Crafting

Are any of you crafters? I am. I love creating things and have done many items over the years. I try and do something handmade for my family at Christmas but I find each year it getting more and more difficult as my skills don't stretch that far!

I have an Esty shop that I have had for some time but I run it more as a hobby shop than as a business. Home Educating the children takes up all of my time at the moment but it's there waiting for me for when I have eventually get more time. They're not children forever so my priority right now has to be them. The business can wait.

In the meantime, I will continue to make and add to my shop and I will continue to get that huge buzz of excitement every time I make a sale. It doesn't matter how many things I sell (I had a craft stall for a while too) I will always get that zing of adrenaline every time I sell something. It's that shot of confidence. Something to just show that what I make is liked by other people too.

Feel free to pop over and take a look. x

In my life today

Not written on here for a while so here's a quick update. I need to go to bed soon as I'm struggling to keep my eyes open after my busy house worky type of day!

In the kitchen is a half eaten huge chocolate cake which I made for Talia's 11th birthday. Had great fun making it and even more fun eating it!! :-)

Pigs in a mud bath!

On the hob on a baking tray is a collection of polymer clay key rings I've been making for the stall i'm sharing with my friend at the school Christmas market and also for the grand opening of my Etsy or folksy shop (not decided which yet). I'm feeling very very excited about my new venture but also a bit nervous.

These little things will be keyrings...

I've already made these...

I will also be selling some crochet items (my new hobby)..

Wrist warmers in lilac sparkly yarn.

Black sparkly yarn.

Mine craft creeper wrist warmer.

Baby head band with a bow.

This last one will be a lovely bright rainbow pram blanket. So tempted to keep this one for F. 

Xxx

Where is spring?

A couple of weeks ago it reached 17 degrees in our town!! 17 degrees. I didn't even need a coat on and neither did 10 month old F. The skies were blue...

Then today... We woke to this!!

Seeing as we'd planned a day out including a picnic we were not impressed.

 So we decided to take a walk to the library and get some more books (we're all book obsessed in our house!)  And spend the rest of the day chilling, reading and crafting.

At one point daddy and F were taking a snooze so C and N starting some papier maché crafting and I decided to get going on sorting out our spring season table (just so I can pretend it is going to be spring soon!) I've got lots of ideas of what else to put on the spring table and so has N. We have ideas for painting, felt items, photographs, tissue paper items... Let's hope we continue to find time to do it all.

 What have I done with F this week? Water play, walks to the park, visited Nanny and Grandad, library visits, painting, messy play with cornflour, as always lots of looking at books, taking puzzles apart, baths and housework with F on my back in the mei tai.