Sorry for the lack of post/s manic weekend, small persons birthday, Handm@de Oxford, and a trip to Brussels, and I’m not talking about a field of sprouts!!!

more soon………………..

well I like to think I am, but I know looking at photos of myself I’m about as stylish as a cat in a top hat!

But I wasn’t talking about me anyway! I was talking about these,

What do you think, I made some last year, but only three pincushions, this year there are six pincushions and matching needlebooks, very smart, just right for the man who sews I feel : ) These will not be in the shop until after Handm@de this coming weekend!

Currently listening to Zbigniew Preisner, which is very lovely, and soothing. Found out today that next year I will be seeing Calexico in May, which I am very very excited by, so much so when I found out I rushed upstairs to John office at work and squealed!! Very excited by music at the moment, going to ATP in 3 weeks, and also seeing Spoon in February, whoooo!!

Hey, look two posts in two days, but don’t expect it to carry on!

and two craft fairs, book group, and lots of work!

I had intended to try and step up my blogging, but I have found it very difficult, and I guess one of the main problems has been to do with taking photos : (

The natural light in our house at this time of year is not good at the best of times, but added to that we have had horrid weather, and I don’t seem to have been at home when the sun has cracked through, but enough of excuses, here are some shots!

I’ve been working on new pouches as the first batch had proved so successful, so the next few images show all of them : )

John took these photos both for me to show on the blog, and also for my records, as I only finished them on Saturday morning and by the end of the fair on Saturday I had already sold five.

So I needed to have some record, as I knew they would never all get as far as my Etsy shop : )

As you can see, I hope gone for three shapes, all tree type shapes, and I think this works well. I have really enjoyed making them, and I will be doing more, but if I’m honest, probably not this side of Christmas, so once I have taken part in Handm@de Oxford this coming Sunday I will try to list all that are left.

I have also made some more pincushions like this, and now they have needlebooks to match, yay! These will be available to buy at Handm@de before they go into my Etsy shop.

As I mentioned I have already had two fairs, and both of them have been better than expected, so fingers crossed for Oxford, this week I need to finish off some new bags, and prepare for other very exciting things, which I will be sharing next week : )

I will try to blog during the week, but as you know, that probably is not the most reliable comment to listen to!

oh yes, that’s right, it’s me, someone who should be doing regular blog post etc etc, well, er that is a big fail on that!

I have plenty of excuses but I shall not bore you with that, instead I will not remember any of the funny things I had saved up to blog about!

So I will try to do that later (hahahahahahah!) and instead, this is one of the reasons I have been so quiet!

so piles of stuff, two sewing machines, what more reasons do you need : )