You know I showed you...

this chair on Friday?

Well today I sold it and the lady who bought it wants a table to match, just need to find a table now

Something different....

I have always loved revamping things; is revamping a proper word? anyway whatever it is called I have always loved the idea of taking something old or just shabby and giving it a new lease of life so when I saw this child's wooden chair I couldn't resist buying it.

This is the chair after it had been sanded down

Then I gave it a coat of Cath Kidston paint in Linen

Then I did this to it

The train has been painted using more of the Cath Kidston paints in Blue and Red and some acrylics, I then painted the legs, the front two are Dk. Grey acrylic and the back two are Cath Kidston Red.

I intend to personalise this when it is bought with the child's name, I am really pleased with it, just got to sell it now and paint the other 3 chairs and the table I bought as well

Some new stock lines...

I love flowers of any shape and size, I love flowers whatever they are made from, I suppose that's why I trained as a florist.

I am constantly looking for new ideas so when I saw these Kanzashi flowers I wanted to give them a go and I am rather pleased with my first attempts at them.

I love the colours in this one, it has been fastened to an elastic headband

Another using the fabric above but teamed with a small polka dot fabric.

This one has a vintage feel to it and has been made by gathering the fabric.   

                                 

Teamed with beads to give a little sparkle

This is one of my favourites, it has a large Prima in the centre

Pink and White, a lovely combination.

A mix of fabrics

Well what do you think? I am so happy with them I plan to make some more using all my bits of fabric up.

Our first......

...make and take Birthday party was a huge success.

I was asked by one of our lovely customers, Donna, if she could bring her daughter and 3 friends to our Saturday afternoon craft club to make something instead of taking them to the cinema, of course I said "Yes" and after a lengthy discussion our 'Make and Take' Birthday party's where born.

The girls were given the choice of 3 items to make,

* a 6" circle with a hanging heart onto which a monogram initial was added and embellished with flowers, pearls, buttons etc.
* a a peg rack for the long necklaces the girls are all wearing onto which we added their name and again it was embellished using the same sort of items
* a pen pot with a wooden primitive heart to one side and their initial to the reverse, the pot can be used for pens, make up brushes etc.

Two girls chose the pots and the other two chose the peg racks, all used pink to decorate them and a vast number of embellishments. The main thing was that they thoroughly enjoyed it and took away an item they had all made themselves. Unfortunately I don't have any photos to add yet as Donna needs to check with the other parents to see if they mind me using photo's of their daughters on the blog.



At the end of the afternoon Donna asked if she could bring them again just for a craft afternoon in the school holidays so another day booked for 'Make and Take'.

All in all a success I think!

A huge 'Thank You' to Karen who dealt with the other customers yesterday whilst I was busy in the workroom with the girls

How long has it been since

I posted on my blog? Too long and I am sorry but things and life have been hectic as usual.

I was really busy with my Niece's wedding, I had alot of orders for the wedding from different members of the family and most of them to kept as a secret and none of which I have photo's of, I must remember to take pictures of stuff as I make it. Even though it was a busy time I thoroughly enjoyed the wedding, it was a lovely day and nice to be able to relax a while. Thanks to Karen for looking after the shop for me.

So where are we up to now? The shop has been busy first with craft club which has now been extended to 3 sessions a week with a 4th session in the planning stages, then we had father's day with lots of special orders for that.

Then it was time to re-stock with Candy Bouquets, these are a few of the ones we have in stock at the minute

Then the birth of our new Granddaughter to prepare for, Katie Jayne was born on Thursday weighing a healthy 8lb 9oz, Mum and baby are doing fine and hopefully will be home today. Well with a new baby it was time to stock up on the baby section so Nappy Cakes were first on the list

This one was made for Katie

These are a few of the others we have in the shop

The items on the Baby section sell out really fast so its a constant battle to keep the shelves stocked. The nappy cakes are really popular with our customers as are the personalised canvases we make

These are a couple I did remember to take photo's of although I have made some for orders which I have no pics of.

Well that's all for now folks, back to the grindstone with another busy day ahead as we are at a craft event on July 4th and stock is needed for that.

Father's Day ...

All images are by the fantastic Mo Manning and coloured using Sansador and pencils.

Maz had a busy week in the build up to Father's Day selling her handmade gifts for Dad's and lots of baby things too. the personalized items are very popular for the babies and for the younger members of the community.
Next week Maz is busy completing some orders and compiling our list of "C" word workshops. Yes I know we're still in June but it's got to be done. So watch out for some sneak peaks in the coming weeks.

The Stampin' Up demonstration on the 26th of June is now cancelled due to unforseen circumstances. Sorry stampers.

STAMPING UP Workshop

Good Morning All,

Just thought I'd pop in and let you know that we are holding a STAMPING UP workshop on Sat 26th June. There will be 2 sessions, 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon.
The demonstrator is my fabulous friend Tracey Rossos. Take a look at her work on her blog. She's a very talented lady and I'm honoured to have her as a friend.

I'l post the details of prices, times and pics of cards later in the week. SOOOO watch this space.