Handmade September Market

Tonight is the Handmade British Artisans Collective's monthly online market over on Facebook and I am excited to be selling there again this month. I will have the selection above available, all at reduced market night prices and there is much more besides.

The album is already full and ready to view here

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1637516273189525.1073741843.1520039144937239&type=3

and you can join the event and receive 

updates here

https://www.facebook.com/events/1656758484579891/

There are some amazing businesses taking part tonight selling beautiful handcrafted items from jewellery and clothings to homewares, toys, art and even fudge! Every business is HMRC registered, and copyright, CE and Food Safety compliant where applicable, so you can bguy with complete confidence - all transactions are completed via paypal.

If that's not enough to tempt you then every purchase made tonight comes with a raffle number and extry into the prize draw for this beautiful necklace from KHL Handmade Jewellery

Freebie Friday 07.08.2015

There's a new Freebie Friday giveaway up on my Facebook page today!

Just head over and leave a comment on the giveaway post to enter

https://www.facebook.com/paperbutterflies/photos/a.625686504139366.1073741833.149930111715010/940232386018108/?type=1&theater

You could win a £10 voucher for my new Folksy Shop

The Ballad of the Origami Ships

Once Upon A Time a mother and her daughter created some origami ships, they were good ships, of many sizes, and were launched with all due ceremony on the Ocean of Paddling Pool.

Those ships floated and floated well, pushed by the gentle breeze, and all was good with the world - until suddenly a storm, known as Hurricane Little Brother was unleashed upon the peaceful ocean and waves crashed upon the tiny paper boats - the daughter did her best to save the ships and rescued 3 of the most precious, but the others floundered in the storm, finally rescued as Hurricane Little Brother blew itself out, and scooped from the ocean by the Hero Fishing Net, to be repaired and ready to sail another day.

The End 

:D Just a little snippet of our day today ;)

FREEBIE FRIDAY!

It's Freebie Friday over on my Facebook page today, and it's going on all weekend, so for your chance to win one of my set of 10 origami Fortune Cookies, pop over to the link below!

The winner will receive one set of 10 origami cookies with their choice of 'fortune' inserts - UK p&p is included in the prize, overseas entries are welcome but will need to cover the extra postage costs on winning.

https://www.facebook.com/paperbutterflies/photos/a.652534504787899.1073741844.149930111715010/937102226331124/?type=1&theater

Playing with Japanese Paper Dolls

My daughter and I have been having fun making Japanese paper dolls this week. I picked up a great craft kit full of beautiful origami paper and instructions, and we made some beautiful dolls, starting with the instructions and then adding our own embellishments - in fact I got a little carried away!

Once I had helped my daughter make her first one she asked me if she could have one of the frames I use for my shadowboxes, found some bright pink Chinese silk style fabric from the stash I keep and said she wanted to make an origami tea set to go with her doll. When she had finished her box looked so amazing that I asked her if I could use her design to make my own and this is what I came up with

My doll is set against a piece of beautiful vintage kimono fabric and has her tea pot, Japanese style cup and flowers on her table, and I am offering it for sale in my Etsy store, at a reduced price as it is a prototype, but I am planning to introduce this Tea Ceremony Design as a range, and am open to taking commissions too

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/240107547/japanese-doll-tea-ceremony-framed-wall?ref=shop_home_active_1

I also made this miniature, in a frame just 10cm x 15cm, a pretty little doll with flowers in her hair, set against a red cherry blossom pattern Chinese silk style fabric, another range I will introduce this summer - this one is also now available over on Etsy and please feel free to message me if you would like to commission one on other colours.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/240106475/japanese-paper-doll-and-fabric-miniature?ref=shop_home_active_2

If you have the summer holidays coming up I definitely recommend keeping your eyes out for kits like the one we started with, and there are lots of great tutorial on you tube too - my daughter is 7 and needed help with the folding, but it was a wonderful activity to do together, she is so proud pf her shadowbox, which now has pride of place in her room.

Oak Tree Events Best of Handmade market - Sunday 28th June, 6pm

It's market night time again over at Oak Tree Events, 6pm sees the start of the bumper, Best of Handmade, online market night.

For all the news and updates you need please visit the event page here

https://www.facebook.com/events/1681536268739931/

and the album is ready to browse here

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.879130968820109.1073741858.671008426299032&type=3

I will have one full sized shadobowbox, 2 miniatures and my new range of map stars all on offer

Summer Solstice and Father's Day

Well I am not sure that the weather has got the message that is officially summer today wink emoticon but I have put together a little collage of some of my summer designs available to buy or commission, to brighten my day! It is also Father's Day here in the UK and my hubby has been treated to an array of handmade cards and a bowtie my daughter made in her sewing class at school :D so sun or no sun we are looking forward to a day of fun!

 Don't forgot, if you fancy treating yourself to a slice of summer there is free UK p&p available this weekend when using code FREEPOSTJUNE in my Etsy Store.