Happy New Year!!! Hello 2012!

Hi there and a very… HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I know I haven’t been around for a while.. I was taking a much needed break, and I do feel much better for it too!!

Well, I say break. I was still very busy over the Christmas period, so thought it best for my sanity to not put the pressure on for new products, blogging and the like. I had the most lovely Christmas as well. Lots of lovely gifts and spending time with the people that mean the most to me. It was great.

We also have a new addition to the pet family…. Treacle!!

Treacle and Her Muffin

 

She is one VERY cute and soft little hamster! Bless her, she struggles to use her hamster ball as she walks very gently. ^_^

I received so awesome awesome gifts.. I haven’t had a chance to photo them all yet as I have been on a major sorting spree of my room :/ But for now here’s a silly picture of me and my awesome new owl hat and cookie monster mittens (Y)

Me and My Sillyness!!

 

I have done a few Etsy Treasuries as well… My latest “A Rather Blustery Day” is full of lovely cheerful stuff to make sure everyone has a happy blustery day!! But if you head over to me ETSY PROFILE you’ll be able to view all my other treasuries, as well as my favourite items and my Etsy shop.. If you add me to your circle, you’ll be in for some awesome coupon treats!!

I’m afraid that is all for now… But this year has got some SUPER FAB things coming… I’m thinking them all up right now!!

But for now….Hello 2012!!! ♥

 

And Relax……! For now anyway ;)

And Relax….! I must admit, Sunday night tend to be rather nice for relaxing and having a good gander on the net. Over all a brill chance for me to catch up with blogging. It’s been a busy week again, but so exciting too! I now have tan colour hamsters… and I’ve been catching up with shrink plastic orders as well as creating new pieces! This week I should be making some necklaces AND bracelets too! Here are some of the new designs…

Sweet Little Hamsters Earrings - Tan ♥

Toad Stools Before

Acorns

Lily Lionhead

There are some more too, but I’ll leave them for another time… I spent a long time drawing up the designs to make sure I got them just right and got the look I wanted them to have. I have cats too and if you head to my facebook page you can check some more of the designs out… Next to come is guinea pigs.. My rough copy is ready to go!

I’ve also been making up more button bracelets and adding them to my FOLKSY SHOP!! So be sure to check them out!

Every week I make an Etsy Treasury to share some lovely makes that are out there!!  This weeks theme was ‘Deer’.. Mainly focusing on cute Bambi style deer (I’m saving the reindeer one for a few weeks)… I LOVE animals anyway and woodland creatures are up there at the top… I could do lots of treasuries each week on them… But here is this weeks treasury… ‘Oh! Deer! What can the matter be?‘

Now I’m spending time drooling over fabric.. I need to stock up ready for making dresses! Hope you’ve all had a great weekend and have a great week to come.. I have a Craft Fair next weekend. Not just any weekend though, Me and My Mum have organised it!! *Eeeeek* So this week will be a mad one, but all good fun! I’ll let you know how it goes…

I Did It!!!!

WELL!!! Where do I start? I suppose I should begin with my mega achievement…. I made my dress!!!! Very pleased.. I did have a fair bit of help from my Mum (who is a marvelous seamstress by the way). And here it is…

My Christmas Dress

I used a Riley Blake fabric called Christmas Candy, designed by Doodlebug Design inc. I aimed for cute and simple style dress and me and mum worked on the pattern together to make sure it was right. I was even brave enough to add darts *eeeek!!* I was so nervous about sewing it together, but when I got going, I really enjoyed it. My mum added my pockets for me, made from a cute stripe fabric, with hearts, ricrac and a cute blanket stitch detail…. ♥

The Pockets...

 

My Mum also did the neck and arm bias binding so I had a good idea how to do it.  Then I had a go at the bottom ‘hem’ (not quite a hem with it being binding)… and followed it by adding red and pink ricrac. I think it has a super cute look to it.. and yes I kind of went a little off course, BUT considering it was my very first attempt, I think I did alright!

The bottom 'hem'

 

I will be attempting another dress with another really cute fabric.  It’s called Appleville.. Designed by Suzy Ultman for Robert Kaufman.  I can already picture it done.. I’ll aim for a similar style dress to the other, but will attempt the lot by myself…. Maybe??!! Haha!

