Love is in the air!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

I hope love is in the air at your household today.

A place of one's own!

Finally it has got plastered thanks to my Mum & Dad helping us out, I think they got sick & tired of me moaning about the state of the house as it is getting put on hold until this is complete. Hubbo installed the radiators at the weekend and I have to say what a clever heating engineer he is. I think I may never leave my office as it is warmer than the house even with the fire been lit!

Hopefully hubbo will put the skirting boards and raise the floor with further insulation this weekend and then I have to step in to decorate and put the blinds up which will be complete tomorrow at my sewing class. I quick trip to Ikea will then just finish it off apart from the bits of furniture that need doing up!

Progress on the sewing front is going well 5 more eco totes complete, 10 of my lavender hearts and one more egg cosy. I also sewed 7 paper heart garlands for my sister, and 30 of her hearts for the shows.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow on the crafting front as its Half Term next week, so nothing will get done!

Cupboard love!

Today is my child Free day and guess what I did for 2 hours! Cleaned all my kitchen cupboard's out. I had to empty one half of my kitchen cupboards out yesterday as hubbo was attaching the radiators in my office to the boiler so this meant a real up heavel in my little kitchen. I woke up thinking about how to rearrange the damn things!
I then got down to some serious sewing, I managed to achieve finishing off the wholesale order and then posted it out. I then sewed 5 egg cosy, 3 eco tote bags, and then made a start on an order of 100 small lavender hearts for my sister to distribute when she does her wedding fairs. They have to be done by next Wednesday.

Look what my sister treated me too, I ummed & arred about these last week at hobbycraft, but eventually put them back. So my lovely sister bought them for me on Friday

Hopefully I will be back over the next couple of days with another post, I might even show you a glimpse of my office!

I feel a new obsession coming on!

Had a go tonight at making candles, a what a easy and enjoyable thing to try and the smell is unbelievable! Also had a 'Snow Date' with a few friends at the local park, but it turned out the whole village was there with us! What great fun having an Adult v's Childrens snowball fight!

Little dear sledging on her bum!

Hope everyone is enjoying the weather and sorry I will try not to leave the next post so long!

Forgot to mention I managed to get that wholesale order using some of my Cath Kidston stash, I feel a shopping trip for new fabric coming on!

Roll on September!

You might be thinking what's happening in September, well I might sound heartless but September the 3rd is when little dear starts full time school! As some of you know I don't find motherhood the easiest part of my life. I have a very little patience with her and this has in turn rubbed on to little dear, she is very cheeky and as I call it lippy(answering back) at the moment. Another thing that is getting me down is she is forever making a mess in every room she enters, she is like a whirlwind. Also the biggest problem at the moment is that she has not got her 'Listening Ears' on. I have to say it turned 9 O clock and I hit the wine bottle (God I sound like a wino, but I am not!) Any way I am not the kinda person that gives out sympathy, so I am not here looking for it! On a more positive note look below.
This beauty appeared on my windowsill this week, I was left with one from the Christmas fair which I was really pleased about as I wanted to see how they turned out! I have to say I was rather pleased with the result. Very beautiful!

I have had to raid some of my CK stash this week for a possible wholesale order that I have brewing, so fingers crossed for that one. I have been kinda busy this week with work, not necessarily sewing though. I met up with a couple of Craft Fair buddies to discuss fairs for 2009 as I think this year might be a strange one for crafters.

Going to bed now slightly drunk as we are going away tomorrow to sunny Scarborough for one of our annual family get togethers.

Have a good weekend

Forgot to mention the irony of little dears schooling, she was born on September the 1st which means she missed out on starting school by ONE day, and our local Primary school only has one intake per year!

I feel an Easter theme coming on!

For a while now I have wanted to try out an egg cosy, and yesterday seemed to be the day, after a few prototypes due to size issue I settled for this one! I am planning to get these on the website for the run up to Easter!

This ones for Sara's little girl, Kitty. Just to let you know your bunny costume is in good hands. Any way popping up to Keswick for a couple of days to sort out decoration and a new kitchen and then hopefully we are looking to put it back onto the Holiday Let market, so if anyone fancies a holiday in the Lake District keep us in mind, it should be all complete by March!

My sisters new website!

If you know my sister you will know what it has taken her to get to this point with her business. She gets very side tracked at times and cannot make a decision to save her life, but when she decided on something she puts 100% into it. She is also a Virgo which makes her a perfectionist!

She decided after designing my Wedding stationary 4 years ago, and then getting her qualification as a Graphic Designer that she did not want to go and work in a normal agency as it would not be creative enough for her so she decided to start her own business. On top of all the wedding stationary she also does logo designs, Point of Sale material and various other things but her heart is with her Wedding Stationary design.

Please take a look at her website and her Blog that is included within it and let me know what you think! And remember if you know anyone who is getting married pass on her details!

http://www.the-happyproject.co.uk/

Hope you are having a good weekend