A pile of orders waiting to be packed, I just thought the happy trees looked cute!
I had a parcel of brooch bars waiting for me...normal size and itty bitty weeny ones! Don't they look cute!
I also got a parcel of buttons, which I love :-)
No cupcake news today.....I am boring myself now ;-)
I chose to have :: paper-and-string :: made by hand :: on them, don't they look smart?
The WOW factor of these labels is that half of them are to iron onto fabric and they are machine washable and the other half of them are for other products and can be put in the dishwasher!!
I have yet to use them but once I have I'll let you know what I think :-)
In the world of cupcakes I have finished preparing the ribbons, ready to be sewn on ::
...the buttons are sewn on......
In non-cupcake related news :: John is coming home today hooray!!!!
340 (i'm doing half at a time because the entire order is for 680) all cut out (boy, did my hand ache) and now all with their brad 'sprinkles' ... I think i'm only getting through them this quickly because John is away!!
Today was my day off the day job. I actually took a few hours off from the cupcakes and managed to photograph some felt books I had finished a while ago. 
I always think my product photos are a bit dull. So today I tried to do something a bit different...and I quite like it!
It doesn't look like many does it?
Actually there are 350!
such lovely cupcake-y colours :-)
:: I got some pretty eyes and added a little smiley mouth ::
:: worms! ::
In other news, here is the wool I bought yesterday...
So this morning I knitted my 'worm' and put the finishing stitches in these cupcakes!
Yesterday I finished knitting my 2nd green square, and i've just got back from buying some more wool.....I intend to make a softie of some description!!
This evening I shall be sitting on the sofa in a panic. I just had an order confirmed for a minimum of 340 cupcakes, maybe upto 680! The main reason for the panic is they need to be delivered by 17th March.....aaaaaahhhhhhh!!! Goodness me that is a lot of cupcakes! In my head I am skipping over the cutting out part and the sewing part and concentrating on the photos at the end....that many cupcakes will look SO cool !!!
I'm off to tidy away all my WIPs and make room for a mini cupcake making factory.....
I also did some more knitting ::
It's only 9 stitches across and I randomly changed the order I stitched in to make it have stripes...I was going to sew it up down the long side and make a worm BUT it seems Mr. Monkey has taken a shine to it...
Cute ! (although I still think I'll make a worm!)
I received an email yesterday from a fellow crafter who does what I'm sure we all do and saves pictures of her favourite things. Well she had saved a picture of my monkey and made one for a little boys 1st birthday, but then she saw my copyright statement and felt bad and thought she'd best let me know! Isn't that lovely? Here is her monkey ::
Such a cutie :-)
This week I received a Blog award, once from Picciolo (my sister!) and once from Indigo Blue
The Award rules are:* Post the award on your own blog.(Post who gave it to you)*Indicate its original link and link to that site. (Arte Y Pico from Uruguay)*Give the award to 5 other blogs that you enjoy, find creative and inspire you.
Since I'm quite slow at responding it seems lots of people have already received this award. If you haven't then consider yourselves nominated ;-)
John is working away this week and I am home alone in a lounge full of felt and wool, expect lots of pictures!!
Look at what I made yesterday!! I went to my local Fabric Shop (the one that hasn't heard of Moda!) and found this lovely cotton wool by Rowan. It had 50p off per ball so I got my two most used colours, I love green and always use a lot of pink. The 'square' is 6" across and 61/2" high. OOps. It's not perfect but i'm pretty chuffed!! It took me 2.5 hours so tonight i'm going to do a smaller square (hopefully it will be square!) I have no idea what this square will become but right now I don't mind! I have big ideas like knitting a blanket made of squares, and a green jumper with a hood would be nice....or maybe I could specialise in knitting flannels (the not-quite-square ones!) !! LOL ;-)
I've been awarded a blog award but shall post about that tomorrow....I was too excited about my knitting to blog that today!!
:: 35 :: 40 :: 5 :: 25 :: 19 :: 60 ::
I've counted my way through the comments list and
1st Prize goes to :: 35:: SARA who said 'can i have a go please'
2nd prize goes to :: 40 :: JENNY who said 'ooh, I would love a soft and fuzzy notebook to pet and write in!' **sorry jenny, your link won't work, let me know what your site is and i'll add it**
3rd prize goes to :: 5 :: KITTY who said 'Gosh - that's a coincidence, I've been working on a felt covered notebook this week too! But yours are much nice, so count me in :-D x'
The runner-uppers are ::
:: 25 :: CRAFTYB who said 'Loving the colours of those notebooks!! xx'
:: 19 :: KATY who said ' I shall not be polite....I just WANT THEM ALL, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...and shall stalk you unless I win'
:: 60 :: STEPHANIE who said 'As are all your creations, those are really cute!'
Please can all the winners email their addresses to me at sarah {@} paper-and-string.co.uk
Thanks, and well done to the winners :-)
Happy Valentines day everybody, remember to pop back next month for another freebie day :-)
This is Bigbury Beach, which Mum, Dad, Nan and I visited on Monday (the photo is courtesy of Dad's album because I left my camera behind!)
and I had to add this one because it's funny....this is Bigbury last year when the tide was coming in and the driver of the van thought he could conquer nature!! The sea, when the tide is in, seperates Bigbury from Burgh Island (famous for a Poirot film, amongst other things) which is reached via a tractor with a cabin on the top (on the left of the picture).
My Modbury Bag. Modbury is famous for....
so I have added a Modbury shopping bag to my collection of fabric totes :-)
My purchases
The bag of buttons on the right is from my Mum's button collection which she very kindly let me raid :-)
A pile of finished items...I took a lot of part made things with me and managed to complete this little lot!
A chocolate ladybird which I have left behind for Holly (my neice) because my sister's family are going to visit mum and dad this weekend and I thought it would be a nice little surprise for her!
I saved the best for last....my knitting (insert a proud face here!) Mum, very patiently, taught me to cast-on, plain knit, purl knit AND cast off !! Crochet was attempted too but that didn't make sense to me so I concentrated on the knitting!
It's always nice to be home, but I really did enjoy my little holiday, my Mum and Dad are great :-)
