I've picked up the needle and thread again...

shop update | New Design Brooches

Meet my new funky brooches.  I had a brain-wave on Sunday and came up with these super cool little accessories.  The sock monkey fabric had just been sitting around waiting to be made into these...

At 5cm in diameter, they're sure to be commented on! :)

Available in my shop now.

shop update | Brooches

New brooches in the shop.

Flower Brooch Display

Part of doing craft markets is about how you display your wares.  After pondering about how to display my flower brooches I had a brain-wave.  Yes, those still occur occasionally in the sew-funky household ;).  I have, literally tons of old plastic knitting needles, which I hate to knit with.  I prefer metal needles.

So in the interest of upcycling and using what I have lying around, I came up with this;

Excuse the photo, it does look better in real life!

What do you think?  Goer or Noer?

And what type of needles do you prefer to use?  Plastic, Bamboo, Rosewood, Metal, Other?

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Favourite things Friday...

my new favourite thing...

my brooch as a corsage

and my new favourite thing to make...

more loyalty card wallets...

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new | ruched brooches...

Something new for the markets...


These are so fun to make, and after a quick trip down to the local fabric shop I was able to finish them by sewing on the brooch back.

Before we go any further, I must tell you all about the saga of my brooch backs. I jokingly told my daughter that I bet I'd find the ones I'd misplaced in the shift, if I bought some this afternoon, and...

sure enough, I found them whilst looking for more fabric to ruch into brooches in my craftroom! I've been looking for them for 3 months now, and if I'd known that just buying some more would help me find them - I'd have done it sooner. Either that, or I need better organisational skills!!

Do you have a story like that to share? Tell me about it by commenting below. :)

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store update...

What to do when the kids are sick.... I hummed and hawwed and then I updated the shop!

dick and jane cards

shy little kitten cards

and funky fabric flower brooches

are in stock now...

made | fabric flowers

ready to be made into brooches...

Just a little bit of the creativity going on at my house at the moment.  Not a whole lot happening because I have two sick kidlets home from school at the moment! :( 

some more singleton's...

As brooches;

and as hairclips;

I will list some of these in my etsy store either today or tomorrow! (tomorrow's looking more likely every moment!)

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Question; How many photo's does it take to get the "right-one"?

Answer; 16, if you ask your 12 year old to take one... ;) Hehehe, I asked her to take a quick pic of my St. Patty's day brooch and she spent ages trying to get it right!

I hope you all have a great St. Patrick's Day!

Good luck to ya'! (in my best Irish accent!)

the singleton brooch...

my first singleton...

Using macro photography, you can see it's not perfect, but since when did handmade get perfect?!?  :D

These are super awesome and easy to make, and I'm sure I've just found something new to be addicted to!

I am going to use them on my gorgeous little fabric brooches, and I'm off to make one right now!

The retreat weekend sure rejuvenated all the crafty juices!

a new addiction...

I am loving making these little flower brooches, such fun, and I can't stop thinking of new ways in which they could be used! Think; hairclips, bag embellishments...

I am also loving discovering how easy it is to make fabric covered buttons! They look so much better than many of the buttons in my vast collection and it's great how you can personalise them by using your favourite fabric!

Friends made...

Ilove the blogging community. I've made some fantastic "friends" and my daughter Bree has even made a little penpal with one of them - Marion's daughter Barbie.

Today,we had a fantastic surprise when the courier van drove up just before we left for school. We wondered who would have sent something from the UK, and when we saw on the note it was from Barbie - Briahna was super excited. She loves Polly Pocket and is busy playing with her new toys as I type... :) Thanks so much Barbie!! Briahna loves the stamps and did a talk at school about her new little penfriend and what she got her for her birthday!!!

Busy, busy
I'm finally getting around to reading the Shack, after being recommended it by a couple of different sources. So far I'm enjoying the read. Next I hope to read Chocolat and then The Friday Night Knitting Club... Just as well I've got a few good books to read, as I've got a couple of doctor's appointments coming up and will be spending a little bit of time in waiting rooms.

Talking of knitting clubs, tonight is craft group night again. Not sure what I'll be making, but I do want to make some more flower brooches and a felt cover for my tape measure. We're planning a little crafting retreat for next Saturday night and so that should be fun. Think four grown woman making pyjama's and laughing/talking into the wee hours... :D Heaven to me!

Oh well, the laundry folding is calling me, as is dinner prep., so I better take my leave...

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new brooches

Look at these gorgeous brooches I made... I am in the process of making a few more too, but, only if the kitten's don't keep on attacking them while I am making them! :)