Rocking and a Reeling...

Hello lovelies,

How are you ticking along?

We're still busy busy busy here, but it is wonderful! The last few days have helped us to realise that our StuffedNonsense dream is obtainable...one day.

We've come to realise a few things about our products. After placing an order for some more stuffing (which we buy in bulk) and finding out that it has gone up in price by about ten pounds (gasp!) we've had to come to the conclusion that a few of our prices are going to have to go up. Its a scary decision for us to come to because we don't want to lose out on customers, but through feedback we've had from friends and creative peeps our prices are too cheap anyway

(without even taking into account materials now costing more.) We're not going to put them up straight away (you've got about a week of normal prices) and when we do put them up its only going to be by a few pounds at the most. We hope your not annoyed or put off, StuffedNonsense's curios and creatures are of the highest quality and even with a little bit of an increase they are still super good quality and value!

Right...that's the boring business-y bit out of the way...would you like to see some cool stuff?

I'm in love with this super cute button soap available from Hello Crafty on Etsy...I don't think I could bring myself to use it.

This beautiful necklace is made by the wonderfully talented Emily Green, this lovely lady also has a delightful blog...why not take a gander?

Some followers out there will know of my appreciation for facial hair, and this guys beard is what first attracted me to him but on closer inspection the amount of detail is unbelievable. He's made by a talented lady called Rita Pinheiro and her etsy shop can be found here, I guarantee you wont be disappointed, she also has a blog here.

Rightio dearies, I must be off, i have an order for a lovely shop in leeds to finish off...

I'll leave you with this picture...

(They are taking over the studio!)

Wow! What A Couple of Days!

Boy oh boy have we been busy the last few days!

The eagled eyed 'folksters' of you will all ready know that we have been made one of the four featured sellers on folksy for the next two weeks! It such an honour! Folksy was the first ever place that El and I started to sell StuffedNonsense from and to be recognised by the people in charge is awesome. So, thankyou Folksy, may you keep spreading the hand made love for a very long time!

Thanks to being a featured seller we've had quite a flurry of orders

to wrap up and post out, which is fun because it means i get to play with the tissue paper and pretty tape...

(psssst....we've even had a trade enquiry through the feature...but we're trying to keep quiet about it incase it all goes wrong).

So, thats about it around these parts...we've been wondering around with big giddy smiles on our faces and sewing up a storm.

I hope to be back tomorrow with a more informative and interesting post...as apposed to this jumble of words.

P.S....Look who i'm looking after...he's called Clyde and he

s come to stay at my house for a little while and tomorrow i'm going to look after him at his house! how exciting!

(my apologies for the blurry photo but Clyde was too concerned about killing the tennis ball to pose for a photo.)

Roll up! Roll Up!

I've just finished a rather hefty listing session on our Folksy and Etsy shops.

You can now find new Crabbittz, Human Beans, Dust Bunnies and Dust Bunnie key rings...(before you go any further i apologise for lots of pictures and links...if they all work it will be a miracle...if they don't work and you want to see our shops just search StuffedNonsense on Folksy and StuffedNonsenseUK on Etsy.)

Theodoric the Crabbittz is on Etsy.

Eldrida the Crabbittz is up on Etsy.

Bardolf the Crabbittz is on Etsy.

This little fellow is on etsy.

This little blue chap is on Folksy.

This lovely lady is up on Etsy. (I think she's my favourite human bean to date)

This collared gentlemen is on Folksy.

This lady is keeping the two boys company in the Folksy shop.

This lady is on Etsy.

Dust Bunnie Keyrings are on etsy (hopfully they will be up on folksy by tomorrow)

Normal Dust Bunnies are now up on Etsy (and as above, should be on folksy by tomorrow)

Right...i have laptop shaped eyes after staring at the screen fro three hours, im going to cook some food and go to a lindyhop lesson!...how exciting

Things That Brought A Smile To My Face Today...

1)Having a coffee & cream cheese bagel with my superdooper boyfriend in a superdooper lovely local cafe.

2)Walking home and seeing two men sat outside a barbers playing backgammon in the sunshine.

3)Stopping off at the local craft shop to buy a bag of ric-rac and lacy trims and as a consequence of which walking the rest of the way home with a rather goofy grin on my face.