Appleville Fabric.... CUTE!!! ♥

 

I must also share about my new purchase… They’re super cute and adorable and a little old fashioned… I bought Bloomers!!! I know, a little mad but VERY me!!! Bought from a lovely Etsy shop called Icing Sugar (decorarockstar) They arrived super quick and packaged really lovely too! I wore them to the Craft fayre we were at on Saturday underneath my Christmas dress, over some brown tights… and they did look sweet! Hopefully when I get to wear the outfit again, I’ll get some decent pictures … Anyway, Here’s a pic of the bloomers…

BLOOMERS!!!!!! ♥

 

Seeing as my Mum helped me so much with my dress, I really think you should head over to my Mum’s Facebook page… It’s Bloomin’ Myrtle …. You will LOVE it… She’s a brilliant sewer and my inspiration. She’s got some fab new Christmas stuff coming soon too

I’ll leave you with my Etsy Treasury ~ Watch the pretties….♥

Enjoy ♥

LiFE iS A RAiNBOW ♥

Talk about a mad few weeks… I thought my life was pretty hectic before, but for some reason the last few weeks kinda ran away with my time!But I have some time back now and I’m as busy as ever. But I think I should put some order in place to my post or we’re all going to get lost.

I think I’ll start with the Facebook Fan page and my Webshop Birthdays… My fan page has been going for 3 years now and my webshop 1 year. It’s VERY exciting! I had a little bit of a celebration offering a special Birthday code in my etsy shop. Although that has finish now I am working on something special and important. I’ll get to that soon.

That kind of leads on to TREASURiES!!!!

Not only have I been creating some super cute treasuries, but I’ve been featured in a couple… The links to Which are below.. Please go check them out, leave a comment or investigate the items even more closely.. they’re GREAT!!

♥ Comfort…
♥ It’s My Birthday… CELEBRATE (Special Birthday treasury for Fan page and webshop)
♥ Another Sunny Day
♥ Every Cloud has a Gold Lining… (one I’m featured in)
♥ Sick Day – Get Well Soon! … (one I’m featured in)
♥ Sick Day …(one I’m featured in)

Talk about busy… I have also been working on some more Christmas things and have something super cute… The RAiNBOW GLiTTER CHRiSTMAS TREE!!! I am very excited by this… and although the picture is ok, it really doesn’t show just how glittery it is. It’s a little bit bigger than my other trees too. I’ve varnished it to protect the colour and the glitter and to give it a high gloss smooth finish.. ♥

Rainbow Glitter Christmas Tree

 

I also have some Christmas plushies done too.. but you can visit my fan page to see those.. the link is at the top of the page

AND… To keep with the Christmas theme… I have my Christmas dress cut out and ready to sew…. very excited… I should be sewing it together on Thursday morning, ready for the 1st Christmas craft Fair of the season this Saturday. I’ll have pictures from the fair… I hope!

BLIMEY!!! Out of breath now..!! Maybe I won’t leave it so long next time and bring more bite size chunks eh?

I’ll leave you with this and a Happy November 1st!!!

Borrowed from the internet ♥

 

Lets Go Nutty!!

I got pretty excited this week when I found out that it’s Squirrel Awareness Month! I’ve always been a fan of nature and stuff.. and woodland animals rank pretty high in that. I remember as a child, going with my Mum, Nan and Aunty to visit my Grandad’s grave. Walking through the cemetery we would collect acorns and pine cones and lookout for squirrels and hares.. For this reason alone they have held a very special place in my heart.

Let’s face it.. Squirrels are mega cute. Their tiny little paws and bushy tails and cheeky nature are completely fascinating. What I love most is the way they gather their food and run off with it and hide, like you’re going to try to steal it.

I thought I’d put together a little treasury about it all. These great little creatures deserve it. You can find it HERE. It took me a while to put it together and I could have made loads of treasuries, so be sure to look for squirrel stuff on there

I also have this beauty on my website

Possibly Maybe Necklace

The picture isn’t great quality I’m afraid, but it’s a very pretty necklace you can buy it HERE

Happy Squirrel Awareness Month ♥♥

Time to smile and get creative ♥

I have real trouble getting motivated sometimes. Honestly, I wake up sometimes and it feels like pulling teeth just to get the day started. This week has been a little bit different.

I’ve made some lists of orders that need completing and tasks I’d like to do, I’ve been sorting somethings out and reorganizing. To be honest, I’ve been rather productive and I’ve surprised myself.

One thing I completed was the children’s jewellery. Not that much need completing, but they now have the little NFP shrink plastic tags at the end of the extender chain. They’re pretty impressive. This is a baby bracelet that I’ve made.

I also caught up on my shrink plastic designs. I’ve had these drawn up and coloured in for a few weeks, but only got around to completing them yesterday. Here are some of the designs

Christmas Puddings

Kawaii Acorns

I made some up into designs already..

Wrap Up Warm Bracelet

A Pink Christmas - Necklace

They’re looking brilliantly cute and funky!!

I also put together an Etsy Treasury on Friday! After waking up in a rather grumpy mood I soon felt guilty when I found out it was World Smile Day *hangs head in shame* So I decided to make up for it I’d create a super smiley Treasury. Head over and take a peek.. It’s a little bit late but it’s always good to smile anyway.. Find it HERE!!

