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Sweet William

Posted in Have you seen these?, craft, gems, tagged , , , , , , on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I am proud to announce my new “felt” shop – Sweet William.  Felt is a online marketplace for all things handmade from New Zealand.  The new shop is a collaboration between my sister, Paula and I.  She lives in AUS and I live here but we love the same things and decided to link up.  We [...]

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felt

Posted in gems, tagged , , , , on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The little Gems have been featured on FELT a  New Zealand-based on-line marketplace for handmade goods, designed to enable artists, designers and craftspeople to promote their work and connect with buyers.
Lucy Arnold  is the owner/operator & designer
“I’m interested in the philosophy of handmade enterprises and the cottage industry (the environmental aspect, lifestyle aspect and sociological effects) and [...]

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speaking of giveaway

Posted in fabric, gems, giveaway, tagged , , , on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

My friend Helen ( a little Gem from my craft group) has such a lovely Babushka doll she is giving away – visit her – don’t be shy – we had such fun with the last draw we want to do it again.

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swapy dotee AND GIVEAWAY

Posted in gems, sewing, swap-orama, tagged , , , on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I signed up for a swap (or three) through swa -bot   and discovered the lovely dotee doll concept.  Magic little dolls flying around the world – being exchanged with happy abandon and connecting together strangers .
My own “gems” made some and I received this lovely one .  So joyous!
I loved making mine so [...]

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Adaptation

Posted in Have you seen these?, fabric, gems, sewing, tutorial, tagged , , , , on February 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Welcome bloglanders.  Hope you’ve found some good stuff out there – I know that I usually hit gold after a few short minutes surfing – before I know it -  several hours have passed !  I was excited to find the following giveaway.  Thanks to Jodie from RicRac.I love finding a free tutorial but often [...]

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We are all done!

Posted in Have you seen these?, gems, tagged , , , on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A great day was had by all at the last (my last) market of the season.  Our table was bursting with gorgeous sumptuousness.  The crowds were great and my fellow crafters friendly and inspiring.
my favourite table for the day had to be www.cloudofbirdys.blogspot.com
I could have bought everything off her table.  I had to restrict to a [...]

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All aboard! Craft2.0

Posted in Have you seen these?, gems on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Instead of retiring gracefully after Knack, I decided to go the distance and stay involved in doing Craft2.0 with my fellow gems (from my craft group).  So once again a week or two of mad, midnight crafting – and of course interjecting my time with NEW projects that really did not need to be done – [...]

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Paekakariki school fair

Posted in Have you seen these?, gems, tagged , , on November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »

What a great day. Lots of stalls and a good crowd.  It was hard work getting all ready for the stall but we pulled it off. THANKS ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

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Pataka was rocking!

Posted in Have you seen these?, gems, tagged , , on November 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Well it was a hit!  The Pataka craft market was rocking – great crowds and vibe.  I had very little stock for the numbers and sold out most of my things by 12.  It was a bit of a stretch from then untill four – but thankfully I was with my fellow gems and so it [...]

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