Fathers Day Idea's

Given its only just over 4 weeks till Fathers Day i thought i would write a post on Fathers Day Idea's.  personally i find most men hard to buy for my dad being no exception!  Even harder than this is trying to find craft projects to make things for them!!.  Anyway here's some of the items i have been making so far:-

If you want some more idea's pop over to my Fathers Day photo album on my Facebook Page .  If you want to share any of my idea's then all i ask is that you link back to this blog of my facebook page.   

First Fair of the year and some Fathers day makes

Yesterday I did my first fair of the year. It didn’t start off well as when I arrived I found that they were also holding a car boot sale on the same site as well as the Scarecrow Festival. Had I known that I wouldn’t have agreed to a stall as car boot sales don’t really attract the kind of customer that is willing to pay a fair price for handcrafted goods. Anyway I was told to set up my stall in the field next to Linda who is a lovely soap maker. When I asked about cover they said its ok if it starts to rain you can come under the marquee we are saving for the Mayor!!. Bear in mind the Mayor wasn’t attending till 3pm to announce some competition winners!. After a lot of messing about they finally let us use half of the marquee. In the end I did ok and sold quite a few items but we ended up packing up by 12pm as it was raining quite hard so all the carbooters had gone and with them the customers!. We also got a £10 refund for the stalls which I think was quite fair given we had paid £25 each and the car booters paid £6!!. Anyway here is a pic of my stall….

This Sunday is Fathers Day and last week I was really busy making Fathers Day related orders from my folksy shop and Facebook page. Here’s a few items that may give you some idea’s that you might want to try and make yourself and if not feel free to visit my Folksy shop.

Fathers Day ideas

I thought i would post some pics of some of the Fathers Day bits and bobs i have been making up for my Folksy shop recently.  It might give you all some inspiration and make you want to have a go at some of them.  All my projects are simple (a bit like me sometimes!) so what are you waiting for - go create!.

 I think i will make another of these so that Miss G can give one to Mr G for Fathers Day.

 The crazy owl fabric returns to make this ipod case that fits both ipod and earphones in.  I got the fabric from fabricrehab if you fancy getting some.  Warning that site is seriously addictive!!

 I have been meaning to use this Giraffe fabric for a while so though a mobile phone holder would be a good start.

 Back to my wood addiction!!

 Ok Edna isn't for Fathers Day but couldn't help showing you all my latest cute owl cushion.  I'm working on the tutorial so should have it uploaded at some point this weekend.

Fathers Day Bookmark

Well you all know me by now! Once an event or season has passed i swiftly move onto the next!.  So Easter and the Royal Wedding have gone and now i'm onto Fathers Day gifts (when is it by the way?!).  This bookmark is an easy project to whip together and can look great if you embellish it well.  I used an oversized luggage tag some organza ribbon a large metal brad and some scrapbook papers and this is what i made....

 How cute is this metal brad. perfect for Fathers Day (don't ask where i got it though because for the life of me i can't remember!!)