I'VE BEEN NAUGHTY AGAIN.....

I have been very naughty today, and somehow managed to buy all of the above fabrics off Etsy, from downshadowlane and not just Fat Quarts either! 1/2 Yard lengths, Oops. They were calling my name....honest.

But I do have some ideas for them along with using ickle pieces for pincushion rings, although if I used them for pincushion rings alone, I would end up with lets say quite a few.............

I also brought these lovelies from averilpam for my Mum, she has a red pair which must have lasted around 20 years (since the 80's!) but managed to loose one at mine over Christmas, and she was gutted, so Pam is sending them straight to her with a little gift card, hopefully see with see them on Saturday as a nice surprise.

Which then got me thinking, I don't own any red earrings, and wouldn't they look lovely with my red Mary Jane shoes......(they really will, you have to believe me...) so then I found these beauties in cinnamonjewellery she has some wonderful pieces and great wire workings going on (its all in the detail!). She has a sale on some items and free delivery, but I am getting VIP treatment, because mine are being hand delivered! (She lives not far...).
So I get to see mine tomorrow when I get home from work, yippee.
Kx

MEET OLIVE THE OWL........

Don't be shy olive........

There you are! Hello Olive

It's what's inside that counts......


Made with love...


Add a spot of retro 70's toweling fabric, felt, pink bias binding and cute tiny french floral fabric.
And Olive the Owl Tea Cosy is born..... I had a small dilemma as my tea cosies are normally called Ollie the Owl but after seeing her sit there, I didn't think it right to call her a him!

BLONDEDESIGN

Kx

BARKCLOTH MAKE-UP & COIN PURSE SET

Upcycled Floral Bark cloth Set

Make-up bag

Coin Purse

Upcycled Green Bark cloth Set
Make-up bag

Coin Purse

Upcycled Orange Circles Bark cloth Set

Make-up bag


Coin Purse

BLONDEDESIGN

I have been hording retro & vintage bark cloth for a while, looking for inspiration on what to use them for, and mixing them with other fabrics and my own bias bindings and buttons.
Geeky with a bit of cuteness thrown in! (hopefully).
You will find the buttons and bindings in BLONDESBACKYARD

Kx

20% OFF PINCUSHION RINGS PROMOTION

BLONDESBACKYARD

To get rid of those January Blues! Treat yourself.

I am doing a weekend special promotion on my pincushion rings.

£1.00 off the selling price of £5.00.

I will refund you via paypal once purchased.

I am also in the process of making up a few to send of to Lily Whites Shop in West Sussex! She is on folksy which you may already know, and have brought felt or buttons from her! but here is her new blog, showing scummy pictures of her shop

Kx

NEW PINCUSHION RINGS

BLONDESBACKYARD
Some newly uploaded ring pincushions from blondesbackyard.
I am getting a little obsessed with matching or rather clashing felt and fabric together!
Every time I see a scrap of fabric worthy of a ring, I then pull out the felt and sit and stare at the colours!
Kx

COMICBOOK SUPERHERO CUSHIONS

BABYBLONDEDESIGN

These massive 21" cushion covers are a custom order. In London Bus red, with a green & pink POW!, yellow and purple BAM! in felt. And zip closures along the bottom.

Felt from Paperfish on Folksy.

I think they look quite striking, and I love the size, they are going on a sofa, but they are almost floor cushions, which would also look good on the floor of a kids bedroom or even the lounge floor!

Kx

SUNSHINE BLOG AWARD

I have recieved The Sunshine Blog Award, (blush, gosh, thank-you), given to me by
Feltplum.

The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity & creativity inspires others in the blog world.

The rules for accepting these award:-

Put the logo on your blog or within your post.-

Pass the award onto 12 bloggers.-

Link the nominees within your post.-

Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
- Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

This is hard as I love so many different blogs for so many different reasons and to know there are other insane sewers, crafters, knitters, illuistrators, ceramisists, felters, woodworkers, cakemakers and bluepeter badge makers giving it a go!

I want to pass this award to the following cross section of bloggers (in no order):

Wimsical Creations
Charlotte Hupfield Ceramics
Cinnamon Jewellery
theothermousie
That Crafty Fish
Simply h
SoapyCica
Kitschy Coo
The pigeon Loft
Living With A Boy
Blooming Felt
The Further Adventures of A Thrifty Mrs
Fairly Girly
Happy Loves Rosie

SKULLS AND ROSES

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!!

