…I started a project that I just could not put down. On Sunday I started working on a new design to print using gocco (after getting very carried away printing cards last week), and I fully intended to work on it over the course of this week, with the aim being to finish it by [...]
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Oops, I did it again…
Posted in General craftiness, tagged gocco, mail, notecards, philately, post, print gocco, stamps, stationery, travel on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Road to Life…
Posted in General craftiness, tagged bookbinding, journal, notebook, recycling, sketchbook, upcycling, vintage on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
… and The Express Ready Reckoner are the two newest additions to my Etsy shop. I picked up these lovely books at the beginning of May, and they’ve now been transformed into notebooks (or sketchbooks, if you prefer, as the pages of these are 140gsm cartridge paper). Click here to view the revamped vintage [...]
Ready, set… gocco!
Posted in General craftiness, tagged birthday card, dandelion clock, happy birthday, illustration, notecards, postcards, print gocco, printed wonders, puppy, stationery, xtina lamb on May 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
You might remember that, a couple of weeks ago, I attended a print gocco workshop run by Xtina Lamb. I really enjoyed the workshop and fell completely in love with print gocco. Since then I’ve been thinking of designs (and buying up as many supplies as I can afford), and this week my plotting bore [...]
Beatrix Potter bunting back in stock
Posted in General craftiness, tagged beatrix potter, benjamin bunny, bunting, flopsy bunnies, jeremy fisher, mini bunting, peter rabbit, recycling, repurposing, squirrel nutkin, upcycling on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I had a custom order for some bunting so I figured I might as well make some more Beatrix Potter bunting while I was at it. Click here to see what’s available.
Print Gocco with Xtina Lamb
Posted in General craftiness, tagged craft central, print gocco, xtina lamb on May 5, 2012 | 3 Comments »
You may remember that, a while back, I bought a Gocco printer. Well, that was all very grand but I didn’t have a clue what to do with it until Kirsty (of The Leopard Anchor) gave me a heads up that Xtina Lamb was running another print Gocco workshop. I immediately treated myself to a [...]
They love the laughter and they love the living…
Posted in General craftiness, tagged moomin, moomins, needle felting on May 2, 2012 | 3 Comments »
If you’re a fan of the Moomins then you’ll recognise the title of this post, and if you’re not then this post probably won’t interest you much anyway! A couple of weeks ago I made a needle felted Moomin (which was then sent to a friend to act as a pick-me-up). I had planned to [...]
Enid Blyton notebooks now back in stock
Posted in General craftiness, tagged enid blyton, notebooks, recycling, the enchanted wood, the magic faraway tree, the naughtiest girl in the school, upcycling on April 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
These have proved popular in the past, and so I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been able to add another six of these kitsch notebooks to my Etsy shop. Titles include The Magic Faraway Tree, The Enchanted Wood, and the Naughtiest Girl in the School. Click here to view what’s available.
Beatrix Potter bunting
Posted in General craftiness, tagged beatrix potter, bunting, decoration, flags, peter rabbit, recycling, upcycling on April 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I mentioned that I’d been using old book pages to make bunting, and said that I’d post more details later this week. Well, no time like the present! I saw some bunting made with book pages quite recently, and although it was pretty I thought it a little plain (it used pages which were [...]
Wednesday work in progress
Posted in General craftiness, tagged beatrix potter, beekeeper's quilt, bookbinding, bunting, enid blyton, hexipuffs, miniature bunting, notebooks, patchwork, peter rabbit, quilting, the leopard anchor on April 25, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I’m a little tired this morning so I’m stealing borrowing today’s title from Kirst over at The Leopard Anchor, she regularly posts a Wednesday WIP and it’s a great idea. I’ve got quite a lot on the go at the moment, inspiration is a lot like London buses – you wait ages for an idea [...]
Pottering around
Posted in General craftiness, tagged beatrix potter, benjamin bunny, children's literature, coptic binding, flopsy bunnies, jemima puddleduck, jeremy fisher, mr tod, mrs tiggy-winkle, mrs tittlemouse, notebooks, peter rabbit, recycling, squirrel nutkin, tailor of gloucester, tale of two bad mice, upcycling, vintage on April 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’ve had a bit of a yen for Beatrix Potter recently, and my latest batch of notebooks is a bit of a dead giveaway. I bought a batch of vintage Beatrix Potter books and then wondered what to do with them… They look pretty much like you’d expect these books to look, but I was [...]
