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

Busy week!

Hello, I have had a pretty busy week trying to get all sorts of things organised & a few things ticked off my to do list! Here are a few photo's so you can all see what I have been up to.

Foxhound cushion I donated to the Scarview Harvest Festival!
Had a great night & raised lots of money.

Commission for a bride to be - Just need to add embroidered initials.

 Bit of applique I was working on for a Melissa Rose.

Made a start on our very popular sheep Christmas cards.

Also got a nice pile of these stocking up!

Finally been displaying some gorgeous new jewellery
made by my friend Karen!

Sorry it is only a short post promise to share some very exciting news soon!

Sarah xx

Anorak Magazine

Hello,

The other day my sister told me about this great competition they had running at the moment over on the Anorak Magazine website. The brief was to design a landscape colouring in page for the November issue it had to suit the theme of the Anorak Zoo. 

I thought I would give it a go here is what I came up with. What do you think? I personally love the little hippo guy haha.

You can see all the other entries here. I would love to win and have my work printed in such a great magazine! You can follow the magazine on Twitter & Facebook.

Sarah xx

Christmas

Hello, 

I have been a busy bee recently I have started making some Christmas stock it may seem a little early but when it gets to this time of year the weeks between now & Christmas just seem to fly by! Here is a sneak peek of a couple of new items 

Here is my little box with lots of puddings & gingerbread men waiting to be finished off 

And finally a Christmas themed promotional postcard I have designed today! 

Is anyone else starting to think Christmas? I would love to know what projects you are working on at the moment if you are?

Sarah xx

Letters

Hello, 

A while ago I received an order from a lovely lady called Deanna who lives all the way in Australia. She ordered three 3D letters two of them she wanted covering in wonder woman comic & the other in a story book - I choose Cat in the Hat. (F,H,K)

Deanna explained these were the last three letters she needed to complete her collection of A-Z and that she was going to have them displayed in her baby girls nursery. She kindly sent over some photos so I could see, I think she has done an amazing job! Such a fun idea!

I love seeing photo's of my handmade things in there new home so if you have any I would love to have a look - roobarbgifts@hotmail.co.uk

Thanks so much Deanna for sharing Poppy Lulu's gorgeous nursery with us.

Sarah xxx

Yorks Bakery Cafe!

Hello, 

After our crazy weekend we still had to get up early on Monday to take my sister back down to Birmingham to start her new job. I went along for the ride and to give her a hand moving all her stuff into her new accommodation. 

After all the hard work she took us for a walk to go and visit Yorks Bakery Cafe to see where she would be working & for a much needed coffee! 

They have just opened the independent artisan bakery & coffee shop and have done a great job fitting it out. If you are in the Birmingham area I would definitely recommend a visit. We had a lovely coffee & a scrummy sandwich mine was called the "Jack Nicholson" - Made with semi sourdough bread, Serrano ham, blue cheese, gherkins & mayo (absolutely gorgeous)

We did buy some bread to take home with us but ended up eating it on the way home whilst stuck in traffic!

You can follow Yorks Bakery Cafe on Twitter & Facebook. I am already looking forward to my next visit! 

Sarah xx

Ohh Deer

Hello, 

Over on the Ohh Deer website they are running a competition to design a cushion, here is the brief.

I decided to have a go and came up with these two designs I would love to know what you all think? 

Fingers crossed mine might be one of the lucky four designs to be picked! You can see the rest of the entries here.

Sarah xx

VW Festival!!

Hello, 

Well what a weekend!! We had a fantastic time at the VW Festival in Leeds at Harewood House. There was so much going on, we met lots of lovely new people including stall holders & customers and all in all had a wicked time. Here are some snaps to show you what we got up to.

Our tent & stall set up! Me doing all the hard work haha (Don't think Sophie would agree)

The stall all set up!

Competition time!

Cushions <3

Sophie - One happy camper

Me enjoying a cider after a busy day!

Listening to Druids Brew

Novak's Kustom Industries our next door neighbours

Beetles & Harewood House in the background

People enjoying a browse

Close up on egg cosies by Suzie Pea

Gorgeous camper called Faith available to hire from VW 4 Weddings!  
A great company run by a lovely couple!

Thank you to everyone who popped by our stand, we had an absolutely whale of a time! I will be announcing the winner of the competition very soon! Good Luck everyone!

Sarah xx

Not dropped off the end of the earth... honest!!

Hello, Sorry it has been so long since I last blogged I have had a strange couple of months with lots of ups and downs, but finally feel like things are getting back to normal. 

In my last post I mentioned the VW Festival well it feels like it has come around so quickly as we are heading off in the morning. We have got the car packed, some sandwiches made & not forgetting a couple of cans of cider! 

I have had a crazy week preparing for the show a few problems cropped up along the way like my sewing machine breaking down mid sewing pile (Huge pile) and ordering the wrong sized badges for my machine. Everything is sorted now though. Me & Sophie are so excited to go and put our new tent up!! Here are a few sneak peeks of what to expect from our stand this weekend. 

Hope some of you can visit. Don't forget to say hello if you do :) 

Sarah xx