They came !!!!

YES !!!!!! Finally, my new needle felting kits came. I am soooooooooo excited about these kits. They are absolutely fantastic and even better in real life than I was expecting. And even more exciting is the fact that I am the only UK stockist of these kits !!

They're all priced at either £9 or £10 - actually, I think it's just the Hummingbird kit that is £10. You get everything you need in the cute little box, including full colour photographic instructions. The only thing you don't get is a felting sponge, but you can quite easily pop one of these in your shopping cart at the same time when you're purchasing your kit ! Each kit is graded easy or intermediate, but with the fantastic instructions, you won't have any trouble creating the animals whether you've needle felted before or not.

Also, my other fabric arrived and this is fantastic too !!

So far I've made up just a few buttons, all of which are available for sale on the website.

I am manically removing the shanks off some of the blank buttons so that I can make up some other lovelies for you - make sure you check back next time for a chance to win one of my new creations !

Sleepless nights and fancy fabric

Sadly the time has come for my baby to grow up and go into a big bed !! Great excitement (on Gracie's part) and sadness on mine, that the cot that has been slept in by both of my babies is now surplus to requirements.

The big bed arrived, a gorgeous white bed with a lovely heart shape on the head and footboards. The new duvet set was purchased, a beautiful white set, embroidered with a lovely fairy watering her plants from a spotty teapot !!

7pm arrived, Gracie snuggled down into her bed with her blankie and said how excited she was.

7.15pm, Gracie is out of the bed saying she doesn't like it and wants to get into our bed !

7.30pm she's back in bed

7.35pm she's screaming the place down

7.45pm she's back in bed

7.50pm she's down in the lounge asking me (very matter of factly) what we're having for our tea !

7.55pm she's being chased up the stairs by Daddy

8pm, she's screaming the place down again

8.10pm she's back downstairs with a very quick turnaround time and back on her way upstairs.

8.15pm daddy checks on her, only to find the bed empty and Sam's bed containing 2 bodies.

8.30pm - silence.

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1.15am - our bedroom door flies open and a little voice shouts "I need a wee".

1.20am - refusing to get back into bed

1.25am - a very tired Mummy climbs into Gracie's bed along with Gracie

1.30am - Gracie attempts to have a conversation with me.

1.45am - Gracie is out of bed

1.50am - Gracie announces she needs a drink

2am - Gracie attempts to have another conversation with me

2.15am - Gracie's jumping up and down on the bed

2.30am - Gracie's jumping up and down on my HEAD

2.45am - Gracie's on the potty .... again

3am - Gracie loses blankie and all hell breaks loose

3.15am - Mummy is in tears

3.30am - Gracie is singing nursery rhymes

3.45am - the birds start singing, but Gracie has FINALLY fallen asleep.

Maybe the cot isn't surplus to requirements just yet !!

Mr Postman bought me this fantastic Japanese fabric today

and I'm hoping that soon he will bring me the gorgous fabric I purchased from Dawanda a couple of evenings ago. If you haven't purchased anything from Dawanda yet, you really should give it a go. Especially as lots of the sellers are taking part in an 11% off promotion whilst Euro 2008 football matches are taking place. Basically, as soon as the game has kicked off, the participating sellers have their items reduced automatically by 11% for the duration of the game. Now, how can you turn an offer like that down ?!

Enjoy your weekend !

Boot Fair Finds

Hiya

What a gorgeous day it has been here in Essex today. Lovely and sunny and warm - sadly I don't think it's going to last, so we'll just enjoy it while we can.

Today my parents took the littleuns to see my sister down in Battle, East Sussex. So we've had a childfree day !

This morning was spent at a local boot fair. Unfortunately this little boot fair has changed quite a lot since I last visited and there were loads of traders there. I was quite surprised because it always used to advertise as "no traders" and the last time I was there it was what I would call a proper boot fair - individuals all selling their unwanted items from their cars and vans. Today, nearly half of the sellers were traders selling things like dodgy electrical goods, toiletries and light bulbs ! I was a tad disappointed, and wonder whether tomorrow might be any better. But I did manage to pick up a few bargains ...

Not the best picture in the world, sorry, but I managed to pick up two lovely white wire baskets for 50p each. I'll be using these to display some of my goodies in at craft fairs. A couple of woolly jumpers which will be felted in the washing machine and turned into something else ... when I've got time ! And 3 items of children's clothing with lovely little prints which will be used for my latest craft obsession ..... fabric covered buttons.


I've had a bit of an etsy frenzy lately and have become obsessed with fabric covered buttons, so I bought these lovely fabrics from mwendas on etsy.






