Show and Tell, part four

I'm very pleased to say that it's show and tell time again! These posts are my space to show off some of the awesome things my customers make with felt and other supplies bought from my shops.

Fiona of TizDuster put her pastel felt to great use making these birds as a gift for a new baby:


Tiffany of Bogleface used her felt for the eyes on this fun range of monster baby bibs:


Albena of Albenaben made this spring flower brooch with bright felt colours:


Secdus decorated this sweet laundry hanger with pretty pastel felt shades:


And Leah of Sewbox used felt, embroidery thread and ric rac from my shop and a pattern from Sew Hip to make this adorable elephant as a baby shower gift:


Want to show off what you've been making? Get in touch! You can read all the show and tell posts here.

P.S. please respect the work of my customers as you do mine, and don't copy their designs :)

Butterfly Napkin Rings

The spring issue of UK Handmade is now available - and it includes a tutorial for butterfly napkin rings, designed by yours truly. I had so much fun making these, and it gave me a great excuse to use some vintage china and eat some french fancies (nom nom).


The tutorial shows you how to make napkin rings...


... but you could also use the butterflies as pretty cake toppers or sandwich labels ...


... or to add some extra sweetness to your table decorations:


You can read the spring issue of UK Handmade here, and find my project on page 34.

Business cards

After several years of selling online I have finally had some proper business cards made to send out with my orders! Hurrah!

Having ordered a few really high quality cards from Moo earlier this month to test out which images worked best, I fell in love with the riot of colour in this image...


... and ordered a big batch from another printing company. Moo cards are great but they're not really a cost effective option for me as I send out so many parcels. I got my new cards from 123Print and though they're not quite as perfect as the Moo cards (& I might experiment with different weights of card / different finishes in future) they do the job very well.

Today was a parcel packing day so I took a quick snap of one of my new cards in action, tucked into a bundle of pastel felt with one of my handmade thank-you notes. I always include a little handwritten note with my orders and make the cards myself whenever I have the time.


I'm loving the extra bit of colour the cards add to my parcels and - fingers crossed - hopefully some of my customers will keep the cards for future reference or use them to pass my details on to friends, etc instead of just recycling them!

Spring Threads

I'm working on a custom order today that involves these colours...


Sewing with bright colours like this makes me so happy!