tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68768623282309951572024-03-14T00:00:41.817+00:00Hippywitch craftsHippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-13541988777036123202012-12-01T18:22:00.000+00:002012-12-01T18:22:15.474+00:00I'm still alive!!!!Hello everyone!<br />
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I'm just popping in quickly to say I'm still alive, I know it's been ages since my last post and since I got to visit you all and I'm really sorry. I got a lot of custom orders for Christmas and have been doing lots of fairs too, this is the first Saturday I've not done one for weeks as I wanted a break. I'm getting there and hope to be back here properly by Christmas :-)<br />
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I have called in to see a couple of blogs in the last week and entered a advent giveaway on the fabulous <a href="http://strawberrymousecrafts.wordpress.com/">Laura's blog</a> and I won yay! This morning the postman brought me this.....<br />
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A parcel with lots of little parcels, one for each day until Christmas! The first one was swiftly opened and this gorgeous little crochet snowman was inside :-)<br />
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He's now on my Christmas tree along with lots of other handmade decs from my lovely friends, <a href="http://ramblingsofabiscornuaddict.blogspot.co.uk/">Kerry</a> and of course lots from the wonderful <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Steph</a> as well as some of my own. I'm getting quite a collection now :-)<br />
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I have some exciting news too. Two of my felt cupcakes went to Hong Kong this week, they were bought to put on a headband to be worn by a local celebrity in a TV commercial!! I've asked if it's possible to get a picture of them in the advert and hope to get a reply, fame via cupcake! :-)<br />
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I was also in this months Craftseller mag again :-)<br />
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I'll try to get back here in a few days as the ami swap pics need showing too! So much to catch up with!<br />
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Have a fab weekend and I'll be back as Arnie said.....<br />
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Right.... the mad month that is October is getting in the way of me updating this little blog of mine! I've popped in to share some news that I've had this month and to show off the fabulous ami swap goodies!!!<br />
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I'll start with the ami swap because it's fabulous as always :-) For anyone who doesn't know about this swap it's a monthly swap I do with the lovely <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Steph</a> (do stop by and visit her lovely blog, she has a giveaway on at the moment for a lovely greenman!)<br />
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Steph made me this gorgeous monkey, I've called her Pinky for quite obvious reasons!<br />
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Isn't she beautiful?? I love her pretty fabric face!<br />
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Also some gorgeous acorns and Autumn leaves, so pretty! And look ate these fab purple pearl stars and cookie monster ribbon!! Love cookie monster! Thanks Steph, I love everything :-)<br />
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I made Cinderella for Steph, here she is in her rags......<br />
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and from the side.<br />
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She's ready for the ball!!<br />
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With her hair in a posh bun with pearls round it.<br />
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It was a fab swap as ever and this months will be a Halloween one, yay! Looking forward to that :-)<br />
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So onto the news that has me so busy. I got a phone call last week from Hartlepool Art Gallery and they asked me if I would take part in their Christmas craft exhibition sale that runs from next month until January. They want 12 mushroom cottages by the start of next month!!<br />
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So that's on top of three other events in a couple of weeks time! I am at The Biscuit Factory art gallery in Newcastle on the 20th for a book event and exhibition of felt artist <a href="http://www.moymackay.com/">Moy Mackay</a> (Check out her website to see her amazing works.) I also have a Halloween craft fair on the 21st and the usual garden centre craft fair on the 27th to make for!! I'm thinking I may have to give up sleep......I certainly won't be around too much on here until all this is over!<br />
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So here's some of my makes for the week while I'm here...<br />
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Elf boot Christmas decorations, and here's a couple I had an order for with names stitched on.I think these would look great with candy canes in them :-)<br />
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A whole box of cupcakes as the last lot had almost sold out, Daisy was checking them here, quality control you know! :-)<br />
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I had a request for a donation for a Macmillan Cancer Care evening raffle from a friend a week or so ago so I made Macmillan Cottage for such a good cause.<br />
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Then we get to the start of the twelve cottages for the art gallery, Rose Cottage......<br />
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Daisy Cottage...<br />
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So that's three down, nine to go! Wish me luck and I'll be back to catch up with people soon as I have a moment to spare again.<br />
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See you soon!<br />
<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-29793602864988925722012-09-22T19:06:00.000+01:002012-09-22T19:06:48.519+01:00My name is Lorraine and I'm a useless blogger!Hello everyone and really sorry I've been AWOL for a while! I see to have had a couple of weeks with no motivation and a basic can't-be-bothered-with-anything feeling. The boyfriend has been off work this week on holiday too so I've been making the most of it and getting him to take me out, as you do!<br />
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Anyway, I'm back now and have lots of finishes to show you all :-) So lets see where do I start.....<br />
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Oh I've just realised how many pics I haven't shown you since I was last here!! This is my cake stand full of lots of felt cakes, I loved how it looked and sold a few since so need to get felt baking again :-)<br />
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These beaded mitts were for me! I saw this pattern on ravelry and decided it was about time I made myself something again and they'll be great for keeping me warm now the weather is cooler.<br />
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This is Olly and Pinky his girlfriend :-) I sold Olly at the craft fair last Saturday so I had to make another one as she looked so lonely...<br />
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A custom made mushroom for the lovely <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Steph</a>. Now I admit when Steph asked me for a purple and green one I wasn't too sure about the colours but doesn't it look excellent!! <br />
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It's a witch themed cottage so the broomstick, cat and cauldron are in the garden :-) Thanks Steph for asking me to make this!<br />
