First Etsy Item Sold - Day 35

I was so excited to find out that I had sold my very first item on Etsy YAY :-)

Marvin has now got a new home to call his on and is currently travelling on his way there.

Marvin the Hammerhead Doll keyring by StephieStephie

I am always sad to let go of the lovely things I have made but then I think how much joy they will bring someone else and then I am happy to see them leave. Also it makes more space for other things to be made :-)

I have also made a new banner using one of my photographs of the beads I make and the paint programme - very low tech I now but I don't have photoshop at the moment and paint does the job!

What do you think of it?

Stephie :-)

Blogging 365 - Day 34

As some of you may already know I have challenged myself to blogging every day until the 1 year anniversary of my blog. So far it has been going well and I have past the one month mark which I am really pleased with . However I have a question to put to you. What happens if my Internet is down and I cannot post my blog for that particular day, have I failed my challenge due to unforeseen circumstances or does this not count?

I was really disappointed that this happened yesterday and that I now need to post retrospectively.

Anyway yesterdays post was just going to be about what I found at the market and other things following on from day 33 blog post.

I went to get my hair cut and changed my hair style slightly. I had a fair bit chopped off the bottom so it is more or less one length and I had a thin full fringe put in. I also picked up some lovely vintage sparkly buttons and a bag of fabric that was being sold as a job lot.

Vintage Buttons by StephieStephie

Fabric by StephieStephie

I am going to make some bags and things out of some of the fabric and purses too. In the bag I was surprised to find some woolen cashmere fabric and all sorts of fat quarter size samples of suit material - looks like very good quality expensive fabric but what to do with it? Any suggestions?

Please leave a comment, I love to know what you think and have a chat

Stephie :-)

Planning - Day 33

I am feeling very organised at the moment. I have a hair appointment tomorrow to get my hair cut, then I am going to this lovely little tea room to get tea and crumpets with a friend and then I think I might take a wonder around the market.

Earlier today I have been varnishing some more tea cup brooches. I am really enjoying making them! I will update this blog with a photograph when I can locate my camera :-)

See you again soon

Stephie :-)

Longleat Safari Park - Day 32

Eating by StephieStephie

Following on from yesterdays blog post this little chap is having another photograph of him being shared. I love capturing animals going about their different behaviours.

This next one looks like they are kissing? Who knows what they are saying :-)

Mmmwwahh! by StephieStephie

These monkeys were very active and didn't stay still for long! Only long enough for a quick pose and then they were off again.

Tree hugger by StephieStephie

Incredibly playful in the water and very captivating watching them play.

Playful by StephieStephie

I really love looking at parrots, The colours of their feathers are amazing to see.

Polly want a cracker by StephieStephie

I think one of the places I most enjoyed was the butterfly enclosure. There were so many different kinds of butterflies in there I could hardly believe it. I wasn't able to get many decent shots of them as by the time i got to them they were off again and my camera was not fast enough to capture them. What I should have really said is that I don't understand enough about my camera settings to capture the butterflies when flying. But these two I did get. The second was considerably slower moving :-)

Butterfly by StephieStephie

Butterfly in the making By StephieStephie

After seeing all the animals we went around the hedge maze. It was so much fun trying to get to the castle in the middle. This is a photograph of one small part of the maze!

Maze at Longleat by StephieStephie

We all had so much fun at Longleat safari and camping. I would definitely recommend going!

Thank you for reading

Stephie :-)

Longleat Safari Park - Day 31

Hello everyone

I mentioned last week that I was going away for a little holiday. Well I have now been and have come back with a lot of photographs. I have decided that since there are so many of them that I will make a couple of posts about them.

So what did I get up to? There were 12 of us in total and we all went camping over the bank holiday weekend just gone and also went to Longleat safari park.  Whilst at the campsite a couple of us went on a walk about the fields surrounding us. This is one of the things I spotted on the way around...

Unhappy tree by StephieStephie

I thought it was so funny when I saw it. Can you make out the unhappy face amongst the leaves and branches? I don't think that it likes the new hair cut that it has been given, do you?

Also on this walk we saw this through the bushes and thought that it deserved a snap of my camera.

Rusted by StephieStephie

When we got back to the camp site we made a mini stick sculpture that took hours to construct and much crucial decision makings for each placement of stick :-) It was used on the barbecue for the fire to keep warm as it was getting very cold.

Stick Sculpture by StephieStephie

The following morning we set off to go to Longleat Safari park however we didn't even get 5 minutes in the car before disaster struck. One of the cars hit a huge pot hole and basically broke the car. the metal cylinder thing you can see on the floor broke and went into the wheel meaning we had to take it off to move the car off the road...

Broken car by StephieStephie

Luckily we had quite a few cars between us so once we moved the car we headed off towards the safari park. The following pictures are a few choice photographs that I wanted to share with you...

Knarled tree by StephieStephie

I really liked the rustic look of this tree!

See if you can guess what the animals are in the following photographs!

I see you by StephieStephie

I love this one - SMILE :-)

Smile by StephieStephie

I think this one is cross, do you?

Who are you punk? by StephieStephie

And this one is just C.U.T.E.!

Lunch time by StephieStephie

I had such a great time on this holiday. That Is it for today but will be sharing some more tomorrow!

Stephie :-)

Blue Flower Bracelet - Day 30

I wanted to share this with you today. It's a bracelet that I made the other day when I had my sewing machine out. You may notice that the flower is made from some of my W.I.P's that I posted about in a previous blog.

Blue flower bracelet by StephieStephie

I made the bracelet cross over around the wrist.

Blue flower bracelet by StephieStephie

I took photographs alone the way to try and make a tutorial out of it when I get chance.

Stephie :-)

Squared Pets - Day 29

So for a change from felting I am going to show you some of my squared pets that I have made. They are so adorable, lovable, collectable and cute.

The first is Mr Duck ...

Duck Squared by StephieStephie

The second is Mr Frog ...

Frog Squared by StephieStephie

And the third is Miss Pig

Pig Squared by StephieStephie

What do you think? Like or dislike?

Thank you for looking

Stephie :-)