Thursday 9 August 2012

Back... by popular demand!

Ahem, well, I say 'popular', but Mr Biscuitnose commented that I hadn't blogged for 15 days and he's quite right, I've been SOOOO busy leading my ueber-glamourous lifestyle* that indeed I haven't.

*this fib merely means 'I've been busy at work/ couldn't think of anything exciting to write about'.

So at Pins and Needles Towers, the buzz is that the cat is pulling his hair out (I'm hoping very much that this is just due to a change of diet - he cut his mouth last week and under instruction by the vet was on wet food, which, according to t'internet, can cause cats used to dry food to drink less water which results in them getting heat patches on their back and so yank their fur out - so he's now back on the dry stuff), it's ONE WEEK until the Green Man Festival (WOO HOO! I can't wait!!!!!) and I have sold a second memory game - yay! :-)

I also discovered the other day that I have signed myself up to another craft fair that I'd forgotten all about at the end of this month (note to self: write things in diary and then remember to look at diary), so I should start planning that really. I need to get more organised. Until now my stalls have looked pretty... well.... crap, to be honest, so I need to hone my presentation skills/ nick ideas off other people. I find it quite difficult to find good ways of presenting my necklaces and bracelets in particular, though my home-made necklace stand things (constructed along the finest Blue Peter traditional lines from a Shredded Wheat packet) worked pretty well last time.

Then there's also Craftfest, the online craft fair from 1st-8th September. If you're not a crafty person and you're wondering what the Dickens that is, here's a taster of some of the lovely stalls:

http://creative-connections.ning.com/photo/albums/ello-design-s-craftfest-stall

 http://creative-connections.ning.com/photo/albums/little-creatures-craftfest-stall

 http://creative-connections.ning.com/photo/albums/hannahsmithstone-s-craftfest-stall

 http://creative-connections.ning.com/photo/albums/ruby-loves-flamingos-craftfest

And you can see heaps more if you just go here, dear reader:

 http://craftfest-events.blogspot.co.uk/

As well as being an online craft event, it's a good way for people who love making things to swap ideas and get tips on all sorts of things, not to mention bask in compliments from each other :-) Us artistes love that don't you know.

At the day job my building is partly building site/bombsite. I think the builders are getting gradually higher as the week goes on, from the nasty fumes being given off by whatever it is that they are using to seal the windows. They started the week merely whistling a bit, but by this morning it had become full-blown rapping and loud song. I'm expecting a performance of the musical 'Hair' tomorrow, or something similar.

Finally, this week I have mostly been making an owl. I'm not sure why all of my felt creatures come out with slightly wonky eyes. What would Freud say I wonder...?









6 comments:

  1. Freud would say "I vant an OWL. He is zooooo cute!"

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  2. I reckon Freud might have sommat to say about them thar builders performing Hair. -Is it worth getting tickets do you think?
    Lu
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    Stumbled and pinned this post

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  3. I do like to think so, Jane. To go with his collection of Care Bears - people think he was just a dodgy old perv shrink but they've got him all wrong.

    Lu, I wouldn't get tickets just in case I got it wrong and the builders will be performing 'Dirty Dancing'..... *shudder*. Thanks for stumbling and pinning my post! :-)

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  4. have you seem the Monday task yet? I've put a link to you blog on mine here http://foundinkeswick.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-craftfest-i-love-your-blog-blog.html

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  5. Following the Monday CrafFEST Challenge I just wanted to know that you are mentioned here:

    http://scentcosmetics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-craftfest-i-love-your-blog-blog.html

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  6. I seem to be following Gareth around today. Not stalking - honestly.
    Adding some more love through http://theoldbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/loving-blogs-craftfest-i-love-your-blog.html

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