New job!!!! Woohoo!!

Yey - I got offered a new job today :) I had the interview on Tuesday and they phoned me to offer it to me today!!!!!!!!!

If you hadn't guessed I'm soooo excited!!!!!!!!!!

Thats all :)

Wedding Photos!

Me and my hubby Tim, got married ont he 20th March 2010!

Becoming his wife was the best day of my life so far and I wanted to share a couple of photo's x

Here we are during the ceremony, we got married in a local hotel in a civil ceremony, and it was perfect!

Mr & Mrs...



We had 32 guests in total during the day which is a relatively small number, but it meant that I was able to really concentrate on details and I hand crafted as much as I could.

Here is my place card (I made ours to show Bride and Groom - there is only one day we get to use those titles so I made the most of it!)

I made this to echo our invitations, the ribbon unties at the back and card opens to show the menu for the day!

Here is how the top table looked all laid out!

And finally my bouquet

I really wanted a natural feel to my bouquet and the flowers that we had as table settings and the florist perfectly captured what I'd imagined! 

These are just a little taster of our day that I wanted to share x

Our photographer was a wonderful lady called Teresa O'Neill, she was wonderful on the day, completely un-imposing and has that gorgeous reportage style of wedding photograhy that I love!

First Felty make!

Last night after resisting to do my interview prep I decided that it was about time I made something with my felt and this is what I came up with!

A mini pincushion which I've been meaning to make for ages. I didn't start with a plan, but just started stitching in the centre and carried on adding until I was happy with how its looks.

Here is a picture for scale...

As well as making this I'm also working on a project I've been thinking about for a while. This is the very start!



more on that another time x

Things I love about crafting #1 - Supplies!

Today I recieved some felt that I ordered from Paper and String and was a reminder of how much I love craft supplies (I know all I really need to do is look at my stash upstairs!)

I've been reading the Paper and String Blog for ages - it's one of the first blogs I regularly read and its one of my favourites. This blog really makes me smile because everything about it is so bright and happy! The materials or gorgeous and the supplies are perfect!

So I got my felt and I really love how it was packaged...

I almost didn't want to open it - the purple bag in the background is the postage bag, and the tissue paper wrapping was perfect - the need to get to the felt won out though!
 
...and look how how lovely this is - 45 different colours of 9" Square felt! It feels gorgeous! I've been waiting for ages to find an excuse to order this; after using the felt from a certain UK chain craft store this feels like heaven and I can't wait to use it!

 The ribbon holding it together is a nice mint green polka dot which I'll be able to use for something (or just keep in my stash of pretty things...)

Unfortunately I had to put this to one side for tonight because I've had to prepare for an job interview tomorrow. Fingers crossed I get it!

To reward myself I used up the very very ripe bananas to make this Banana Cake, which is cooling down in the kitchen as I speak - yum!

A Gnome-y Needlebook!

I've finally got around to stitching this little guy up, after owning the book that the pattern comes from for quite a while now!!

He's on a little needlebook and has his house on the other side.

I've stitched this onto quilters weight cotton with felt for the pages - you can see here how I've fixed them in.

The patterns for the Gnome and his house are from Doodle Stiching - The Motif Collection by Aimee Ray - her designs are so sweet x
On her blog she share designs and other creations that she makes in felt which are all adorable!

Take-it-with-me Project Mat

I've finished another project from my embroidery class!

This time a Take-it-with-me project mat, which I've made with some stripy canvas that I picked up from Ikea.  I've got a real thing for green at the moment so this was perfect!

The mat folds out flat like this (its a lot bigger than I need really, but never mind!)

Instead of two handles I've put one handle and a band of fabric that this can 'lock' under so that its a bit more secure without being too complicated!!

Then I've used some of the previous classes and have attached some 1 penny pieces using some shisha embroidery and some straight stitches - the metallic thread was from Mollie as part of first week class sign ups and it inspired the coins as the colours match perfectly!

I'm liking how this turned out!

Sophisticated Stitches!

This is some more practice from the 'All in the Details Embroidery Class' from Mollie (Wild Olive)

These stitches are from the Sophisticated Stitches class and I'm really pleased with how this tured out.
I decided to go with a bit of a random pattern just by drawing round a couple of circular things that I had to hand.

The floss isn't anywhere near that bright in real life again its because its on my iPhone (I really need to get that photo Apps that was recommended!) - oops and I've just realised I took the photo without removing the marking lines!

Some of the stitches look a bit too alike, so I think I'll practice these on some straight lines so that I can see how the are formed a little easier.

This class and the Bitty Baubles one has helped me not be scared of just practicing, and because embroidery is pretty whatever happens you end up with something nice! Thank you Mollie :)