To carry on with my creativity I ordered some fabric in order to make myself a Christmas Outfit!! *Dun! Dun! Dun!* I am excited and nervous.. this will be my first attempt at clothing, but my Mum is going to help me cause she’s great at things like that I’ll definitely be sharing pictures with that project but you may have to wait a couple of weeks.

Happy Sunday and have a great rest of the week!! ♥

It’s a Marshmallow World… ♥

So I’m still a little behind with this blogging lark, but like they say ‘better late than never’…

It’s been a busy but good week. A week for great idea’s and creativity. I started working on some Christmas ideas and it lead me to buy new pens… Sakura gellyroll stardust pens. I’m still waiting for them to arrive, but it does mean that I can add sparkly bits to my Christmas designs. When they arrive and I finish some pieces I’ll share the pictures.

I also decided to work on more children’s jewellery, even some bracelets for babies. I’m pretty pleased with the outcome.

This set still needs to be finished but it’s looking really good so far. I should be adding them to my website this week so look out for them along with some other new bits

Last but not least, ETSY TREASURY!!!!! Yes! It have put together a super~duper delicious treasury inspired by MARSHMALLOWS!!! I adore marshmallows so when I spotted some marshmallow flavoured squash in Morrison’s I got a little excited! It’s very nice. I was really wracking my brain for idea’s for the treasury… All previous ideas has escaped my memory. My mind went blank. Then it occurred to me, why not make it a tribute to Marshmallows? So here it is, My Etsy treasury…. It’s a Marshmallow World

Enjoy ♥

I’m not making excuses, Honest!!

Pffft!!! How pants am I? My last post was about getting back on track and it’s taken this long just to post again… Oh Dear!!! This getting back on track lark is much more hard work than I’d originally thought. However, I do think I’ve got the hang of it now.

I’ve been busy still (in a sluggish manner) we had our own craft fair the other weekend which does take up an awful lot of time, and I’ve also been working on some Christmas designs. They’re coming along quite well and I should be posting pictures at some point this weekend, all being well.

I have still been putting together treasuries on Etsy as well as putting some new pieces in my Etsy shop… You can access them all HERE

Sorry it’s a brief post, but a much better one will be coming soon

Getting Back on Track!!

Woah! I can’t believe it! It’s been 2 weeks since I blogged anything. I’ve had a rather annoying virus to compete with. It really knocked me off my feet.

What started with what seemed like a laryngitis type of virus then went on the attack my head with light-headedness and my body with achiness! looking at the computer screen made me feel rather queasy and my ability to concentrate went away somewhere. But it’s back again and I finally feel well.

I have been trying to keep up with things and managed to get a few crafty bits done but will share that later on in the week. I thought I’d ease in to the week with a treasury I put together the other night.. I found inspiration in a beautiful song by Karine Polwart called ‘follow the heron’, the title that I gave the treasury.

I have always adored herons, and they’re my favourite large bird. I remember every year as a child, going shopping with my Mum the day before Fathers day. we would take a bus to the cemetery to visit my Grandad’s grave and the walk in to town over the Trent bridge.. She would pick my up to look over the thick brick wall and often I would spot a heron standing at the weir.

More recently, a heron has decided that it likes our local ponds too. Quite often when I’m on an early walk to work I will see it fly over. It pretty much makes my day.

Anyway, Heres the treasury, I hope you enjoy it…. TREASURY!

Cavy Catch Up ~ Episode 1… Lets go camping!

Ok!! I know I have blogged about my adorable furry friends before, but I thought I’d give a twist.. and a new name! Not the most imaginative name, but it has a pretty cool ring to it and it gets to the point (unlike me and my unnecessary babbling)

They’ve been on a mad one this week! Squeaking and Purring mainly… Both my little guinea pigs are in season :s and despite having female guinea pigs before, none have acted quite like these.. I decided to do some research. Apparently female guinea pigs will purr and move slowly and sometime sway when in season, as well as chasing the other guinea pigs around hoping they will somehow turn in to a boy! It’s not overly common and usually you can’t really tell if a female is in season. So Winnie and been hoping Messy will become a boy. I somehow don’t think it’s going to happen.

Messy, on the other hand has been getting into mischief..

Messy Goes Climbing

She thought climbing on top of the hay hut would be much fun whilst Winnie was still inside.. Winnie hasn’t plucked up the courage to quite do the same yet though..

But them the Awesomeness comes in!! Oh Yeah!! I bought the Guinea pigs a pop up tent!!! It rocks!!

They both love it and are always in and out of it. I think Messy likes it the most though.

Messy looking snuggly in the tent

Winnie hoping the tent is made of food

They adore their new little tent… I like to think they’re pretending to be at the seaside. Do you think I should find them a little bucket and spade? I think they’d like that….