My Mojo's back and Christmas is coming!

Morning All,

I can't believe so long has passed since I last posted....and yet in other ways I can.  I have taken on the voluntary role of Fundraiser for Playgroup which is keeping me more than busy. Hubby has been off work with work related stress and continuing symptoms of his Post Concussion Syndrome and Elliot has started to -well I can't call it crawling - swivel, shimmy, roll to get around. So with this and the ever active Sophie, finding time to craft has been difficult, almost impossible. For a while, I had no inspiration whatsoever, not even any ideas swimming round in my head, but with the constant nag that Christmas is on the way and a few personalised requests, I made myself sit down and start.

Here are my recent personalised makes:

Unlike the ones I have seen online which are just prints, I wanted to try this in a box frame with raised letters on some words and flat words on others to give it some depth. Quite pleased with the final result, although it was hard work cutting out all the letters by hand and will be much easier when I have a cutting machine again.

 

 

I was asked to make a personalised christening card. I have a Sizzix Texture Boutique which is giving me lots of food for thought at the mo and I love using it. I'm getting into embossing a lot more recently. I also have some really nice punches that I don't use enough. When I was making all the components for this card, I thought it might look too much altogether, but actually I am really pleased with the finished result.

 

 

My final recent make was just yesterday and it's had a great response on Facebook. I've had this idea for a 3d Christmas Tree going round in my head for over a year now. I did have a cutting template for something similar but can't use it as my machines broke. So I needed to go back to basics to achieve a similar effect.  Here it is....

Really pleased with this. It took ages, but now I know what I'm doing, the next few shouldn't take as long, I've been asked to do a tutorial on this, which will appear on here in the next few days.

That's all for now. My mojo's definitely back, must get on!

Online Craft Fair Today

Morning Peeps,

Just letting you know I am taking part in an online craft fair today between 11.30 and 4.30 on Facebook, along with a few hundred other crafters! A perfect opportunity to buy special gifts, particularly if you're starting to think about Christmas Presents.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1429956127293374/

New projects

HI everyone,

I know I've been a bit quiet since the website launch at the beginning of the month... been busy! Besides taking a weeks holiday with the kiddies in Wales and being ill for a week, I've been making bits for orders and thinking about my Christmas Collection.

Here are two of the orders I've made this month, an order for 85 place cards for a wedding where they'd been let down at the last minute...

 

and a jewellery order...

 

 

 

Now, I'm thinking about my Christmas Stock. Yes I know it's still August, but a lot of other companies are launching theirs now and I am already receiving enquiries about Christmas items, so I'm starting now so I don't have such a manic rush!

 

Speak Soon

 

 

 



 

Emotional Rollercoaster

Hello everyone,

Huge apologies again to you all. The run up to Christmas was busy with Christmas Fairs and preparing for the birth of our baby boy (elective Caesarian booked for 14/1/2014).

Then on top of everything, Wayne's Nan was admitted to hospital with pneumonia on Christmas Day.  Our Christmas and New Year seem to have been spent constantly at Gloucester Royal, if not visiting Nan, with false starts and weird baby symptoms.

Elliot Roy Tuckwell was born - as planned - on the 14th January. The first 48 hours of his life were worrying. He couldn't maintain his body temperature so was in an incubator for a few hours. He was also born with a grunt, so the hospital decided to start him on antibiotics and take bloods to grow cultures which would show if there was an infection anywhere. Those were the longest 48 hours, waiting for the cultures to grow. As it was, the grunt disappeared after a day and he was given the all clear, which meant we were home as a family again 48 hours after right. I was so glad to be home.  We were both concerned about how Sophie would be with him, but she has been perfect. Such a caring, doting, and helpful big sister.

Wayne's Nan continued to have good and bad days in and out of hospital, she was finally sent to Lydney hospital for recuperation with a view to sending her home at some point..... When the Norovirus hit.  She finally succumbed and died in the early hours of the 27th January. Just as Wayne was due to return to work after paternity, he now had to take time off to execute Nan's estate and all the associate problems.

Needless to say, we are only just getting back on our feet...slowly. I have postponed the website launch, currently in the process of tidying my craft space (again) and then onwards and upwards.