Buttons and Bags

What better than to combine two of my favourite things.. buttons, and bags?

A button bag!

This cute little bag measures 5.5" x 4" and is listed in my etsy shop. It contains these two little butterfly fabric buttons as well. What better place to store your buttons?

Look also at these little pretties purchased from the bead store in Chester - I'd highly recommend it if you live in the area :)

Eagle eyed readers will also notice the bargainous prices!

Stripy bag

I do like making bags!

I'm putting this new stripy one in my etsy shop today.

Lined tote bag

This is my latest creation - a spotty tote bag with a smily Mrs. Flower on the front. It's fully lined and machine sewn, and I'm really quite pleased with it!

Sorry for the delay!

It's been two whole weeks since I last posted on here - I'm sorry, dear readers! It's been a really manic two weeks so I do have a good excuse (honest!).

Since going part-time at work I've been busier than I ever thought possible - I am teaching 4 evenings a week now including a class of 10 which is great.

And also, my dad has been very ill this past few weeks so I have been rushing all over the place, including a delightful late night trip to the hospital at 12.30 on saturday night (nicely timed, Dad).. he seems to be improving now though, so that's good.

Consequently I have not been left with very much time at all to do my peggycrafts things, but have no fear, I will be back with a vengeance soon! I also found out about a new fabric superstore (how did I not know of this before?) in Manchester so I will be going along there as soon as I get a spare hour.

Helen xx

Being planet friendly

I've added a new PeggyCrafts sturdy, re-usable cotton shopping bag to my etsy shop.

It's nice to think that my little crafty bag might save someone from having to use lots and lots of carrier bags. PeggyCrafts is going green! :)

Scented Mrs. Flowers

Hmmmmmmmm!

http://peggycrafts.co.uk/page3.htm

I'd better not tell anyone on here that this was actually my boyfriends's idea, as it might make him appear less manly than he would hope. So, no-one tell him! ;-)

New Year's Eve!

Hello everyone,

Firstly, did everyone have a great Christmas? I hope so. Mine was really nice - at home with my family for a few days and my boyf came along too, so it was really enjoyable. Here's a pic of my dog after the present-giving festivities had ended... you can see what his favourite present was!!

A huge thanks to all of you who left comments on my left blog post to help me think of new ideas for the 2009 peggycrafts range! My out and out winner, mostly due to sheer volume of ideas, is lovely TipTop! Ruth, please could you send me your address, and I will post out a little thank you to you! I particularly like the idea of pencil toppers - definitely going to get going on that one - and felty alphabet and animal characters too. Thanks everyone!

Well, I'd better get on with cleaning my flat now, ready for our New Year's guests this evening! Happy New Year everyone!!xx

Mrs. Snowflake and Competition Time!!

Look at Mrs. Snowflake on top of her tree :)

I've had some good news today - it's been confirmed that I will be going part-time in my day job after Christmas and

that means... that's right... lots of crafting!!!! I'm going to get super organised in January, and create a whole new range of products which I've been dreaming up.

To celebrate, I welcome any comments containing ideas for new characters to build into my new range. Already I have flowers (many of them), christmas characters, Mrs. Cloud, hearts... Any ideas received in my comments before Christmas will be entered into a little draw and I will send the winner a New Year's parcel of goodies...

Ideas on a comment, please!

xx

Sneak Attacks

I've just found out about the coolest thing which I'm so taken with, I decided to post about it. There's a big group of people who log on to http://www.handmademovement.com/ and participate in 'Sneak Attacks'. Basically, everyone goes to a little-known, usually new etsy seller, one who hasn't had many sales yet and looks as though they are struggling to get started selling their crafts. Then, as many people as possible purchase something from their shop, meaning that the seller gets squillions of sales all in one go! What a confidence boost to new business owners!

Well that's my sharing for the day. How are all of you?

I was thinking of having a little sale as well. I've got one Christmas stocking left (tree design) who I'm hoping will be snapped up before Christmas. Anyway, it's now 25% cheaper at my etsy store, and may even have a free gift thrown in too. :)

Brrrrrrrr

It's very cold up here in the north these last few days... I'm at home with my fleece and scarf on and I'm enjoying the little bit of warmth given out by my laptop!

It's been another busy week, and Friday has come around really quickly. I've been out for coffee with my friends this evening, which was nice - we chatted about school and teaching (we're all teachers of one sort or another). Last night I was sliding about in my car going between lessons, and my favourite pupils gave me a bottle of wine to say thanks for their lessons so far - so that was very nice.

On the crafting front it's been a little quiet - the fair we were supposed to go to last weekend was cancelled unfortunately. I'm tootling along nicely with etsy and the website - and have an order from a work friend which I will complete over the weekend for some Mrs. Snowflakes!