I received some lovely colourful squares of felt today – an impulse order from paper and string. They are small-ish squares but such great colours I know I will find them useful. I also bought some lovely ribbon, felt ric-rac and an owl softie kit. love using felt so it will be a pleasure to…
Felt gingerbread men
I love gingerbread, especially making and eating it. Here’s a photo of some I made as Christmas decorations before Christmas.
Sew Hip!
Yay, the first issue of Sew Hip! landed on the doormat today and it’s great. There are loads of patterns to choose from so hopefully there will be some sewing time over the weekend.
our wedding rings
our wedding rings, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. I’m pleased to say I managed to walk unaided (apart from the arm of my cousin) down the aisle on Saturday. The day went really well, the weather was AMAZING and I was only 10 minutes late for the Church! We’re off on honeymoon to Scandinavia for…
Craftiness returns
I thought my crafting mojo had well and truly left me over the last few months what with wedding preparations and my toe injury. As Lottie commented, sick leave = crafting time but I haven’t felt like making anything, until today. I read about the free Black Apple Doll months ago but thought I would…
Lovely post
The joy of being at home resting my foot means that I am ready to pounce on the postman before he has a chance to take parcels back to the depot. Today I received a lovely parcel from Sam as I was the lucky winner of her recent blogiversary giveaway. She sent me a beautiful…
Poor me
So, 16 days before our wedding and I have managed to break the big toe on my right foot. I stubbed my toe yesterday – which hurt like mad – but couldn’t do anything about it as I was up in north Scotland for work. By the time I got home and looked at my…
Orla Kiely for Heal's 2008
Orla Kiely for Heal’s 2008, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. I just couldn’t resist showing you this page from the new Heal’s look book Autumn/Winter 2008. We wandered past Heal’s yesterday and were surprised to see several Orla Kiely prints hanging outside Heal’s on Tottenham Court Road. According to Heal’s “Orla Kiely has created a…
Robots galore
I received a wonderful swap package from Claire as part of the Robot swap. She made three little robots out of the softest fabric you can imagine. Here they are sitting on my vintage bureau. They remind me of weebles – you must remember them – “weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!” Thanks Claire….