Joining the A-Listers

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New Ranges and Organisations!

Have finally bitten the bullet and decided to become "more structured".... so am in the process of dividing my 2 shops up into:

Bits and Bobs Accessories   and    Bits and Bobs Baby and Home

Although there's a fair bit of "furniture" and stock to be shuffled yet!

As a celebration of making this decision I've launched a new product range - Handy Pots!

They can be:

 1. Craft Storage

 2. Pencil Pots or Tool Pots

 3. Dressing Table Tidies

 4. Vases - if made of glass

I got inspired to make handy pots when i was looking for something different for a craft sale and discovered a collection of of empty tubs and jars in a cupboard. I got out needles and yarn and had a go at making these poor naked little items personal coats to keep them warm and hence the handy pot was born!

They real joy of handy pots is that the only limit on how they turn out is your imagination! I've been asked to have a go at making a few football orientated ones and also a "cricket sweater", so they can be personalised to suit hobbies, interests of colour schemes. Handy pots will be available both as OOAK originals and bespoke items so pop over to my website and leave me a message me with your specifications and I'll get clicking!

Eight is the Magic Number

Having watched a documentary all about octopi and how clever they are I've been experimenting with things octagonal too! And over the weekend turned a lonely ball of soft apple green cotton from my stash into this set of fab coasters:

 

In celebration of my "numerical obsession", today's Folksy Feature is in Numerical Order

1 Horse on this fab cushion from Audrey's Cat

 2 little birds on this beautiful decorative bowl from Lily's Night Garden

 3 flowers on this cute Bunny Plaque from Aunty Joan Crafts

 4 Red Beads on this quirky Red Squiggle bookmark from Beadesk

5 Flowers and Berries on this beautiful "Wild Strawberries Brooch" from Linwood Crafts

6 bright cheery flowers on this "Retro Flower Eco Bag" from Maytree Lane

7 stones in this fab necklace from Brockstones

When you can't beat the "Elfs and Safety"....

In the UK the snowy weather has put paid to many a craft market / craft fair as it was considered unsafe to have the public wandering round. Whilst in many ways I can see the sense in this, there are many crafters now thinking.... I've lost my deposit and can't find anywhere to sell my Christmas stock. AND even worse, there are many potential customers now wondering where to get the fab handmade pressies they like to give to the special people in their families.
So I thought it would be a good idea to do a special Saturday Showcase, that will allow the devoted handmade shopped to have a look around the wares of many a Folksy seller, find that special present and of course stay warm and reduce the risk of wounding their pride or anything else for that matter on the ice!

So this is what the busy Folksy Elves have been up to in Santa's workshop this week:


Your Stall Holders are:

  1. Bits and bobs Crafts     2. Red Brickglass       3. Maxine Veronica Jewellery
  4. Lily's Night Garden       5. Diddy Bears           6. Imogen's Imagination
  7. Daisy Florence Design   8. Eidelweiss             9. BusyBee Cards
10. The Fat cat Designs     11. Buttoned Up, Pinned Down
12. Damselfly Gemma

















Further makes can be seen at December Elves at Folksyand My Blog Finally Made It!

Cyber Monday

Have been reading all the hype about "Cyber Monday", allegedly the busiest internet trading day of the year.... apart from "Black friday" and apparently next Monday.... so have to admit to being somewhat confuzzled :-)

But the appeal of internet shopping is growing and lets face it, there's little chance of being queue barged, attacked by little old ladies and their fearsome shopping trollies and I don't need to fit air horns and a "people plough" to my wheelchair just to get into the local "mall"..... although the temptation is strong lol!

So for those who's fingers are aching from typing and scrolling, I've had a look through Folksy and selected a range of Christmas gifts for you.... mainly featuring the November Sparks.

I've been doing forays into chunkier yarns and felting as the temperatures drop, so here is a small selection from me:

1. Felted Cowl       2. Chunky Beret     3. Crochet Gloves    4. Corsage




And now a selection from the Sparks:

For someone special:

Smoky Quartz Ring, JAusten Jewellery Design

Miss Bohemia - Darkly Romantic Victorian Ring

The Jewellery Lover:

Sp Jewellery, Handmade Sterling Silver and Aventurine Earrings

Labradorite, Quartz and Red Bamboo Necklace

Christmas Decs:

Patchwork Butterfly - Christmas Secret Keeper

Pretty Girly Stocking Fillers

Ickle Imogen - Nautical Ribbon Rose Hair Clips

Keeping Warm:

Uniquely Yours - Red Slouchy Beret

Nofkants Curios - Baby Blue Fingerless Mitts

Something for the boys!

Swirly Arts - Thomas the Tank Engine Recycled Notebook