Busy Busy Again

I feel like I have been busy, although I have had my eldest off school for a couple of days so not sure how busy I have been or if it is just actually shortness of time? Anyway he is much better and off to school again so yay!

What have I been up to? well, I have sold a few things from both my Misi and my Folksy shops which is great also had a couple of custom orders, been asked to sell my goods in a proper bricks and mortar shop (more on that another day) and been offered two weeks work, an actual proper job, being a Stage Manager which is the job I did before kids and have done on and off ever since! So things are looking up. :)

I have also been busy making some recycled crisp packet pouches. I made a batch of them ages ago and took them to a craft fair where they sold really well and I have finally got round to making some more to list on Folksy.

Here a few photos, yay! I also took some photos, maybe I have been busy after all!

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Birthday Boy

Yesterday was son-in-the-middles' 11th Birthday, I know I say it everytime but where does the time go? Can't believe it, he get so old I stay so young ha ha. I made him a kitkat cake. It was very easy to make SO much easier than trying to properly ice a cake but very effective.



Today as part of the 'September Stars' on Folksy I listed one of my crisp packet pouches!




Did a little gardening yesterday, ages ago we bought some lavender plants to replace our lavender that got killed off in the freezing winter last year. The plants had been sitting in little pots for ages so thought we had better plant them out before they died off!! It is our plan to try and trim it into a wee lavender hedge so we will see how that goes, although I think we will need to buy a few more plants or we will end up with a holey hedge.

Happy Friday! Hope you have a nice weekend :)

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Crochet Mittens and September Stars!

Last week Lidl were selling yarn so I decided to buy some sock yarn as I have never used it before and at £2.99 for 200g I couldn't really go wrong, could I? For ages I have been meaning to make myself some mittens, I have poor circulation in my hands and have been told that mittens are better than gloves for warmth, even with the thickest gloves on my hands are usually ice cold all winter :-( I found a mittens pattern that uses sock yarn so here is my work so far:



I have adjusted the pattern slightly, making the cuff longer for example and now just need to do the thumb and I will have one finished! I do worry that I won't get round to making the other one and might have to spend the whole winter with one mittened hand and one hand in my pocket.

I am still participating in September Stars on Folksy the other day I listed a fairy doormat!



a perfect accessories for my fairy doors ;-)

Here are a few other September Stars :)

An iPad case from pipdesigns


Bracelet from Jesselu


Cute envelopes from Swirlyarts


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September Stars

Where has the year gone? Can't believe it is September already, but at least the sun is still shining :-)

I have joined 'September Stars' on Folksy. It is a group where each member lists a new item a day, every day, for the entire month and then blogs/Tweets/Facebook about it. Hope it means a few wee sales and, if nothing else, will mean my shop will be stocked up in time for Christmas.

Today I have listed a set of recycled button push pins


Here are some fab items from other sellers

A Lavender Owl from Wooly Lakes



Cuddle Me baby Rabbit from Molly Moo and Jessica Too



Fab Blackboard Ring From Twinklyspangle



Needle Book from Pants and Paper


Click on the photos to vist the sellers shops (at least I hope that is what will happen!!)

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Paaaarty!

Hubbeh has had to take the good camera to work today, so I am not able to take any more improving product shots. I have, however, taken some photos today with my takes-rubbish-photos-indoors camera because my youngest son is having a birthday party on Saturday and for some mad reason I thought I would make some little fabric party bags instead of buying plastc ones. So I thought I would share some photos. I had to make them today or I would be out of time hence the rubbish shots!

I thought it would be a nice idea to have a bag that could be reused rather than the highly detailed plastic character bags which I always think would be great to reuse (for what though?) but they are always disappointingly thin and don't last. So here is my effort shown in slightly blurred photos - maybe I could call them arty??

I was quite pleased because labour aside between the fabric etc that I already owned and 'Poundland' (yay!) I managed to make and fill 12 fabric party bags for less than £10 AND I have a few sweeties left over for myself - just don't tell anyone :-)









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Trying To Improve

Well thought I would bore you all with my photos again! I have tried to take better ones but I am still not happy, I just wish they were sharper. I have updated the photos for my Cupcake badge on Folksy but might have another go tomorrow. Grrrrr.

BEFORE:



AFTER:



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Look What I Did!

Well today I actually managed to get out my things and take some new photos! If there is one thing I hate, and I am sure I have mentioned it before, is taking product shots. I am always disappointed with the results and just end up snapping away and thinking oh well that will just have to do, I know it is not the attitude but i find it difficult to get enthusiastic about it. The main thing I hate is having to get out so many bits, the room ends up in a mess and I always end up kneeling on something painful. I look at other peoples blogs and shops and think how fantastic their photos are but never think mine are up to scratch. Familiarity breeds contempt I suppose. Oh well. Here are some of the photos I took today. They will have to do :-)

I hope to list these soon in my Folksy shop, except the coffee and doughnuts because I love them too much!

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Distraction Techniques

You know when you were sitting exams and you spend more time drawing the the perfect revision timetable and *most important* colour coding it, than you actually spend on the revision part? Well I feel I am doing that.

The boys went back to school this week so I am suffering my alarm clock and the compulsion to get up early *grizzle* I am also trying (again!) to get myself into gear. I have been listing items in my Folksy shop and just yesterday, started tidying out my craft stuff. In fairness it has come to the point that there are piles and piles of useful stuff but no room in which to use it all, so I though a tidy was in order. Then I will make some more stuff. Maybe.

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Peas Please!

I have just finished my latest crochet project - some peas! This is such a cute pattern from the book Amigurumi Two! by Ana Paula Rimoli. I forgot to put something in the photos for scale but each pea is roughly tennis ball size.

I was really pleased how they turned out and my sons enjoy throwing them about, they are after all just three balls but when they are not flying through the air they get to sit in their pod looking cute :-)

Trying, I Am!

Well I am still here plodding along. We have had really terrible rain for days and days and days, when the weather is miserable I really can't get worked up about anything which is a pity as there is loads I could do. I think my shops, in particular my Folksy shop is looking a little sparse. so I need to get on with taking some photos and putting up more stock. I need some daylight for that ideally.

I have managed to list some things on Ebay so I have achieved something but doesn't feel like much. Bet it will be raining when I have to visit the Post Office with my Ebay parcels though!

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Easing Back

Well I am slowly trying to ease myself back into some sort of routine, a bit difficult when the boys are off school but I can try.

I have a few ideas for some new products but they are more craft fair items than online items so I may hold off on them just now. I have ton of stuff to put up on Ebay and I am also thinking of opening a craft destash shop as the amount of craft stuff I have that just sits around is getting out if hand.

I also have some exterior house painting to do but the rain doesn't seem to stay away for long enough to get that done either!

Well that is my plans, hope everyone has a nice weekend :-)

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Holiday Blog

I am currently having a wonderful holiday with my family in Cornwall.

We have had lots of gorgeous weather I think we have been really lucky.

The internet connection I am using is very intermittent so I need to keep this brief.

Hope everyone is having fun where ever you are.