Cushions!

This is the latest in my journey into the world of square cushions - a commission based on the mermaid card. There's a variety of others from patchwork to re-purposed jeans :)

Birthdays

June is the month of birthdays in this family, both immediate and extended.  The first four cards are for my brother, sister, father-in-law and my middle boy!  Next week comes my sister-in-law and nephew, then the week after is another nephew and niece.  Poor planning or what ;)

14 years old with his make-shift party hat!!

This one was for a customer, and shall definitely be making an appearance in the shop :)

Mojo

I've had a fairly quiet week with regards work...the mojo just disappeared so I went with it and did some gardening instead.  I did have one fair which was rather disappointing as I was really looking forward to it, but these things happen.

Up there is the new gift packaging for the soap bars.  It can comfortably hold 2 bars, and looks rather cute ;)

Extra hours?

Does anyone else feel like they need a few extra hours each day?  I'm sure many of you do!  

The above keyring was for a lovely lady who deals with vintage clothing.  She's opening a shop this coming Saturday so she wanted a keyring.

Here's a bag a lovely customer requested.  It has pockets in the liner too.

I set aside a day so I could get the remaining ribbons, bias and trims in the shop so that's another job ticked off the list.

Then I've been working on a couple of new things too....fridge magnets and a new card.  

A day off

A couple of weekends ago a group of ladies went for a day out to The Basket Case in the middle of nowhere.  We had a wonderful day, including a vegetarian lunch, and made our first (in some cases) baskets. 

 The work and effort that goes into making one of these is just incredible...to think what the people who make those cheap imports gets paid makes me shudder.

 I had an amazing day, so relaxing, such a sense of achievement, and a basket of my very own..that I made..to boot :)

A week of bags

I had an urge to make bags...so I did.  We have this funky made with the bright Ikea material...

..then we have the black (re-purposed) denim, lined with Ikea material...

 ...then there's the blue (re-purposed) denim lined with spotty green... 

...then this one is mine, and it's what started the run-of-bags off.  Again, re-purposed denim jeans, lined with a charity shop sheet :)  They are all completely reversible too, and the handles are long enough for them to be carried on the shoulder....what could be better.

It's finally here!!

I finally made the next brooch in my Wild Flower collection - the Dog Rose :)