Autumn Cards, Patchwork Hearts And Christmas Stockings For Handmade Monday

Hi all :) its been another busy Autumn/Christmas crossover type week for me - i know after reading the comments on my last post that many fellow crafters out there are in the same boat! To be honest, i think if i was sensible i'd be making Christmas things on the side all year round... what do you think, good idea or not...?

Here we go with this week's makes...

Autumn Notecards

I woke up on a beautiful misty Autumn morning recently to the sight of spiders webs all over the garden sparkling with jewel like drops of dew. I just had to get snapping and this photo of rosy red apples behind a web veil is the image i chose to turn into a notecard - available from my website and Etsy shop now priced £1.85. I love it, i hope you do too!

This photograph of a pretty pink cosmos flower was taken on an Autumn evening with that lovely warm light that you get at this time of year. Its also available now in the usual places priced £1.85.

Lastly on the card front, you may remember that i showed you this design recently with a Happy Halloween message - i just wanted to let you know that this more versatile option is also now available without the message - perfect for use on any occasion!

Personalised Christmas Stockings

Moving into more Christmassy territory now... you may have noticed the picture of my personalised stockings at the top of the page and here they all are individually.

They are completely lined with the fabric that folds over the top and the seams are double stitched to keep contents secure. The name tags are cream linen and can be personalised with your choice of name (in red fabric paint).

I think that their modest size (39x13cms) and simple heart design makes them quite versatile as they would work as well for adults as for children and could be hung up in lots of different places as a cute festive decoration on the run up to Christmas!

They are priced £16.00 and available now from my website, Etsy shop and other outlets.

Patchwork Heart Banner And Lavender Pillow

Finally for this week, i wanted to let you know that a couple of new patchwork items have popped up in my shops this week - this heart garland (priced £16.00),

and this lavender heart (which can be personalised with a short message on the back), priced £12.50.

I made them back in January as part of a collection of romantic patchwork makes (thinking of Valentine's day). However, whilst the other items were listed in my shops straight away, these to went off to photographer Lucy Shires (follow the link to visit her website) who had contacted me about taking some pictures of some of my creations. Like all talented folk though, she is a busy lady, so it was a while before i got them back. Its worked out nicely though as this is just the time of year to get my shops stocked up!

Here's a glimpse of her work...i love the decayed romance of this image, perfect for Autumn.

Speaking of talented folk, its time for my weekly trip around the Handmade Monday blogs.. see you over at the harbour! x

Personalised Patchwork Hearts And Colourful Cats For Handmade Monday

Another gloriously sunny week in Wiltshire... its just soooooo lovely to have some proper summer weather :)  And isn't it beautiful out there...?! I just had to take some snaps of this stunning field of poppies and yellow rape seed flowers.

Personalised Patchwork Hearts

Do you remember i told you about a lovely commission i got to work on recently? Well today i get to show you some photos!

The brief was to create six patchwork lavender hearts similar to this one which i made a while ago as part of a collection of other hearts and banners.

I had to improvise as i only had a little left of a couple of the fabrics, and i needed enough to create six identical hearts (fellow crafters reading will no doubt be familiar with the scenario where you've used up scraps of lovely fabrics on a project only to be asked to reproduce it at a later date!)

The customer also wanted each to have a personalised message - i've blurred it out for this piccie but you get the idea of how they look.

I loved working on this project as the fabrics are gorgeous and the sentiment behind the gift is lovely too. 

Commissions can be a bit nerve wracking when you're waiting to find out what the customer thinks of the finished result... happily though she was really pleased with them!

Colourful Cats

This week i've also had the chance to finish my colourful cats bookmarks...

and lavender pillows...

...their cheery colours have suited the summery weather beautifully!

I'll be listing them soon in my various online outlets. The bookmarks will be £5.50 and the lavender pillows £8.50 per pair (if you know you want one let me know and i'll set it aside for you!)

Mystery Plant Time

As always you have astounded me with your cleverness this week! There were some superb guesses as to the identity of this mystery plant...

Highland Monkeys and Ginx Craft did fantastically well to guess that it is in fact...

CELERY!!!

The biggest well done has to go to Christmas Pie Crafts though who also guessed that it was grown from the bottom of a celery i'd planted up!

If you've never given this a go, i highly recommend it as a way of making the most of your shop bought celery - cut off the stalks and use as usual, then just pop the base in a saucer of water for a couple of days until tiny leaves start to appear, plant it in a pot and watch a new celery plant grow! It even works during winter and if nothing else provides something lush and leafy to look at when nothing much else is happening.

That's more than enough from me for this week i think! Time to find out what all the other Handmade Monday crafters have been up too... 

Have a wonderful week :) and thanks for popping by! xxx