Well I have managed to be very lazy over the holidays, but am now back to the sewing machine, this weekend I made up this 16" cushion using Alexander Henry fabric from my stash, and am going to make a smaller 10" one in red, as I have left over fabric from 2 custom superhero cushions I am in the procese of making.... Pictures to follow soon.

http://www.folksy.com/items/206262-LARGE-SKULL-N-CROSSBONES-CUSHION-16-?shop=yes

BEHIND THE SCENCES

These old tins have worked their way down from my grandmother, to my mum then finally I managed to relive them from her about 10 years ago.......the bottom tin has always been the button box but also has my bobbins, the middle tin contains sewing machine parts and things I don't know where to put! the top tin as always is the zip tin.
This is one corner of my spare room, with the computer (oh and what a surprise a pile of fabrics!), to the left which you can't see is a full size drawing table which I sit at and cut fabric and draw patterns (don't ask how it all fits in the room), a bed in the other corner and behind the cupboard door you see on the right is my fabric stash.....

As you can see I'm not the neatest folder in the world, and the fabrics get harder to fold when you take a chunk out of them (that's my excuse anyway).

A pile of fabrics

Another pile of fabrics

yet another pile of fabrics

And another, this one has scrummy bark cloth, which I have just started to collect pieces of, hopefully to make Ollie tea cosies out of..

I also keep buying ribbons, and not always with a purpose to use them for anything, you can blame other folksy sellers, its like being in the middle of a sweet shop and not coming out with anything.

Buttons, bindings, yo-yos and all sorts ready for new homes.

And a rare picture of me at the sewing machine on the makeshift pasting table.

Kx

SNOW IS FALLING........

Legyviel In Rivendell
OK so the snow hasn't quite reached the south coast YET, but as they said in the girl guides, brownies or scouts, can't quite remember!, always be prepared, I could do with these socks now, so Swedish ya.

dollyknits

I could have a bad hair day (well that's most days), and nobody would notice in this woolly number, but not for the faint hearted.

Hattie's Heritage Handknits
These would be fab with the socks and hat, although I know my hubby would not stand next to me at this point.........

KNITS 'n' bits

If only these slippers were in my size............add another 38yrs...

PIDGEONSTITCH

These PJ's would brighten up Christmas morning! Christmas Day, a white sandy beach preferable on one of the Fiji islands, drinking champagne, eating watermelon.....dream on.

Kx

BUTTON WINNER................

BLONDESBACKYARD

I am only a day behind, the story of my life! but the winner out of the five who entered, is ALEXIMO!!! Well done, this is her blog, Found on Folksy which is great because it is all about sellers on folksy.

(Aleximo, I will get you to email me you address so I can get them off in the post tomorrow, I am guessing by your reply to the previous thread you want the porcupine and mushroom set as above, if not let me know which set you want).

Another custom skull cushion finished, on its way to America, in baby blue suede and the original red and blacks as requested, I really wished I has made a lot more for the shop ready for Christmas, as I have sold 15 of these and only have one left at home. But I think in the new year, I will make them along with the superhero cushions, the bulk of my shop. Plus I will feel braver about taking them to a couple of select shops to see if they will take stock, maybe one in Brighton and one in London. Kx

GIVEAWAY!!!!!!! COVERED BUTTONS

Wow I can't believe I have now reached 61 followers and to celebrate I am giving away a sets of covered buttons from blondesbackyard

You can chose which buttons you want, if you win!!!

All you have to do is reply to this, add a link if you like...:-)

I will do the draw on Sunday evening, can post on Monday in time for Christmas...Ho!Ho!Ho!

http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1jr8m/UKHandmadeGiftGuide2/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=

UK Handmade online mag have a gift guide, and is wonderfully laid out and really makes you want to purchase all the items listed and the story is fab, quite a few fellow folksy sellers have their items listed, I have managed to get my hair clips from babyblondedesign listed on p5, which again is fab (oh dear seems to be the word of the moment).

I have also been playing around with my banners this evening for folksy, what do you think? a bit slicker than before......I know, I know I have 2 custom skull cushions to make, (tomorrow is another day as they say), sewing is harder after a glass or two of red wine! trust me I have tried it.

I hope everybody else has managed to have a bumper sales month, next year I need to be even quicker, no 'custom' items listed, it is just enough to get home from work and find you have sold something, wrap it up and post it off, let alone start from scratch, hunt out new fabric, buy new fabric, cut more skulls and get sewn within my deadline of 2 evenings, it doesn't compare at all to last years poor sales.

Kx

THE BIDDING WAR CAN START....

For those who don't know Folksy are running a charity competition, we all made items to go and be auctioned off on eBay for Sue Ryder see the link for all the entries

Sue Ryder Competition

We don't get any money from it, only the charity Sue Ryder, come and have a look and bid!!!

This is my link

Skull & Crossbones cushion

MORE SKULLDUGGERY.........

Another Custom Skull Cushion 16", sold from my baby blondedesign shop on folksy using the retro fabrics for the skull picked up for the upcycle competition. My Customer wanted a brown or denim cushion but saw the fabrics on the denim upcycled 10" cushion and asked if I could use those and put on the brown fabric used on another cushion, I love it.

What do you think............Kx