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While at the craft fair last week I sold the little elf I had on my stall and was asked to make four more too! The order was for a pink elf and three Christmas elves too suitable for hanging on a tree. These are always fun to make and look very sweet!<br />
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Christmas elf 1....<br />
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Finally a new Party Cottage, this was sold a few weeks ago and I've just finished ff this to replace it,<br />
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A close-up of the details......<br />
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So that's my makes for the last couple of weeks and I promise to kick myself up the backside and get back on track again with everything in blogland. I don't think I can possibly check every post I've missed from everyone as it would take days but I will be starting again from now, promise :-)<br />
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So this has been ami swap week, just got my lovely parcel from the fabulous <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Steph</a> this morning so I can reveal the fabulous pressies I got and the ami I knitted for Steph today. For those who don't know the ami swap has been going for a long time now and is fabulous, at the start of every month we send each other a parcel with a knitted/crocheted amigurumi, simple and it's so lovely to get a present every month :-) So the goodies for this month, Steph sent me the amazing Wenda Barlow!!<br />
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The name was on the pattern so we don't know why she's called that but isn't she fabulous!!! I'm so thrilled with her, thanks so much Steph :-) Inside her cute little ice cream cone purse was all these goodies too!<br />
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Also a few extra goodies, Steph had gone for a bit of a summer theme so we have a cute sun, fabulous biscornu, a reel of lovely summer days ribbon, fabulous Hello Kitty fabric and a lovely hologram sea shell bookmark.<br />
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AND if that wasn't enough all these fab buttons, charms and embellishments too! The black cat buttons are just adorable and I love those little kokeshi dolls too.<br />
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The summer card below was from Steph and the witch card was from the lovely <a href="http://strawberrymousecrafts.wordpress.com/">Laura</a> in another parcel of loveliness I've been meaning to show you but forgot!<br />
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More about that below but first the ami I made for Steph. This is Fizz, I loved her and had to parcel her up very quickly so she didn't end up staying with me! Fizz is a bit of a hippy with her flowers on her jeans and multi coloured bracelets. I felt she needed a crochet flower on her hat too to finish her off. She was a lot of fun to make and I'm pleased to say Steph loves her :-) Another fabulous swap then, thanks Steph I'm looking forward to next month already!</div>
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So back to the parcel that I was bad and forgot to post pics of....<br />
Laura sent me this gorgeous fabric, which is so pretty I don't want to cut it, lol! Sad but true I have a lot of fabric that I think that way about! The embroidered black ribbon is stunning and a pretty button one too and some gorgeous beads and buttons. Thanks again Laura for a lovely surprise and sorry for being so slow to show it off too :-)<br />
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So for the makes this week, apart from Fizz of course. I decided to add something new to my stall for the fairs, something that I hadn't seen made by anyone else at them as I sometimes end up competing with other crochet and knitted toy sellers. The mushroom cottages fall into this category but I wanted something new too. After the last fair where my stall was right next to a cake stall with the most enormous chocolate fudge cake I've seen in my life (torture I tell you!) I thought I'd have a play with making cakes from felt. This is chocolate and banana dessert, with a kiwi, wafer and little creme caramel on top!<br />
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I have a lovely two tier cake stand which I currently use for brooches on my stall but I want to fill it with cupcakes this week as I think it'll look fabulous :-) They could be used for play food or a pincushion or just a calorie free pretty ornament. I'm going to get some pinking shears today as I think they'd look good with the top of the cake cases cut in a zigzag too. Is this what's called playing with my food!<br />
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Also it was a lovely friends birthday this week so I stitched this butterfly card,<br />
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So that's me for another week. Hope the sun is shining where you all are as it's come back here, hooray! I'll be catching up on blogs soon to find out what everyone is up to and I'll see you next week.<br />
<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-15451702403547925512012-08-24T10:26:00.001+01:002012-08-24T10:26:16.162+01:00Hello, sorry I'm late this week!Hi everyone and welcome to my new followers, lovely to see you :-) I'm a bit late this week posting as been busy painting the hall, I hate painting! Now I'm hoping the smell of the gloss will go away quickly as it's awful! On the plus side it looks fabulous :-)<br />
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So this week and a bit has been busy. I got an email last Friday as a local craft fair had some last minute cancellations for their fair on Saturday so did I want a table, I thought why not, I had nothing else on. Not a great day for sales but whatever, you can't win them all! It was at the garden centre Plants R Russ in Sunderland and we were all outside in a polytunnel, WOW was that hot in the sun, sitting in a greenhouse all day! I was certainly wilting don't know about the plants! They have another fair tomorrow, the food and craft one this time as last week was just craft, and I'll be back there again. This one is the one I'm at every month this year. The weather is forecast for rain, obviously, it is a bank holiday weekend so what else would it be :-) Fingers crossed it doesn't put off people coming to a garden centre!<br />
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So lets see, what have I made in the last week and a bit.... a Witch's Cottage.<br />
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and a cauldron with something strange bubbling away inside! I added the bat button to finish it off and I love this one! It seems I wasn't alone as within five minutes of posting the pics on facebook it had sold, yippee! I've since made another one which is now in my Etsy shop and hope this will be a popular one.<br />
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Also this week, a couple more Little Ladies for Halloween,<br />
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I was also approved to stitch and sell designs made from the fabulous patterns of <a href="http://www.sublimestitching.com/collections/patterns-all-mix?page=2">Sublime Stitching</a> :-) I love these designs so I'm thrilled about this! You have to apply and they check out your shops and send you a contract if your accepted to try to stop copyright theft which is a good idea. I've stitched two designs so far but not sure what to make them into yet, any ideas? I was thinking maybe little cushions or even just frame them but any suggestions are welcome :-) They need a good iron! The first is these cute little kokeshi dolls</div>
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Been a busy week for me which is good as it had been very quiet, I guess it's a between time of year with no occasions nearby! I'm getting on with mushroom cottages as I need to replace some and also working on a new one for Halloween which is fun :-)<br />
