Craft Market!

Untitled, a photo by hellolouisa on Flickr.

here is the poster advertising the very first Market I am selling at! Wohoo!

Royal Wedding

I was so excited to watch the Royal Wedding yesterday! Its that sort of thing that makes me proud to be British! Me and my other half had an indoor picnic while we sat and watched the guests arriving, and the ceremony, and then the balcony appearance :-) it was all so lovely and I am completely in love with her dress!
Not so impressed with whatever Beatrice was wearing on her head though. Odd girl.

My favourite British thing: tea in a china cup!
I love tea. I have a small obsession with it... It's ok though, I'm British!

I still have lots to make in time for the craft market, but I am suffering from a flare up of a wrist condition I have. I hope it feels better soon!!! I have another 3 days off work to enjoy though, so I won't let it get me down!

Louisa xx

Craft Market!

You may remember from a couple of posts ago that I mentioned a craft market I want to sell at, well I was able to book myself a space at the next market! It's on June 5th!! Im so excited and very nervous! Expect a sneak peek of my stall coming soon!!!! :-)

Louisa xx

Overdue!

Jut realized I haven't blogged for over a month!! Bad blogger!
Well I have an excuse.... The last month I have been really really busy crocheting 30 (yes - 30!!) phone cases for my stall. Today I attached crocheted stars and sparkly buttons to each of them... Photos will be coming! I've also made a LOT of cupcake necklaces too. Next up are the mug cosies and a couple of small bags for the stall too. I'm getting so excited!

I had some really good news on Thursday too. For the last 5 years my mum has been in remission from a very aggressive form of cancer called Burkitt's Lymphoma. Well on Thursday she got the all-clear! :-) yay! I figured that news was worthy of a blog-post!

I also had some bad news... As of tomorrow I am being moved onto another job at work for 3 months. It's a job I've done before and don't enjoy in the slightest :-(
I think cake may be the answer. Lots and lots of cake.
And daydreaming about crafts.
And then some more cake.

Louisa xx

2nd post in a day!

Wow - i'm on fire today!

I've spent the whole day crafting, and creating items for my stall. I had to email the organisers you see, and forward photographs of my stock so they can decide whether I can be put onto the list to be able to apply for a stall.
One of my items, is mug cosies. I love this idea, but I couldnt find a pattern for any that I really loved. So I just came up with my own....
What do you think?

 

I just made up the daisy as I went along, and I think it turned out ok?! 

I only made the first one this afternoon, and i've already had orders for 3 more! Woohoo!

Louisa xx

oh and p.s. they put me on the mailing list! :-)

Sparkly!

I am applying to have my own stall at a local craft market. It's held every other month in a local pub/music venue and its always packed! It's very popular with students and 'alternative' types, so I hope my stuff goes down well!
Here is something I have been working on over the weekend.... While I was in Nottingham on Saturday I visited The Bead Shop for some Swarovski gems and AppliGlue as I have had an idea for some necklaces....
What do you think?

 

 The cupcakes themselves are made from mini hama beads, and then the Swarovski gems are used as sprinkles, and on the cherry. I used 2mm and 3mm gems. 

The photos don't do the gems justice - they are so so so sparkly in real life!! I made one for myself and put lots of gems on, so its really glitzy ha ha :-)

I will be showing you another item I am making for my stall soon! In the meantime, my copy of Twinkie Chan's book arrived on Saturday, so i'm busy deciding which scarf to make first!! :-)

Louisa xx

Sneak Peek!

These two pictures are sneak peeks at what I am currently working on! I'm not going to disclose anything else yet, but when I am ready, I will have something hopefully very exciting to share with you all!

One more picture.... This is something I have been working on, here and there, for the last few weeks.....

My granny stripe blanket has begun!! The picture isnt great, because its in artificial light, and I took it on my iphone, but still, you get the idea! woohoo!!

Louisa xx