Pictorial Review No. 3

Hello lovelies!

Its been a busy busy week...what with a Craft Fair to attend and lots of extra hours at the day job (due to an awesome music weekend.)

So with out further ado...

In the run up to the craft fair I had sewing on/with me at all times...these Warm Thoughts were given their eyes during a coffee and crumpet break at a lovely cafe called Moochoos (I'm a regular customer there. If your local please pop in and say hello to the gent who runs it...the coffee is great and the cakes are wonderful!)

Another current obsession of mine...putting succulents into china cups (I'm concerned I may have posted this picture before...my apologies if I have)

Dust Bunnies.

Crabbittz and Little April tags waiting to be attached.

A tiny gap in sewing meant I could do a bit of work on the printing tray that Arthur brought me...I'm going to stick some lovely scraps of Sanna Annuka wrapping paper (which I've been saving up for ages) into some of the bigger spaces to break up the brown.

Yes dear readers...believe it or not that's a picture of one half of StuffedNonsense (can you see me?...I'm the one behind the suitcase...with a gormless grin on my face)

And here is a picture of the other half of StuffedNonsense...El. Being the highly organised duo that we are we were still cutting business cards by the time the craft fair started.

New Stuff...we thought we would make the Human Beans big...they come in a brown kraft shoe box which have Human Bean stamped on them.

And here are the more traditional sized ones.

This lovely lady was our neighbour. I was super pleased that she was next to us because I discovered her work a few weeks back and sent her a rather embarrassing email saying how awesome I thought her stuff was and how I was pleased that she was based in Cheltenham like us. It was lovely to meet her in person and have a good old chinwag about trying to go it on your own. Her name is Megan Alice and she's the talented lady behind Megan Alice England....click on her name and follow the link to her website and shop...do it!....you wont be disappointed.

Whilst your over on her website please buy me the coral coloured purse you can see in the back of this picture...thank you.

There were lots of classic cars at the craft fair.

It wasn't an official Craft Fair it was called Cheltenhams Midsummer Fiesta.

unfortunately for us crafty types people weren't really expecting wondrous hand made items and as a result were reluctant to a)look properly and b)part with their hard earned money.

It was also a bit awkward as there were a few charity and religious stalls handing out leaflets which kind of put people off looking closely because they thought we were going to try and preach/get money of off them.

everyone deserves a stall and what not...I just think it could have been better organised i.e. having all of the hand made stalls together and all of the charity stalls together...does that makes sense? (oh dear...I hope that doesn't come across as a rant)

How much would we give for a Moris Minor Traveller?...(the answer is a lot)

One of our last customers of the day didn't have any shoes on...it made me chuckle when I saw his feet...so I took a picture of it.

Right, i'm off for an early night...

My apologies if the rant half way through this post annoyed anyone

xx

Lacey Lanterns.

I work in a lovely pub called The Swan in Cheltenham, its a wonderful place to work. We're having a music festival there this weekend it's called SwanFest...it's going to be super weekend and I can't wait!

My lovely boss asked me to make some lanterns out of glass jars and wire (given my crafty credentials) to go on the tables. I made the lanterns (much to my fingers distress) but couldn't resist adding a little something to them...what do you think?

I made 13 of them in the end but there will be more by the weekend...

I stuck the lace on with watered down PVA glue...I think they look quite lovely, and i hope that once there is a candle in them the light of the candle coming through the lace will look lovely.

P.S. The picture below proves that i don't just make Human Beans...

I also make ridiculous amounts of Warm Thoughts.

Pictorial Review No 2.

Prepare yourselves for the onslaught of pictures of things that caught my eye this last week...a little snippet into the life of a StuffedNonsense creator...if you like.