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I had a custom request for a large hanging mushroom with a fairy, birthday cake, bunting, snail and ladybird on it with a lot of pinks and purples. Also hearts for spots and a pink door. I made this one.....<br />
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I loved how it turned out and so did the buyer I'm pleased to say :-)<br />
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Next I thought I'd plough through my list of August birthday cards, it's such a busy month of birthdays for me! Here's the cards I made, not bad for one day!<br />
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I thought I'd get busy making the rug for my kitchen too, I started it a few weeks ago and had left it since then. The idea suggested by a lovely friend was to match it to my spotty kettle! But I have to say after making a plain white rug and lots of coloured spots when I laid it all out I decided it wouldn't work. One of the good things about crochet and knitting can be the way you can rip it out and start again! Love the colours of the spots on the kettle though, they're bright pink, light pink, blue, orange and bright green, so I'm going to do stripes instead with white stripes between. The cats helped me decide it wouldn't be practical to leave it white with spots as when I laid it out on the floor they immediately started floor surfing, running and jumping on it and skidding across the kitchen, lol! White is not really practical then as it would need washed about twice a day! That was two days of crocheting out the window then!<br />
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So hope you are all well and having fun! The rain and thunder here has been mad for a couple of days here, I would love some sunshine again but the British weather strikes again.<br />
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This week I can show you the ami swap goodies! The monthly swap with the lovely <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Steph</a> always makes me smile :-) Steph sent mine a week early as she was away last week so I couldn't show them until she got back and received mine. So my parcel from Steph was brilliant as always, she sent me this gorgeous knitted kitty<br />
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How gorgeous is she!! I love her little bell and the pretty flowers stitched around her, so cute. Also, Hercule Poirot arrived! This is brilliant, we both love Agatha Christie so he's just perfect :-)<br />
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Oh i nearly forgot, there were also two super cute crochet mice for Poppy and Daisy too :-) Here's Poppy who had pinched them both straight out of the wrapping paper!<br />
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I made a ballet dancing bunny for Steph, seen here dancing in the flowers :-)<br />
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I had a lot of fun making these, in fact LRRH gave me the idea to make a series of bag tags on a theme of Little Ladies for my Etsy shop. I have six so far and lots of ideas for more, they have become a bit addictive, lol!<br />
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So I have so far Snow White, Alice, mermaid, fairy, a little girl and another Little Red too. Hope you like them as much as I do :-) These will be appearing in my Etsy shop over this week. Finally I made Billy Bunny too, a lovely little sailor bunny from a Debi Birkin pattern, I love how he turned out :-) Isn't he sweet!<br />
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Well that's me this week, I have a custom order of a big hanging mushroom I'm busy making, it has a fairy on it which is fun! Have a good week everyone!Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-19308765603794027652012-07-31T10:19:00.002+01:002012-07-31T10:19:38.053+01:00And the winner is............Hello everyone!<br />
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Well today is the day of the giveaway draw :-) Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway. I put all the names in a bowl and got the boyfriend to do his usual job and pick the winner for me. So without further ado the winner of Sunflower Cottage is..................<br />
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Well done you! I'll get that off to you this week, hope you love it :-)<br />
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Also this week I received a lovely parcel from <a href="http://strawberrymousecrafts.wordpress.com/">Laura</a> I had been a winner in her giveaway for this fabulous little crochet purse filled with all these fabulous buttons, bells, eyes and crochet flowers!<br />
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And these fabulous goodies too, love the wire fairy! A fabulous fairy bookmark and little wooden fairy stickers, buttons and lovely felt hearts too. Ooo there was a really cute cat magnet too but that's on my fridge and I forgot to take a pic of it! Thanks Laura for a lovely parcel of goodies :-)<br />
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<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-44853664725877998532012-07-26T21:27:00.000+01:002012-07-26T21:27:29.546+01:00Ouch!Hello everyone and welcome to my new followers, lovely to meet you :-) Thanks to everyone who's entered the giveaway and if you haven't there's still time, it's in the post before this one and you have until Tuesday to get your name in the hat for a mushroom cottage.<br />
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Been a busy week again, I don't seem to have any other kind lately! Firstly a card I stitched for the lovely Helen's birthday, you can find her fabulous blog <a href="http://twchighland.blogspot.co.uk/">HERE</a> It was another of the new stitched cards I've been trying out<br />
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I had a custom order for a set of eight napkins to be embroidered with a little bird design for a wedding present this week too, I love how these turned out. The buyer had already had a set of napkin rings custom made out of reclaimed slate with the couples initials etched on them. They were gorgeous!<br />
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On Saturday I was at the garden centre again with my new cloth on my stall. What do you think? I was really annoyed with the white sheet looking so battered and creased all the time and decided to make a better cloth. I went for the red with white spots as it looked like my mushrooms roofs! I'm really happy with it but this is where the OUCH of the title comes in! I was busy sewing the cloth last week and one of my cats Poppy was having a blast jumping on the fabric on the floor, wrapping herself up in it. Well she pulled it hard and distracted me, the sewing machine needle went right through my index finger, in the nail and out the other side!! I have to say the air turned a lovely shade of blue :-) So for two days I was doing everything with one finger in the air because it was so sore! It seemed to heal really quickly though, I'm left with a hole in my finger nail and a little black dot on the other side but it's fine now I'm happy to say. But the cloth is fabulous and I didn't bleed on it, although it was the right colour for it!<br />
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There have been other makes this week too but they are for the travelling craft box which I've got at the moment so I can't show them until next time when it's on it's travels again. It's such fun getting to pick goodies out of the box and I have to say they are all fabulous, it's so hard to choose!<br />
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So lets start with that shall we, this is a giveaway to celebrate me passing the 100 followers and to say a huge thank you to you all for being so lovely :-) Who knew when I started this blog that many people would be interested in my stuff!<br />
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Lets start with the prize, I thought why not make it a mushroom cottage as it seems to have become my 'thing' so this is Sunflower Cottage.<br />
