Sewing is for girls: Folksy Friday

Sewing is for girls: Folksy Friday: "seemingly gargantuan task of refreshing my ability to read music"

exciting times!

I was completely flabbergasted the other night, when as I scrolled idly through a marketing email from notonthehighstreet I saw THREE of my products! Something Wonderful Design on notonthehighstreet


Since then the orders have been flooding in. Exciting times indeed.. it could have been better timed though, as all four of my children have birthdays in the next 10 weeks.... admittedly the twins is on the same day, but nevertheless! The cupboards therefore are full of goodies I have been stockpiling in preparation for a ballet party, an easter party and a pirate party...................

The only thing is, as a creative control freak, I have to do everything myself! hence the linoprint party invites.... though I draw the line at painting a ballerina, so am currently bidding on a gorgeous vintage poster on ebay to use for 'pin the tiara on the ballerina'

Luckily I am getting a fair bit of help in the planning department from my soon to be 8 year old, who has been writing long lists of party games. The well known 'pass the melting easter egg' anyone? 'Musical Rabbits?' Wish me luck............

vintage inspiration!

vintage dresses, jackets, jewellery, bags... coffee and cakes.... friends (but hurrah no children for a few hours!) what a lovely way to spend a morning. However, the dress I really wanted was slightly out of my price range with its £190 price tag, so I contented myself with a long browse, and promptly went to the car boot sale, at the market every Sunday and bought THIS for £1
and THESE fab tea cards. The poor guy selling them must have got fed up with me standing there for ages picking out individual ones (they were 5p each) so offered me the whole box for a fiver. I am planning to use them as tags... I think....

chickens with sparkly cardigans

The title of this blog entry may seem a little abstract, until you see the picture below...

I have to say it has been one of the highlights of half term, to see a whole group of battery chickens wearing their hand-knitted (I assume bespoke!) cardigans, at a delightful little ramshackle farm we visited with friends.

Other joys were a full hour of sunshine- the children needed no more entertainment than a rusty tractor and a fallen log to keep them happy... combined with chocolate cakes, what more could one ask..........

make your own... whatever you want!

I have been dithering for ages about how to change my existing business cards before ordering new ones, and when I realised I had left it too late to order them in time for my next event I decided to make my own!

The design is handprinted from the linocut I made to print notes and thank yous; the stamped bit at the bottom is from a stamp I already had for the backs of my cards! Had I more time (ha ha) I would have cut the complete design into lino, but hey, they'll do for now.

couldn't resist...

Okay, so images of them are everywhere... but having practically grown up in one, I don't consider myself jumping on the bandwagon by making a linocut of my dream VW. 'Camper Love'. I just couldn't resist! So here is a sneaky peek at the first layer of pink. To be completed as a 2/3 colour editioned print...

never too late for a little LOVE?!

I know Valentine's Day was yesterday, but... I only came across this website today, and wanted to spread the word (and the love) about this amazing project.

I wish I could see it in person- have a look for yourselves!

A Love Letter for You