Lost & Found

Hello

Hope you are all well. I have been so busy recently at my new job so getting new things made has been a bit of a struggle but I am back on top again now and have these lovely fox & hound cushions to share with you.

  

They are available to buy in the fantastic shop called Lost& Found based in Holmfirth. It is full of beautiful quirky things. The owner James is very friendly and helpful it is definitely worth a visit if you haven't been.

The cushions will also be available to order through the website soon. Other designs are available or you could request a commission through email - roobarbgifts@hotmail.co.uk.

What a goegeous shop ey?

Right back to some more jobs now

Sarah xx

Featured :)

Hello

I am lucky enough to have my alien drawstring bag featured in the new issue of Simply Homemade Magazine you can order all the personalised drawstring bags through my website here.

I love seeing my work in print, it is such a good feeling.

After having a quick flick through the issue it looks fab would definately recomend picking up a copy. I am looking forward to my next day off so I can have a proper read.

I have also treated myself to an Ipad I am so excited for it to arrive think it will make it easier for me to blog more :) So overall a good week so far & it's only Monday.

Sarah xx

Custom Orders

Hello,

I have been so busy over the last couple of months with closing the shop & moving my business online.

I love making custom orders for people in particular these comic book covered letters. They have been really popular so far.

A lovely customer called Zoe was nice enough to send me some photographs of her little boys newly decorated room with the letters taking pride of place above his bed. 

Hope you all have a great week.

I will be back posting as normal from now on.

Sarah xx

A New Year A New Start

Hello exciting news!

Roobarb Is leaving Marsden but will have exciting new items on the website available for everyone to browse in the spring!

We will be having a leaving party/sale for all our valued customers - I will keep you posted!

Come and grab yourself a bargain & a glass of bubbly!

Here is a sneak peek at our new Valentines themed window display! What do you think? 

Love Sarah xxx

20 Crafty Makes

Hello Happy New Year!

I never got chance to tell you all about the great new craft book called 20 Crafty Makes that has been launched in aid of The Stroke Association. I didn't get any spare time before Christmas to write a blog post so here we go ...

You may have noticed me mention on twitter & on here a while back I was one of the lucky designer makers that got picked to have my project featured in the 20 Crafty Makes book. I submitted my sheep button picture you can see it here along with some of the other projects featured.  It really is a great book for all those crafty folk out there and is for an amazing cause all the proceeds from selling the book will be donated to The Stroke Association Charity.

You can buy a copy here on my Etsy shop.

Please let people know about it so we can make as much money as possible for this great charity!

Sarah 

A couple of lovely features

Hello :) 

Hope you are all ok & are getting in the festive mood. 

The shop has had a couple of mentioned if a few recent magazines so I thought I would share them with you. I still get so excited when I see something in print about the shop it's lovely! 

This weekend my handmade Christmas pudding tree decorations got a little shout out in the Yorkshire Post magazine!

As well as that there is a little feature in the current issue of Living North magazine

In the photo you can see the handmade knitted decorations by my friend Sue you can see more of her beautiful work in the shop or online here. 

The photograph featured was taken by the very talented Maryanne Scott you can see some of her current work here!

My order book is filling up very fast & I only have so much time on my hands to get orders made so I have decided to close my Etsy shop until after Christmas. If you need something urgent please feel free to drop me an email[roobarbgifts@hotmail.co.uk] & I will try my hardest to sort it out.

Sarah xx

Christmas Shopping Evening

Hello 

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while I have taken on a Christmas part time job and don't seem to have any spare time. It all feels like a bit of a whirlwind at the minute but I am enjoying being so busy :) 

I don't know if you remember but last year I organised a Christmas shopping event at the shop you can have a little look here if not. Seen as it went so well I have decided to team up with my friend Gail who owns The Magic Box Toyshop and we have planned an evening of Christmas shopping between both shops offering mulled wine, nibbles & 10% off everything in both shops on the night just to say a huge thank you to all our customers for supporting throughout the year.

I hope some of you can pop along to join us last year it was a lovely atmosphere.

Sarah 

xx

Lovely Little Feature

Hello, 

Well I had a lovely break away with the family in Crete & now I am excited to get back to work with lots of fresh ideas bobbing around my head of exciting things to do coming up to Christmas. 

The lovely little feature in Your Home Magazine got us feeling very festive.

This issue is fantastic there are lots of great ideas & projects as well as being filled with pretty things to drule over definitely worth picking a copy up!

If you would like to order any Christmas Decorations just drop me an email I would be happy to post them out to you! They are priced at £3.50 each and we have gingerbread men, Christmas puddings, candy canes & Christmas trees to choose from!- roobarbgifts@hotmail.co.uk

I have a bit of catching up to do now but will post again soon 

Sarah xx

Jazz Festival

Hello,

 I have been really busy this week getting ready for the Jazz Festival which is one of the biggest festivals of the year for Marsden. It brings lots of new people to the village, there is always a great atmosphere. I have been generally tidying, making, buying new stock (so the shop is lovely a full) & I put together a Jazz themed window display - Check out the great photo my friend Nicki-Joe took!

Here are a few other Jazzy handmade items we have available.

It really is a great weekend jam packed full of lots of great things to see & do there is more info over on the Marsden Jazz Festival website here. If you are in the area & don't have any plans this weekend you should definitely pop bye! Don't forget to come and say hello if you do!

Sarah xx

Ohh Deer Cushions

Hello, 

I don't know if you remember but a while ago I posted about my competition entries for the Ohh Deer Pillow fight competition. You could submit two design for cushions here are the ones I came up with.

 Originally they were going to choose four winners to have there work produced and added to there collection of cushions available to buy online. But they changed this slightly after putting some extra hard work in the Ohh Deer team have made everyone's entries available to purchase online for a three week period. After this they will go on to choose the most popular.

They're Vegan & made with a super soft faux suede and come complete with the fibre insert. They're completely machine washable & handmade in the UK. Each cushion has a stone coloured back cover & a zip fastening. They measure 43x 43cm If you would like to order one of my designs there are the links for them both. These would make great Christmas presents! 

We all scream for ice cream & Triangles 

Sarah xx

Birthday treats

Well today it is Roobarb's fourth Birthday! I have been so busy these last few weeks I almost forgot all about it. How time flies when you're having fun.

From Pinterest

As a little thank you to you all for all your continued support I am offering you all free postage on everything in my Etsy shop until Midnight on Saturday 6th October. All you have to do is enter the code 'BIRTHDAY' 

Today we have a few birthday treats in the shop feel free to pop in if you are passing also if you mention this blog post I will give you 10% off anything in the shop 

Sarah xx

20 Crafty Makes

Hello,

 A while back on Facebook I saw a post about some lovely people putting together a craft book in aid of the wonderful charity Stroke Association called 20 Crafty Makes. 

They were wanting people to submit there craft projects, I thought I would give it a shot not expecting to hear anything back. I got to work making one of my more simple but effective projects taking step by step photo's & scribbled down some brief instructions that I emailed over to them.

A week later I got a lovely email letting me know they had chosen my project & included some more information about what would be happening next with the design of the book. I am so excited to see the final book finished I think it would make a fantastic Christmas present & it is all in aid of a fantastic charity! The book will be available as a printed or PDF copy. If you would like to reserve a printed copy you can do so by sending an email to - 20craftymakes@gmail.com

Sneak peek of a project in the book by Samantha

You can also follow the Crafty Makes team on Twitter & Facebook to keep up to date with news on the book they have been sharing sneak previews of some projects & makers.

I will be sure to keep you all updated with news of the book!

Sarah xx