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So onto the other things I've been up to this week and a bit. I had a lovely day yesterday as I had the chance of setting up my stall in the gift shop of a local garden centre. It was such a lovely place to be and I got half price lattes in the cafe all day too :-) I'm back there on Saturday too so that'll be lovely. Here was my stall yesterday</div>
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For the day there I made a batch of daisy hearts last week, lots of them! You can see them in the basket in the middle of the table. </div>
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Pleased to say they were loved :-) So that's what I've been busy with for the last week. Oh yes almost forgot, my big brothers birthday is on Wednesday and I thought I'd try something new, a stitched card where you stitch it on the card itself by pricking holes in it. I did this motorbike for him and loved doing this! Just what I needed another craft to cram into my life, like I haven't enough already, lol! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So this week I can show the things that I couldn't show last week because everything is in it's new home now and it won't spoil any surprises. I'll start off with ami swap time!! A quick expanation to those who don't know what this is, the lovely <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/ami-swap.html">Steph</a> over at Dolly Dolly Daydreams and me swap a crochet or knitted amigurumi (cute softie) at the start of every month. The swap is always fabulous and getting a present every month is great :-) </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">So for this months swap Steph sent me Daisy the donkey! Isn't she sweet!!! </span><br />
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Also this week was the fabulous <a href="http://strawberrymousecrafts.wordpress.com/">Laura</a>'s birthday! So her pressies were also in the top secret pile until now. </div>
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I stitched her one of the mushroom needlecases, a Union Jack keyring and a crochet owl</div>
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For my makes this week I was making things for my stall at the craft fair this month. Being at a garden centre I seem to have come over all flowery! First up I made some embroidered butterfly brooches, </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">So have a great week everyone and I'll be back with the giveaway next week so don't forget to come and enter!</span>Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-60365457284418926162012-06-29T13:31:00.000+01:002012-06-29T13:31:59.437+01:00Hello again :-)Hello to all my lovely friends and welcome to my latest follower too, woohoo that's only one away from the 100 and a giveaway now then!<br />
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This week has been very soggy, has anyone started building an ark yet because with all this rain and floods I think we might need one! I was at the Spirit of the Sea craft fair on Sunday and it was very appropriate to have a water theme as it absolutely chucked it down for most of the day, unfortunately this kept the buyers away as they were no doubt hiding indoors. At around midday it was looking quite good, lots of people around outside and dry and then a sudden downpour and you could see them all running for their cars and leaving, bugger! Guess you can't win them all though!<br />
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Have a fabulous weekend everyone!</div>Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-42113132171860297262012-06-20T15:39:00.002+01:002012-06-20T15:39:33.470+01:00Mushrooms everywhere :-)Hello everyone!<br />
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Well I've been lost in the land of the mushrooms this week and had great fun :-) I started out with making cottages, three of them in fact!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">First up is the 4th of July Cottage with the American flag flying outside the door. The flag has 6 French knot stars as I couldn't fit the whole 50 on an area that's so teeny! </span><br />
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I've had a busy week of mushrooming :-) The cottages and needlecases are now in my Etsy shop.<br />
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Oh yes and two Father's Day cards appeared too,<br />
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Now I'm onto the sea! I have a craft fair on Sunday at the quayside in north Shields and it's themed Spirit of the Sea and it's International Fairy Day too! I'm just finishing off a baby octopus and next on the list is a mermaid so that'll be fun.<br />
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I have found what looks like a great fair at a garden centre not too far away which will be every month on a Saturday. It looks so promising that I rang up to book for next month and ended up booking in for the rest of the year, lol! I don't do things by halve and the dates were filling up quite quickly so I figured why not. Since the last fair I did every month finished I've been looking for a new home which suits my makes and me to be my regular place and this fits the bill nicely and I admit I have a huge love of garden centres :-) It's a craft and food fair so there'll be cake too!<br />
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Well I better get back to my seaside makes. Have a great week everyone!<br />
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<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-8720247708004030852012-06-13T18:02:00.000+01:002012-06-13T18:03:20.527+01:00Hello, hello I'm back again :-)Now who sung that......it's going to bug me now!<br />
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Well I thought it was about time I updated this little blog of mine before people think I've dropped off the face of the earth :-)<br />
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Firstly and most importantly thank you all for the lovely comments and support I got last week, it means so much to me that you are all there and are so lovely, so applause and thanks to you all :-) The positive thinking may have done me good or maybe it was just the fibromyalgia went back to sleep but I'm good now. Relatively pain-free which for me is as good as it gets and the stupid amount of tablets I take are back in control of the pain again so YAY!<br />
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Right, a buy week or two of makes for me which has kept me pretty busy! First off cards, these I told you about last week but they hadn't all arrived at their destinations so I had to wait. Thank you cards for the wonderful and fabulous birthday pressies I got deluged with!<br />
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Now I'm happy with all these but I so love the cat ones, I admit I didn't want to give them away, lol! <br />
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I made a new spring bunny as the last one sold and it's just so adorable I had to have a new one for my stall.<br />
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I love the pompom tail :-)<br />
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I had an custom request on my facebook page that I admit I had never thought of but what a great idea! A lady asked if I would be able to make her two needle cases with my mushroom cottages on them. Now it was really fun to make these and I think I may be making more to sell, a new line is born!<br />
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It was nice to have the extra space on the front to embroider a it of a garden without it having to fit on the cottage itself. On the the backs I added a little bow and handmade charm as I thought it looked too bare! inside there's four felt pages for parking your needles.<br />
