tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65307137762893809692011-07-08T01:21:10.897+01:00One more crafting blog in a sea of them.Orange Vaquitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05520501355381765685noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6530713776289380969.post-24696010329645976622010-09-22T09:23:00.002+01:002010-09-22T09:32:01.679+01:00

I was crocheting things yesterday for my shop on Etsy ans Zibbet and realized I hadn't poested on the blog for quite a while.It took me a long time to log in as I didn't remember the password (that should've tipped me off), and when I did I saw that my last post was over a year ago!I have been struggling with several things in my life, but I won't go into that. I'm better now, living in London

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I decided to visit Canterbury today of Cathedral and Chaucer and Thomas Becket death fame.I had a few free hours during the morning. It was only half an hour drive to get there from Medway, faster than I thought.I spent only about 3 hours in the city. I walked around, took photos and ate a huge chocolate-covered doughnut I got at the market.The city is quite shocking, you get ancient buildings

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Not so much. I've been writing some articles (lenses?) at Squidoo, and have left aside my crafting for a while. I started a new knitting project, though.I just have been reading a lot about teaching and language learning. And writing about it. My latest lens is on learning a language on 14 days, the basics at least!I'm still trying to understand how the whole Squidoo thing works. In theory all my

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Conmemorating this weekend's Dickens Festival in Rochester, Kent. An array of Charles Dickens goodies from Etsy.Enjoy!And don't forget to visit the Orange Vaquita Store by yours truly while on Etsy.

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...make Cristina a girl with money!I've been really busy with work this past week. It was supposed to be a semi-holiday for me, but for some reason I ended up working more than usual. I can't complain though, being a tutor the more the merrier (the more students, the merrier I am, that is).And looks like things will be busy for a while. All the better. Downside being, I won't have as much free

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One of my favourite things to do is look at other's people artwork, especially mixed media. I find it fascinating how with things most of us would consider trash these artists can create beautiful pieces.And my predilection is no doubt tiny art. I don't know how it started but for some years now there has been a fad among online artists (mixed-media, fibre, drawers, painters, you name it!) to

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I finally found time to try some Origami. I found most simple/beginner diagrams to be extremely horrible, so, I decided to be brave and go for more complicated things. NOT a good idea.In the end, my almost 5 hours of work did end up with a tangible result (in construction paper, I'm not prepared to ruin pretty expensive paper yet).Most of my afternoon yesterday was spent folding, unfolding,

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The only thing even remotely Asian about the bag is the fabric. Which I found at my local HobbyCraft, and was surprised to see at an extremely cheap price. Look at that, it's just beautiful.So, to try my newly acquired (mini) sewing machine, I decided to make myself a bag.And one in red for that. Because I realized a few days ago, that I didn't have any in that colour.Lining, from a skirt I

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I've been quite productive these two last days. Mainly crochet.First one, I kind of summery hat. I love the yarn, I've had it in my stash for a while. I'd done some baby booties with it. The stitch is not extremely fancy, but I love the look of it, I've used a lot of times before in hats and tops.I finished the really bright pink scarflette. This is one to sell, but I'm going to be making another

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I've decided to start featuring some Etsy items every Sunday, focusing on items that have been listed a long time. So get them while you can!Today the focus is tea. No reason, except that I love it. Enjoy!

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Today it was just BEAUTIFUL! We've had some pretty horrible days lately, but it's got nice for the bank holiday weekend.So... I decided to out for a walk. I live about 3 minutes from the river, so that's where I headed. Not much in the excitement area, but loads of beautiful scenery.My favourite, hands down, is the Cathedral. This is a view from the Riverwalk. You can actually see the Castle as

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I'm by no means a creative person AT ALL. But I think we all go through the creative process.This is how mine usually goes.InspirationA few days ago I bought a pack of 10 sheets of felt, and a couple days after that I got I bag of 40 brooch bars. Both just sat there staring at me, until I thought about making felt brooches. Not the most creative of ideas.ResearchSo I went and did some, you may

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I used to have a great origami book when I was a kid. Really easy explanation and graphics for everything. No idea where it might be now.I've been meaning to re-learn my origami for a time now. And seeing as I have loads of construction paper, I thought I'd give it a go. At least I won't ruin expensive paper.A list of links I've found around the net, and are useful if you're learning origami:-

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I thought I'd post what I'm working on right now, at least in the yarn department.My two main WIPs right now are an orange version of the Swallowtail Shawl by Evelyn Clark. That lady surely knows her lace.Never ever in life have I used a shawl before, but I think they're lovely, so I thought I'd give them a go. Found on Ravelry a fast shawl, used some worsted weight cotton instead of lace weight,

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I've always done some type of craft or another. And I've had a gazillion blogs, but for some reason it just never struck me to have a crafting blog. I do follow quite a few, though.So, here it is. I'll see how it goes. Hopefully, it will last!

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Who I amMy name is Cristina, and I now live in Rochester, Kent (UK), but I was born in Argentina and I lived in Spain for about 8 years.I'm 23 years old, and I am trained as a school teacher, specialized in foreign language acquisition. Which probably tells you that I love languages, and always try to learn them.Apart from that, I'm just a normal person who liked travelling a lot, and who moves a

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