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The life of a Vibes & Scribes employee and demonstrator can be a whirlwind at times. There are always new crafts to try and materials to experiment with, and with new stock flooding in all the time one can easily forget about some projects and get distracted. So, with that in mind I have decided to give blogging a proper go. Hopefully it will allow me to try out new crafts myself and a …

A few weeks back we got a new delivery of beads in, hundreds of new colours, shapes and sizes but what caught my eye straight away were these skull beads. They have been cropping up around the place for awhile now, I know I’ve seen them myself in many high street shops in town and on various celebrities as well, so naturally I jumped at the chance to get my hands on them and have some …

I have a lot of scraps of yarn, most of them are too precious to let go of or too small to make something with. So, rather than have them all squirrelled away in my stash I’ve decided to make a whimsical tea cosy and finally show them off. It’s called ‘Knitted Love’ because as I was knitting away I remembered how much I love the simplicity of basic stitches and the beauty of colour. I …