Seeing spots

This weekend's peggycrafts activity has mostly been centred on spots and dots... (spotty buttons available on my website)

I also had a little experiment with a button / sequin combo which I'm quite pleased with... (it was a bit dark when I took this picture)

As well as trying to tidy up my piles of felt and sewing things which have been slowly taking over the living room!

New jewellery bags

Just popping by to post a picture of the new sequinned jewellery bags I've added to my website this evening.

I love the gentle colours of this one. I only realised after it all came together, that it would be lovely for holding wedding jewellery or for giving small presents to lovely bridesmaids.

I also received some exciting news today, but unfortunately I can't share this with you just yet! As soon as I know a bit more, I'll post news and pictures.

Bye for now,

xx

A week of sewing and planting

This week I've been spending some time outside while the sun's shining, planting up some summery looking plants!

This is the first time we've had a place with an outside patio, so I'm really enjoying learning about the different plants, how to care for them, where to put them etc. I hope we get a lovely long summer so I can sit outside and enjoy them!

Indoors, I've spent a fair bit of time sewing orders for jewellery bags. I've had a large wholesale order for them and a few smaller orders as well. It must be all those talented jewellery makers out there, wanting some pretty soft packaging for their creations!

Below: my sewing kit (don't you love my pretty tape measure :) )

Bye for now!x

Tinkering

I've been tinkering with my website this afternoon, just improving the look of the home page and adding a few pictures here and there.

It's been a nice relaxing Easter in our household, with lots of choccy being eaten! I've used the four days off work to relax a bit and catch up on some jobs here and there.

Wow...Thank You!

Just popping by to let all my dear readers know (in case you don't already) about a lovely and fabulous new site called Wow Thank You.

http://www.wowthankyou.co.uk/

It has recently been launched by the very dedicated Tracey and Georgena and I think the site is looking fabulous. It just makes me realise how many extremely talented people there are out there - I was so impressed by some of the things.

If you look closely, you might see one or two Mrs. Flowers hiding in amongst the lovely items for sale!

It has also made me realise, that I wish I had more time to devote to my crafting. It is always there, on my mind, that I'd like to do a bit more, but I just never seem to find enough hours in the day. I know it's a cliché, but there always seems to be so much going on. I think if I just aim for half an hour a day, that should be doable, and I can rustle up something very cute in that time.

Anyway, I think you should all hope on over to Wow Thank You, and marvel at all the handiwork, and treat yourself to something lovely!

A little bit of sunshine

I went on holiday last week to the Canary Islands...

As you can see, it was sunny, warm, and beachy!

Now that I'm back it feels like there's a touch of spring in the air.

I'm off to plan a few easter themed craft goodies!

Pretty things

I've spent the last hour or two looking at some peoples' lovely things on etsy and wondering just how much money I could spend on there?

Look at these unbelievably cute paperclips...

I have to have them!


Meanwhile, I've been enjoying these lovely not-real-but-look-just-like-the-real-thing flowers, now up on our kitchen table...




And wrapping up one or two Peggycrafts things.

Hello everyone

Hi everyone

I haven't been around in blogland much over the last couple of months but I've been popping in to read other crafty blogs now and again to see how everyone's doing.

Unfortunately I wasn't so well at the end of last year, I had a lot of anxiety having lost my dad earlier in the year. I had a bit of time off and concentrated on me-time and feeling tons better now. I'm back at work and feeling a bit like an outsider but on the whole it's been good coming back and getting into the swing of things!

I'm also going to spend more time just enjoying my crafting this year. I'll see how it goes as time goes on but would like to expand my little business and maybe concentrate on it as more of a full time thing.

Hope everyone's well
Love

Helen xx

Holidays

This week, we got back from a fabulous holiday to Florida.

It's been a little tricky adjusting back to the cold English weather, I can tell you!

I'm keeping myself busy with preparing for the craft fair at Ordsall Hall, Salford on 11 October. It was a good day last year with a lovely atmosphere and some fabulous crafts.

If you're in the area, come and visit!

PeggyBakes

I love making cupcakes.

I saw some delightful little cakes a few weeks ago in a magazine, and decided to have a go at it myself. And, pleasingly, it turns out that cake-icing is not all that different from making pretty things from felt!

I mean, obviously, there’s no sewing involved, and the cake itself is a lot tastier than the fluffy stuffing I use in my felt projects. However, it still involves pretty colours and Mrs. Flowers!

I (well, my mum) am now in the process of trying to get all the bits and bobs I need sorting in order to sell my little cupcakes at craft fairs and on my website. I’m so excited at all the cakey possibilities there are. Personalised, fruity, pastel, brights, fairies, footballs...

There’s a fair bit of research, information-gathering and experimenting to do before expanding my little business to include PeggyBakes. Do I need a new website? How do I package cupcakes safely enough to send them?

But I’m so excited!!!