Handmade Monday

Well another week has rolled by and it would appear it's Monday again. Not sure quite where
the week has gone but I know I've been very busy. As well as my crafty goings on I've managed to get to 31 weeks pregnant and attend a lovely wedding weekend in sunny Surrey.

According to my consultant who I saw on Friday (Oh yes another event)! Little Miss Mack is trying to make an appearance and is very, very low so I am on strict rest from now on. That just means I need to sit down a lot so thankfully I have a comfy chair in my studio right next to my sewing machine!

This was me at the wedding, I had made myself a nice brooch to wear, but when I got ready I realised it was actually a bit much what with the funky faschinator/hat and big necklace so it stayed in our room. I am umming and arring whether to put it up for sale or keep it. What do you think?

I also made this one to wear for the bridal breakfast on Sunday. You can see me wearing it above when hubby took my 31 week bump photo. This one is a definate keeper but I can see a few more coming on for sale as it's really cute.

Next on the agenda for the week was lots of 'little things' for crafft fairs. Quick to make, low price items that can be made in batches that bring in the pennies at events. I went for these fab little fabric covered button clips (Available on my facebook page for £3.00 a pair)

I've made them in a number of different fabrics and you can see all the pictures in this gallery. I sold 4 pairs within minutes of posting the pictures so I think they will be popular!

I also cracked open my vintage fabric box and made 12 of these lovely lavender bags all in different fabrics. Again you can see them all here. (They are the last 12 in the album).

Last but not least I made some cards. Something I havn't done in ages but I wanted to find a way to use up my scraps. I was really pleased with the outcome and again I sold quite a few as soon as they were posted up on the facebook page here.

I celebrated their creation with a strawberry whoopie pie from Co-op OMG they are amazing, go buy some right now.........it's an order!

Believe it or not I'm only on Thursday so far! Lunchtime brought the rather early arrival of my babysitters baby. Nellie Harvey was born a tiny 1lb 10oz at only 27 weeks gestation and is thankfully fine and being cared for in the NICU. To celebrate her arrival I made this little scrappy quilt for her incubator.

I love to make handmade gifts so I spent Friday creating this lucky charm for the bride. I took lots of lovely vintage buttons, lace and trim and paired them up with some lovely linen. I even tried my hand at embroidery which is something I dont usually do. I was really pleased with the finished item, if not a little on the large side! I am undecided as to whether to offer these for sale in the future though, I think the time and materials it takes to make might make it just a little too expensive to produce on a commercial basis.


So thats been my crafty week, thanks for sharing it with me. Tune in next week for more Handmade Monday.