Folksy Friday

This week sees the start of our summer holidays from school so I decided to cheer us up my Folksy Friday would be...... BEACH HUTS

A Pretty Beach Hut Filled with organic lavender by Pants and Paper

Handpainted Beach hut greeting card by Original Art by Clare

Framed driftwood beach hut collage by Kirsty Elson

Beach hut napkins by Charlotte Macey Textiles

Hope you have enjoyed a trip to the beach

x

Folksy Friday

As I have been working on something with butterflies on I decided my folksy friday will be all about Butterflies.

This beautiful scarf is by Broomhead Designs

How cute is this bookmark by Jinja Jewellery

Something new but extremely gorgeous from Pants and Paper

And how bright & colourful is this brooch from Applique Originals

Maybe soon I'll be able to show you what I've been working on

x

Friday Favourites 9/2010

I had to give my cat a bit of a tidyup this morning, he can't reach round to his back to keep clean so he always gets a bit of a matted area, unfortunately he isn't the nicest of cats for being picked up so it took both Rob (in his bike leathers and gloves!) and me to cut the matted area out.

Anyway as I had to do the cat this morning I thought that it was a perfect opportunity to invite you to see some of my favourite cats.

First up is Sarah at theothermousie in her other disguise as Cirque de Chassettes, how cool are these, I'm just waiting on a trapeze artist to send to my cousins little girl in the Dominican Republic as they own the Circus of Dreams out there.

Second is Pussy Galore! Lovely cute and now in kitty form. She also gives some good advice on her blog.

And lastly some cats that aren't all soft but are just as cute from Gabrielle at Moobaacluck, maybe if my cat sat still like these I wouldn't have a problem with grooming him!

xxx

Friday Favourites 8/2010

This weeks Friday Favourite is a very good friend of mine Zenia at HandmadeByZenia (also known as todayscrisisis on Twitter). She has been making dichroic glass jewellery for a while now but has only recently got herself a kiln so is now creating her own glass to make her jewellery. Hopefully she will be on Folksy & Etsy soon but why not follow her blog for now.

You see the piece at the bottom of the kiln, the clear square with the blue & red accents & the wire tree well I now have that as a necklace and its lovely!

Don't forget to pop back for another Friday Favourite next week

xxx

Friday Favourites 7/2010

Todays Friday Favourites is going to be all about FELT, I love felt but especially the soft snuggly felt, I love the colours you can get and the items you can make, the fact it doesn't fray and that if you don't mind a little mess you can make it yourself. And in no particular order:

My first Felty Favourite is Sarah at Paper and String, her felt is really soft and comes in different sizes, she also has a new workshop which I'm extremely jealous of, and she has a wonderful blog with a great giveaway each month.

Second on my list is Laura (Lupin) at Bugs and Fishes, again her felt is gorgeous, her items she makes are beautiful and sometimes quirky and her blog is entertaining!

Third is Jenny at The Felted Rainbow, her felt is what I have used for Albies Hat, it is recycled and comes in lots of colours.

Lastly is Clara from the rainbowroom, lots of gorgeous supplies to make your own felt, lots of lovely handmade felty goodies and lots of rainbows!

Hope you have enjoyed my Felty Friday Favourites

xxx

Friday Favourites 6/2010

This weeks Friday Favourite was a difficult one to choose as there are still soooo many people out there I want to mention but this lovely lady has been helping me in another venture so have been wanting to post about her but until recently she didn't have her shop open but this changed recently!

So for this week my Friday Favourite is Vikki at GiddyStuff, she is in to lots of different crafts, jewellery, felt, sewing, knitting, you name it she does it! Not sure how she fits it all in with family and working but she does and manages to twitter too! You can find her on folksy and Misi

xxx

Friday Favourites 5/2010

Last week I had a lovely tweet from a very lovely lady, she is an inspiration to all of us as she works out of a shed at the bottom of her garden in all weathers without proper heating!!!

