giveaway time..

well very nearly! 

Don't forget to tell your friends about locket on facebook because once we hit 100 likes I'm going to be giving away a................scrabbity!

or scrabbit...heehee cos his name seems to have been evolving!

I forgot...

to add that as if I didn't have enough to do in the week before xmas, I approached two gorgeous shops, and now locket balloon balls are available through Portico in Lyttelton and Flock in Sumner, Christchurch.
Definitely visit as they both have such lovely, lovely wares. I struggle to leave both without something delightful.

Felt

I've loaded our first listing on Felt...just waiting for admin ok and its all GO!! locket lift-off ;)

slack blogger aye, slap!

Despite the quietness on here, much abounds in locket land :D

The market on the 18th was SUPER! I met many talented crafters whose work I'd mostly only admired online and my wee half table nearly sold out. I had a great time explaining just what my balloon balls were. Every now and then I'd bounce one willfully wildly and nearly lose it across the market, oops. People picked them up expecting some weight to them and were surprised by their lightness ;)
Wee man ran around with dada in his gears, being completely mischievous, but certainly drummed up some interest, heehee. And pics...nahhhh that would have ment I'd have been far more awake, and certainly not up till 4am, labeling things the night before. It wasn't till we were on our way home that I thought, crap, no pics!

So heres a few..
oh and if you want you can like Locket on facebook. Finally last night I jumped in and started our page, slightly miffed we had to use a capital though, darn FB, we're lowercase, come on, is that really an issue?!!

bribed with a bik'it ;)

I've been working on locket Balloon Balls, or balloon armour if you will for.. a 'couple' of years. My eldest is almost 14 and she had a very basic version as a baby and every now and then I'd whip them up as a gift. Once wee man arrived nearly 2 years ago (gulp...hes a baby still right?) I made him one and after much tweaking and funny shaped 'boons- they abound in our lounge, I arrived at this design that keeps the balloon tucked well away from wee fingers (or mouths if its my monkey) and means balloons can be reused over and over if you twist rather than knot the end.

Did I mention how fun ceiling volleyball is in the lounge with a  toddler, teen and tween next to the flat screen? (guffaw)

this is the super sweet, organic version

and this 'boon is needle cord and 2D Zoo fabric, mmmmmm

I'll be back later with more. But for now small person needs to sleep :D

so whats with locket?

 Mostly Id like there to be something to delve into before our dastardly plans for locket become known. So we don't look like dorks yah know? So I'm taking on the lovely A Craft Christmas Market to make me get my pony on, as it were.

Carla...oh ....post something m'dear...go on...




so as a filler, heres wee man at the park the other day, such toddler vigour I tell you! he is sporting a locket Bandito bib and a pair of Finders Keepers shorts, fits those cloth naps/dipes nicely.

poor retro dog

sweet child

heres my littlest wee man, in some wears I made him recently. Something sweet for a young lad. Dadad took him to the skate park on Sunday so I could make in peace.

heck

its been awhile now hasn't it..
A little caught up in life the last wee while. Chch is returning to normal after the shakin' A lot less after shocks which is super ;)
A little making goin' on in this house. Amidst the clutter that is 'maker/hoarder crafter mama' that is I.
So I just wanted to check in and say that Locket is still about, and will be updating a lot more with something less crap than a midnight post of waffling bollocks such as tonight's.

Here is the littlest doing his thing...truly genetic behaviour I tell you...

locket us....

howdy