CarinasCraftblog

It’s new embroidery pattern day! The Floral Fiesta Mandala pattern has been in the works since early February I think. It was kind of time consuming because look at all that satin stitching! But I enjoyed it very much. Satin stitch is one of my favourite stitches.

I have wanted to try making pasta filled with spinach and ‘ricotta’ tofu for a while. And now I finally have! I have read a lot of recipes for this, some fairly simple, some more complicated. In the end I decided to just wing it and make my own recipe. Well, is it a recipe when you have to try and reconstruct the ingredients after the fact because you just make it up as y...

On Saturday it was this blog’s 20th birthday. That feels pretty significant. I wanted to celebrate it on the day but I couldn’t figure out what to (think or) say about it.

I am actually kind of amazed that I am still actively blogging. So many of the blogs I used to read have gone quiet or completely gone away. There are now many other ways one can share crafts ...

Slightly belated Beltane greetings. It has been a bit busy here recently so I didn’t manage to finish these in time. One of the things that kept me/us busy was my birthday! Both my parents and my sister and her family came to visit. So lovely. I think I’ll share some of the birthday shenanigans in a different blog post…

I am very happy with how these two turned ...