I'm supposed to be sewing these labels into Warm Thoughts...but I'm not doing that...because I'm doing this post instead.A cake stand being put to good use and holding some of our many threads and a little solider bottle opener...(you can also see some of my succulent plants in pretty tea cups)A Jay feather and a Magpie feather...spotted by the eagle eyed Arthur.Sweet Peas on my bedside table/chair (it was quite lovely to wake up to the smell this morning)MORE Human Beans (we do make other things apart from these guys...they're just so popular that we're building up the stock levels of them big time)A pretty snail shell (snail-less now though...if you look closely you can see the hole that a hungry bird pecked through)A rather wonderful typewriter in a charity shop.Our newly acquired Green Man ( he cost us one whole English pound) hanging in his new home.Little Aprils and Human Beans waiting to be posted out to the MaisonetteAnother obligatory messy desk shot.A rather fantastic record player in a rather fantastic shop called Olive... (there facebook page is here) if your local to Cheltenham and like wonderful clothes then hold onto your purse strings because I guarantee that you'll want to buy everything in it; they also have a brilliant zine section (its where I buy my copies of Frankie Magazine from)

And some Sunflowers to finish it off.

Now to get back to sewing the labels.

How was your week?

xx

Suspicious Beans...

We've had to 'step up' the making dans en StuffedNonsense. This has resulted in there being lots of piles of half finished creations...piles of Little Aprils on the breakfast bar, stacks of Warm Thoughts Eyes on the book shelf and...Human Beans in 'suspicious little zip-lock bags'

Catch my drift?

I'm really quite taken with these three Beans. The 'bodies' of the stack of beans pictured above are 100% vintage, we brought the little packs from this wonderful etsy shop, quick postage and awesome product...if any of you delightful people are on the look out for some vintage fabric related wonders we strongly recommend them!

As mentioned in this previous post, this is becoming too much like a distraction and not enough like finishing the beans so i'm afraid i must leave this place.

I'll be back Sunday with another Pictorial Review...did you like the last one?

xx

The Pictorial Review.

Heads up lovelies....There are a lot of pictures and not a lot of words. It's been a busy week so I thought I'd give you a 'Pictorial Review' (which I think sounds kind of cool...don't you?)

My desk at the start of the week (N.B. it hadn't changed much by the end of the week and is still quite messy right now)We went to Cirencester on Thursday and Arthur took me out to lunch at Jacks cafe...gorgeous cafe, good coffee, yummy quiche and loads and loads of cakes (and nice table numbers as pictured above)The conservatory where we ate... attached to the museum.A table FULL of cakes!Some awesome/cringe worthy packaging found on a pair of tights.Crabbittz in pieces (can you see the new fabrics?)Coffee, Cake and Naked Beans (hehehehehe)Me, Arthur, Ed (our lodger and friend), Vicki (my extraordinary crochet able friend) and her lovely little tot went to the boot fair. It was SCORCHIO (as it was in most places)...i had to take a picture of this man's stall which was full of 'lava ware'...look at the colours!!Cheltenham boot fair is close to a little local steam train line and Vicki's lad has a healthy appreciation for anything train related (or bus relates, or bob the builder related or digger related) so when we heard the steam trains whistle we dropped all potential bargains and hot footed it over to the station so he could wave at the train driver and marvel at the wonder of the lovely green engine.How cute?!Yes readers...it is true...I have the most wonderful boyfriend. I was busy at another stall, when I finalised my purchased at this 'other stall' i headed over to Arthur who was just handing over his hard earned dollar...'What have you just brought dear?' I asked him...'Ohh something for you' and he handed over the large plastic bag...i peeked inside (and I'm not ashamed to admit because it is soo wonderful and I've been wanting one forever) and did a little scream. My bearded wonderful boyfriend had brought the above pictured item for the tiny sum of FIVE POUNDS!!!There were even a few letter blocks left (cover your ears if you are adverse to crude jokes) enough to spell out the word 'fanny'....yep...I'm 25 years old and find that hilarious.I also picked up this beauty for one pound...I think this brings the collection of cameras which we think look lovely but will probably never use up to 10!And finally...i foraged these lovely sweet peas on the way home...they were hanging over the side of a wall and were practically in the road so it was fine for me to pick them...right?

What about you dearies...what did you do last week?

xxx

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