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

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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

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How Very British

I have managed to do some sewing today as I was trying to stay in the shade due to overdoing it yesterday in the veg patch and getting a bit of sunstoke.

Have been wanting to make some teacosies for a while and today was the day I managed to put everything else aside and make not just one but two!

If you like them you can find them in my folksy shop

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Cheeky Chick Competition winner

Thanks to all that entered my giveaway. I'm pleased to announce that Grace pulled out a name from the hat this morning and it was.....

So from now on she will be known as Daisy Chick, thank you Ang, I hope you like her.

You can also find Daisy Chick now on my folksy and etsy shops ready made (custom order)

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Cheeky Chick Competition

I get ideas at all sorts of times and places but quite a few of my ideas come when I first wake up and in the shower and this morning was one of those times. My head was all fuzzy with a slight cold and full of a to-do-list that is getting longer and longer but still an inspiration came to me that just had to be made.

So here she is Cheeky Chick as she is known as at the moment. She will become a kit as soon as I can get the photos taken and the instructions printed (already written!), just in time for the Easter holidays hopefully. I will let you know as soon as she enters my folksy and etsy shops but before then I will be giving away the one you can see here!

"So what do I have to do to win such a fantastic prize?" I hear you ask, well its simple, you need to leave a comment on here saying what you think she should be called and why.

The rules are easy: only 1 comment per person please, I must be able to contact you through your comment if I can't then another name will be drawn, I will ship internationally so all are welcome to join in. You have until Wednesday 17th March Midnight (GMT) to enter and the winner will be announced on Thursday 18th March.

Good Luck

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Sign of Spring

Now that February is all over with I decided to put some colour back into my sewing, so I bought some gorgeous colours of wool felt with an idea in mind, I had no idea if it would work but decided to make 3 all at the same time in different colours, all the same. So I did a bit of sketching, a bit of pattern making, some cutting, some blanket stitching, some assembly and some more stitching and this is what I came up with.

This is the pink one but I'm also making one with the bright blue and one with the pistachio green. Perfect as a Summery bag for everyday use and especially to brighten up the cloudy days, ideal as a gift for Mothers Day. They will be for sale in my Folksy and Etsy shops.

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Albie Kit is in my shops now

You have probably guessed from the title of this piece that the long awaited Albie Kit is now in my folksy and etsy shops, he comes with a variety of colours for his hat so all you have to do is choose which one is your favourite.

Am currently working on a few more kits but we shall have to wait and see how it all works out.

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Meet Albie

My new venture for this year are kits as I thought others would like to have a go at making some yummy things for themselves. Here is my first one, his name is Albie (Owl-be)(sorry about the photo, it was dark but I wanted to show him off) he will be available in kit form soon and I might even get around to making some to sell too for those who just can't wait.

Please let me know what you think of Albie and what other colour hats you might like to see him wearing (I can't promise anything but I will do my best).

I am now working on my next kit or 3! And I hope to bring them to you very soon.

If you want to pre-order an Albie kit, that is before he hits my folksy or etsy shops, then please leave me a comment as I will be doing a special offer.

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Personalised Christmas Decorations

So I have been thinking of these for a few weeks but hadn't got round to giving it a try until this week. I reached 1000 tweets and did a giveaway to the first person who tweeted me back and it was the lovely Lynsey at SwirlyArts. So I sent her a scarflace and her beautiful girls a personalised Christmas Decoration each.

If you would like one for your little ones please check out my folksy shop. And don't forget if you buy from me before 12th December you will be entered into my Christmas Prize Drawer.

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Something for all you doodlers out there!

So this is what I was working on this weekend.

I got into the mood of birdies after making the bird bookmarks and decided to finally make one of the ideas off my list! I do hope you like them. They are A5 lined notebooks which I have made the covers for. The birds are appliqued on and then I have free machine stitched around them and the accents. You can find these 2 in my etsy and Folksy shops. I will be making more birdies and maybe some other things too, thinking maybe cupcakes next, what do you think, any suggestions welcome. Oooo just thought, if you like these and would like them personalised as a special gift for someone (teacher, friend, craft buddy) then I can do that too, now that has got me excited!

Got a Christmas Craft fair on all this weekend at Hatton Country World, so if your stuck for something to do come up and see me and bring the kids for a great day out. There is the farm animals and loads of rides and bits for them to play on. My two really love it and will be up with me at somepoint of the weekend, with their Daddy!

Don't forget to be one of the first 20 to follow me here to be in for a chance to win a little something. Also if you buy something from me before 12th December you will be in for a chance to win a special Christmas Present.

Right better get on with some sewing and shoudl get the washing in off the line before it rains!!!

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Sing little Birdie, Sing

I've had an idea for a while and drew out a pattern a few weeks ago, but as with alot of my ideas it got put on my to do list and I haven't got around to making it a reality. This changed today as I finally had a reason to make it. As part of my 20 followers giveaway I decided (on Twitter) to give an extra something to numbers 15 and 16, well they were Oddsox and Kate. Kate please can you contact me as I would love to send you a little something. Having been in contact with Oddsox I found out she had seen some of my goodies here so I asked what had caught her eye and the reply was that she has a soft spot for birdies. Well that was easy she will be getting one of the little birdie lavender pouches but thats not all, as I said I finally got a reason to make this.....

So as an extra Thank you for giving me the reason to try this out I'm sending it to you Oddsox, I really hope you like it. They are made using a big paperclip type bookmark and some thick handmade felt, both were bought here, although the felt was given to me as a little bag of scraps! And I think I will be making a few more to add to my shops as I think they are kinda cute, let me know what you think.

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