im selling liberty

i know i have a small fabric addiction bit sometimes i just have to let it go to a better home than mine, and this week I'm selling some liberty fabric that i have had lying around for a while, i LOVE liberty tana lawn but to be honest, for the dresses i make i much prefer a heavier weight cotton, i think it just sews better, but hey that's just my preference, maybe i should experiment and see what i can do.. but anyway for now these fabrics can be found here in my sisters ebay shop.. I'm also massively addicted to ebay but that's for another story..

blanket booty

this last few weeks i have been pretty lucky at the local car boot sales by finding and grabbing stupidly colorful vintage wool blankets, in the future when i have my eclectically patterned tiny house with a little easy to care for garden i will scatter these kind of things over chairs in cozy corners, or maybe alternatively ill bang them in my vintage etsy and make some cash, i cant decide, what should i do.. ?

i went to london

last week i jumped on a train and sped south to stinky London town, calling it stinky is my way of saying i no longer find that place as wondrous as i once did, bad memories etc, have tainted the big city for me but for a few days i can cope with it... and its always nice to see friends and to get a taste of things i just cant get up here in the wilderness of west cumbria, don't get me wrong i totally love being up here but it is lacking in many things that most big cities offer... anyway here's a few snaps i took..these are my dresses hanging on a rail in carry me home, my main London stockist

this is a corner of carry me home that caught my eye, i love these stacking blocks and the blackboard is always so fun,

this next picture is two contrasts to the big city, the image on the left is inside leadenhall market in the city and its a beautiful place to have a little wander and grab some food, and the image on the right is what will soon be Europe's tallest building, the shard, and its just gigantic and i have enjoyed watching it slowly rise from a huge hole in the ground.. i know there are many bigger buildings in the world but this is still quite breathtaking to see up close..

and finally what i bought, i had a Christmas gift voucher to spend so i ran off to John Lewis as soon as i got to London and grabbed this Rob Ryan vase, i love it, its so very me, and the fabric on the right i got from liberty, i really think i am addicted as i so don't need any more fabric in my life, but before i knew it i was walking out with half a meter of each...

 so London was ok, but I'm glad i don't live there anymore, a happy tourist yes, and happy I'm no longer a frustrated resident.

hello..

hello, i have not updated this thing since before Christmas, i have pretty much had the whole of January off and just hibernated like a tortoise, and ate too much food and got fatter, but i guess ill have to try and get back into some kind of routine.. how long do tortoises actually hibernate for ?  anyway this week i got an e mail of a magazine over in Korea, asking if i would send them some pics of my bedroom.. as they are doing a feature on boys and girls rooms, i didn't tell them I'm nearly 35, because i guess my room does look like it could belong to a small fluffy girl... but i got out my rubbish camera, on one of the greyest dullest days and tried my best to make light come from somewhere, i sent off the pics and so far i didn't get a reply telling me they were rubbish so here are a few of them to get me back into this blogging malarkey...

(after just looking at thesze pics again, bloody hell i really need a new camera. feel free to buy me one..)

hello little man

my friend drew , who i have never actually met or spoke to,(don't worry he's not imaginary) has a really brilliant etsy vintage shop called kitsch cafe.. and just today he has made it all stupidly festive by adding this little guy... and i love him, (santa, not drew, i havent met him remember)...... and he lights up... what more could you want...

i love old stuff

i love searching etsy for vintage posters and just saw these, i LOVE THEM.. they are from here, the car ones my favorite, the colours and the graphics are just lots of fun...

im outfit of the week

one of the dresses i made has just been featured in outfit of the week, over at carry me home, my main stockist, it that there London town.. nice picture ain't it...

first snow

the last few days around here have seen the first snow of this winter, and according to the news that seems to think snow is headline grabbing stuff, its the earliest snowfall for decades... in this country we get a few inches and its chaos, whilst in other places around the world that get far more, they just seem to get on with it... but it still looks lovely and I'm not complaining.. let it snow let it snow let it snow....

such a warm picture

i just saw this here, and its so nice and is just like my ikea curtains that i have in my room...

i know bunting is everywhere now and has been for some time, but i still want to make my own.. one day soon i will...

i love this

simple as that, i just think this is bloody lovely... and its from here

busy busy

the last few weeks i have been working much harder than i really like, i actually don't much like working at all, but that stuff printed on paper i suppose wont make itself.. so i have to work to get it.. and all this activity that saw steam rising from my sewing machine was for the markets i have been doing recently and this weekend i went a ridiculously fancy country house hotel to take part in a Christmas fair.. this was my stall, i really liked how it looked.. i didn't sell much really,it seems that cupcakes and jams are what most people will be getting this year as those stalls almost sold out..

i love this

this is from one of my favorite etsy shops, the wheatfield and i think i might just have to buy it..

i certainly dont seize every day, but i try to.. this print might just make it easier.

i love these

so its already in every shop and nearly every advert on TV is telling us about what deals can be had this year , yeah so its pretty much Christmas already, i have already consumed many many mince pies and i think my mam would put up our tree and decorate every surface now if she could, and i was just browsing around vintage etsy and saw these and they are so very lovely, and i love them, so there..

they can be found here in this shop.. dont tempt me

first market done...

so as i said a few posts ago, i took part in my first market this weekend, and well, lets just say i learnt lots. firstly, where the stalls were positioned was rubbish, away from the main Halloween activities, and the weather was so horrible with lots of rain, BUT i did sell some dresses and i covered all costs, which was good.

when i do the next one i will know what to expect. i now know how big the table is, how big the stall that the table goes in is, and how to set up the stall to make it look good.

and mainly i learnt not to forget chairs... it would have been a very long dull day without having borrowed a chair from a neighbouring stall. so it certainly wasn't brilliant, but I'm confident, and hopeful that things can only get better.. god i hope they can.

my favorite model

meet Scarlett, again, i first introduced her here, and just look at her now. on my recent trip back to London i gave her a dress i made and here she is showing it off like seasoned pro... i love how well coordinated she is...

just imagine how many lovely things ill be able to make her as she grows up...i cant wait..