Pimp & Paint Giveaway

There's a gorgeous pendant up for grabs on Pimp & Paint's lovely blog page. I love her stuff, especially some of the things in her other etsy store. Go check it out.

Whosies and Whatnots

Becky has kindly allowed me to test out the patterns for her lovely bunny and owls. They are very quick to make and very cute. You can see more pictures of Smappy Bunny, and the owls over in the Flickr pool (once I put them there!).

For now here's Wilma and Wilfred. I recycled them out of some old jeans and a checked shirt (underside of wings). I really liked the bodies out of denim but it was quite hard work sewing the wings on, the layers of fabric were getting a bit too thick!

My Smappy bunnies were made out of a recycled dress and t-shirt. The stretchy fabric makes them wonderfully soft and cuddly. I'm not sure how long t-shirt fabric would stand up to children playing roughly and pulling the ears etc but the thicker velour seems much sturdier and the nap hides any little untidy handstitches!

There are a pile of great tutorials on Whosies blog and some lovely stuff in her etsy shop, so do stop by for a look if you haven't already. :)

Koumori

Finally found time to photograph the bats that are taking over the attic.

There are now inhabiting my Folksy shop.

Little Bird Too - Congratulations!

My daughter has decided that Bean is the perfect name for the little pink rabbit. :)

She'll be on her way soon. x

Big Knit

I was reading Bugs and Fishes from Lupin's blog the other day, and she reminded us all of the Big Knit campaign run by Innocent Smoothies every year. (You should see all the little hats she had made!).

I didn't get mine posted in time last year, but I still have them, so I think I'll gather up some scraps of wool and add to the collection and actually send them off this time.

Here's the details - http://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/thebigknit/

Plus there are free knit and crochet patterns on the site if you are stuck.

I'll be treating myself to a smoothie tomorrow, just to check my hats fit of course. :)