Craft Fair

I was at a craft fair in Wakefield on Saturday. My first one ever! Here's the say it stall all set up and looking lovely:

What do you think? I was pretty pleased for a first attempt, since I don't have any proper display stands.

There were some really excellent stalls with lovely items made by some very skilled makers. Sadly though, customers were in rather short supply. I'm not sure where everyone in Wakefield went on Saturday, but they certainly weren't at the craft fair! There must have only been around 20 people come in the whole day. We did our best, buying and selling to each other. I sold a couple of cards to the lady who was serving the refreshments! At least I know that the reason I didn't sell much wasn't because people didn't like the things I had made. Bit of a flop though really. Back to selling online now...

Handmade Monday

Firstly, a big welcome to any Handmade Monday readers - thank you very much for stopping by my blog.

So, what's 'Handmade Monday' you might be wondering? Well, I came across a lovely blog last week run by Wendy from 1st Unique Gifts. She's set up a weekly link swap, especially for bloggers who write about/make handmade items. The idea is that you leave a link to your blog on the Handmade Monday post, and it builds up a wonderful collection of new blogs to browse.

And it's Monday again, so I thought I'd let you know about this super opportunity. If you're looking for some new blogs with interesting content pop over to Handmade Monday. Today you can read about handmade notebooks, crocheted Easter chicks, rainbow mice, a tutorial for making a shopping bag, extreme crochet and themed handbags. And you could always leave a link back to your own blog if you'd like a few new visitors (they just ask that you put a link back to Handmade Monday on your own blog, only polite!).

Craft Fair

I've never had a stall at a craft fair before. I like the safety of selling online, hidden behind my computer screen. I like the excitement of logging on and finding I have a sale. But I've been tempted out of my craft-study-guest-laundry room and I'm venturing over to Wakefield for my first ever craft fair!

I've been busy making away so I will hopefully have plenty of stock. And I've made little labels for everything to display prices etc. And I've turned my old noticeboard into a display board for my jewellery. So I think I'm all ready (and a little excited!).

If you're in the Yorkshire area, please do come along and say hello. It's at the Outwood Memorial Hall in Wakefield, this Saturday 10am - 4pm. Click the picture below to find out more.

New card designs

Back in 2011 I asked what you'd like to see in my shop, and the majority of you said more card designs. So I've continued working on building up my range of designs. Here are some of the newest additions. (Those that aren't in the say it shop yet will be added very soon).

Folksy Friday: Stripes!

I love anything stripey. So I thought I'd see what stripey items I could find on Folksy this week. It seems that I'm not the only one who likes a little multicoloured happiness... Click on the pictures to view the shops.

Helen the hedgehog Top Sock Drawer

Sock monkey Eric Ra Ra Bazaar

Kindle cover Kate's Curios

Stripy cushion cover Emily Moir

Very stripey bracelet JellyGiraffe Handmade Jewellery

Bead earrings Made By Helen McKenzie

Knitted slouchy beanie hat Hats and More

Fleece hat Pickled Pumpkins

Journal Dab and a Dash

Stripey fabric Eljo's Haberdashery

Baby / toddler shoes Clootie Coo

Rainbow buttons Sew, who are you?

50 sales

I'm a little bit excited because I've just had my 50th sale! Wooo! *Doing a little dance to celebrate* 

Thank you so much to every one of my customers.

Mountains of Magnets!

I love creating new products for the say it shop. It's very exciting to come up with a whole new range of goodies. The latest idea has been in the pipeline for a while, but it's taken some time to source supplies, draw up the designs, and get them just right.

I'm very excited to announce that the 'Mountain' collection of magnets is now available in the say it shop. One day I will run out of geographical locations to name my products after, but I'm enjoying researching mountains at the moment!

There are two packets of magnets available at the moment, and I'm hoping to add more designs soon. £2.50 per pack (for three or four magnets depending on size) - click to BUY NOW.