I hope that I bring you a variety of items within my Friday Favourites, and I continue to expand the range with Gabriella from Moobaacluck. She is a painter and illustrator and has over recent years expanded from greeting cards and childrens books to handpainted gifts, perfect for that personal touch and you can find her on her own website and also on NOTHS.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and that you will come back on Sunday for another recipe.

xxx

Friday Favourites 4/2010

Well this week is going to be a bit different as I'm going to re-introduce you to one very special lady who has started something a little bit new and exciting and also introduce you to another special lady who I have had the pleasure of buying a few of her gift tags.

So the first is Sarah from The Other Mousie, I love this wonderful lady she is so kind and caring, and is definately my soulmate. This week she has ventured out of her little Itty Bitty Kitty shop to create THE CIRQUE DE CHAUSSETTES, they are so quirky that you can't help but love them.

This is the Ringmaster of the World Famous Cirque de Chaussettes, Monsieur Alphonse Poissonnier!

The first artiste to join him at the circus is his good friend, Long 'Stretch' Johnson, Swordfish Swallower...

There will more performing cats coming soon to a circus near you...

So if that wasn't enough for you today, I would like to introduce you to Lynsey from SwirlyArts. She has embarked on a few new things this year, including lots of walking and to craft everyday!

She makes lots of wonderful gift tags (I have bought Snoopy and handdrawn Robins and will be going back for more!) and envelopes from recycled books, comics, magazines, well anything made of paper or card! As well as funky Chickens, paperweight size and doorstops, all can be bought in her Folksy and Etsy shops.

I hope that has given you a feast for your eyes this morning. Don't forget to come back on Sunday for a really yummy recipe, something that will wow any dinner guest but that you could make for a special Sunday Dinner Treat (don't forget Valentines Day is coming up and this is a perfect dessert!!)

xxx

Friday Favourites 3/2010

I love reading blogs and have many twitter friends so it is difficult to choose who to feature each week. I hope those that I haven't yet featured realise that I would love to feature everybody at once but that would take forever and then what would I blog about next week, plus you never know you might just be next!

This week I have chosen Pantsandpaper, Sam is such a talented lady making lots of delightful purses, brooches and other items out of recycled fabrics and haberdashery items. She is also on twitter and is always lovely to talk to.

Please go and check out her shop and perhaps even have a little spend on some of her yummy goodiness!

Don't forget to come back next week to see if you might be my next Friday Favourite!!!

xxx

Friday Favourites 2/2010

So my Friday Favourite for this week was decided for me yesterday when I recieved an unexpected parcel in the post. It was full of goodies from the wonderful Sara at kittyeden. She was very helpful the other day telling me about a good place to buy felt and kindly offered to send me a little piece so I could see how soft it is and the density of the fibre, so imagine my surprise when I got a box full of goodies. Now when I opened the box the tissue paper along with Sara's little note opened up inside the box lid and all I could see was the goodies, and all I could think of was "this can't be for me, theres been a mistake, I didn't order a box of goodies" then I had a better look and saw the note. I restrained myself from opening straight away and got my camera and look what a box of goodies it is! Chocolate (very important when crafting away!!), a massive pile of lovely fabric scraps, thread, inspirations packs with lots of pink sparkly bits, some sticky letters, the piece of felt and a beautiful button badge!

Thank you so much Sara, its lovely to recieve parcels in the post but even more so when you are not expecting them.

Please, if you haven't already, go and check out her wonderful blog and shops, I promise you won't be disappointed.

xxx

Friday Favourites 1/2010

If you are a Twitter fan you will know that on a Friday you can do a tweet about your favourite tweeple, so I thought that I would carry that on into my blog and choose 1 person each week to blog about.

Today is my first and I'm going to start it off with the lovely Becky, otherwise known as Dots and Spots, she is not just a wonderful lady but a very talented one too. I just love the washing lines but everything is gorgeous, head over to her shop and have a look at everything she does there is so much you'll find it hard to decide which to buy first!

I hope you have liked my first Friday Favourite and will come back to see who will be my Favourite next week.

xxx