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The daily crafting journal of a felt-obsessed crafter! My new work, works in progress, experiments and ideas, and some random witterings along the way.

Recent Posts Tagged With 'teacups'

• Teacup Factory

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 17:45 in felt, pink, tea, teacups, work in progress

  Yesterday I worked my way through sewing lots of teacup brooches, step by step until they were (almost) finished:I like lining them up in rows as I go along......

• Busy Behind the Scenes

  Posted on Tuesday July 8th, 2008 at 17:52 in crockery, gardening, plants, tea, teacups

  I have been busy doing very dull admin-y things, sending emails, filing, tidying up, rearranging stock, planning things, etc and neglecting to blog! I have been sewing things too, and tinkering about ...

• An English Summer

  Posted on Sunday July 6th, 2008 at 13:15 in beards, brooches, circles, crafting 365, disguises, doctor who, felt, necklaces, selfportrait, tea, teacups

  It is absolutely chucking it down with rain outside (as it has been all weekend) and it's making me very glad to be stuck indoors with lots of sewing to do! Not great weather to take photos in, but lu...

• Counting Down the Days

  Posted on Thursday May 15th, 2008 at 12:33 in buttons, problems, showpony, tea, teacups, teatowels

  We've made the switch to a new internet supplier after WEEKS of no internet and terrible customer service from our old supplier they've finally given us the code we need to make the switch and our new...

• 365 / 203 & 204 - Getting Better, plus: Buttons Galore!

  Posted on Tuesday March 11th, 2008 at 12:11 in brooches, buttons, crafting 365, Flickr, illness, tea, teacups

  Thanks to much rest, and many a cup of soothing tea I am starting to feel better. It is most marvellous. While I've been feeling under the weather, my crafty pace slowed rather a lot... all I've manag...

• 365 / 202 - Sleepy Teacups

  Posted on Sunday March 9th, 2008 at 09:40 in brooches, crafting 365, felt, handmade, mobiles, nation, teacups

  I've been feeling a bit under the weather for the past few days, and am wandering about the place in a bit of a daze. When I'm worn out I have to be very careful when cooking (or I'm likely to wander ...

• 365 / 200 - Distracted by Teacups

  Posted on Friday March 7th, 2008 at 07:28 in brooches, crafting 365, crockery, embroidered, embroidery, tea, teacups

  Oh, it feels so good to have reached day 200!Unfortunately I wasn't feeling too well yesterday. Luckily I had plenty of cherry blossom brooches to finish (nice simple task for the sleepy-brained), and...

• 365 / 177 - Being Disorganised

  Posted on Tuesday February 12th, 2008 at 12:06 in craft zine, disorganised, Flickr, forgetfulness, teacups

  Today I was too disorganised to remember to take my 365 photo, and now there is no light. Checking my camera, I realised that I wouldn't have been able to take photos anyway as I forgot to put the bat...

• 365 / 173 - Teacups and the Internet

  Posted on Friday February 8th, 2008 at 06:15 in birds, brooches, felt, handmade, moustache, mustache, sewing, tea, teacups

  Last night we watched "Spy Game" (rubbish!) and I finished my batch of pink teacup pins. Here they all are, in a pink teacup (I'm really thinking outside the box today! haha) ...Naturally, I had to go...

• 365 / 171 & 172 & lots of catching up...

  Posted on Thursday February 7th, 2008 at 13:13 in 365, askey, craft zine, crafting, haberdashery, john lewis, sewing, shoes, teacups

  I have lots of blogging to catch up on, so this post is going to be rather a long one! Brace yourselves...First up, my Crafting 365 antics from way back on day 164...Day 164 I packed up a shoebox full...

• 365 / 154 - Tea, Glorious Tea

  Posted on Sunday January 20th, 2008 at 08:53 in brooches, felt, handmade, handstitched, pins, polka dot, sewing, tea, teacups

  I do like a nice cup of tea. I drank a lot of tea yesterday, and finished the batches of teacup brooches. Here they are, all finished, in a very satisfying heap:The red teacups will be in the shop thi...

• 365 / 153 - Teacups and Featured Crafter Knithappens

  Posted on Saturday January 19th, 2008 at 10:44 in brooches, crafting 365, felt, handmade, knithappens, knitting, outcast, tea, teacups

  I'm rather sleepy today (up a bit too late with our guests last night!), which gives me an excellent excuse to curl up with my sewing instead of doing any actual work. I've been cutting out lots of fe...