Restocking

I'm slowly, but surely, restocking my Folksy Shop.  After a very busy year with more than a couple of hiccups along the way I'm finally getting back on track.  Of course Christmas is galloping madly towards me and I find I'm already clutching bundles of lists but I love my little online shops and want to make them an interesting browse.

So do drop by and let me know what you think.

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Still playing tag!

 A block of hearts...

A block of hearts...

...'love you' heart...

...stack of presents...

...plain browns...

...more plain browns...

...It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Tag - You're it!

Welcome...

A nice little afternoon spent ♥

Scrappy Fabric Collages

It's that time of year where a lot of my sewing is on dance costumes for a very dear friend's child.  I've also been working on some boring, practical sewing too so I thought it was time to treat myself to something fun and just for me!

So I gathered bits of fabric, lace and ribbons and put together this pretty fabric collage...

...sewn with a curvy leaf vine up the middle and a tiny zig-zag around the frayed edges.

 I was so pleased with the result I set to and made another...

 and topped this one with a button and frill flower.

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That wasn't much of a Summer, was it?

I would have loved to spend days at the beach, watching the waves and squishing my toes in the sand!

Oh well, I never even got to buy any postcards so I made one instead...

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Still busy, just not been blogging...

Ok, shame on me for not blogging for such a long time.  I offer my humble apologies!
I have been busy, but haven't had a lot of luck with taking any decent photo's. I finally managed to snap a few of acceptable quality.

During a big clear out and re-arrangement of some of my kitchen cupboards I found three old wooden rolling pins (I now have a swanky marble one)...

 ...so I painted one in 'Lime White' and decorated it with some craft papers in fresh prints from the Papermania 'Rose Garden' collection...

...added the word BAKE and some cute pink gingham ribbon and made myself a nice little decorative kitchen accessory!

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A Little Set of Drawers...

This little set of drawers was something I coveted for a long while when they resided in my in-laws hallway.  I've housed them in my own home for a few years now but never got round to converting them into the set of drawers I always saw them to be.

...so they're going to get a scrubbing, a painting and a bit of fanciness to brighten them up.  I might even get to take a photo of them without a cat in the way!

They have our pens and pencils in and, up 'til last week, all the kids old felt tips and dried up markers which have since gone the way of the buffalo (aka the bin).  Cho, my daughter's black cat refused to get out of the way (he loves having his photo taken) so try to ignore him...

Handmade 18th Birthday Card

Here's another 18th birthday card, this time in green shimmery card with vintage green patterned paper overlays with tattered and torn edges.  

I've embellished it with hearts, flowers, buttons and bows and even tied a tiny silver 'Coming of Age' key to the number 1.

 There's a panel of vintage linen green tattered paper inside to write a special message on.

This is now in my wowthankyou shop

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Oh, Soldier Soldier, Won't You Marry Me...

More fabric tags, this time with a big tall sentry box and a neat little row of soldiers...

made from blue denim with a red gingham ribbon.

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