(As you can see it was quite a grin inducing bag of ric-rac and lace trim)

4)Spending my day making 'Human Beans' and the fact that spending my day making 'Human Beans' is my part time job and in a few years time it will (hopefully) be my full time job.

I must say a very big thank you to Laura, all of the fabric used in these human beans were very generously given to me from her after I won one of her giveaways...so thank you lovely lady)

(8 of them all together, I'm thinking that most will be put into pairs and ,fingers crossed, be put on the etsy and folksy shops on Thursday)

I do apologise if this a bit of a sickly sweet post for you but its been a while since I've really enjoyed making and i was beginning to worry that it had lost the spark but after today's hours in the studio I'm pleased to say my spark is back! (because I knew you guys were worrying about it as much as me!)

Hope you enjoyed the Beans

xx

New! Human Beans....

Isn't it quite lovely when you have an idea in your brain box or sketch book for a long time and then you eventually get around to making your idea and it turns out just as you wanted it too??

I can actually remember doodling these guys before I started working with El on StuffedNonsense.

Its really good to have finally prised them out of the deep recesses of my head...

What do you think?

They are going to be called 'Human Beans'

I'm very taken with their little outfits and as a consequence there are several pages in my sketch book full of different types!

They are the perfect size to fit into tiny little Kraft card boxes....

Like so.

I dont think they will always be in pairs, i just got a bit obsessed with making these two match.

Sooooo, yay? or nay?

Must dash, time to get my hair snipped.

xxx

Birthday Party.

Saturday was my birthday party (my actual birthday is this Wednesday coming), i had a super fantastic time. I was surrounded by my super fantastic friends, i drank lots of super fantastic gin and ate lots of super fantastic food, i danced lots of super fantastic dance moves (which in hindsight probably weren't all the super or all that fantastic) and i laughed lots of super fantastic laughs. Thank you to all who came, you guys really are....well...

Super Fantastic.

Here are some pictures taken by the lovely vicki of Lilley Stitches (pssst...we do an allotment together dontcha know?...and we also drink coffee together...and go to charity shops and boot fairs together...shes quite lovely), and a few taken by El on her fancy new phone.

(thanks to my super fantastic mum and dad who understand the need for such a wonderful mustard yellow pleated dress in their eldest child's life (I apologise for the stupid grin about my face.)

(This young man was the number one dance partner...the cheeky raspberry munching monkey!...he's vicki's (and johnnys) little man.

(See!! number one dancing partner! we were twirling for some time!)

(I apologize to all my friends that were there...but this canine was my favorite party guest...may I present to you...Clyde Edskip, he's the canine companions of two of our dear friends and it was an honour to have him at my party!)

(Don't even get me started on this incredible lady on the left, she's been with me through thick and thin and she will be for the rest of my life, her names Amy and I've known her for just over 10 years now, the dashing young fella on her right is Jack (he was my gin drinking buddy) the crochet poncho he has on was mine but now it is his...how could i take it away when he obviously loves and appreciates it for the wonder that it is!)

Well, i figured you.ve probably seen enough pictures of a tipsy lady in a yellow dress, i'll leave you to enjoy your bank holiday!

xx

Our Sincere Apologies.

We're terribly sorry for our absence from this little virtual space...we're still alive don't worry. The same old excuses really its just been a bit manic...and with everything else we've had going on its been a bit harder than normal to cope and manage stuff. We've kind of self medicated this week as a week off (its Bex's birthday soon and we're having a little party on Saturday to celebrate) but we promise to be back soon with some pictures and better stories than our excuses for not posting here more.

In the mean time...here a few pictures that we snapped whilst out and about.

Cutting and Sticking:nice pictures destined for Bex's 'Things That I Like Book'

Moris Minor Traveller Love: When we 'grow up' we want to drive a moris minor traveller...just like this one.

Dot On Her Two Wheeled Bike: This little lady (who is called Dorothy and is Arthurs baby sister) learnt to ride a bike with no stabilisers!!

Craft Fair Cases: Suitcases laden with Craft Fair goodies.

Crabbittz In A Basket: En-Route to El's house to be all sewn up.

Hang in there folks, we'll be back to normal soon (fingers crossed)

xx