A few more Christmas goodies

I was busy yesterday putting the finishing touches to a couple of designs we will be making for the shop this Christmas. I love Snowmen  so I wanted to have a couple of snowmen designs for different uses as well as just for decoration, one thing we sell alot of is personalised items especially for kids so I have done this Snowman to add your letter to Santa

These will be available in 4 colours - Blue, Yellow, Pink and Green

and then this one to hang your stocking from, not everyone has a fireplace, these two have their own Hand Knitted scarves and a painted peg to hang the stocking from, all that's needed is to add the name of the recipient



Complete with Hand Knitted Scarf

Complete with Hand Knitted Scarf

Then I added some more trees to the collection, the other week I made these small ones

These are made from MDF, painted then embellished with flat back pearl and the new ones are much bigger and embellished with Buttons



Flower buttons




White buttons





Red buttons



Blue buttons

 

Multi buttons



These could just stand on a window shelf or be placed at the table to show your seating plan, I also intend to make some to hang as Tree ornaments.

Today I will be adding to the Christmas collection but I have a few orders to see to first.

Have a great day all and please feel free to leave a comment so I know you have visited

  

My Snowman Lantern Holder

I love projects that I make up as I go along, no real plans just an idea in my head, well this was one of those projects.

A few years ago a friend of mine who works in a pattern making factory gave me about 50 x 1" thick plywood circles that measure about 10" across, these were waste from a job he was doing and were to be thrown in the skip, knowing what I was like he brought them to me. At first my head said Clocks but the wood was too thick so I have had them in the garage ever since bringing one out occasionally to see if it fits the project I was working on at the time but alas they never did until this project!

I wanted to make a large snowman something and the idea wasnt very clear even to me but this it how it turned out - My Snowman Lantern Holder



To be honest not the easiest thing to take a decent photo of as its quite tall

I took one of the wooden circles and drilled a hole large enough to take a walking stick which was glued into the hole at a slight angle. The circle then had a goove cut into it to take the bottom of the snowman. The walking stick was then painted in white masonary paint,

My lovely Hubby cut the snownman from 12mm MDF and then routered the edges to give it a nicer finish. I then painted the snowman using a mixture of paints and added a Fimo nose and holly to his hat, love that Tartan paint!

Once the snowman had been glued into the base I covered the whole circle with Pollyfilla giving it a snow like texture, once dry the whole thing was painted in white masonary paint and taken outside to be glittered, I am not sure it shows up in the phot but it does look lovely when it catches the light.

I had a couple of lanterns in my garden that were looking a little worse for wear but still not at the stage of throwing them away, they would have to be far worse than this to be disposed of. All I have done is removed the glass some of which was broken and gave them a wash.

As I am a Florist I decided a nice artificial arrangement of Christmas greenary added to the top of the lanterns would just finish them off, I have added a battery operated Tea Light for safety.












Then a large cup hook was screwed  into the bottom of the handle for the lantern to hang on. I must admit I do love this Lantern holder so much I am in the process of making another with a slightly different snowman. I have lots more circles and more walking sticks but alas no more lanterns so another back to the drawing board for the other supplies but I will think of something  to do with them - eventually!

What do you think to my Snowman lanterns then? I think they will look really nice in my Christmas window although I think I may have sold both of them so they may never make it to the shop.

I have to say I have a little army of  Snowmen all at different stages of being finished but I will post photos of them all once they are completed.

Off to get ready for my work day so catch up with you all later.

Please feel free to leave a comment

I've had a few problems...

with my Internet access but thanks to my wonderful Son Wayne its all fixed now. This is going to be a quick post as I have loads of e-mails now to get through as I haven't been on my PC for a couple of days.

I promised to share with you another of my new suppliers so today I bring you Richard and his gorgeous pens

Richards pens are all made by hand from a huge selection of woods, he even made a friend of mine one from a Corn Cob, these would make a great present for a special someone in your life, prices start from £16-00 plus P & P.

Next time I will be bringing you a sample of the work of his lovely wife Jude who makes amazing things with glass.

I cant believe where the time goes

I haven't posted on my blog for so long, over 3 weeks and that isn't good.

So whats been happening in the world of Love, Heart, Home well I have been really, really busy getting ready for both Halloween and Christmas, running 4 sessions of Craft Club a week, filling orders and sourcing new suppliers.

So we now have 4 new suppliers, each has a very different selection of goods that now adorn the shelves of our lovely shop, over the next few days I will showcase each of them showing you what lovely new goods are available from Love, Heart, Home.

Today I will show you the gorgeous items we have just received from Rachael at Made with Love

Rachael makes Children's bags, Scented hearts. Patchwork hearts, Fabric Key rings, Pencil rolls, Fabric Book covers and much more

Here is just a small selection of the goods from Rachael

Goods on display

Childs bag



Boy's bag



Patchwork hearts

Scented hearts



Pencil Rolls

Fabric covered notebook

Beautiful items from a lovely lady, next time I shall bring you Richards hand turned pens

Off to bed now, too many early morning and late night!
Bye for now

A new Collection

I love trying out new colour schemes and I have to admit I was unsure of this one but the more I made using the colours the more I love it.


This combination of Laura Ashley Pale Duck Egg Blue, Ivory and Pale Peony coupled with Cath Kidston Red is certainly different to what I would normally choose, I'm a chalky colours girl at heart but I have to say I love it!

Home, Sweet, Home

I love the combination of colours on this plaque, the Red is so striking. I have also made 2 new shopping list boards, one with hearts and one with Cupcakes

A close up of the Cupcake

Cupcake Shopping List Board

Then my favourite piece so far

Cupcake Clock

I totally love this little clock, how could this not brighten up a room? but not everyone is into Cupcakes so I also made this one

Pendulum style clock

A pendulum style clock, I'm not sure if you can see by the photo but the heart which is suspended onto Red dotty ribbon has Duck Egg Blue spots on it.

To add to this set I also have a decorative Rolling Pin and a Chalkboard but no piccy's of them as there not quite finished yet, I will also be adding Peg bags and carrier bag holders, I'm hoping to make them today but have a few household jobs to do first.

So what do you think of my new collection then?

The winner of our first giveaway is.....

Giveaway prize

Tammy Simpson

Congratulations to Tammy and a Huge Thank you to everyone who took the time to leave a comment, we shall do another giveaway very soon

Blog and Facebook Giveaway!!!

I decided to have a Giveaway when we reached 200 followers on our Facebook page and had promised to post it last night but my Daughter got the keys to her new house and time slipped away so I didn't get to post this then so here I am doing it now.

So as a huge 'Thank You' to all of our followers whether it is here on our blog or on our Facebook page we are now having a Giveaway, all you have to do is follow our blog and leave a comment either here or on Facebook and your name will go into a hat to win this -

It is a beautiful Hand Made Heart Shaped Rag Wreath that is approx. 10" tall made in a gorgeous selection of Fabrics and Ribbons in shades of Lilac and Green. I hope you can see by the photos the true colours on this one.

The draw will take place at 8pm on Friday evening and the winner will be announced then.

So Good Luck get commenting!