A Little Bit About Me . . .
Hi there! Thank you so much for stopping by my little corner of the interweb. I’m Bridie.
I’ve been crafting since I was toddling around craft shows while my mum sold knitting yarn. She used to buy me a new craft kit to keep me busy. When I grew up I set up my own online craft shop and loved every minute of it. There’s is nothing like the thrill of getting to be one of the first people to see new craft collections. I sold my business to focus on raising my two children.
They’re still young so for now I’m blogging my craft projects and sharing tutorials to inspire you. I love creating handmade cards to show my loved ones how much I care. I scrapbook to preserve precious memories of my kids childhoods. I knit and sew to keep my kids in comfortable, unique clothes they love. I create batch cooked meals to give me more time to craft. And because I’m not currently earning I do all of this on a tiny budget.
I’ll show you all the best ways to craft on a tight budget so you can still create a life you love.

I’ve included links to my favourite retailers for the products I’ve used to make my crafts. Click on any of the product images and links for full details. If you decide to buy any of these products I may get a small percentage of what you spend. There’s no cost to you at all.
Aran Knitting Baby Baby Girl Baby Scrapbooking Batch Cooking Beginner Scrapbooking Beginner Sewing Pattern Birthday Cards Budget Recipes Card Making Cards for Children Cards for Girls Chicken Recipes Christmas Christmas Cards Craft Sensations Dovecraft Easy Sewing Pattern First Edition Free Knitting Pattern Free Sewing Pattern Halloween Handmade Gifts Healthy Eating Knitting Knitting Accessories My Minds Eye Papermania Peek-a-Boo Patterns Polkadoodles ProMarkers Scrapbooking Sewing Sewing for Kids Sewing Pants Sewing with Jersey Sewing with Wovens Simply Creative Sizzix Soup Recipes Spellbinders Stitch Upon a Time Tim Holtz Winsor Newton XCut



What a wonderful Christmas card! I love all those papers and the cute stockings hanging up ready for Santa! Thanks for joining in at My Time to Craft1love Mags B x
What a lovely card – thanks for joining in and sharing it with The Daring Cardmakersr
This is an adorable easel christmas card. Love the colours. Thanks for playing at 613 Avenue Create and good luck. Hope to see you back sunday for a new challenge. Bettina DT Member 613 Avenue Create xx
I love the Scandinavian feel of this card – very Christmassy! Thanks for sharing with us at Friday Sketch Challenge! x
Very cute!!! Love your cute stockings and great dp. Thanks for sharing this cute card with us in the DRS Designs Challenge!
Love the homely hsndmade feel. Thank you for sharing with us at the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. – Myrna DT
Thanks for entering your lovely crafting for CHNC challenge 242 – you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for August – I'd love to see it there too. x
Such a cute card and great use of Kraft paper. thanks for sharing at Clear it Out.HugsLarelyn