A Rather Busy Thursday.

 Hello dearest followers. Sorry for the small gap in communications,we had a few craft fairs and Easter to struggle through but we're back  in fine form.

We spent all day yesterday re-stocking our Etsy and Folksy shops. The both of us morphed into some sort of crazy efficient team...El took the Photos and I listed the items, as a result the Etsy shop shelves are groaning under the sheer weight of handmade wonders...The Folksy shop needs a bit more work but there's the weekend for that...right?

Anyways, El took some snaps of my studio in between product photos

This is Clyde, he's a good friends dog that I look after 3/4 times a week...he doesn't normally look this sad.

His favourite place to sit is on the lap of the person who's using the computer (he's not fussy as to who's using the computer...as long as they have a lap) He's quite the internet whiz dont'cha know.

Please excuse the grubby light switch, there was a sticker on it when we first moved in and it's left it's mark.

You can see my wall of bird in the background here...and unfortunately you can see me in a rather grubby day off from work outfit.

Jars of stuff...buttons, scrabble tokens, ribbons, fuzzy felts etc

Did I mention I collect Playmobil figures?...it's a growing to be a genuine issue.

This one is my favourite.

And this is the view from my studio window. There's been some crazy weather in the U.K. at the moment and Cheltenham has been no exception, we've had some rather beautiful clouds hanging around...these ones are no exception!

 Rightio, that's all for now, I'm off to go for a coffee before work.

 (I'll do a proper post on all the new items over the weekend...maybe a little discount offer too...)

They've Made It...

Blimey! It's been a bit quiet here of late hasn't it?

We've been tinkering away on new designs and what not but havn't felt too confidant about showing them off. 

It's also been soo cold in our respective work rooms that any sewing we have been doing has been underneath a blanket...which doesn't make for blog worthy pictures!

Anyway...here are a few pictures from this week...nothing fancy, just something to ease us back into the blog...

This furry creature is my kind of part time dog...he's called Clyde and I look after him about 3 times a week.

(I meant to post about this before Christmas...like that was ever going to happen)
I drew the moustache on with a ceramic pen, I made two of them for mine and Arthurs Christmas day breakfast of Hot Chocolate and Croissants...now they mainly get used for soup.

I've had to move my succulents upstairs where it's a bit warmer...they look quite lovely on our bedroom window sill...I feel there is no other option but to buy more and have them in every room...right?

Lastly...believe it or not we've actually got the Grizzly Geoffs up for sale over in our etsy shop. 

The pictures are pretty poor but I just had to get something new up there...My studio's due a move soon (upstairs to warmer climes) and I'm hoping to have a designated space for us to take pictures...so the background is the same in all of our listings...these will do for now I guess.

See You Soon!

Distractions...

I'm supposed to be knuckling down from now on...which means that whenever I'm not at the day job (a.k.a. pint pulling job) I'm supposed to be cutting, and sewing, and stuffing, and sewing up and packaging up and all the other related activities...but I'm finding there are rather alot of distractions...

Distraction Number One.

When I'm working I give myself frequent coffee breaks...and occasionally on said coffee breaks I'll pop into town for a nicer than instant coffee...and occasionally (as in every time) when I pop into town for a nicer than instant coffee I'll pop into the charity shops and find something good...like this wool (which I didn't buy, instead I took a picture because the packaging made me smile)

Distraction Number 2:

When I'm supposed to be doing something else I seem to develop an amazing ability to notice tiny little things that I wouldn't normally notice. Once I notice these things I then have to take pictures of them (even if they are only a lump of moss, a feather and a pretty leaf)

Distraction Number Three:

I'm a magazine fiend, I love them, I love the smell of them, I love the weight of a newly purchased one in my bag, I love the stock of the paper, I love the articles, I love the pictures, I love the thought / daydream that one day StuffedNonsense will be in one.

Distraction Number Four:

Clyde...and his need for me to play tug of war with his string of sausages..what can I say?...I'm a sucker for a little dog that sometimes looks like a pig.

I fear that if I continue to list distractions then I will have to put up Distraction Number Five: Writing Blog Posts

What do you do for distractions??

xx