Etsy Finds - Bookmarks

Throughout my house I have lots of lovely hearts hanging around here and there. So I fell in love :o) with these 2 lovely bookmarks (or book thongs) as soon as I saw them.

This love book thong is made by Alainndesigns, there are lots of lovely bookmarks in her store.
I really liked this ribbon book thong made by Beadz4BookWormz's because it can mark 2 places at the same time and it is made with beautiful ribbon.

Lovely treasuries

SweptfromtheSea included me in their treasury on Etsy.

My Creative Space

After a short (!) sewing hiatus, I now have a long list of custom orders to complete, like yesterday. As a result so I have been confined to my cutting area, which occasionally doubles up as my breakfast bar :0). It is a perfect space as it is large enough to spread the material out on and is just the right height to work at.

Ready for the next steps of ironing and attaching interfacing, then to the sewing machine.

For more creative space, nip over to Kirsty's

Rest

You don't really realise how hard it is to work full time and run a business. I finished work for the holidays (7 lovely weeks) and immediately felt like I had been hit by a steam train. I suppose it doesn't help that I work with kids and all the germs they bring with them. Lots of sleep and a bit of Internet shopping, was required and I am starting to feel human again.

New Bag

I have been toying with the idea of making a tote for a while. They are the most useful things, great for magazines, shopping or just for all those things a girl needs for during the day. This is my first attempt.

I am thinking of introducing these for Christmas craft fairs.

Lovely fabrics

Usually when I buy fabric I never buy more than 1 yard, unless I use it for linings.

These 2 fabrics are some of the exceptions.

The top one is Disco Dot by Michael Miller. I just love it in ink and have reordered it several times. I do have it in a variety of colours, and each one is fab and vibrant.

The bottom one is a strawberry damask. It was one of those unbelievable finds. It retailed at over £50 per metre and I managed to get it for a fraction of that price. It was a bargain (relatively) and I got over 7 metres. I love it and dread the day I have to use the last bit. When it gets close to the end I may just hoard to for personal use, but then I do hate using the end of any fabric.

Check out what they look like when made up into bags here, here and here

My Birthday

It was my birthday on the 29th of June. As usual I was very spoiled and got lovely pressies from everyone. Here are a couple of special ones.

My other half give me a Pandora bracelet. It is like a charm bracelet but instead of the charms dangling down the bracelet goes through the centre of the charm. You choose whatever charms you want, so my fab husband picked a handbag and dog to start with. I wonder why??? :0)

I have a little collection of jewelled charms I wear around my neck. My mum added this little beauty to my collection. It is an emerald bunny set in white gold. I already have a snail, a turtle, a starfish and a fish. Unfortunately this one will be the last in my collection as the place I got them from is no more.
My sister-in-law bought me a stylish pocket measuring tape in pink leather, a must for all sewers.

BTW jewellery makers must have a hard time photographing their items, because it was challenging just getting these slightly iffy pictures.