Personalised Wedding Cushion

Today i thought I'd share a recent commission i have just finished.  A customer who has purchase a few items off my Facebook Page contacted me recently and asked if could make her a personalised wedding cushion with a VW camper van on.  I loved making it as i don't get as much time to do applique projects as I'd like.  On this occasion i decided to do it slightly different and found a handy tip that i will always use from now on.  Instead of appliqueing the cut pieces onto the cushion face i decided to heat n bond the pieces first and fix them in place then applique over them.  I'm so glad i did it made the process so much easier as the pieces didn't move around and were easier to cut out as well as they were a bit more sturdy.  Anyway what do you think of the end result?......

Anyone for cupcakes?

This weekend one of our best friends got married.  A while back they asked if i would make them 100 cupcakes as they didn't want a traditional cake.  It seemed like a nice thing to do for them so i said yes!!!!.  12 hours of baking,rolling,decorating later and that idea really didn't seem such a good one anymore.  Don't get me wrong i loved being able to do something useful for them but given i have only ever made cupcakes once or twice before 100 all in one go was stressful to say the least...  Anyway here's how they turned out.

 And here's a sneaky photo of me and Mr G at the reception.  My smile is one of relief that i managed to pull it off and even had a few compliments on how they looked at tasted.  Alls well that ends well!

Last minute inspiration and some shabby chic keepsakes.

Today at school Lili has to go dressed in red white and blue as they are having a Royal party to celebrate the wedding of William & Kate tomorrow. Last night whilst getting her clothes out I had an inspirational thought to jazz up a plain white t-shirt. Out came some felt and my rotary cutter and 10 minutes later tad ah…

Now it looks wonky on the picture but its just how Lili is stood. She is chuffed as mint balls and said I’m going to tell everyone you made it mummy – Mmm I suspect they may guess that sweetheart!!!

This last week I have been working really hard to get my Facebook page up and running and updating online shop. I feel that I have been neglecting you all as I haven’t been able to catch up on all the blogs I follow (350+) but I promise to get back with it this weekend. We have a couple of weddings coming up over the next few months so I have been making little keepsakes. Here’s a few I made this week.

I have also been making more stock for my online shop and some craft fairs I have signed up to. What do you think?