Rainbow colours

I've been working on a couple of simple small things this week, and both have been inspired by lovely cheerful rainbow colours - I love colour in general so it's hardly surprising that rainbows creep into my crafting every now and then.

The first rainbow gem that I've made this week is actually the first step towards a bigger goal, my first independent crochet project since I finished my beginners' course. Here it is...

Nothing fancy, just a rainbow coloured Granny square. My original plan was to make loads of these and make a whole rainbow coloured blanket, but I've seen some lovely blankets where the squares all have white borders and a whole variety of colours in the middle, so I'm tempted to make the rainbow squares into a cushion instead and then start a blanket with white-edged squares instead. Opinions on what would be best are most welcome!

And my second rainbow themed make is this...

A pretty little card for my Auntie - quite a simple idea but I'm pleased with how it's turned out.

I've also started work on my second Sewaholic Hollyburn skirt as well, so hopefully that'll be ready to share with you soon - watch this space!

A cute little card

Here's a wedding card that I made today - it was inspired by a card that I saw in Oxfam Books & Music at the weekend. I can't remember the last time I bought a greetings card, but I often have a quick look at what's in the shops to get new ideas and this seemed like a good one to me so I thought I'd give it a go. The one in the shop had a lot more, smaller heart balloons and prettier thread, but overall I'm happy with how my simplified version turned out. See what you think....