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Now I don't know if you all of know of the fabulous blog Annaboo's House which you can find <a href="http://annabooshouse.blogspot.co.uk/">HERE</a> but it's a gorgeous place and worth following, there's even a free pattern for a crochet mushroom house! :-) Well a few weeks ago a CAL was launched on there for an ami that Sarah had designed. It was a fun one as the same basic figure could become a monkey, cat, bear, rabbit or even a doll depending on what extra bits like ears and tails you added! I started out thinking a cat, really planned to make a cat, even bought the wool for cat............then I made a doll, lol! I realised I make a lot of animals and just thought a doll would be cute :-) Now I didn't quite play ball with the CAL as I had been so busy for a few weeks that I ended up starting her as the last part was published and making her in one go! So here's the pic of her before she was completely decent,<br />
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You'll notice I was protecting her dignity! Well I made her a little dress last night so she's not cold and flashing everything any more!<br />
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I used the wig method of adding her hair as suggested, I've never tried that way before and it works well. I usually stitch the hair on like a ragdoll and stitch lots and lots of strands on down the parting. Both ways work though so a new method for me :-) Thanks so much to Sarah for a fabulous pattern that I've really enjoyed making.<br />
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This week I've realised that it sees ages since I made a mushroom cottage so this is officially mushroom week. I have three cut out waiting for embroidery and have plans for a new theme too which should be fun so I'll be unveiling that on Etsy in a couple of days and I'll show it here next time too.<br />
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Well I'll be catching up with blogs in the next couple of days, sorry I don't get round quite so much these days but I do like to catch up on what's going on when I can.<br />
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See you all next week my lovely friends :-) Oh heck I've just thought, it's not Gary Glitter who sang that is it, yeuck!<br />
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<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-75836817059893838752012-06-04T19:34:00.000+01:002012-06-04T19:34:21.672+01:00Ami swap and this week is going to be a good one :-)Hello again, the title of this post is me putting out positive thoughts!<br />
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The last week has been a bit rough for me as my Fibromyalgia has been flared up and I've been in a lot of pain. People say to me you've had it for eighteen years so you should be used to it but sometimes it does get me down and I think if I can be happy and positive 99% of the time then I'm allowed to be fed up and moan for the other 1%........ so there! If they lived with it I bet you they'd complain occasionally too :-) Anyway, I'm feeling a little bit better and this is me getting set for a good week of positive thoughts and being back in action!<br />
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For the first time in years this has actually stopped me crafting, shock horror! First time in...... well probably ever, that I just couldn't be bothered and had no inclination to make much but I did make a couple of things. I made some cards but they have to wait for next week as they aren't all received yet.<br />
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It was ami swap week with the fabulous <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Steph</a>, I'm sure most of you know this is a monthly swap we do of amigurumi and is always fun. So this month Steph made me a gnome!<br />
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But not just the one gnome look at the teeny one too! He was in Jumbo gnome's beard, Steph says that apparently that's where little gnomes come from :-) Isn't it sweet?<br />
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He's been named as Roger by Steph who has been busy eyeing up Roger Federer in the tennis this week :-) Thanks for another fabulous swap Steph, long may it continue!<br />
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Finally the last couple of present pictures too, I'm sure you're all a bit bored of me showing off all these but they are just so fabulous I have to!<br />
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These were from the lovely <a href="http://loopeyscorner.blogspot.co.uk/">Chris</a> Above is the cute card she sent and the fabulous box all this came in, I love that box!<br />
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Chocolate!!!!!! A fabulous Little Miss Sunshine and a Little Miss Chatterbox dangly :-) Thanks Chris it's all fabulous!<br />
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From my friend Jeanne in Canada came this lovely box of goodies, now this took sooooo long to arrive we thought it was lost but thankfully it showed up last week, I think it walked! The felt card above is just fabulous, I love it!<br />
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A cute stitched hanging and a mushroom felt needlecase both made by Jeanne, love those :-) Scented candles, two little kokeshi doll erasers although they won't be used as they are too lovely! Pez, yay!<br />
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All these fabrics, so lovely I need to think of something fab to make with these.<br />
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An ami pattern book and a pattern for a crochet cake stand which is brilliant!<br />
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and finally all these lovely bits, buttons, ribbons, brads etc......<br />
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So that's it for the birthday presents I'm sure you're pleased to hear after being bombarded with pictures all week! I love all my presents and I love all my friends, thanks very much to you all and that includes all my followers too, for being so lovely.<br />
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I'm only two people away from 100 followers I see which means time to start planning the giveaway for when I get to the big 100 :-)<br />
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See you all next week and remember it's going to be a good one. I'm determined of that!Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-39248464486150228222012-06-01T14:54:00.000+01:002012-06-01T14:54:14.249+01:00More birthday pressies :-)Hello again! So this is three posts in a week from me, some kind of record :-) I'm back to show the fabulous presents that <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Steph</a> sent me for my birthday this week. Such a lot of lovely things! <br />
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First this fabulous ami which is a Hedgepig Faery Creature and all Steph's own design, is it the cutest!<br />
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Next is the mushroom momiji girl, the doll and a keyring, love this one!<br />
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A lovely book of Fairy Charms which has the most beautiful illustrations too, a gnome notebook and a gemini cross stitch kit,<br />
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This is just fabulous! Painted just for me is the most lovely mushroom mandela! You can see all the black is sparkly with green glitter, so pretty! It's hanging in my craft room :-) I'm always honoured when Steph paints or draws something for me as I know the work that has gone into it!<br />
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Lots of lovely stuff, a Hello Kitty hair tie, goddess earrings, and the cuteset little mushroom girl feltie and mushroom love bag charm. The mushroom girl is on my bag now :-) The biscornu is just gorgeous, such tiny stitches and a lovely colour too. <br />
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A closer view of the biscornu and a very sweet little kitty heart too,<br />
