Envelopes!

And no not the ones I normally make from recycled books etc but ones that I got free from Freecycle (although there will be some of my envelopes coming soon as there is a photo shoot scheduled for later today).

Here are the girls with the big box full - they are looking quite scared for some reason!

And here is a peek inside the box - lots of yummy colours there and all sizes too. The lady I collected them from works for a card distributor and they pulp the cards after each season (Valentines, Christmas etc) and they were going to pulp the envelopes but they were saved - phew!!

Right the in-laws are here so off the comp for a while :)

Slowly, slowly

The peg bags are coming on very slowly at the moment. I got a really good start to the pile of fabric I had this morning and I sewed the first bits on all 21 peg bags. I think Janine (my Janome sewing machine) was put of by working hard this morning though and didn't want to do much more this afternoon - lots of tangled bobbins and snapped threads. What fun!

Anyway - some of the peg bags are nearly finished and I'm hoping to get some photographed tomorrow. If Janine co-operates that is. Here are some piccies of the fabrics I used - bear in mind that they are inside out (ready for sewing) so the colours are in reality much brighter.


*Edited on Sat morning.* Yeah - the pictures have come out now!! So this is what I will be sewing today although the in laws are popping over for a visit tomorrow so I might be tidying instead :)

We interupt the peg bag making...

.... to show off! As well as the main treasury yesterday, today also finds my goodies in 2 treasury wests!

First up my alien gift tags are in an alien themed treasury and you may notice that I am in good company :)
And then my striped cheeky chicken appears in a Crafting In Colour team treasury - yeah!! You may have guessed I have joined a new Etsy team. I'll be posting more about it soon. Back with peg bags tomorrow - if I get some sewing done tonight that is!

Quickie.......

As I'm actually going to get off the computer today and make some things :) I have a mountain of fabric waiting on the floor and peg bags are waiting to be made.

I'll hopefully be back later with piccies or at least an update of how I'm doing. I'll still be twittering though so you can keep up with me there if you are bored :)

Treasury!

Yay - I'm featured in another treasury :) And I was wondering what to blog about today too!

Did you spot Bandit Chicken lurking in there - she's trying hard to blend in but her yellow stripes are a bit of a giveaway!!

The treasury is up until Friday evening so if you fancy giving it some love and 'bigging me up' over there in the comments then that would be much appreciated. The link to the actual treasury is here.

Well, they had my name on them!

And if cakes have your name on them (albeit a shortened version of your business name) then what are you expected to do - just walk past?? And the fact that they were on 2 for £2 or £1.48 each did make it seem a much better offer.

Here's photographic proof of the cakes/name thing.

Chocolate swirly cupcakes and white swirly cupcakes - I'm famous at last!! And as the best before date is the 31st of Oct I really think I should get cracking on them just in case they start to go nasty - just in case though. It's for the cakes good really!!

*Update on Matt - he's home and they think it's a viral infection that has affected his inner ear and therefore balance. Fingers crossed that he start to feel better overnight and less dizzy.

Super star!

Well I just have to say thanks to my super friend Alex who some of you may know by the name Daisie. She was a super dooper star today and helped me out. I think I need to make an award for super dooper friends but until then you will have to make do with this. And thanks Alex - love ya!

And here's the link if anyone wants to know how to make a star!

Charity shop goodies!

After being pestered and pestered (!) by Daisie to post my charity shop goodies, here they are!

This was the sneaky peek from the other day - a fab dress. It looks a little shapeless on the hanger but fits really well and has really cool sleeves. Perfect for doing the Birdie Song too! (N.B. the Birdie Song came on when we were in one of the charity shops and me and Daisie were trying desperately not to dance and we succeeded until we got back and I tried on this dress)


I also bought a cardi (surely not!) and it's really beautiful - the buttons are even covered in fine crochet too. And I fell in love with the tag too - Jupiter!

I also found this gorgeous blouse (it's my favourite thing from this trip). It's very swingy and I'll have to be careful to wear it with tighter fitting clothes on my bottom half otherwise I will look like a tent! It came with a matching skirt which will be worn in the summer time with a simple white vest I think! Even though I don't like wasps I really love the print on this top. The only problem is that it will need ironing and I don't iron at all :)

Although you can't see it very clearly in the photo, this dress is made of velvet and is fitted perfectly for my hourglass figure (well it's a pear shaped figure but hourglass sounds better!). The only problem with it is that hideous lace collar which will be coming off straight away. Also - it stinks! It came from one of the smaller charity shops (incidentally where I got my huge button stash from) and I don't think they have the resources (or money) to clean everything before it goes out. It's been through the wash once and is back in again as it still smells - not as badly but still a bit stinky!

So there are my charity shop goodies - I will have to go again with Daisie as we scored pretty well with our bargains!

Twitter!

Yeah! Now I have another way to ramble on at you - Twitter! If you look on the right hand side just above the Cuteable ad you can see what I mean. It's basically a site where you can enter up to 140 characters at a time and let everyone know what you are doing in little bursts. I'd seen it around for a while but it wasn't until I saw an Etsy forum post about it that I thought seriously about it. Be warned though it is very addictive!! I have it open on one of my tabs so when I think of something to say I can write it very quickly. Some people have likened it to a mini blog. I find it useful for letting everone know when I have new things listed for sale etc :) And also to let everyone know the random things in my life!

Let me know if you join so I can look you up and follow you and obvioulsy you can follow me too :)

And no blog post would be complete without a photograph - of course it birds to keep with the twitter theme.

Too tired!

...to do a proper blog post as I have been out shopping all day and I have a Cuteable post still to do so I will see you tomorrow and can show you some of the goodies I bought!

Here's a sneaky peek though just to keep you interested :)