Not much of a blog post today!

My Mum and Dad are here today so I've not got much to say - be back tomorrow with a more interesting post!

New stockist!

There is a new stockist of Swirlyarts goodies in town and it's Eco Emporia run by the lovely Anna. It's tag line is 'Desirable objects from discarded things' which fits me to a tee really! It's also the only place (apart from if you visit me at craft fairs) that you can buy my knitting needle bracelets. Go and check it out - you can even read some exciting things about me. Well slightly exciting!

The Blackberry (and organised) Fairy

My berries cluster black and thick
For rich and poor alike to pick.

I'll tear your dress, and cling and tease,
And scratch your hands and arms and knees.

I'll stain your fingers and your face,
And then I'll laugh at your disgrace.

But when the bramble-jelly's made,
You'll find your trouble well repaid.

- The Song of the Blackberry Fairy!

This was left in my comments yesterday by the lovely Natalie of Roseberry Crafts and it's so true! Anya's nails still have juice under them and her face was stained yesterday when we got back. She loved it though, despite being stung by nettles numerous times, and managed to walk 2 and a half miles. We made 4lbs of jam this morning and had just enough left over to make a blackberry crumble for our tea tonight - yum!

I've been super organised this morning! There's nothing like talking to potential stockists and having numerous orders rolling in to get you motivated! I've sewn 10 chickens, some of which are duplicates so not all 10 are pictured here. Some are custom orders and some are because they had been pinned together for months and sitting in my to do pile and I got sick of seeing them there!!

They just need zips and button eyes and they are ready to roll. I also made 2 dozen business cards and they just need the ends tying off and cutting out properly.

I've also done a load of washing and hung it out to dry, changed the beds, made some bread, washed up (yes proper washing up Alex!) and sorted some clothes out. I'm now heading upstairs to put some clothes away and then I'm going to cut some fabric out for peg bags! May as well go with the organised Lynsey while she is here!

Quick one......

...been for a long walk today and picked many many blackberries and I'll be back tomorrow - off to bed now x

More press!

Just a quickie to say that I have been featured on another website Red Lady Art.

My Halloween cards are on the left second up from the bottom. Check out Red Lady Art's shop here.

Well....

..... I went upstairs to tidy the craft room and I made this instead!!



A mixed media ACEO which is available in my Etsy store here. Beats tidying the craft room any day!

In a treasury!

Yeah I've been featured in a treasury by the lovely La Pomme. La Pomme is a fellow Eco Etsy member and make gorgeous things - check out her Etsy shop! Thanks La Pomme!

I went for a very long walk yesterday - 4.8 miles to be precise - and today my legs are aching slightly but not as much as I thought they would. Tara and I spotted where the blackberries of Burnley hide out so we are going to head up there this weekend and get picking for more jam making. The walk itself wasn't too bad until I got to a hill and I realised I had forgotten how steep it was. I have to drive up parts of it in 1st gear and the rest in second gear!! My legs hurt after that (!) and I got some laughs from some builders who watched me pant past them with my very red face! Good to know I can amuse people!

Off to walk into town after lunch to buy some double sided sticky tape from Poundland (oh the excitement) and I might have to pop into some charity shops while I am there :)

Ta da! The giveaway is here!

At long last I can hear you thinking! Come on I'm only 25 posts past the 300th - it's not that far past :)

So the prize you can win is a $30 gift certificate for my Etsy shop - yep $30 worth of goodies free! You can use the certificate to include post and packaging if you wish or you can pay for that separately. The gift certificate will be valid until 31st December 2008.

These are some items that I have made over the past couple of years just to give you an idea of what I can do. Of course if you fancy something that you have seen me make via this blog and it's not in my Etsy shop then I can always try to help!

I've also reduced the price of my occasions cards to $1 each - yep $1, so if you win then there's a good opportunity to stock up. You can find those in my clearance section. And I've also reduced the price of the journals in my whoops section too down to $10 from $17.

All you have to do to enter is to leave a comment and tell me about your best freebie - it can be anything as long as it was free! I'll leave this up for one week so until Wednesday 17th Sept. Good luck :)

Peg bag!

It's a well known fact that I like hanging my washing outside to dry (I hate it being draped around the house) so when a friend asked if I could make her some peg bags I readily agreed. So last night I sat down (after sketching out some designs - get me!) to make this peg bag. It is slightly too big (!) and the front gapes a little but these are things that are easily fixed. So expect to see more peg bags from me - I'm thinking they will be perfect for the craft fair I have in Nov.

I should have ironed the fabric beforehand but it's only a prototype and I don't iron clothes so.... :) I'll be back later on today with the giveaway details!

Two posts in one day!

Well two posts in one day hasn't happened in a while but I just had to say a very big thank you to Funky Finds who have featured me and my work today. So pop over and say hello!

Yeah!!