Drum roll!! drum roll!!!.....

I thought it was about time that I had a "GIVEAWAY" on my fb page for all the great support I have had from "Likers"...so last week I left a message saying that I would really love to reach 500 fans...well you lot have been fab and in less than 24 hours I reached the magic number! I did say on fb that the draw would be on Friday at 7pm, unfortunately wee Mushy was vomiting at just about that time! and for the rest of the evening.....First thing this morning still in his jimjams wee Mushy had a special role to play ...picking from the hat the lucky winner.

With over 150 names in the hat , he managed to place them all in his sunhat.....

Shake.....shake.....shake....

pick out a name.......

Drum roll..................................................................

............................................the lucky winner is..........................................

Cara Aitch Homer!!!!! well done Cara and thank you so much for taking part in my first "proper" giveaway.

Look out for next months "giveaway"......

Taking risks

I have been very busy over the last month organising, planning and plotting!

An opportunity came along which I thought long and hard about ... a local lady was opening up a shop at our local garden centre for local crafters, you pay for the space/unit/shelving on a three month selling licence... a little shop inside a shop!

The pessimistic side of me was saying..Mmmm too expensive...what if nothing sells etc etc

but the positive side was saying, a shop open 7 days a week...location is fab everyone likes garden centres?...I sell well at craft fairs when customers get to touch and feel....it's only money I'm losing!

So yesterday I dragged a friend along (Thank you Sophia) to help me set up "my space", a white wooden shelving unit. I signed on the dotted line and paid up!

It opens tomorrow morning at 10 and the grand opening will be in September.

Am I taking a risk?!....Watch this space.

You don't NEED anything but you WANT it!

Most things I make you don't need but you may want!....I sometimes struggle with this, I know that most things I buy I don't need but I DO want, is it a girl thing?? as most of my girlfriends are exactly the same we googoo and gaga over handbags, shoes, jewellery and anything else that is a bit "special"...often it's an impulse buy where "you have to have it now" and other times it's a oh I'll think about it....boy do you think about it from the moment you leave the shop or website, justifying why you should have it until you decide you can't live without it, then as you decide you will have it, it's gone! too late someone else has snatched it up!
How do you feel when you see these items...some I have bought on impulse and others I am deciding upon...but how long before they are gone!

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?