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This one made me laugh! Now Steph is well aware of my love of Jammy Dodgers and sent me two packs of them and a I love Jammy Dodgers brooch :-) Love it!<br />
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Even more lovely stuff! I told you there was a lot :-) A sparkly windmill! This is whizzing around in a pot outside in my backyard and looks great, the cats are loving watching it! Birthday candles, which were put to good use in my cake. Incense sticks that smell beautiful and the most fabulous camper van candle! </div>
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Now crafty goodies too as if all that wasn't enough! Fizzy Moon brads nd lovely ribbons</div>
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Lots and lots of beads, love those ducks and mushrooms!<br />
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and the lovely fairy card made by Steph too.<br />
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I think you'll agree that's one heck of a birthday present! BUT that wasn't all........... the next day another package arrived, this one had been ordered and didn't arrive in time to add to the main parcel so Steph sent it the next day :-)<br />
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A mushroom momiji girl purse! So I have the whole set of things with her on now! Steph said it looked lonely on it's own so there was a feltie gnome, more beads and a very cute little hand drawn card too.<br />
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Here's two cards from <a href="http://twchighland.blogspot.co.uk/">Helen</a> and another friend Elspeth, Helen also sent me this lovely wrist pincushion,<br />
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and this brilliant book which I'm sure Poppy and Daisy have read as they have all the tricks already!<br />
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Finally a picture of my birthday cake with the candles in it :-) It's all gone and was lovely!<br />
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I got two more parcels of gorgeous presents from my friend Jeanne in Canada, this one took around six weeks to arrive and we both thought it was lost! The second one was from the lovely <a href="http://loopeyscorner.blogspot.co.uk/">Chris</a> but I think that would be way too many pictures for one post so they'll wait for the next time and I promise to have more to show you then too of my makes! :-)</div>
<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-14460421441460001182012-05-30T18:40:00.000+01:002012-05-30T18:40:08.820+01:00Birthday pressies!!!!Hello again!<br />
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As promised yesterday I'm back to show the fabulous presents I got for my birthday from my fabulous friends :-)<br />
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So I'll start with the lovely <a href="http://cutecrochetedcreations.blogspot.co.uk/">Laura</a>, a box arrived late last week and when I opened it lots of pretty little wrapped presents were inside so I was very good and left it alone until Monday! Not easy I can tell you!<br />
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Laura had stitched this fabulous Fizzy Moon card for me, isn't it gorgeous?<br />
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The silk flowers were scattered among the presents in the box and looked very pretty! There was tw packs of tatty teddy tissues, a Gorjus bookmark a set of Little Red Riding Hood pegs, some lovely b uttons and a fabulous bracelet made by Laura :-)<br />
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This fabulous little fairy which I have to say I love so much, she's so pretty!<br />
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A little pretty tin filled with buttons, charms and eyes, love those flip flop buttons and the owl!<br />
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There were even mushroom house charms, how perfect are they!<br />
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The prettiest little kokeshi doll ami and a cute mushroom ami along with a super cute bug too.<br />
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WOW! How lucky am I getting all those lovely things! But that wasn't all as I got a HUGE parcel from the fabulous <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Steph</a>, I mean huge as well! There are so many pics though I'll post them in a separate post or you'll be fed up of me :-)<br />
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So see you again in a day or two with even more fabulous presents!<br />
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<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-83136727830450861312012-05-29T15:53:00.000+01:002012-05-29T15:53:45.620+01:00Back and another year older ..........Hello!<br />
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I'm trying to get over the shock of being 40 as of yesterday, I mean who knew that would happen to me! Still I have wine and chocolate birthday cake to get me over the worst of it so not all bad :-) I have to say my lovely friends more than make my birthdays brilliant with the fabulous presents I get to open though! More about them tomorrow as this post would get waaayyy too long otherwise :-) You have to see them though, so much loveliness to show you!<br />
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Well lots to show you this week, lets start with the craft fair on Sunday, it was a new one for me at North Shields fishquay and it turned out to be right on the river in what I guess was a warehouse that has been reborn into a big two floor building full of stalls of collectables. One Sunday a month the craft fair joins them for the day. So last week I made some new things for the stall, a new batch of felt flower brooches and some more heart keyrings.<br />
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Love making those flowers it's easy to get carried away and make lots of them!<br />
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I had a request for a custom order this week for a monkey amigurumi too so here he is, named Banana by his new owner a little boy in the USA even though he hasn't arrived yet!<br />
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So back to the fair then, here's my stall complete with new shelves that I'm still very proud of! They turned out to be great for propping up the monster and Norman the gnome as they don't stand on their own and of course a good seat for the fairies and elf too.<br />
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Mushroom village<br />
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I made a Sunderland owl and a Newcastle owl and thought it best to separate them so they didn't fight!<br />
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and the mushroom tree!<br />
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It was great to watch as the huge ferries for Norway and Amsterdam went right past the window too blowing their horns :-)<br />
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Next month the fair is themed Spirit of the Sea and is on International Fairy Day so I'm thinking mermaids.<br />
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And look what arrived too, my knitted cactus from the fabulous Nicole's giveaway over at her lovely <a href="http://nicoleandthebee.blogspot.co.uk/">blog</a>! Isn't it fabulous! Thanks Nicole it was a lovely surprise :-) It now sits on a shelf in my bathroom beside my real cactus and looks fabulous!<br />
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Right this post is getting a bit too long to add all the pics of my birthday pressies so I'll be back again tomorrow with pictures of all the fabulous pressies I got from <a href="http://cutecrochetedcreations.blogspot.co.uk/">Laura</a> and <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Steph</a>. I know two posts in two days, what's come over me, lol!<br />
