More photos from our trip to Shanghai. There was so much to see, do and explore. We had such a lovely time.
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Shanghai :: Part 2
12 April 2011
More photos from our trip to Shanghai. There was so much to see, do and explore. We had such a lovely time.
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Life's A Stitch
11 April 2011
Actually it was more than a stitch last week when my Tuesday migraine turned into a Tuesday to Friday migraine which came and went on various days only to be replaced by a very bad headache until Sunday. That equated to a few days of hibernation in a dark bedroom and nothing getting ticked off my to do list. But it reminded me that things get done and deadlines are always met regardless of how much time you have. Or think you have.
So, onto a new week and hopefully some more frequent posting... I met the lovely girls from Life's A Stitch at a market sometime last year, and as I often do I put their business card aside and forgot to blog about them. Sisters Sarah and Julia hand make their fabulous felt play food from their homes in the Blue Mountains. The colours are vibrant and the food is so much fun.
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How great is that sandwich? And the fish & chips in newspaper! Pop on over to Life's A Stitch get yourself some lovely, yummy, felt goodies.
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Getting crafty with Ann Wood
05 April 2011
Time on my hands is something I don't have at the moment... school holidays are looming and I have a very tight deadline with a lot of design work to be done in a short space of time, orders to fill (including one for over 1,000 products... eeek!), and add to that a migraine this morning and I'm almost, nearly, sort of, keeping my head above water. And then there's this poor neglected blog!
But, if I did have some time to spare I'd be making these sweet papier mache cups by Ann Wood. Ann's tutorial is very detailed and the finished cups are gorgeous. I'm hoping to have a craft day with Roxy during the holidays where we can try our hand at these.
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New things in the red thread shop
30 March 2011
Hello, how are you doing? I'm sorry things have been so quiet around here, there's been a lot going on. I'm very busy at the moment working on Christmas products which are part of an exciting new opportunity for me. It's all a bit hush hush for now, so no sneak peeks I'm afraid. It seems crazy working on Christmas in March, but my deadline is the end of April, which then allows for the rest of the production and wholesale process to take place in time for the festive season.
I've also had some prep to do for 2 events this week... I had a lovely day on Saturday in the city with about 50 other creative and crafty women at Sew It Together. It was such a great day of crafting, chatting, give aways, workshops, a red thread mini-stall (45 minutes of frantic buying, which was fantastic) and shopping. It was a long but fab day - I left home at 7.30am and didn't return until midnight... exhausted! Tomorrow night is the abcd bloggers meetup - it's not too late to RSVP!
Now, finally, finally I have managed to get my timber creations into my online shop. I had the prototypes made way back in early January, and my stock has actually been sitting here on in my office for over 5 weeks. I just haven't found the time to get them photographed and update my shop. But they are available in my shop now.
The timber range consists of: Oh My Deer! large timber art/wall decoration, and the Mini Deer; Birdie Brooches, Speech Bubble Brooches (that you can customise with your own words or images), Bloom Brooches, and Love Bubble Brooches.
I'm so happy with how they turned out - I hope you like them too. I have my Oh My Deer! in my office and he's so sweet. He'd be great in a child's room, but I love him in my 'grown up' space too.
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