"frankie and flora"

"flora"

"frankie"

"a handfull of owls"

my newest pair of owl brooches
they are listed in my shops
i'm not sure how many more i will make now
i get bored if i make too many of the same thing
which is why they are all slightly different!

flora reminds me of one of my favourite books as a child,
it was called "the owl service" and was very weird!

crafter...oo comic relief shop!

Kerry from PennyDog Jewellery has organized a crafter...oo shop on folksy to raise money for comic relief,
http://www.folksy.com/shops/CrafterooShop
all the items are donated by forum members and all the proceeds are going to the charity,
even the listing fees are being waived.
more items are being added daily so be sure to favourite the shop and keep checking out what treasures have been newly listed.

here's my first donation - i may well add more!

***EDIT***

THE BROOCH SOLD ALREADY!
I'M SO PLEASED, I WILL FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO ADD SOON!

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meridian ariel

look what came in the post for me!

my lovely friend meridian ariel sent me this beautiful microwavable lavender scented rice bag & a super cute bookmark both made with gorgeous japanese fabrics

and a sweet handmade matryoshka card


even the jiffy bag it came in was lovely
and decorated with "the button thief" - my favourite of Meri's illustrations

meri has a blog here
http://meridianariel.blogspot.com/
and an etsy shop of the same name
{for some strange reason today i keep losing this post and can't add links?}

**** tHaNk-YoU mEriDiAn you are a star! ****

yeah yeah another felt brooch
i'm sure you're all bored of them now but i sold this one and just wanted to show of the packaging!
Thank-you to Katy who bought it!

ONE WHOLE YEAR OF BLOGGING!!!!

***** hApPy NeW yEaR *****

so i've gone felt brooch cRaZy!

they take me ages to make so i don't know if i'll be trying to sell them or not

these first two were quite quick but the later styles take quite a lot of sewing

i'm finding them quite therapeutic to make though!

christmas present for my aunty

christmas present for my artist uncle

i'm still loving the toadstools!

close up!

i found a great website called cut out and keep

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/

where people post tutorials and show off their new projects - it's well worth a look - so far i have made this cute tape measure brooch and helped my daughter make the no sew tu-tu for her new years costume.

i also added a tutorial for these new robot brooches

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/robot_felt_brooch

my daughter was feeling left out so requested a robot - which was great as i wanted to make one anyhow!

"push my buttons!"

"hello!"


so i realised i've been blogging for over a year already!


i've really enjoyed it and have made so many new friends since i started reading blogs and joining forums and doing crafty swaps. Thank-you to everyone who follows my blog and makes time to comment on my posts and my photo's on Flickr - i love to read what you think about my stuff!

i had some bad computer problems at the end of last year and now it's all sorted out and working so much better - luckily nothing was lost BUT i can't get into my flickr account which is driving me nuts especially as i have christmas money to go "pro" - hoping to get this resolved very soon as i really want to make a compilation picture of all the things i made this year.

ps. i told my Mum about the bauble tragedy and i'm still alive to tell the tale

merry christmas and a happily crafty new year!

sizzix dictionary snowflakes

we had a lovely Christmas break - i hope you all did too - just posting a few festive photo's today - my computer has come back from the brink of doom i thought i was going to lose it and everything on it - scary - there are still some things i can't get back to normal including FLICKR which is driving me crazy as i have christmas money to go "pro" and stacks of photo's to upload.

do you see these gorgeous vintage glass baubles?

i begged my mum to lend them to me

i lovingly hung them on my tree

they look beautiful .

do you see my mum's other lovely vintage glass baubles?

my loving partner decided i was taking too long putting up the christmas decorations

he decided to put them away

at the same time as he was carrying lots of other things

we have a tiled hallway

guess what?

they don't bounce

GRRRRRR

lucky for him i was looking after pre-schoolers that day

but i nearly cried

and i haven't told my mum yet

yep - i live with DR WHO

i spent the time left between cooking dinner, eating sweets and unwrapping presents

making this adipose felt brooch for my Mum

here's me and DR WHO out for a walk on christmas day walking off our HUGE dinner!