Fantastic service, as they all arrived from Singapore in less than a week. Sadly the blank button supplies I bought from another etsy seller in the US to make up my buttons, seems to have disappeared into the depths of the US postal system, so the seller marymarsh has very kindly sent out a replacement. Thank you Mary - you are a star !! As soon as they arrive, I'll be good to go.

And talking of button supplies, I'll soon be stocking blank cover buttons in my webshop. I'll have 2 different sizes available and you'll be able to buy them in sets of 10. I'll let you know when they're in the shop.

I was going to post a picture of the fantastic Father's Day present that I bought from the children for their Daddy, from another etsy seller, but I've been alerted to the fact that Mr T has discovered and is now reading this blog - hello hubby xx

So, sadly, I can't post the picture or give you a link to the fantastic seller (the pressie arrived the following day after I placed the order !), until Father's Day has been and gone. Sorry !

Anyway - back to today - after the Boot Fair, Mr T and I went for lunch at a local country pub that we hadn't visited before. It was lovely to be able to enjoy our lunch outside !

After that I went down to the Lakeside shopping centre (not my favourite place in the world) in the search for a bed for our little madam. The last time I was in Ilva they had some gorgeous girly beds that I was keen to get for her. Today .... nothing !! I couldn't believe it. They only had 3 or 4 children's beds and they were all horrible. So I then trekked over to Ikea and had a wander round there (or rather a battle because it was packed) and picked up a few bits and pieces for home.

Then, on the way home I suddenly realised that an ebay auction for a button machine that I was bidding on was due to end in around 10 minutes and I was over half an hour away. So I missed out on that one - typical because it went for £41 and that was for a new machine which included over 600 button and badge pieces !! Grrrrrrrrrrr

Enjoy the bank holiday weekend (and half term !)

Sarah x

For Sale

Ok, as promised in my last post, I've had a good old look through my huge fabric pile and am putting the following fabric up for sale.

Every piece is priced per Fat Quarter (18 x 22"). Postage on every piece is £1 and £1.50 if you purchase 2 or more pieces (UK). If you're purchasing from overseas, please let me know and I can work out a shipping price for you.

But you'll need to be quick, because this is all I have and I won't be getting any more !

Just contact me if you want to buy any of the fabric and I will send you a paypal invoice.

Thanks and Happy Shopping !

Red & Blue cars Japanese fabric from Super Buzzy. 100% cotton
Price per FQ - £4.00

SOLD

Ballet Shoes/Slipper Fabric by Alexander Henry

Price per FQ - £2.50

Number available - 1

Navy & White floral fabric - Amy Butler style

Price per FQ - £2.00

Number available - 1

Bon Voyage - Ship Departure by Makower

Price per FQ - £2.50

Number available - 1

Gorgeous pink & purple girly fairy fabric - can't remember the name of the designer but the pattern is apparently quite hard to come by now

Price per FQ - £2.50

Number available 1

Pinky/Mauve shabby chic floral fabric

Price per FQ - £2.00

Number available 1

Pinks & Mauves shabby chic floral fabric

Price per FQ - £2.00

Number available 1

Pink floral shabby chic fabric on a sage green background (sorry - it doesn't show up well in the pic)

Price per FQ - £2.00

Number available -1

Bright Green & Yellow Froggy Faces on a Turquoise background - 100% cotton Japanese fabric from Super Buzzy

Price per FQ - £4.00

SOLD

Alexander Henry girly fabric featuring handbags, sunglases, shoes, lipstick etc

Price per FQ - £2.50

Number available - 1

Alexander Henry Ballerina Fabric

Price per FQ - £2.50

Number available - 1

85% cotton / 15% Linen Japanese Fabric from Super Buzzy - small navy dots on a natural background

Price per FQ - £4.00

Number available - 1

Alexander Henry Handbags Fabric on a pale green background

Price per FQ - £2.50

Number available - 1

100% cotton Japanese Strawberry fabric from Super Buzzy

Price per FQ - £4.00

Number available - 1

Petit Fours Cakes Fabric by Timeless Treasures

Price per FQ - £2.50

Number available - 1

85% cotton / 15% linen Japenese Fabric from Super Buzzy - Large natural dots on a navy background

Price per FQ - £4.00

Number available - 1

Lovely stripey fabric by Alexander Henry

Price per FQ - £2.50

Number available - 1

Pale Blue check cotton fabric and a co-ordinating pale blue stripe fabric (for sale separately)

Price per FQ - £2.50

Number available - 1 of each design

A set of 4 FQ's purchased in the USA. 2 x bright prink & 2 x bright green - SOLD

And that's your lot !!!