And the Winners Are..

The winners of my Paying it Forward are
nifty thrifty
Stacey-Ann
Sonja.

Well done.
I will send them something, then they have to blog about it..and send something to 3 people.
I look forward to seeing their blog posts.

Thank you for taking part.

Paying It Forward

I am taking part in Paying It Forward.
Here is what gorgeousness I received from PennyDog Jewellery. The white tube is a lovely lip balm. The brooch is of fabric embedded in resin (how clever is that!). I love it. You find out a bit more about PIF in this blog entry.

Now I have to choose three people to send something to.

If you want to take part please leave a comment here. If I pick you then you will have to then post a similar entry on your blog and then choose 3 people to send to.

I will pick 3 people on Saturday 18th July.

Meet Rainbow

In my last post I mentioned that Mary bought a sock bunny.

(And why is it that when you pay for something and give the child the money they think any change is theirs? I think not. Hmm it cost £7 and no you are not keeping the change from a £20 note. )

Well his or her name is Rainbow beacuse Mary loves rainbows. I love Rainbow. I am allowed to cuddle her before bed!

Rainbow came from The Warren ( and looked after by the incredibly talented Halfanacre) and there are many of her friends there if you too have fallen in love with a sock bunny. Believe me these are the best, softest, cutest sock bunnies around.

YOu can follow the famous Widget here

and you can buy your very own Sock Bunny from here

My New Love

Me and my girl (and my birthday money) went to Winchester on Sunday for Handmade Fair.



I bought some soap, a Sock bunny (I want one now) and also my new love..from Quercus Silver this beautiful ring. Aaah.

Experimenting with Fabric

I love the idea of designing my own fabric prints. I have registered with Spoonflower but a few months ago someone told me about fabric you can print with an inkjet printer.

I ordered it yesterday and it arrived today. Fantastic service.

I have been drawing and doing a bit of a paisley design so I thought I would scan it it and try it on the new fabric sheets. It is not a brilliant design but I enjoyed doing it and it has shown up some things I can change next time.

This is the fabric with the backing still on.

Peeling the backing off.


The backing all off.

Now I am excited about doing some more designs. I will keep you posted.

My New Colourful Life

I often have found myself in drab coloured clothes. How boring. I want to be a colourful person.

One person I look to for inspiration is That Crafty Fish. She is a wonderful colourful person in her creations and the clothes she wears.

Anyway I always have a pain in the summertime finding shoes. I don't really like showing off my toes although I will wear flipflops. But I need something I can walk to work in. I saw these red shoes in Clarks (reduced) and knew I had to have them. I have been breaking them in for 2 weeks and now they are lovely.

So they might not be the sort of shoes a woman fast approaching 41 should wear - but who cares? Part of my new colourful life is to be less dependant on what people think and more about what I feel.

And the hat? I saw it in Help the Aged and loved it. It might not go with the red shoes but I love them both.

My New Supplies Shop

I have opened a supplies shop on etsy. It is the original named Bigbluebed Supplies.

At the moment I have some clips, four different styles. But do keep having a look.