YouTube - my first video for a while

My first YouTube video for a long time - and I am showing all the stash that was piled up on my crafty table in my last blog post ....

and I nearly missed out the bag of goodies from the CraftWorks !

(Getting this video created and edited has been several hours over several days - and more than once I was very close to giving up entirely!  However, I am stubborn - and didn't want to lose all the video I filmed.  I had purchased a very good video editing software in the past, Filmora, but that was with an old email address, so now I need to try and access my account again.  Therefore, I tried a few different free video editors, but they either had very steep learning curves, or in the case of iMovies on my iPad, I did not have enough storage space left to upload it.  Eventually I found that there is a very good Video Editor on Windows 10, and that saved the day.  This video is 'rough and ready', and I will get more professional as time goes by, but at least you get to see my stash and my craft room.  Getting music to add to just the start and finish titles was a step too far today!  I will also be adding subtitles.)

The Makerss is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in Needle Felting - click HERE.  

You can get your very own Edmund Elephant and also a Nativity Scene Advent Calendar Needle Felting Kit from Frankie and Sidney HERE.

Click on the links in the sidebar to go the The Works, Create & Craft and Craft Stash - for lots of crafty stash shopping!  These are all affiliate links, so I will get a few pennies when you shop via my links, which is much appreciated.

WOYWW 612 - something strange is happening on my crafty table!

Good morning to you all from a misty and damp Pembrokeshire.  More high winds and rain forecast for later, but then the return of high pressure and some settled weather for the weekend.

However, I am not here to give you a weather forecast, but to share my crafty workspace - along with many other crafters from around the world.  Join in HERE.

I have actually been crafting!  New stash from my recent 50th birthday and a realisation that I can't spend all my time earning money has made me put aside time most days for some creativity.  (Apologies in advance to Julia - there will be more photos than normal, as I catch up from my recent absence.)

Firstly, needle felting.  I have done a fair bit of stabbing wool with needles in the past, and then saw the first 'Craft For Cats' mentioned on Facebook.  This Saturday we will have a 'Felt-a-Long' creating cats - and half of the money goes to The Cats Protection.  This is the kit from the fabulous The Makerss - enough to create 2 cats.  I am going to do Milky (our white cat) and then attempt a tabby (in memory of Tiger, one of the farm cats).  If anyone wants to join in, then be quick, as I know that they will post a kit out today.  The workshop will be recorded anyway.

This is my crafty table this morning.  My pyrography kit is open (left the tool to cool down yesterday), which was a birthday present from my elder sister.  There is a pack of carbon paper, which I ordered from Amazon so I can transfer printed designs onto wood.  I have created one thank you card so far - from my stash of diamond painting greeting cards.  Also my small collection of card sentiments created with the WeRMemoryKeepers spray pen set, that I treated myself to when I saw it demonstrated on Create & Craft recently.

The first card I have created using a combination of the spray pen and my very first attempt at pyrography, which I am very proud of !  My stepson and his girlfriend got engaged at the weekend.  I cut up a piece of double-sided card from my scrapbooking stash, which you will understand was quite difficult.  This is the sort of card that sits in a drawer and gets stroked occasionally!  The wood texture is very realistic.  

The above photos show the spray pen set (which came with extra pens and stencils) and some of my first playing session.  It is as fun as I thought it would be and will be much used.

I have plenty of crafting planned for the coming week - a Disney diamond painting ATC, more pyrography, scrapbooking and the needle felting.  Follow me on Instagram (@aliwadedesigns) for almost daily updates.

Ali x