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Sorry i haven't been around for a while but life has been pretty busy over the last few weeks.  On sunday i did my First Farmers Market and was quite reluctant when i woke up to torrential rain storms!!.  Luckily i was in a marquee.  We did have one hairly moment when we thought the Marquee may take off in the wind but other than that the day went well.  I was amazed that people still turned out and were buying.  I managed to sell some handbags, pumps bags, crayon rolls, book marks, cards and completely sold out of scented hearts.  I was pleased as punch that people actually wanted to buy my items.  This weekend it is my aunties birthday and my mum has asked to make her a casual bag and a card.  I put in a zipped pocket inside for the first time.  It has a drawstring fastening.  i hope she likes it!.

I did two cards just in case.....

Recent makes and an exciting weekend

Morning Lovies,

How are we all today?  Well i am very excited as its our wedding anniversary on Monday so we are going away for the weekend to Manchester.  By coincidence (or very sneaky planning by me!) the Stitch & Creative Craft show is on at the GMEX all weekend.  I have managed to strike a deal and am going to pop myself on a train there tomorrow morning spend the morning and early afternoon at the show then meet hubby at the hotel.  i have booked the day off and he is finishing early and coming straight to the hotel.  A big thanks to hubby's auntie L as she is coming to stay at ours for the weekend to have Lili.  Friday night we are booked in to a restaurant for a meal and then on Saturday we are back to the GMEX.  No I'm not that sad that i have to go 2 days on the run!!! there is a wine fair on in the other exhibition hall and we are going there with friends.  last year we went to the wine fair and that's how i found out the creative crafts show was on at the same time ( as i was forced to walk past the exhibition hall sulking and drooling!!).  Lets hope the weather stays nice. 

I won't be making anything this weekend (although i may sneak a sock monkey in whilst on the train!) so here's what i have made this week.  The picture at the top is a bag i have made using the buttercup tutorial and then altering it to make it bigger.  here is inside

If you want to make a buttercup bag by Rae the free tutorial is here

                                       
This buttercup bag i made to the same size as the pattern in Faux leather for my friend who wants a black going out bag.

I love the funky lining material which was some fabric passed onto me.

This is a oversized shopping tote that i made up.  my mum asked me to make it for my Auntie.  hope she likes it!

CRAFTY SUNDAY

I haven't joined in with crafty sunday for a few weeks as i have been on holiday but this week i have a few things to show.  it has been a manic week with work being really busy and trying to catch up on holiday washing/ironing and fitting in some crafting in between!!!.

Anyway without further a do this weeks makes include some pump bags that i made using gorgeous owl fabric which i just love. i also have it in girly pinks.  I also made co-ordinating crayon rolls.

This pink fabric i have had for a while and couldn't think what to make with it.

This is a one hour ric rac bag which is so easy to make (and it does take less than an hour!!). If you fancy making one the tutorial is here

Craft Fair Makes Part 1

At the moment i don't have much time to blog :-( as i am doing a craft fair on saturday and have quite a few things still to make.  I thought i would share a few of the things i have made so far. I have also made some girls bunting for the first time and i have to say i am really pleased with how it looks. i'll take some pics when i get chance and post them.

I think the cupcake bookmarks are quite sweet so will probably make some more of those for saturday.

Crayon Rolls -I love how easy these are to make

A bit of sewing and broken machine!

Ok why is it that things always go wrong when you really don't want them to or don't have the time for them to do!.   There is never a good time for your sewing machine to break but 4 days before a craft fair really couldn't be much worse!!. I had geared myself up to spend from tea time onwards sewing last night..... I'm half way through a handbag when my machine jams and will not work Arggh.  I then had to spend the next hour and a half trying to work out the problem by dissecting the machine.  At first i was thinking ok i'm a civil engineer i'm supposed to be technically minded surely i can figure this out  - erm no!!.  Anyway I eventually worked out that the spool holder wasn't turning because a piece had dropped at the back which meant it was catching. I then decided to try a quick fix of stuffing fabric (with a pair of tweezers) under the piece of metal so that it can't drop and the spool holder can turn.  To my surprise it actually worked and i managed to keep sewing and finish the bag plus another one and some bunting.  Now i need to get it looked at (can't wait to explain how i have temporarily fixed it!).  

Anyway here is one of the bags i managed to finish

CRAFTY SUNDAY Again

Well its sunday already (where has the week gone) and time to show off any crafty makes for crafty sunday.  I haven't really had much chance for crafting this week as things have been hectic and today is fathers Day so has been a family day. I Did manage to make two handbags this week though and i'm halfway through a dress for my little girl.  Does baking a cake then decorating it count?  Well even if it doesn't i'm still counting it :-).  to say its my first attempt at decorating a cake and it was a bit of a rush job i'm silently pleased with it.

This bag was made using a spare piece of fabric and then a bargin pair of tiebags bought from Dunelm for 25p to make the handle and the bit round the centre. 

This bag was done using the ricrac 1 hour bag tutorial which is a great tutorial to follow as it is simple to follow and a great bag to try if you are a novice (like me!).  If you want to try it here is the link