Busy Bee's at HQ!

The past few days I have been playing around with ideas for making jewelery using my illustrations.Some of you may remember the pendents I made back in 2011/12 ?

So far I am unsure on what materials I will be using, I am playing around with a few different things at the moment. It's really exciting! I really adore drawing and designing but theres something special about using your designs to make other functional products.

I have also come up with a display card for the jewelery which I am really happy with. Yippee!

More jewelery news to come shortly..  :)

I won I won!

That's right! I won this gorgeous necklace made by Emily of the Etsy shop 'NestingEmily' in a recent giveaway.. The pendant is made of porcelain and has a blue glass inlay, I love the long chain that it comes on..I have worn it every day since it arrived, it came all the way from Canada..I love that about Etsy and crafting...I own things that were created by people who live far far away..Things that were created with love, time and care. Much better than owning something made in a factory don't you think?

Thank you Emily for my necklace :-)

To see more of Emilys work visit her Etsy shop.

What are you all up to this weekend? My sister is coming to visit from Devon, she has not been to my house or met the Arthur cat yet so it's all very exciting! I have the wine and chocolate at the ready for a girls night in. :-)



Happy Saturday people! **

PS:don't forget there is only a few days left to get 20% off in my Etsy shop! Using the code SILLYMOO.

Oh how I love tiny bunting!

I also love big bunting, fabric bunting, lace bunting, paper bunting, animal shaped bunting...You get the picture.. ;-)

My mum and step dad came to visit for the weekend, and whilst the men were watching 127 hours (The one where the chap falls down the rock, and has to saw off his own arm with a blunt pen knife...Not for the squeamish, but an amazing story all the same)! My mum and I made tiny paper bunting! We made some using blue twine and old maps of devon for my kitchen windows. Then we made some using left over scraps of wrapping paper for my living room. So simple yet I love them! 

Its added a bit of color and fun to the house. I really can't wait to get all the floors/walls done, and the log burner put in the living room. I've been putting off adding any sort of nice bits and bobs until then, as I know it'll all have to be moved...

I also got this crochet blanket from a vintage shop in the Clifton Mall in Bristol yesterday, it's so nice and colourful. Sweet don't you think?

I've had a nice weekend  & I hope you are all having lovely weekends too******

PS: Don't forget there is 20% off in my Etsy shop until the end of August with the coupon code SILLYMOO.

15/7/2011

I brought the big loom home, so much fun, 2 long evenings spent sat in front of it. However I wasn't paying attention and was pulling the weft too tight..Now I have a very wobbly piece of weaving on my loom..I'm unsure what to do..Keep it as it is maybe? I won't make the same mistake again, and it does have a certain charm to it.

On the other hand its wobbly ways are bothering me. I may have to take it apart. Am I too much of a perfectionist??? I'll sleep on it and let you know :-/

*Sigh*

I hope all is well out there, I'm well just very busy with work at the school, one week left of term I can hardly believe it!