I fear ...

I am turning into one of those mad old women who insists on furnishing their home with bright colours, many of which clash. Who wear bright coloured clothes, many of which clash and who just don't really care what other people think of their "style".

I make no apologies for turning into this type of person. Maybe I've always been this type of person but have just reached an age where I have realised that I don't have to be "a dedicated follower of fashion".

After having my inherited chair recovered in a patchwork style

I am now itching to decorate the rest of our living room.

This week I received the latest edition of "Making" magazine. And what an edition it is !! I sat down with a nice cup of tea and my original plan was to just flick through the magazine. But on opening it I became completely engrossed (this doesn't happen with me and magazines very often !) After seeing this ....

I have decided that I MUST get one ! Sadly, the website that sells them has sold out, presumably because it was featured in the magazine. So the hunt is now on for a papier mache deerhead that I can cover in decoupage. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it !

Our living room walls will soon be adorned with embroidery hoops featuring different brightly covered fabrics.

The lampshades also need replacing and I have plans for these, but it may take a while so I'll have to update you on this when it happens.

The furniture also needs replacing and so I shall be scouring salvage yards for individual pieces that can be given a new lease of life ... again, more updates as and when this happens.

So, that's what I shall be doing in my spare (!) time over the next few months.

I saw a sign in a shop the other day that said "forget the rules, if you like it ... buy it"

So that is what I shall do !!

xx

New Stuff just in ....

A real quickie because it's New Year's Eve and I've got other stuff to be doing apart from updating the website !!!

Like sausages ? And dogs?? Then you'll love our fab new sausage dog embroidered ribbon - £1.60 a metre. Get it here

PS. All of our embroidered ribbon has now been restocked.

Are you a misfit ? No, of course you're not - but some of our felt is !! We're selling off all of our felt sheets, shapes, string and felt balls that just don't make the grade. But be quick, because when they're gone, they're gone. Find them here

2 new colours of beading elastic have been added to the site - Royal Blue & Purple. They're here

Just before Christmas we had a big felt delivery - it has all now been checked off and loaded onto the website so all of the 10x10 felt sheets are now back in stock, along with the felt string, most of the metre squares and all but 1 colour felt purses.

And that's it for THIS YEAR !!!

Wishing you all a wonderfully felty, buttony, ribbony, creative New Year !

(ps. My New Year's resolution is to learn how to speellll !)

See you in 2012 xx

MERRY CHRISTMAS !

Wishing all of our blog readers, customers, Twitter followers, Facebook fans and felt, button & ribbon addicts everywhere a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

Thank you all for your support throughout 2011 and we look forward to seeing you all in 2012 with lots of exciting news and website updates etc

With love from

The Girls at Blooming Felt xxx

Purple pants ??!!

Yesterday, on our mammoth 7 hour trek back from Cornwall, whilst stuck on that wonderful road to nowhere, the M25, I heard numerous times on the radio news that the most popular colour of knickers for men to purchase the love of their lives this year is PURPLE ! No longer is red popular (thank goodness for that !!)

So, whilst sat in a stationery traffic jam for almost 2 hours, listening to the kids bickering in the back and hubby snoring in the passenger seat, I got to wondering how many purple items we have for sale on the Blooming Felt website. These are the ones I thought of ....

Hundreds of Buttons

Felt Sheets

Felting Wool

Miles of Ribbon

Felt String (ooh - that's a crappy photo !)

Thousands of Felt Balls

Bags & Purses

And then, when I got home and actually typed the word "purple" into the search bar on the website, was stunned when I realised how many more purple things we have for sale !!

Cabochons

Felt pebbles

Felt hearts

Felt flowers (another crappy photo - sorry!)

Felt stars

Cotton Embroidery Threads

Crochet Flowers

Jumbo ric-rac

Ribbon & cord necklaces

And Beading elastic (new on the site today !)

I couldn't believe it !! It has finally dawned on me exactly how many wonderful things we have for sale on our site .... and not just in purple either !!

Actually, I think I'm liking purple ... but I don't think I'm a purple pants kind of gal !!

xx

Look what I got !!

A while back I was very lucky and got a tax rebate !!! Now, as that's not something that happens everyday I decided to treat myself. Normally, when I treat myself I buy new stock lines for the website, but this time I decided to be really selfish and get something just for me !!

I inherited a chair from my Great Aunt a number of years ago and it has sat in the corner of the sitting room with its original cover.

But a week or so ago, it went off to be covered ....... and came back looking like this

How amazing is that ??!!!!! I LOVE my new chair !!

Huge thanks go to Kelly Swallow who created the amazing design. Do check out her website and see all of the wonderful chairs and sofas Kelly has transformed. If you are lucky enough to get a tax rebate, maybe you can treat yourself too !

xx

PS. Last orders on the Blooming Felt website for Christmas delivery - 5pm this Friday 16th December. All orders after that won't be processed until MONDAY 9TH JANUARY 2012

It's a button frenzy !!

Finally, I've managed to get round to listings lots of lovely new buttons that have been sitting in boxes for ages !

All of the buttons can be found on the home page of our site

First up is a Christmas mix of buttons - available in 50g bags

Next we have a new range of the small 1cm buttons - all candy stripes and available in 6 different colourways - red, navy, baby blue, baby pink, hot pink & lemon

Then we've got 3 new "Designer" buttons - all measuring 35mm

If you saw Kirstie's Handmade Britain last week, you will know that she attempted needle felting ! And of course, on our site you will find a huge range of needle felting supplies & accessories. We've been manically busy since Kirstie's show was aired and once again this afternoon once it was repeated. Because of this, we're completely out of stock of our animal needle felting kits but fear not .... we are expecting a delivery later this week of all of the animal kits + a few new animals as well !

We're also expecting a BIG felt delivery later this week so if you're waiting on metre squares, pink & red hearts, ivory felt balls, felt stacks - they'll be here very soon. Keep an eye on the website as we're hoping they'll all be back on the site next weekend.

Want to learn how to make felt ?

Then join us at a number of felting workshops that we're running in conjunction with The Make It Room !

Felting workshops at The Make It Room are run by a lovely neighbour of mine who is an expert felter (as well as being a tutor in a number of other crafty techniques). The Make It Room is situated approximately 1 minute walk from Blooming Felt Shedquarters !

Listed below are the dates that The Make It Room are running the felting workshops. All workshops cost £25 per person and that includes all supplies needed to make the felt, along with refreshments and a finished piece to take home with you.

On a couple of dates, I will be opening the Blooming Felt Studio to anyone attending the workshops and you will be able to come in and buy any supplies you might need (along with any supplies you don't need but feel the need to buy anyway !) to kick start your new found hobby. The workshop dates and the dates when we'll be opening Blooming Felt Shedquarters are noted below :

Wednesday 30th November 10-1pm (BF Studio open after this session), 2-5pm and 6-9pm

Tuesday 6th December 10-1pm (BF Studio open after this session), 2-5pm and 6-9pm

Friday 9th December 2-5pm and 6-9pm

Friday 16th December 10-1pm

Dates for 2012 will be published soon

If you would like to pop over to the Blooming Felt Studio after those sessions indicated above, please let me know (so I can have a tidy up !) and if you would like to book on any of the felting workshops, you can either email me at info @ bloomingfelt.co.uk (remove the spaces) or contact The Make It Room directly on 01245 477152, quoting Blooming Felt.

We look forward to seeing you soon !!

xx