Charming!

Well... after avoiding charms and beads for years, my dear friend Mandi hooked me in - grrr. It started when we first went to the Artisan show and I bought 4 bookmark blanks - that's all. Then after the NEC I ended up with a storage box which is now brimming full of beads, charms and findings.

I am not complaining though as these are selling like hot cakes at the moment as stocking fillers, so I am making back the money I have invested :)

Christmas Twins

Hi everyone

Boy it has been a long time since I last blogged. My mojo went on a bit of a holiday but lately I had to force it to come home - too many orders!

I have to make 60 Wedding favours before Christmas so watch this space for those... And card orders a-plenty. I am now into new things. Decopatch being one - thank god the dogs are always on the move or they would get decorated. And beaded things being the other one - thanks to Mandi.

Anyway as part of the annual order from my dad, here are a couple of cards I made for the most gorgoeous twins in the world. OK I am biased as they are my neices... :) Finally used my copics for the first time. I am sure practice makes perfect. And I have fallen in love with Sugar Nellie Stamps...


As for Twilight New Moon - only seen it twice so far... but going again.. and again... and again... TEAM EDWARD!

I'm a Craft Room and I am 1 Year Old!

One year ago today my craft room was born, so I thought it would be a good idea to blog what it looks like after a year of love. I tried to take similar shots to the ones I blogged a year ago to see the difference. Granted I did tidy it up first but everything is still pretty much organised. I guess one of the biggest differences is there seems to be quite a bit of Twilight stuff in here now :)

Artisan show 2009

Wow - has it really been since July that I blogged! Life has been somewhat crazy and then my house was broken into whilst I was at work - that was not a fun time at all. So it is a month now since the burglary and my house is now like Fort Knox thanks to my Dad!

I decided to go to the Artisan Show. Well it's a 6 minute drive for me living in Leamington Spa! And I'm glad I went as it was VERY GOOD!! It was smaller than the NEC show, but was definitely for a more target audience. The main focus of the stalls (other than jewellery making) was indeed stamping, mixed media and altered art.

There were many advanced demo’s. I bought two new things/techniques to try for myself. One is beading (snowflakes to decorate my living room at Christmas and some bookmarks) and one is decopatch. It wasn’t as busy and packed as the NEC – but that was better – not overcrowded, you could easily see the demos, without being budged. You didn’t have to fight your way through the masses. It was peaceful, calming and educational.

Which is probably why I bought far too much. I had a measly £40 so kept saying – do you take credit card? I didn't get paid until today and the insurance money has only just arrived. Luckily (or unluckily) many of them did take a card! There was more time to talk to exhibitors and discuss new trends etc.

The atmosphere was so lovely. So here is my stash of goodies from the show … it was retail therapy, I keep tellling myself :)

This stamp had me laughing so I had to buy it.

Ready Steady Stamp

I really like the concept and approach the new challenge site Ready Steady Stamp are taking. So I was determined to give this a go. You get given 5 "ingredients with which to make something. This week it was:

1. Cat or dog
2. Black and Gold
3. 3 different brads
4. Faux Batique technique
5. Book or newpaper page

Happy Birthday - One Powerful Hour

Ok, so I am a LITTLE late with this - as my craft room is a sun trap, it has been too hot to be in there during the recent heatwave, but I was determined to make something for the first birthday of One Powerful hour. The theme was to have numbers on your work, so here is my card.


Materials used...
7 Gypsies paper - gypsy market, Tim Holtz stamps, starburst stains and the obvious embelishments.

July Blog Candy Alert

How wonderful is this - Stamp Addicts Blog, The Purple Zone is doing an amazing give away. Go and check it out and also look at the inspirational crafts on their blog!