Superwoman..and she doesn't know it

Over the month of may I joined the Mad Mayhemmers on Folksy, it's a personal challenge to list one item a day for the full month.
I found it quite challenging but it helped me to achieve something daily, and it was a great way to fill up my shop, I tend to make things, then pop the finished item back into a box..."How is it going to sell if no-one sees it?" is the question my other half would often ask me.
During the month of May I "met" some fabulous folksy folk and one seemed to stick out..Natalie from NOfkantsCurios, Natalie was always around morning, noon and night to answer questions.... she was full of praise for us all, bringing us all together as friends... doing silly "happy dances" when we had a sale..... as well as playing the sales fairy herself a few times!









These are a few of my favourites from Natalie's shop.

I don't know a lot about Natalie but what I do know is that she has two full time jobs....a family..at least two children but I am sure it's three....time and patience for others...without her help I would not have been able to do this blog with photos!
What I do know is Natalie lives in my neck of the woods so we WILL be meeting for coffee and that I now have a fully stocked shop!

Oh and I am part of the June Loonie Gang!

Something to read..

I bought this fabric a wee while ago as I thought it was a little different, I also thought most of the goodies I create are female led and maybe I could make something more manly...not sure I succeeded but teen Mushy does have his eye on the bunting, although he did say "why didn't you make it into a cushion or better still a mobile phone cover"..watch this space!

A Third of the way there!!

http://http//www.folksy.com/shops/maxineveronica13

http://http//www.folksy.com/shops/STEAMPUNKSTOR

http://http//www.folksy.com/shops/ArtBazaar

http://http//www.folksy.com/shops/clairezcardz

At the beginning of May I joined a group in Folksy for all the mad people!..well not quite but by joining I have "signed up" to list a new goodie in my shop everyday through out the month of May, well I have made it a third of the way through! yippee.

Here is a little selection of my favourites from day 10 only 21 more days to go....

Tea and Cake

Everyone loves tea and cake or is it just me and my friends?

I purchased a lovely collection of fabric a while back and amongst it was a yummy collection of tea, coffee and cake fabric, the pieces of fabric were too small to really make anything with so I thought I would cut out as many cups of tea and doughnuts as possible then I sewed them onto contrasting fabric and made them into little lavender bags/keyrings.

They look almost as yummy as the real thing...don't you think?

Buttons..buttons and more buttons!

Can a girl ever have enough buttons??? Ok so I do have a problem but I am sure a lot of you crafters out there are exactly the same?!

Just before I went away for Easter I received a huge amount of buttons...I spent days drooling over the colours and deciding which colours would be the most sensible to buy (see I'm not all consumed), I love to make Button Bracelets and I use a lot of buttons on various sewing creations.

I started thinking even I won't get through this amount of buttons for a while so I've decided to share them! They will be listed on my websites over the next few days so you can indulge with me!

Bunting...bunting...bunting...

I have busy this week making bunting using some of the material which arrived from Japan... I have appliqued the Russian dolls onto the flags, which look good, I sold a set really quickly and thought I should probably make more...

Next I made Blue, red, yellow balloon bunting, I contrasted it with a deep blue which looks great...so good that when I was making it, wee mushy asked to have it in his bedroom, so that is where it is hanging!..yes I will need to make more...

Lastly I made pink and blue stripey bunting contrasting it with white..my thinking behind this one was that it could be used easily for both boys or girls, well I am helping to organise a friends baby shower for this weekend and yes you have guessed ...it will be hanging up in the room to decorate along with the blue and pink balloons!...Off to make some more!

The bunting can be purchased from my website.. www.mariefinlay.co.uk

Swap.....

As many of you know I have a "thing" about buttons, ok, ok I have an obsession with them...Well how delighted was I when this arrived in a wee parcel on Saturday morning.

I had joined my first folksy swap which Zoe http://www.folksy.com/users/jewelbox had organised.

I added my name to the list hoping I would "get in" and I did!

This arrived beautifully wrapped and presented ...it felt like my Birthday.

One of the first things I did was check out who "Mai" was on Folksy to see what other delights could be found in her shop... I wasn't disappointed and you won't be either.. http://www.folksy.com/users/CraftyLittleMia I feel I have found a new friend with an obsession too!( obviously in a healthy way!)

I have also found Mia here http://twitter.com/CraftyLittleMia and have been enjoying getting to know her a little better..I hope she doesn't feel I have turned into a stalker...I just like to get to know like minded friends a wee bit better.

Wee mushy has taken a liking to the bookmark too!