a brown valentine

I decided to make Ben a little crochet banner for Valentine's day this year, in his favourite colour: brown!

I didn't have a pattern so just sort of made it up as I went. It turned out to be a fairly quick project, which was lucky as I had to make the whole thing in secret one Saturday while Ben was at work.

I used some nice speckled brown wool which I'd originally bought as an alternative option for the bobble hat I made last summer and added a corded edge in cream. Once I'd finished I crocheted around a stick along the top edge to hang the banner.

It ended up looking just as expected, which was a nice surprise.



I debated whether to embroider or add a felted design, but in the end opted to crochet on a heart shape using a series of slip stitches. The end result looked nicely wonky I think.



And Ben said it was lovely so I was very pleased.
In return he made me probably the best card ever. So good!

Christmas card factory

It's the last day of Christmas, and before we have to hide all evidence of Christmas for another year I thought I'd share the cards that we made this year.

Penguins!

Bang on trend I do believe. Plus, they're Ben's favourite.

We forgot what penguins looked like at first...



...but I think it worked out ok in the end.

Now don't forget to take all the tinsel down.

2014

Happy new year!

2013 was my favourite year to date - I hope this year lives up to it!
I'm off to Iceland on Friday which seems like a good way to kick things off.

Above is one of the Christmas cards that Ben and I made this year. Can you guess which robin was done by who?

And some more photos of our production line...

i'm trying

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do." Bob Dylan

Victor & Raul

A nice weekend spent celebrating l'anniversaire de mon pere.
Card games, double puddings, water features and too much Tom Petty.

mothering sunday

My mum likes Michael Schumacher very much.
For mother's day on Sunday I arranged for him to come back and race for Formula 1.
He didn't win, but it was a good start.

red & yellow & pink & green

Colourful bits & pieces:
• New lunchboxes!
• Birthday card.
• Egg laying hen card from the Museum of Childhood
• A lovely handmade postcard map (very much appreciated!!)

3 birthdays & a thank you

LET'S CELEBRATE ! ! ! !

handmade cards • a forgotten banner • some beautiful, but very VERY sweet cupcakes

distraction

Why is it so easy to create things when they aren't for my MA?


• A card for a friend's birthday.
• A painting of my mechanical bird.
• Some preparation for my screenprinting course.

Tonight I'll do work on inventions...

a shop update

I just wanted to let you know I've updated my shop with these typographic greetings cards:


It's a custom listing so each card will be made especially to order with whatever message you please!
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another card.

This time for a birthday:


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a couple of goodbyes

here are some cards i made yesterday for a couple of friends who are moving back up north next week:


(i also gave each of them one of my pigeons too)

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BA Hons

It's my mum's graduation ceremony tomorrow.

I made her a card:


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camp out

f e s t i v a l



i'm going to glastonbury tomorrow - i'm soooooooo excited (even though the weather is not looking too hot). i must remember to take my wellingtons.



i promise a BIG post when i get back but for now here's a picture of the fathers day card i made my dad:



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making things

i have some pictures to share with you of some crafty happenings that have been going on around here...

firstly, i have finally gotten round to making one of the soft trees designed by stephanie over at little birds. derek came visiting the other day so we had a fun little craft afternoon and made a tree each.


they go quite nicely together ---> blue for boys and pink for girls.

i have also been knitting away and made this finger puppet (papa bear) to give to my friend milkan as part of his birthday present.


the pattern is from this book which i got for my birthday from my v.kind brother. he if from a set of finger puppets - goldilocks and the 3 bears. and now that i have given him away i will probably have to make mama bear or baby bear so as i have one to keep - as they are terribly cute.

and here is the birthday card i made for milkan (hence the milk) - imaginative huh? not a weekend for thinking outside the box.


i hope you have all had a nice weekend too, whether it was spent relaxing or crafting away,

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