Family matters!

Well, can't believe that it has been a month since Mum arrived. We had busy time! She did a great job at helping me to get the store ready, not mentioning the food she cooked for u everyday:) And now she is gone and gonna miss her loads. We are trying to get ourselves down to see my family for Christmas.

Back to work! My first workshop went well. The girls have done a great job! These are the cards that Debbie, Katie and Lorna made:

The meeting was so successful that the girls have decided to meet up once a month to make cards! What a lovely idea!

And than it was time to say goodbye to Mum, I will never get used to it, tears keep falling down when we see her off. The choices I made make my life easier in a way but on the other hand my heart is torn apart. I miss my family and friends, all the time!

New home decor

I got totally bored with my lampshades. Thought, well haven't got much money so I will have to find a way to do it myself. Well, here they are: a bit of lace, fabric flowers, feathers and some yo-yo templates.

Here is one before I put my mark on it. Pretty boring, isn't it?

And here it is when I finished!!! I am so thrilled about it! It's one of my best projects!

And this one was made up using pom - pons and fabric and yo-yo templates. Very easy and fun to make. Just added some buttons in the centres and here it is. I am particularly proud of it!

The shop is open!

Well, first week into running our shop and it has been great so far. Customers are pretty excited about us being in town, we are both really happy! And I am privileged to do what I love - craft - while at work!!! What a blessing!
Anyway, recently I discovered felt! Totally addicted now! Must make things... :)
Here are few items I created just using felt and beads.

This is a simple Christmas tree decoration made out o felt, stitched ribbon and coronation thread.

Christmas wall hanging! Will look pretty in the window as well. So simple and enjoyable to make!

And few brooches made by hand. Love yo-yo's!

New designs, new skills

I have recently got a book on felt and I just needed to start making things out of felt. Such a lovely material to work with it! You can almost make anything. Decided to design some bags! Here is the result of my madness!

This one is my favourite. Don't you just love the owl?

Something pretty for girlie girls!

The kits to make these bags will be available from the 29th of October at 7th Heaven on Fisherton Street!

New home!

Well, here I am.. Two months later in my new flat. Still completely unorganised! Several boxes still spread around my flat, no curtains and very little furniture! But on the positive side I am opening a shop!!!!  My dream came true! I will be self - employed and what's more it's a craft shop! I couldn't be happier! I don't think I can remember a more stressful time than this. Not even when I got married. That was easy-poesy! I just said "I do":)  Well, flat is lovely, 1840s building which means nothing is square or flat or level and walls are definitely not straight so when I put my cd rack against the wall there was 15cm gap between the top of it and the wall!!! Had to rearrange the living room as the sofas didn't quite fit in and now I have to cut my old window nets to a silly 110cm drop as no one makes them that lenght:) Nevermind. I am sure it all will be worth it in the end.You know best part? Both me and Rob have separate rooms for our hobbies which means none of his Warharmer stuff will be lying around everywhere anymore!!!! Huurreyyy!!!!!

Little artists:)

Moving house is one of the most stressful things in life. Just moved several boxes to the new flat and finished painting the upstairs om my old place. I am totally exhausted! And got so much more to do. I miss the girls and it's all rather sad at the moment. I was browsing through my photos on the computer and found those:

These were made by Elli and Lilli after we got back form Norman's Bay in June. We stayed in the tent, it was blowing, raining, sunny and blowing...:) But the girls thought the trailer tent was awesome and wanted to live in it forever:) Bless them!

 Lilli on her scooter outside the tent, daddy in the tent, me and Elli watching!

Shhhh.... Everyone is asleep! According to Elli I have long hair:)

   Lovely. I love you girls.

Craft obssesion!

Bored with this rain I ended up making a new quilt which is cute and everything pretty. I love it! As you can guess I learned how to do blanket stitch:) So easy and yet so effective! Wish I could learn how to insert my photos properly:) Hahaha! Well, how do I turn it I ask you!?

 And found new crafty hobby: turning old picture frames into new ones! This collection is simply called Trash to Treasure and all 4 frames are for sale! Simply phone me!