saturday's tray

half way through the first order from my BULK shop

24 flowers :: made

12 mini hearts :: nearly there!

making to order

I've had a few orders to make this week....I usually only sell items that I have pre-made but have recently given shoppers the option of ordering even if items have sold out. It certainly helps to relieve the pressure of keeping the shop tip-top stocked up!
I stayed late at the workshop tonight cutting out the next order (the first from my wholesale shop ... yippee!!) but it was too dark/late to take a photo of that, so I'll do that tomorrow.

colour inspiration

One of the things I like about being a shop keeper is the inspiration from customers. People choose felt colour combinations that wouldn't spring to my mind and being 'forced' to mix colours that are outside my comfort zone really stretches my creative side. I posted the order in the photo yesterday and I had to photograph it before I packed it! I love all the bright colours together and I like them even more on the bright green tissue paper...that bright pink, coral and leaf green are really making me smile :-)

craft x2

I've been asked to create some finger puppets for a customer ::

here we have pig, cow, rabbit, chicken & fox ::

They will be exclusive to her online shop...I'll be sure to let you know when they are listed over there!

I was a little behind reading my Bloglines list and I clicked onto the Craft blog and look ::

my little workshop has been given a minute of fame :-)

yay!!

keeping Betty busy

After years of being stuck between a wardrobe and a set of shelves Betty is loving the workshop!

She has been put to good use modelling some new brooches I have made.

and I think her chocolate brown-ness sets them off beautifully :-)

Sweet Tooth

I can't stop with the cupcakes!
Little mini ones this time, in bright cheerful colours.

*Yum*

workshop news

*Betty has moved in ::

(I bought Betty about 10 years ago for £10 from a charity shop...I love that she is covered in brown terry towelling!)
*John has put my rails on the wall ::

*The pinboard is up, and has now been photographed ::
(The fabric was designed to be cut up and edged to turn the squares into handkerchiefs, but for me, it's a daily wall planner!)

*I've tried to do a fancy panorama-thing with some photos so you can see everything as I do standing at the end of the table...it's almost worked ::
(I'll pop the picture on flickr too)

*A Workshop Page has been added to my website ... there are more photos, along with opening hours and contact details etc