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March 28, 2018October 5, 2018 - Karen 1 Comment

How to make an Easter wreath

Easter wreath by RecklessHen

You know you have a problem with procrastinating when you realise the fabric you bought and the wooden eggs you painted to make an Easter wreath have been sitting there for a couple of years and you still haven’t got round to making it! That was my reality this morning.[Read more]

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March 22, 2018October 5, 2018 - Karen Leave a comment

First steps on Etsy

Today I have been designing new printables to go in the RecklessHen Etsy shop and it has been so much fun being back in the creative zone. I am happiest when I am doing anything creative, it relaxes me and creates a real feel good buzz. So after spending quite[Read more]

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March 10, 2018October 5, 2018 - Karen 3 Comments

Mother’s Day round up and an Easter Freebie

With Mother’s Day looming how many people have forgotten to order their gifts in time for them to be delivered before Mother’s Day? I always do this whether it’s for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings etc. and I end up rushing to the shops and getting something that isn’t exactly what I[Read more]

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October 18, 2017October 5, 2018 - Karen Leave a comment

Spotty Dottie font goes global

Spotty Dottie font by RecklessHen

We are so excited to be able to tell you that our Spotty Dottie font is now available on dafont.com. Spotty Dottie is available free for Personal Use. If you are interested in our Commercial Licence please email us for details.

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October 13, 2017October 5, 2018 - Karen Leave a comment

Decorating for Autumn

When my kids were smaller I used to have fun being OTT decorating the house for Halloween, the scarier the better. Now that they are older and not that interested in it anymore I was missing the decorating, so I decided a couple of years ago that I was going[Read more]

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October 4, 2017September 20, 2019 - Karen 4 Comments

Crochet an Autumn Pumpkin

Crochet an Autumn pumpkin

Feeling very autumny, I spent a few happy hours last week on a Pinterest safari looking for crochet patterns for autumnal bits and bobs. I found loads of fabulous leaf patterns, acorn patterns, squirrel and hedgehog patterns and of course pumpkin patterns. A crocheted pumpkin seemed a good place to start[Read more]

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September 13, 2017March 26, 2020 - Karen 4 Comments

Free Autumn printable

free Autumn printable from RecklessHen

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September 1, 2017March 26, 2020 - Karen Leave a comment

Stripe-It updated

Just a quick update to let you all know that the three new Stylecraft Special DK colours – Lapis, Lincoln and Blush – have now been added to Stripe-It. If you haven’t heard of Stripe-It yet, it is a random stripe creator for those of us who have difficulty in doing[Read more]

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August 28, 2017October 5, 2018 - Karen Leave a comment

Playing with Fonts (and a freebie)

So this week I have been playing around with creating my own fonts. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while but didn’t know where to start. Thanks to a fab course I did on Skillshare I was able to give it a go. So armed with my ipad Pro[Read more]

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August 4, 2017February 28, 2021 - Karen 4 Comments

Free Vintage Granny Square blanket pattern

Who is ready for a new blanket? Today we have a free Vintage Granny Square blanket pattern for you. This is a great stash buster project to use up all your leftover yarn and make room for new, yarny delights. Our colour inspiration came from the leftover colours we had[Read more]

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Hi I am Karen and I live in Northern Ireland with my hubby and grown-up kids. We have three furry lunatics who kindly let us live in what is clearly their kingdom and all together they keep me on my toes and young at heart.

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