I feel like I need to make another sweeping statement to write more often. But we all know how that deal ends. So I'll just be wandering over this way a while shall I?
I've been pulling up my socks and stomping about a bit. Sweetly slashing books and tidying my locketship. Then pretty quickly dashing it's hopes of spartan spick and span'ness by trashing it all over again.
I must say market prep when one is pulled in many directions and with a solid dose of obstinate procrastination, is lots of fun. And coffee.coffee.coffee. Last nights craft love festival market was a golly good time. Fabulous music and splendid belly dancing made for a super time for all.
Pics of the all the fabulous Craft Love stalls, including locket's are here
*swoon!*
I've made rather a lot of vintage book buntings as seen at Craft Love. Sweet old pages hung on bias binding and also available here in my Felt Shop. The other wee goodies I've been creating are little diy garland sets, simply twine and 11 wee rounds of vintage illustrations to be self threaded. All swoonable and pretty good for my soul. And no I only cut into about 5% of my
Last weeks gottomakestuffrightquicklyorlooklikealoserwithnothingatherstall started off with my making a cushion for me. I used some of my favourite sparrow print fabric I was koha'd a while back. Its been hidden lest I accidentally use it on an unworthy project for a couple of years now. Finding the perfect vintage orange velvet spurred me into cushion making, well that and the fact I had other important stuff to do. I do so love the orange and green.
Thats a little scrap of my studio. Waiting to paint that super lovely knotted pine, white. Scratching the blackboard kind of waiting. I'm reminded that the earthquake repairs are "more important than that" but hell, yes, paint it!
Back tomorrow with some kind of giveaway of the papery kind.
Was so lovely to meet you at Craft Love Festival the other night! Your stand was AMAZEBALLS!! Loved it!! x
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