Bye bye babies....

Sorry i have not been on here for a while, making and moving and the sunshine last week kind of took over!

Anyway I am back and with lots to say.

Firstle, I had had to say byebye to all my littles babies who were taken by a beautiful craft shop in West Kirby called Staaks! The lady, Kara, who ran this shop was so excited by my little beauties that she took them all! How exciting! But now my nest (or pink box) is empty and I am madly panicking about making more in  my evenings!

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Secondly, I met a girl called Becka on Etsy Merseyside Team who has complete revamped my Etsy and Folksy with her fabulous graphics! How amazing do they look? I am so pleased with them. Becka has her own Etsy shop here in which she sells her beautiful cards and graphics and will soon offer her graphic design talents so you too can have a gorgeous banner!



My fabulous new business card!

And finally.....my footstool from e-bay arrived!

Ta daahhhhh!!!!

Actually quite like the top as it is, but shhh dont tell Jamie! He isnt too keen on my plan for the crochet top! 

The girls couldn't help but get a look in the action!



I am having to put the crochet cover for it on hold as my lack of stock is stressing me out, but dont worry, it will get done and I will take lots of pics for you!

Have a good weekend everyone, dont get too wet! I am off for a textily weekend in Darlington with my uni friends. I cant wait xxxx



Pouftastic!

Happy Monday!

I had an extremely busy weekend, we moved flat (yeah!) and I had a 2 day craft fair in aid of Claire House on the Wirral so it was quite a relief to get back to work.

A few of my oldest animals went to new homes, so farewell to the purple pony and knitted pink pony... I hope life treats you well!

Anyway onto my secret new project....

I was just looking at some blogs (as one does) and came across this A-M-A-Z-I-N-G crochet pouf from Dottie Angel... It was love at first sight!

Dottie Angel - crochet footstool

 Now as much as I love these delicate colours, my living room is purple,pink and lime so I pulled out some wool that I had (from one of my UFOs - a granny squares blanket) and started crocheting...

The new flat where this particular little gem will be situated!

Now I know we arent there  yet, but with no fairs booked for a while I am desparete to finish this one (and maybe the matching blanket!)

Lola and Nessa can't wait to cover it with their fur I'm sure!







Lola

Oh my goodness they are so flipping cute!

My baby blanket!

Happy Monday everybody!

I have finished my beautiful baby blanket that I showed you a glimpse of a few weeks ago! Hurrah!
Here are the final pictures:

I absolute love it!
And even though its on Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/listing/75476158/blue-green-and-orange-cotton-crochet)
I actually dont mind if it doesn't sell as I will keep it for my own baby one day!

And this leads me onto my next blog post quite nicely...

New little animals

Happy Friday Folks!

I have just completed these 2 little animal and wanted to show you...

May the Mouse

Vann the Cow

The mouse is for a little 3 month old baby who hasn't been very welll. So May goes with lots of love and best wishes!

My baby blanket challenge

Happy Thursday!

I can't belive its that time of the week already! I have been very busy, making a May the Mouse and Vann the Cow for Strawberry Lemonade Boutique, building up my stock levels for all my fairs coming up in June and planning for my boyfriend Jamie's birthday on Saturday! I have an exciting plan but shhhh...its a surprise, I will tell you all about it next week.

I have also started working on my second baby blanket....


I started crocheting it when I was in China and Hong Kong the other week with work. Its in baby blue, denim blue, lime green, orange and jade! I love the unusual choice of colours I have combined. I think its going to look really fab when its made.

A little sneak preview here....


Just need someone with a few pounds or dollars to spare who appreciates such great taste to buy it! haha!
xxx

I heart crochet!

I have gone a bit crochet mad recently. I have just seen so many lovely things on Etsy and really enjoy crochet but making a whole blanket or throw is just such a bit project!


BobbiLewin - Etsy
These are beautiful, such skill.

EmmaLamb - Etsy
I love Emma's colour combinations.

MariaKonstantin - Etsy
Aren't these adorable? If only I seaside home to put them in!



Anyway so with this in mind, I went a bit crazy and spent a fortune on cotton thread from Yeomans yarns (http://www.yeoman-yarns.co.uk/home.php) and have been crocheting like crazy! Ending up with lots of bunting that has been listed on Etsy and Folksy, and that will hopefully sell at the upcoming fairs I have in June.

These are my attempts:

What do you think?!

Next challenge...baby blankets, they should be simple enough!

New for 2011!

I thought it was time to write another blog entry...
So far I have been rubbish at keeping on top of this blog, with a grand total of only 1 entry, am I the worst blogger of all time?!

Anyway, whilst sitting at my desk last week feeling very down in the dumps, I created this:

Its really simple and much quicker than a lot of my felt items, but looks really effective I think. Time will tell as I take it to my first show of the year...Bumper on Hardman Street in Liverpool!!http://hopestreet.co.uk/2010/11/craft-fair-at-bumper-19122010-call-for-submissions/
See you there on SUNDAY 20th FEBRUARY!!!!
x