Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Happy doodles


 

Today was spent mostly finishing off these: 


A whole bunch of cheery little embroidered flowers - to be turned into brooches


I tend to do them first thing in the day, to use up scraps and to 'warm up' to doodling with my machine! 



They go out on a 'thank you' tag with every purchase from my shop - a little extra something for everyone who buys from me :) ....


...and of course - a happy way to start my working day!

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Gulp!


 I have never, ever spent so much money on wool. Never. Ever.


But it was worth it....


Madelinetosh vintage in Scarlet - lots of it..

Saturday, 4 April 2009

Lollipop flowers, daisies and cupcakes!



Making cards was one of the first crafty things that really got me hooked, and was the first time that I ever got paid to make something for someone else. I have made so many over the years, birth cards, wedding invites, Valentines and hundreds of greetings cards!


Although now I make nowhere near as many these days, as there are so many other things to make, I still have a regular supply of people who like to buy them. Today, I really needed to build up my depleted stock.





As I do more and more with fabric and my sewing machine, my cards seem to reflect this. I think part of it is that I'm such a hoarder. I can't seem to throw away fabric, no matter how small the piece is and have various boxes filled with scraps dotted around.


Making cards is such a perfect way to use up these tiny pieces, and I really like how today's cards have turned out. I didn't have chance to photograph them all as it's getting dark and the light is not so good, but here are some of the ones that I made.