I am walking on clouds at the minute. After an awful day of cleaning up dog vomit, visits to the vet and the news that my wee pet may need an operation, I got a phone call…. Cant say details just yet but I'm so excited and terrified it'll fall through. But I think Ill let myself believe its true for the rest of the day at least….
Ill update soon and hopefully it'll be good news!
Also Etsy update tomorrow! Ill be listing some new items so check it out!
So the time has finally come! my etsy shop is up and running. Keep in mind I havent yet listed everything so more items will appear over the coming days! I’d love you to check it out and get any feedback for logos or ideas…I eventually plan on doing custom orders so get thinking!
Anyway check it out
God Im so bad at keeping up with this blog but its not all my fault I swear. Apparently the wifi thingy on my laptop is temper mental and will only work when my Dad tinkers with it!
My etsy shop is starting to take shape now, I just need to photograph all my bits (phew thats gonna take a while), come up with and design a logo and header and hopefully Ill be good to go.
Oh yawn I have to go to sleep, the combination of digging (up the garden for mum), crochet and a terrible day has made me long for my bed!
Finally I have returned to the crochet world after an extended Christmas break although diversions have not made it easy. Neither has the lack of brightly coloured wool. I have however begun an attempt at a shawl scarf thing in shell crochet which is quite pretty although had to start off with 202 stitches. This instils terror in my heart, I'm used to 25 stitches at most…
Ooh I have finally found super soft and super chunky wool so watch this space for cupcake brooches and the like!
Over Christmas I became rather distracted with dressmaking… well I say dressmaking I actually mean messing around with the sewing machine. So I attempted sewing a simple clutch bag and it worked out well so I tried another and another and now I am completely obsessed. So I found this amazing fabric on eBay so hopefully Ill be adding bags and purses to my collection.
I am also attempting the far more challenging ruffled, gathered, lace-y, tiered skirt pattern I found somewhere. Its hideously complicated but I'm well excited to see how it'll turn out. I have since discovered that I am a lace-y, ruffle kind of gal, oh and ribbons. My mind is actually whirling so much I cant even think but all Ill say is watch this space for photos and much more lace filled adventures!
So my first attempt at making Turkish delight did not go to plan…Instead of being lovely and squidgy it was in fact rock hard, it did taste nice though. However the majority ended up in the bin, people like their teeth apparently.
So now plans have to change for the fair. No more Turkish delight (mmm rose water…) chocolate truffles will have to do.
On a lighter note my Devils food cake tissue box cover is going well though I cant decide which colour whipped cream swirls to do, cream or chocolate ah or both!! and chocolate sprinkles! I'm excited!
Right back to work now, must make up for the two wasted Turkish delight hours!
So not so much of a day off as it was a day of cleaning one room…but on the up side the sitting room was lovely and tidy for a few hours… I did get a pair of mittens done though, had to change the colour due to my dwindling wool supplies.
Also forgot to finish my dress so tomorrow it is! Have an pile to do tomorrow, grapefruit rounds to crochet, labels to attach, label programs to try and figure out before they break my computer, oh lord Im tired of thinking! To bed now, oh sleep I miss you…