What a doll!

I have made a new doll. I think her name will be Marigold. At first she looked a bit pouty but now that she's done, she seems to be slightly more pensive. Regardless, I think she is really pretty and I am in love with her hair which is made from this gorgeous hand spun yard from Simply Twisted.
She custom made this yarn for me. It is spun fairly loose but it weighty and dense. It is so soft and the colour is a gorgeous sunsety yellow. It's made absolutely lovely hair.


I was also able to upcycle an adorable little baby top with pin tucking and mother of pearl buttons which I got from a charity shop. The sash on her waist is a ribbon from H's first birthday dress. She is stuffed with fluffy sheep's wool. I actually broke down and bought a big bag of prepared wool stuffing instead of carding my own! Petal had a whole bunch extra so I got it from her. Well, it was a million times easier and took half the time. So much for the constant carding I seemed to be doing in the past.


Now all I need is a day with a brief break in the rain so that I can take pictures of her for the etsy shop!

A Lovely Weekend

It's been a lovely weekend! It actually started on Friday as we had a holiday from school. So myself and my best girl (Petal) went into town with our little girls for an afternoon out. It was Petal's birthday and we had shopping and lunch planned, a real girl's day out!
We met in George Square and the weather was great so we immediately gave Petal her gifts. Both of us are crafters and we had decided that from now on all gifts we give will be handmade or supplies for hand making things. Of course, a big source of giftables for both of us is Etsy!
So, for this birthday I got her a lovely little bird and nest from Beetle and Bloom. She makes beautiful flowers.

Also, gorgeous Lantern Moon knitting needles in ebony,a gift voucher from VV Rouleaux and a vintage photo album for scrapbooking.


The photo album was courtesy of a trade on etsy with Junkyarddoll, She amazing and definitely check out her shop for really cool cards with a wicked sense of humor!

The last two days have involved a whole load of sewing and getting things ready for next months craft show. I am working on some new animals and a couple of halloween items including Pirate Cat, Goth Kitty and little ghosts.

Day of Rest

I haven't added anything for a few days as I was busy with the Doors Open Day and the feeling of exhaustion after! It all went well and it seemed pretty successful so, all's good.
Today, we decided to have a day of rest which meant skipping school (naughty, naughty!}. Though we did do a fair amount of stuff including having a friend over to play.
We also did some baking and cooking which hasn't happened for a while other than rushed to make dinners. So tonight it was potato bread and chicken noodle soup with alphabet noodles. I was feeling all frugal and everything because the chicken soup was made from last night's roasted chicken and the bread was made with leftover mashed potatoes.

I did get some crafting in as well and completed four dancing cats. I don't think I am going to list them on my etsy shop as I am starting to panic about the craft fair and worrying that I won't have enough stock. I think tomorrow I will head off to the charity shops to scope out some sweaters. I am working on Sweater Bears that are pretty cute, if I do say so myself! I also need to come up with some new ideas, especially for lower price point items. I have a vintage chenille bedspread just waiting to turned into something cool. So little time, so many projects!

Big Weekend

No crafting for me today unless you call making a miniature kite with the school's toddler group crafting. Ah, I suppose it was!

This weekend I am focused on Glasgow's Doors Open Day. Our school, The Glasgow Steiner School, is in a beautiful old building that has been a school ever since it was built almost 150 years ago in 1876. This is the first year that our building has been involved in the doors open day which is a kind of festival where buildings all over the city, many of which the public wouldn't normally have access to, allow people to visit them.

We have absolutely no idea how many people will visit as venues in the past have has as little as a couple of hundred up on to the thousands. We are going to have lots of activities and I am running a little cafe for the two days (Sat and Sun).

So, Tonight I am going to be over there cooking up giant pots of veggie chili, corn chowder and loads of sandwiches. Wish me luck and come and see us if you are in the area!

YAY!

Yay for a break in the rain so that I can take some photos of finished plushies (that word bugs me a little but I don't know what else to call them). I have taken photos of several cats and one kitten. I'm unsure about how I feel about the kitten but it's growing on me. I'll just have to put them out there and see what the response is! I think they'd be great for babies/toddlers as well as bigger kids or of course adults who are kids at heart too.



Also YAY! because I have been accepted to a fab craft show called Made in the Shade which is happening at the Lighthouse in Glasgow. Read all about it here:
Made in the Shade
and here:
Made in the Shade on Myspace

I am nervous and excited at the same time. I've done loads of farmers markets and stalls with my baking but it's been years since I put my crafts out for public humiliation, uh I mean examination! Good thing my awesomely talented and beautiful friend at lullaby lily will be sharing a stall with me. Check out her gorgeous heirloom worthy purist knit animals on etsy at lullaby lily.


This is Mr. Peabody from lullaby lily, how adorable is he?


Gotta go do the school run then I'm back home to sew up a new bevy of cats.

New day, Grey day

Well, it's a new day and a new blog. It's grey and drizzly out and it's looking like summer is most definitely over. A good day for staying in and making things! 

Today I am stuffing arms and legs for a new line of plushies I am working on. They are a slightly different direction for me as I usually work with all natural materials and these are stuffed with polyester but it seems to work well so I am sticking with it. They are also really fun so I am happy to be making them.

These plushies are being made for etsy, which I am addicted to. Seriously, the site went down for about 30 minutes last night and I was at a loss of what to do and I really think I was staring to go through withdrawal when it came back up! Is there a support group for this kind of thing?