Happy New Year Work in Progress.

I've been struggling to get back into writing a blog post since the whole Christmas/ New Year tide but today in South Wales we have crazy snow and I am off work so thought I shouldn't waste any more time and get on with it!
I wanted to post about a beautiful embroidered cushion that I made before Christmas but eek my boyfriend managed to delete the photos accidentally from the memory card. Boooo! Hopefully the lovely Lucy (who received said pillow for Crimbo) will be kind enough to send me some photos and then I can share!

I do have a whole host of other bits and pieces I've been working on that I can just bamboozle you all with in the mean time. I'm in a phase of working on a few different things at the moment and not all are finished yet so bear with me and I'll explain all!

Record Bowls! 
Yes I have been making tonnes more bowls! They're the new sensation - I'm selling loads from the shop at the moment, even after the Christmas gift buying days are long gone. I was given a pile of warped 7"s so have been making miniature ones as well and playing round with different wave forms for the edges.

Shrinkies!
I've also been trying my hand at a new technique of making jewellery, well new to me - I am very aware that it's been around for ages and I'm slow to catch on here haha. Ah it is super cool being able to create pieces with my own drawings and for future ones I'm planing on screen printing onto the plastic instead of hand drawing everyone with permanent markers. I'm also in love with how small they go, great potential there! I will do a full length post on this once I've finished them all and created the final pieces.

Felty Badges and Necklaces too!
I've been stitching up some more little felt creations which has been fun. I've been making lots of little bits and pieces whilst idling the time away in the shop. Mr Foxy and Mr Panda were turned into necklaces which look really sweet. I attached jump rings to their ears and then onto the chain. They've already disappeared out of the shop with a lovely young gent buying gifts for his travelling friends; I hope they like them.

 
Hmm I'm thinking I may end it there for today and pick back up with another post over the weekend! Keep you waiting for the even better stuff haha. 
Here's to a crafty 2013 x

I'm on a Roll.

This week has been all about being a crafting machine! I've been sewing some new clothes (which I'll share in a later post), making more hair accessories, revamping picture frames and stitching up some new felt badges! Also as the boyf is out of work kinda at the moment I've taken on some permanent hours at the t-shirt printers I've been doing odd work for throughout the summer.

I love old tin toys from the 1950's, especially robots and spaceships, so this is my homage to the tin spaceship in felt and of course follow by a good ol' cuppa tea.

I used one of my favourite annuals to revamp a picture frame. I found a pile of old frames in the local charity shop that had lovely wide frames perfect for showing off the comic strips.

More you say! Well yes I have loads of space to fill :) I do enjoy making batches of hairclips, I've got some great ideas for some more doing something a bit different too. Watch this space.

 

 

The grand openingof CFQ is next Saturday and there's loads of things going on. There'll be music and live walkabout performances going on so if you're in the area come and say hello!
 

Dresses to spin round in...

I've made a few rockabilly dresses for a tattooist in Penarth. I met the lovely Justin and Chrissy from Alley Cat Ink a few months ago when a friend of mine went to work with them. Such lovely and genuine people and the shop is stunning with lots of fun clothes and jewellery from a mix of local makers to big brands like iron fist. They were finding that the larger curvier customer wasn't necessarily being catered for so I've made them a selection of dresses ranging from size 12 - 20 with the idea that we can make custom dresses for ppl. I've used mostly fabrics from the crazy stash and coupled them up with some vintage trims. Hope you likey :)

I also dropped off a few play suits that I made aaaaaages ago. They're one size and are a bloomer/halter neck combo -tre sweet!

Last night I went on a mad felt badge making frenzy too! Why have I not been doing this before, very calming and satisfying too. My hayfever has been terrible and shows no signs of letting up so I am resigned to stay inside and make stuff!!