Party time! Lucky star cake bunting

So it has been party central here this weekend, with my dad's and husband's cousin's birthday yesterday, plus my son's friends Super Hero party (so much fun!)

 my father in law's birthday today and my own in two weeks so I have been  thinking of party decorations and come up with this fab new product that is also super easy for you to make at home!

My new mini cake bunting can created with these gorgeous origami Japanese lucky stars.

These are really cute to make at home, using cake dowling, thread and lucky stars, but I am also now selling these in my Etsy store, and they can be made with as many stars as you need - 5th birthday - 5 stars! 10th Wedding Anniversary - 10 stars! Alternative wedding cake topper just choose your colour and number!

There are lots of great tutorials on the web for the lucky stars, and next week I'll be posting a tutorial of my own.

Wonderful Women Online Market -The Sellers Part 2!

Three days until the

Wonderful Women online market 
over on Facebook this Sunday, 
and for anyone that has been following my posts this week I thought I would introduce the remaining market sellers from this month.

Run by One of a Kind Market Events, 
a group of 60+ sellers led by Joanna at My Turquoise Queen, each market features 25 businesses each with 5 items on offer, many at discounted market night prices.

On Tuesday I posted the first 12 and so here are the remaining sellers.

Crafty Jo Designs
My Turquoise Queen
Sun N Sparkles Bags & more
Kim Alison Images
Adore Button Bouquets
The Hat Rack by Buca
Oh So Glassy
Paper Butterflies Origami Box Framed Art
Red Rabbit
Mallory Bags and Journals
Polly Chrome Crafts
VF Designs
Peace & Quiet Soy Wax Candles


The market opens at 6pm GMT this Sunday, but if you fancy having a browse ahead of time the sale album is already filling up!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.855723827827490.1073741851.671008426299032&type=1

Wonderful Women Online Market - The Sellers Part 1!

Only a few more days until the

Wonderful Women online market 
over on Facebook this Sunday, 
so I thought it would be a great time to look at the artists and crafters involved this month.

Run by One of a Kind Market Events, 
a group of 60+ sellers led by Joanna at My Turquoise Queen, each market features 25 businesses each with 5 items on offer, many at discounted market night prices.

This month has 25 great sellers, some of whom are selling with the group for the first time -  have 12 listed here below, each with a link to their facebook page if you want to find out more.

 Lily Rose Hampers
Cook Alice Cook Designs
Card Bubble
Molly rose gifts
ErryBerry Design
Tweedle D Tweeds
DiDi handmade jewellery
Lovepaperandprint
Ems Jewellery
Wordy Sew and Sew

Paperbuzz
Wrap It

The market opens at 6pm GMT this Sunday, but if you fancy having a browse ahead of time the sale album is already filling up!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.855723827827490.1073741851.671008426299032&type=1

One of a Kind Market Events - Wonderful Women Market - 22nd February 2015

Next Sunday, 22nd February, sees the 
Wonderful Women online market 
run by 

One of a Kind Market Events.

One of a Kind Market Events are a group of 60 plus artists and makers, 
led by Joanna from My Turquoise Queen, 
who get together once a month to showcase and sell their work in an online market through Facebook.

Each market usually features 25 sellers, each showcasing 5 beautiful products often at a special discounted price.

The markets often follow a seasonal theme, and this month's ties in with Mother's Day here in the UK so you can expect to see lots of beautiful makes with mums in mind, as well as other beautiful springtime creations.

Products on offer range from jewellery and accessories to wall art and home decor, and often some delicious foodie treats too.

Although all the sellers are based in the UK many are happy to ship internationally, so if you see something you like please message the sellers involved and see if this is possible.

The Wonderful Women Market begins at 6pm Sunday 22nd February, until 11pm that evening, the sales album is filling up all the time so if you fancy a browse ahead of time just pop over to the link below xxx

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.855723827827490.1073741851.671008426299032&type=1

Lunar New Year Series

This week I have been working on some more shadowboxes for my Lunar New Year range, a series inspired by the colours and sights associated with Chinese/Lunar New Year.

Each contains origami models which I have hand folded from beautiful Japanese Washi and Shoyu papers, then set on natural bamboo and silk fibres, and Chinese style fabric.

My family and I have always loved Lunar New Year since we spent the New Year and Spring Festival in China a few years ago. Our daughter was only 7 months old at the time and we were travelling on our way home to the UK, having lived in Australia for the 18 months before. It holds very special memories for us, reminding us of China itself, of our life in Australia before and the excitement of returning home as well; not to mention the fact that when we did return home we discovered I was pregnant with our son. A very special time indeed.

Valentine's Offer - 20% off of all ready to ship Shadowboxes

For this weekend I am taking 20% off of all my ready to ship shadowboxes on Etsy using code VAL20 at the checkout.

All UK mainland orders placed this weekend will be shipped in time for Valentine's Day.

For custom made items please message me to check before ordering, if you require them by Valentine's Day.

Paper Rose Bud Tutorial

I have been making a lot of these little roses this week, to add to my Valentine Cards and gift boxes, so I thought it would be perfect for my first tutorial

. There are lots of tutorials for these little roses on the internet, and this is mine.

To start you will need a strip of paper approx. 25cm long by 1cm wide – you can buy these pre-cut from many craft and origami sites, as Lucky Star kits but you can also cut your own from any favourite paper you may have – quick note though, you don’t want the paper to be too thick or if will be difficult to shape.

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial, if it has inspired you to have a go then let me know - I'd love to see what you create :)

Please not the design for the rose is not my own but the tutorial, including words and photos, and the design of thecard shown in the first photos is.

Handmade - A British Artisans Collective

We had great fun at our online market over at Facebook last night, thanks to everyone who helped make it such a success, not least the tireless admins who run everything!

The markets are going be run the first weekend of every month throughout 2015, and there are lots of plans for the future too so keep your eye on here for more details as plans emerge!

If you are interested in finding out more, whether buying from or selling with Handmade then pop over to their facebook page for more info

Handmade - A British Artisans Collective - Facebook

and have a look at the flyer here for the 2015 market dates!

Online Market Night with Handmade - A British Artisans Collective

I am getting very excited as tonight is the 2nd market night of the year (2nd ever actually - we're pretty new ;) ) from Handmade - A British Artisan's Collective over on Facebook.

If you've never been to an online craft fair/market before it is super easy, and means a lot less standing around in cold and mud, although I do love the real thing too!

The market starts at 6pm tonight when password will be released on the main page, then simply browse through the album and if something takes your fancy just comment SOLD and the password and the seller will send you a paypal invoice. Easy!

There is everything from clothing and jewellery to home decor and foodie treats and some great Valentine's gift ideas too. 

If you need any more incentive there is also a great raffle prize up for grabs! Every purchase made gets an entry into the prize draw for a lovely tea towel featuring an exclusive print from Wychwood Cuckoo Designs.

To get an idea of what's on offer have a look at the pic below and follow the links to the event and album xxx

https://www.facebook.com/events/838432366220376/

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1544711182470035.1073741832.1520039144937239&type=1