AmieJ Crafts

As mentioned in my last blog I wanted to provide you with an introduction to my new project AmieJ Crafts, my crafty and fun hobby which keeps my plenty busy. 

It all started when scrapbooking became my new hobby and passion. I would will away hours decorating pictures and pages, storing away my favourite memories creatively within a book. I have made several now, for myself and others. I just love getting crafty with paper, photos and glitter! After using Pinterest to inspire more scrapbooking ideas and layouts I discovered something else; crafting. 

Crafting is the most varied way to have fun and get creative. I love all things cute and sentimental that I decided I would use my new found interest in crafting to create gifts and keepsakes for people. These seem to make a lot of people happy which, in turn, made me very happy. Crafting therefore became my perfect hobby. 

I was creating keepsakes and other gifts alongside designing and printing my own greeting cards. I began to sell my products on local FaceBook sites and my products were becoming quite popular - as popular as they can in a small town anyway! I was then advised to set up an Etsy account to share my creations with people across the globe. This sounded completely overwhelming at first but now I am all set up. My idea was turning into something physical so I decided it needed a name; AmieJ Crafts was born. (I am sure I don't need to explain how AmieJ was formed…) I did debate a quirky name but felt my products didn't need something comic to make them sellable so I went with a more 'does what it says on the tin' approach. 

This is one of my crafts in time for Father's Day - 

A message in a bottle with a twist keepsake.

I feel really proud and excited to have set up this wonderful world of crafting for myself. I wanted to spread my excitement through showing the public my products and they appear to be receiving great feedback and interest. I am so lucky to be able to do something I really enjoy and share it with the world. 

This is a card design inspired by the small pencils they hand out at IKEA! 

Please check back from time to time to see updates on my crafty creations :) 

You can visit my Etsy shop here: AmieJCrafts

Or stop by my FaceBook page: AmieJCraftsFB

It has been a while...

Well well well, I must first start with an apology for my serious lack of blogging. I have had a tough year so far which has led to me having a lot of up and down moments, neither or which make for great writing. But here we are, June 2014. 

Coming up on this blog should include:

• AmieJCrafts introduction + regular updates
• Dressy Digits updates
• Teacher talk
• Writers Tips could make a return
• Reviews!

AmieJCrafts

My latest project sees me being creative and crafty, making gifts and keepsakes for everyone within the UK. If you can't wait for my blog posts about AmieJCrafts to be published you can visit my Etsy store here; https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AmieJCrafts?ref=pr_shop_more 

Or my Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/Amiejcrafts

Dressy Digits

This blog has already mentioned my shellac nail project which I offer in my local area. But sometimes it's fun to talk nails and show off what I have done for customers :)

Here is a link to my first blog post about Dressy Digits, to give you an idea of it's history: http://amielou89.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/dressy-digits.html 

Here is my Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/dressydigits13

Teacher Talk

As an aspiring teacher, and currently studying towards my PGCE part time whilst working the rest of my time in a school as a cover supervisor, it is sometimes great to discuss what really goes on in a typical present day classroom. I also love it when my readers join in with these discussions so please feel free to leave comments! 

Writers Tips

This was such a popular time for my blog. If you are a regular visitor you know that I had many published authors on board, discussing and swapping top tips for writing. Use the tab at the top of my blog to visit all my Writer's tips entries with guest appearances from authors including Jack Croxall, Sharon Stone and Jonathan Lee. 

I really hope I can get this back up and running over the summertime to help all aspiring writers out there to enhance their masterpieces! 

Reviews

Again, as my top tabs would suggest, reviews are something I love to write. These will just pop up frequently. If you are interested in having your band reviewed please contact me using the contact me tab :) 

Well it is lovely to be back, expect to hear from me soon, gassing on about one of the categories above - or something completely new! Until then, ciao!