Thank you Miya, Make 50: Week 20 and other stuff...
Sorry this post has been a while in the making- my laptop spectacularly broke and I've been working on articles and other stuff as well as going to unsuccessful craft fairs!Firstly, the garden swaps should all have been dispatched by now, so if you haven't got your package, you should expect it quite shortly, and please share photos on the Flickr group here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1121311@N21/pool/!I didn't photograph mine, so hoping Miya will do when they arrive (any day now!), but here's what she sent me!
From left to right... Four little stitched notecards- I love these, very simple and useful for everything... A little fition book based around real life photos with a Gocco printed cover (I think- Miya please clarify this one for me I'm a bit dumb!)... A green pouch with seeds as an interesting spin on the edible part of the swap... a biiiig floral bag, perfect for all my kitchen miscellanea... Some fabric to add to my ever increasing collection of interesting designs and some earwires which are always useful!Thank you Miya!
For my make last week (yes I need to blog another later this week) I actually finished a couple of Heart on Sleeve cuffs. They are completely handstitched, edging, buttonholes and all. If you're subscribed to my newsletter, you probably know this already, but they are a new bracelet concept, here's the official spiel:"Wear your heart on your sleeve with a new concept bracelet from PennyDog. This bracelet is made from fabric and backed with felt and designed to fit snugly around the wrist like a shirt cuff. This cuff will fit a wrist circumference measurement of 15cm. The cufflinks are interchangeable with others in the series and create a snug fastening."Only available at www.pennydog.comI also have some new stuff in the shop, so keep your eye out as I'm currently going through a phase of adding new, here's a few new bits...
And I should probably introduce you to Fletcher, Penny's great-nephew, who has joined the ever increasing number of animals. Now we live in a bigger house we can have two dogs, though he has caused quite a lot of strife in the two weeks we've had him in the form of peeing, vomiting, jumping, stealing, running away for miles- and I haven't even paid for him yet! Luckily he gets on with the Penz fine!