<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-7811484225115096872012-05-19T19:15:00.001+01:002012-05-19T19:15:58.024+01:00A week in amigurumiHello everyone, lovely to see new followers :-) I'm creeping ever closer to 100 followers and a giveaway!<br />
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This week seems to have been all about ami's which has been fun and a nice little break from mushrooms too! It seems to have been a long time since I made some new ami's but that's now been put right.<br />
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I started out with the polar bear with a brown mouse on it's shoulder that I mentioned last week. I now know the story too :-) It's about a game where the person who asked me to make it and a relative (who's nickname is polar bear) try to hide a brown mouse ornament in each others houses. It's been going on for years apparently and the mouse has been smuggled in in a lot of inventive ways including posted! So this ami is for the relative. I love mad quirks that people have!<br />
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I managed to make my little shelves too without lobbing a finger off for my stall at the craft fairs, very basic really so can't brag too much about my woodworking skills but I'm still proud of them. I gave them one coat of cream paint and left it at that as the grain shows through and it looked really nice kind of like bleached wood. These will be great for sitting little fairies on the edge and maybe owls on there too, not sure yet.<br />
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I made a gnome too, Norman! He's one of my favourite ami's yet I think and i want to make more in different colours.<br />
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Oh I love gnomes and he looks like a very friendly one :-)<br />
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I sold three of the four owls I'd made for the next fair so need to make more again! I had a request from the lady who bought two of them for two more, one pink and brown stripes and one brown and purple stripes so I came up with these two which I'm pleased to say she loved.<br />
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Now it's the 27th for the next fair so I'm in mad make mode, as if that's any different from usual, lol! I started a batch of ten felt flower brooches last night, all cut out and ready to stitch in front of the TV with a glass of something and some chocolate, heaven! Dragged the boyfriend out today to two craft shops which thrilled him no end but made me very happy! I have a pile of gorgeous coloured felt, some pretty buttons, lovely wool and other lovely stuff to play with now :-) Oooo the fun I can have!<br />
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I'll be catching up with all your lovely blogs this week, looking forward to seeing what everyone's been up to :-) Off to stitch flowers then, have a great week!<br />
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<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-56963168286017855202012-05-12T17:16:00.001+01:002012-05-12T17:16:20.896+01:00I'm back :-)<br />
Hello everyone and welcome to the new followers, lovely to see you :-)<br />
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Firstly, sorry! I know it's been longer than usual for me in between posts. The things is, for the past few weeks I've been realising something has to give! I spend wayyyyyyy too much time on the computer every day, usually over 6 hours (I know it's riduculous!) with Etsy, Folksy and Wowthankyou shops, facebook page and blog as well as all the usual stuff that I've had no time to actually make much and really, that is very important if I want to keep selling! So this week I have been trying to be ruthless with my time online, that is why I've been away and not caught up with your blogs too, sorry! My big plan is to just turn the bloody thing off more so I don't waste time and get distracted, which by the way is very easy, I must be the World Champion when it comes a wasting time and procrastinating, lol!<br />
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Anyway, it means I will be around but it might just take me a bit longer to catch up with people, hope you understand, I love you all honest :-)<br />
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So lets catch up a bit here with things. Last Sunday was the craft fair at the pub, it was also the day of the Sunderland Marathon which went right past the place. It could have gone either way, the roads were all closed so if people were out to watch the runners then they might pop in and buy or the way it did work out which was no one went out because all the flipping roads were closed! Not a lot of customers around unfortunately but still a good day, I did okay, and it's always a nice fair with lots of lovely people so happy day :-)<br />
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I took a pic of my stall, typically I only took one and it's a little bit blurry so sorry about that, must do better next time! I have big plans to make some shelves for the stall, I can't find anything that I like as they all seem to be made of acrylic and I want wood so it looks nice. So I have a hacksaw and I'm getting some wood from B&Q tomorrow, what can possibly go wrong?!! I'll try to not cut my fingers off, promise :-) Wish me luck!<br />
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I had four Jubilee Cottages to make for sales last weekend and I made it, they were ready and off to their new homes no problem. I also made a new Party Cottage.<br />
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Then I was mushroomed out! I had sold my ami owls at the fair so made a new batch of those......I have no idea what a group of owls is called, a hoot maybe!<br />
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The red and white one is inspired by Sunderland's football strip, I need to make another as he sold this morning to the local butcher :-) I plan to make black and white too for Newcastle so I can tailor it to wherever the fairs are and keep everyone happy! As the fans of both hate each other it can be swapped depending on venue, lol!<br />
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They are such beautiful butterflies and I loved how it looked with a simple ring of roses around it.<br />
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And finally..........drumroll please, TA-DA!! Fame at last! The Craftseller magazine with the feature on Hippywitch Crafts came out this week. Love the big mushroom cottage picture they used as it stands out :-) Here's hoping it pays off!<br />
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Now I've started an ami for an order, a polar bear with a brown mouse on it's shoulder! It's a friend of my boyfriend who asked him for this and like a man he never asked why!? Why are men so useless at gossip? I really want to know the story behind this idea, I mean there must be one! So I guess I have to make my own story up then :-)<br />
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<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-52490802430145889852012-05-04T18:42:00.000+01:002012-05-04T18:42:03.174+01:00Ami swap time!!Hello everyone, and welcome to my latest follower :-)<br />
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This week was ami swap time with the fabulous <a href="http://dollydollydaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/">Steph</a>. A quick explanation for those who don't know, the first of the month we swap an amigurumi (crocheted or knitted toy). It's wonderful to get a present every month :-)<br />
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So this month Steph sent me Timmy the tiger :-) How sweet is he! I think he looks like Hobbes from Calvin and Hobbes when the adults are around and he's just a stuffed tiger, which makes me very happy as I'm a big fan!<br />
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Also with the tiger theme, this fabulous biscornu and cute finger puppet! Love them both, the biscornu is brilliant with the beads around it. Apparently this was stitched from a knitting chart which makes it extremely clever too!<br />
