was good in the garden and not just weeds and work, which was my tendency. The unexpected side-effect was that I have enjoyed many more hours in the garden. I am hoping that 'The Crafty Creek' will have the same effect. Happy creating!

A Pair of Cushions

Posted on June 5, 2025 by craftycreeky

I entered two cushions in Otley show, they didn’t win anything as the judge was wanting piping apparently, but I’m pleased with them, First one to be made was using a panel from a kit by Raggedy Ruff Designs, I … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Alphabet SAL

Posted on June 2, 2025 by craftycreeky

Apologies for the late post and for it’s brevity! I was stripping wallpaper yesterday, planning to write my post afterwards. Unfortunately I somehow managed to break our Internet server so we have no internet until a new one arrives tomorrow…oops … Continue reading →

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Birds and Blooms Book

Posted on May 30, 2025 by craftycreeky

As I mentioned in my last post, my Birds and Blooms book won 3rd prize at Otley Show, last time I wrote about it was at the end of April, I had just begun constructing it… All the pages are … Continue reading →

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Otley Show

Posted on May 29, 2025 by craftycreeky

It was 214th Otley Show earlier in the month, Otley show is the oldest one day agricultural show in the country, it’s stuck to it’s rural roots with sheep, cows, shire horses etc and of course there’s the handicraft and … Continue reading →

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Tuesday’s Totter Round the Garden

Posted on May 20, 2025 by craftycreeky

Part of my plan to make our garden lower maintenance is to plant more flowering shrubs, they take up a decent amount of room, often flower for a few weeks and still look reasonable for the rest of the year. … Continue reading →

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Guess How Much I Love You

Posted on May 19, 2025 by craftycreeky

One of my favourite books from when my kids were little is Guess How Much I love You, I just love the last line of ‘I love you all the way to the moon and back’ so when I found … Continue reading →

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Owl and Hare Hollow HQAL

Posted on May 18, 2025 by craftycreeky

Apologies for missing the update three weeks ago, we were in London as my OH was running the London marathon, I visited friends on the south coast on Friday/Saturday and mooched round London (26,000 steps worth of mooching!!) before finding … Continue reading →

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Dressing Miss Daisy

Posted on May 15, 2025 by craftycreeky

Daisy was stitched, but she could hardly go to the show with nothing on, she’s quite a shy little sheep! Daisy needed some clothes for the show, I decide to make her a dress and apron. The dress is called … Continue reading →

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Daisy the Sheep

Posted on May 14, 2025 by craftycreeky

It’s our local show on Saturday and I rashly entered ten items, many of which hadn’t been started, never mind finished! One such class was a toy suitable for a young child, in other words it had to be small … Continue reading →

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Mondays Meander Round the Garden

Posted on May 12, 2025 by craftycreeky

It’s been a while since I meandered round the garden, I spent several hours gardening today and I finally feel like it’s starting to look like a garden again instead of a building site. Last weekend I was working on … Continue reading →

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