Im no longer here but you can find me elsewhere!

Sometimes i get the feeling that the only time i spend in my studio is not making stuff but using the computer.  Checking mail and orders and updating blogs.  So in the interest of refining things and making more creative moments – i am retiring this blog and I will only post to the blog [...]

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Label free

Helen and I are on a quest insired by this section on Label free’s  How to sew in Japanese series.
The book has been purchased and now we are on the hunt for the right fabric and then we will tackle the decoding of pattern.  Im full of hope that Helen’s scientific and algerbraic mind can [...]

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Great craft and a Shwop

Craft 2.0 was rocking!  The crowds were huge and ammped and was a great day to showcase a few of the Sweet William  items I have been working on.
I think the biggest buzz comes from fellow crafters though.  The best part of the day for me is the little walk around I do before the [...]

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**** GIVEAWAY *****

 
 
To Celebrate our first Etsy sale – link to my other blog – and leave a comment to win a lovely print from my sisters illustrations!
 

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First Etsy sale!

Yep - We are the proud owners of a little ‘1 sold’ – on Etsy – yipeee! Orange Blossom madonna flew of the shelf and we are stoked!

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Orange Blossom madonna and babe

Orange Blossom madonna and babe
Originally uploaded by shellsbells2007

Just to proove that I have been busy.

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Madonna

Madonna
Originally uploaded by shellsbells2007

Based on a lovely illustration my sister did, I have created this mini cushion of the Madonna and Child. My sister is an avid collector of this iconography and we decided our new collaboration needed a lovely piece that represented motherhood. I had such fun making her, there are more on the [...]

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Craft 2.0

 

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Sentiment and Stationery

envelopes
Originally uploaded by shellsbells2007

I made these for a parcel I was sending out to a customer from FELT. They are made from an old Sears catalogue (Canadian) found in a second hand shop in New Zealand – don’t you just love the randomness of that!
I have a love for old catalogues and adverts because my [...]

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Search terms tell it like it is!

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I had a laugh at Helen’s post on how the search terms on our blog stats say a lot about our blogs – oh dear – not very deep, meaning-full, passionate or focused it seems.  Better up the ante!

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