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24/12/2014

Merry Christmas!

Hello all!

Just wanted to give you a quick heads up that I will be having an Etsy sale starting on the 28th in case you fancy treating yourself once Christmas is over ;)
Gift box for REX competition!

Those local to me Im also having a sale at Rex starting the 27th! Some items have up to 30% off coz Im feeling festive!

Christmas Party at REX!
I've been a bit quiet of late whilst I've been making millions of candy canes & Christmas pudding decorations & I've been up to my eyes in commissions! I've put a few pictures below but A LOT are Christmas presents so cant show too much! Some are AMAZING & I'm feeling really pleased with myself so I'll post them on Facebook & Twitter on the 26th ;)

Ben's 1st Birthday bunting commission!

Vintage style ruffle purse!



















I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all your support since April, everyone who has attended a stitch n bitch, a workshop, bought from me from a stall, placed a commission or liked/retweeted a social media post! I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas whatever you get up too! ;)

Big thanks to Lisa Takes Pictures for this! Pudding on a tree!

I'm at the in-laws this Christmas, first one away from home!

Crochet Christmas lights!

My stocking on a Christmas Tree! 
Custom stocking colours!






Long mittens & baby hat!






Mix of REX shop, Christmas goods & commissions!


The Winter Arts Market :)














09/12/2014

Christmas Decorations...


I have a confession to make…I put my Christmas tree up in September…

Tiny scraggy black Christmas tree!

But don’t worry I'm not that Christmas crazy, I was testing the how my hand made decorations looked on my little tree (its black to compromise with the boyfriends Christmas indifference) which whilst being very pleased with them all and tweaking a few bits it was an eye-opening experience for my own Christmas plans.

Now last year I worked so much in the day job and trying to do a hand-made Christmas (never again) that the decorations never went up…The night I had set aside to do it I was far too tired and decided catching up on Coronation Street with a bottle of wine was more what the doctor ordered. Now this is something I will regret because they won’t be going up this year either because of the Christmas tree destroying monster that is….the kitten.

The devil in disguise, Tulip!

I turned my back to pour a cup of coffee for 2 minutes and she had tackled the artificial beast to the floor and tried to either kill it or eat it, I couldn't work it out which.

I had my lovely crochet lights hanging in our beautiful giant window to photograph with plans of making some for myself and she howled at them continuously until I took them down. 

Wolf kitten.
The baubles made excellent footballs and the twinkling lights on the tree where just a game of claw snap. What should have taken me an hour took me nearly 3 as the tree kept flying off the table as she played as a kitten shaped bowling ball and the tree was a pin.

Fancy footballs
Even Ganthet has his Scrooge head on. I thought he might like cuddling up in a prototype fussy wreath but instead he just balled up and huffed, I think he might have preferred me to crochet a hedgehog for the middle rather than a robin.




Grumpy hedgehog has lost his Christmas spirit!



If you have or are able to have Christmas decorations up this year then go for it! Mine shall remain for another year collecting dust inside a box…. 




The final pictures minus Christmas Tree :(