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A couple of gorgeous stickers, a tiger (of course!) and a fabulous fairy,<br />
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Such a gorgeous fairy card too! Love it all, thanks Steph for another gorgeous swap :-)<br />
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I sent Steph Geoffrey the giraffe :-) I love how this one turned out and the boyfriend says I have to make another one for him!<br />
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Love his little tail :-) I also sent ribbons and pink and purple feathers, a card and a Yankee Candles wax tart too but didn't take pics of those, I forgot as usual!<br />
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Apart from Geoffrey I haven't anything new to show this week, I have been really busy but it's been the Jubilee Cottage selling and me just making another to replace it! I've made three this week so far and have four to get done before Tuesday for orders!<br />
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So just a quick post today as I have a lot to get done, I'll catch up on all your blogs when I get a minute, I promise :-) The fairy fair which would have been tomorrow was cancelled unfortunately on Sunday, such a shame as I was looking forward to that one :-( However I'm still going to make fairies and gnomes as they go well with the mushroom cottages and are so fun to make. When I get time to make them! Better go and get busy stitching then, the craft fair I usually do is on Sunday at the pub so lots to do and not much time.<br />
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<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-81375212109326569942012-04-26T16:57:00.000+01:002012-04-26T16:57:33.066+01:00Fairies are appearing!Hello!!<br />
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A welcome to new followers too, lovely to meet you. 90 woohoo! I'll be having a giveaway when I reach 100 but you'll have to wait and see what it will be because I'm not telling :-)<br />
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Busy week for the Jubilee Cottage! On my last post I was saying how I'd made it twice last week to re-list as two had sold, well I've sold another three since then so three more made this week!<br />
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Just finishing up another one at the moment, sewing it together tonight. So that kept me busy!<br />
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It was the Maker's Market craft fair on Sunday, the first in the new location and the genius idea of holding it in a pub :-) I mean, who can argue with that idea! So I had new stock to make for that too, I had almost run out of the hanging mushrooms so I made a new batch.<br />
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The fair went really well, not a huge amount of people yet but word is still getting around that we're there now. However it was a good day and I made a few sales including a mushroom cottage so all good and I was in profit :-) I forgot my camera so no pics of the stall I'm afraid but I promise to try to remember for the next one next Sunday! Lots of gorgeous stalls there, I find it impossible to not end up buying something when there's so many great stalls around and this was no exception. I bought the cutest stuffed cat hanger that hangs by it's tail from door handles, it's fabulous!<br />
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These were made by a lovely man and his grand daughter, you should have seen the patchwork he did, just wonderful. It took me ages to pick which cat as he had lots in different fabrics :-)<br />
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This week has been the usual mad mix of making that is my life! I started off with a hanging mushroom decoration that was a custom order. I was asked for a lime green door, tulips, lots of hearts, a gingerbread man, cupcakes in green cases and hearts for the spots! A lot for a little mushroom but not for a bigger one so a bigger one it became. I used little heart buttons to make some bunting around the roof and for the gingerbread man's buttons and a black bead for the door handle. It's bigger than the usual and measured 6 x 6 inches.<br />
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So that went on it's way to it's new home :-)<br />
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I've made two Jubilee Cottages this week too as it sold twice! It makes me very happy to send away my mushrooms to new owners, it always gives me a thrill to know people will pay for my creations :-)<br />
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I'm off Sunday to the craft fair. It's moved location since last month due to the council causing problems with the venue we were in and now is in a pub (yay!) called The Alexandra in Sunderland. So I've been making some keyrings for my stall. St George's Day is Monday so I thought flags would be good.<br />
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Have a great week!Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-83111489438483695842012-04-11T19:50:00.001+01:002012-04-11T19:50:49.740+01:00Finished 3D cottage and the craft room is done!Hello to my new followers and of course the rest too :-)<br />
Hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend and the weather was better than we had here, rain and cold and more rain :-( Still I didn't go anywhere so it didn't really matter!<br />
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Had a busy weekend though as on Friday morning I decided to finally sort the craft room/room where everything ends up getting chucked if it has no home. This was no small undertaking I can tell you! Over the space of the four days I got 5 big bags for the charity shop and the same in rubbish. The huge wardrobe that lived in such a small room and took up half of it was smashed up and chucked out. Then the boyfriend was despatched in with a paint brush and tin of white paint. Monday I finished off by rearranging the furniture and tidying everything away and now it's fabulous :-)<br />
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<br />Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876862328230995157.post-77951598578992346372012-04-05T19:28:00.000+01:002012-04-05T19:28:02.536+01:00Lots of gorgeous post and it's ami swap time!Hello :-)<br />
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Hope everyone has sunshine back again after the cold and snow of this week and I thought I was being a pessimist last week in the gorgeous weather when I thought 'we'll pay for this!' lol!<br />
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Well this week has been interesting. I was out on Saturday night with all my family for my parents golden anniversary, posh hotel for dinner, ooo fancy! Then I was up all night and ill all Sunday throwing up so I guess it wasn't that fancy, lol! Turns out it was only me that was ill so I have no idea if it was a bug or something I ate but not fun. Luckily it didn't last and I was fine again Monday :-)<br />
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So while feeling awful and trying to stay focused I had an order for a Tulip Cottage to get stitched and posted for Monday morning. I made it! I loved the red door that was requested, I hadn't thought about red for a door as there was so much red with the cap of them but it looked good.<br />
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Isn't it perfect for my cards? I was amazed that this is the first felt thing she has made, wow! It's gorgeous! It's been a great post week :-) </div>
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Whoa, that was a lot of stuff! So that's me for the week, have a good Easter everyone!</div>
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Now back to the cottage building.......</div>Hippywitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369327805860838343noreply@blogger.com13