Settled enough for...

...a couple of hours of crafting Yay. Hubby took our youngest out with him after tea so I was able to do a bit of catching up on the internet and then I set to and made these for the shop. It's been a bit neglected of late but hopefully that will change as I get to grips with my grieving. There's so many things that I've got buzzing round my head, and there are things that people suggest (thank you Claire) that there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day. I think I need to set aside some time specifically for shop crafting. I can but hope ;-).

Commissioned bag and keyring

Here is the horse keyring requested by Claire.

Here's piccies of the pink bag that a Michelle requested. Laura Ashley fabric with pink liner, then a pocket with the name stitched onto it.

Lastly is a birthday card for a friends birthday which is today. He likes the japanese Manga, so this is my attempt at it!

Felt and buttons and bits

I made the green keyring last night - I just love all those buttons. It should go in the Misi/Etsy shops - think I'll have to do it straight after I've finished here otherwise it will end up on my keys.

Anyway, before hubby went to work he asked me to make him a felt bag/case for his phone. He wants an iron cross on the front and a drawstring top. I've made the bag part but I'm going to get him to draw me the iron cross bit as I'd hate to get it wrong (he's very big into old VWs and this is one of the prominent symbols) so I'll hopefully show you that tomorrow.

This evening I've also made the CND symbol keyring (after checking whether it is copyrighted) and I've started another button thing - not sure whether this one will be a brooch or a keyring. I'lll definitely be making the CND bit into brooches as well as I'm really pleased with how the first one turned out. I'm going to do different colours as well as I didn't just want to do the black/white one.

Another keyring

This evening I've made another season table swap item for someone who didn't receive theirs and then I made another keyring. I'll show you the swap item in a few days just in case they check my blog.

Just a quickie.....

...to show you the finished keyring. Keychains arrived this morning so I promised myself once I'd cleaned the bathroom (I hate cleaning the bathroom) I would be allowed to do some sewing.

Few things

Sat and made a few things this evening. I started by making a lavender heart for out bed. Not entirely happy with it - think it needs thicker material - but it will do for now. After that I played with some felt. I've made a start on another felt keyring. This one has a car on it (sorry about the piccies). I ordered some keychains off ebay last night, so I will finish it when they arrive. The second one is a brooch. I think I might go and change the other brooches as I much prefer them this way - they seem more robust somehow.

Another keyring

Made this this morning while watching the grand prix. Enjoyed doing it as I like working with felt.

While I was making lunch a friend nipped in with 2 huge bags of wool. Her hubbies Nanna had died and they were sorting out her wool room. My wonderful friend mentioned I knit, so they sorted some out for me. Wonderful. Going to be spending the evening sorting through it all.

'Designed by Shell' done

I sat and made the flower keyring this evening. I've stitched it onto a double thickness square backing as it would be handled regularly and would soon look quite tatty.