It’s been a long, tiring, not very satisfying, week. We’re hoping to go to Brighton tomorrow but if the weather is going to be as cold and wet as predicted we will be staying local and heading off to the Muswell Hill Craft Fair instead!
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I am writing this blog post from work today for a change. I spent lunchtime walking around the shops and picked up some chocolate vintage buttons from Hotel Chocolate! The packaging is lovely and contains a collection of 18 antique buttons, highlighting “the great skill and artistry that was put into the humble button”. What a lovely gift for a button collector or crafter!
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I treated myself to an iphone today. This picture of a finished cupcake was taken on the phone and I think it’s as good as my little Canon camera. The cupcake is decorated with buttons and some vintage ricrac. I also made a little cupcake pin as my swap partner loves cupcakes. We went into town today and had lunch with some friends in the Crown and Two Chairmen in Soho. The food wasn’t great but it was nice to see them. Oxford Street was packed with Christmas shoppers so I was glad to get home and play with my…
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I was catching up on my google reader and saw that allsorts had bought some items from Decorative County Living. They reminded me of these little pieces that I picked up at the Knitting and Stitching Show at Ally Pally last month (I can’t remember the name of the stand I bought them from!). These are all destined to be used in the handmade gifts I will be giving this year, inspired by Handmade Holidays.
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My Stanley looks nothing like the picture. I may have to have another go.
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Yay, today I won a lovely pumpkin pin on a giveaway from sewSpun. I love the colour and aspire to make something like this one day. I popped into a new Christmas shop which has opened on Marylebone High Street at lunch time today. I got some great inspiration for the handmade ornament swap – I just need to stop watching Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life and get my sewing box out. And today my boyfriend got offered a proper job, the kind where you actually do work rather than sit around picking your nose all day. I…
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I have joined another seasonal swap called Homemade Ornament Swap hosted by freshly{blended} and Cake & Pie. This sounds like so much fun! You make and send 8-10 ornaments and receive the same back. I love Christmas and am always on the look out for unusual decorations to decorate our tree. This year we are spending Christmas in a lovely hotel but hopefully we will still decorate the house. I am going to sew my ornaments, probably using lots of felt (my new favourite material).
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I really don’t like Mondays. The weekends always go so fast I end up resenting being back at work. This feeling lasts all day until I am back home again! My laptop has being playing up all evening so I have been busy making felt cupcakes for a swap. I made a large cupcake which I stuffed and added some vintage ricrac and buttons. Then I made a small cupcake badge, decorated with trimit beads. Hope my swap partner likes them. No pictures as iphoto is playing up too 🙁
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Not much crafting going on here lately as I’m struggling with a bad cold. I took the day off today so I could spend the day sneezing at home rather than at my desk. The morning was spent wrapping Christmas presents which are now ready to be delivered to family on the Isle of Wight in a couple of weeks. This afternoon I worked on some swaps whilst watching my Spaced dvd. These cute little bunnies fit in a small matchbox. One is a little shy, probably due to the fact his eyes were sewn on a bit wonky. Or…