I did it!

I completed my cutting marathon!

 240 flowers :: 240 flower middles :: 240 buttons

 240 owl bodies :: 240 owl wings :: 240 owl faces :: 240 owl beaks :: 240 bits of pretty ribbon :: 240 buttons :: 480 owl eyes

 all packed  up and posted to Jayne ....

 ...who then unpacks them all and puts them together again as part of her glorious cross stitch kits:  sewing sampler & owls of a feather

 definately a lot of cutting - I think I need to get me some edward scissorhand hands!

making and cut-cut-cutting

 my made-to-order books have been cleared for the weekend, after I finished off a set of drawing pins.....

 .....and 4 storage boxes

 Which is perfect timing because I have a lot of cutting to do!

the top photo will become 250 cut out flowers and the bottom photo 250 cut out owls - thank goodness i don't need need to sew them all together because it's a rush job and it's due to be sent off on Monday to Jayne - wish me luck, cos this is a lot of cutting!

boxes made

I nearly forgot to take a photo!!  5 seconds later and the box would have been taped up and in it's packaging ready for the postman!!

plotting & planning but no photographs

Good News :: Becky and I have been working on some new ideas .... we've made tonnes of lists and written loads of notes and we're excited to get going on our plans.
Bad News :: there's nothing yet for me to Blog about!
Sorry blog peeps - hang in there, good things are coming ;-)

a speedy weekend!

this weekend went so quickly! 
we spent (not enough) hours with my Mum and Dad in Plymouth...lots of talking and catching up and lots of yummy chocolate cake - Mum makes the best cake!!  It was Dad's birthday weekend  *happy birthday Dad* so we went out for dinner too :-)
After Plymouth John and I stayed a night here: 

which is a little pub in a tiny village in Somerset called Kingsdon - highly recommended by us, it was glorious! and then we went to a car show that was full of Saabs and Volvos (Olaf, the car in the photo below) is a Volvo too. .... and today we are back at work and all your lovely orders have been parcelled up and are in the sacks waiting for Mr.Postman to collect them....phew!  I think I need a little holiday to recover from our little holiday!!

This weekend -

- I will not be sewing. 
- Nor will I be doing paper work.
- In fact I shall not be working AT ALL !!
I will however, be driving this little beauty ::

This is Olaf - John's newest old car...isn't he handsome? 
Olaf, John and I are going on a jolly/whistle stop tour to Devon and Somerset ... and we will be sharing the driving (I've not been brave enough to drive one of Johns Renovations before but I have practised in this one and I love driving it!) 
I hope you have a fun weekend too!

They're Back!

The cutest, happiest tree decorations ever have returned!

 I stopped making these a long while ago (maybe two years?) because I couldn't find a supplier of polka dot felt (I used to get it from Hobbycraft, but it's about an hours drive from here so not easy to re-stock if I ran low)

but then I got my own polka dot felt printed and ever since it has been in the shop I have wanted to make these ....

Christmas busy-ness stopped me though and then other things and ...blahblah blah ... time whizzes by and 6 months later I have made them!

In fact, I made 20 this past weekend !

   I think these are the happiest things I make - and each one is a little bit different from the next - not by design, but because they are handmade

sorry for the huge amount of pictures - but taking their photographs is fun!

Happy Tree Decorations are here