Cute and Fun

or so I thought!

Back in August I ordered some lovely baby pink and baby blue fleece with the intention of having a go at making a batch of little Baby Taggies/Feelies for a variety of purposes (gifts, craft sale makes etc).

For some reason I thought that making these cute little items would be fun, but sadly I haven't really been feeling that in this process.

I deliberately kept the fabric top a very simple four patch (a batch of which I actually made up on my summer holidays).  Earlier this week I picked up the four patches and decide to move them on.  Tons of ribbon later (these babies eat about 1.5m of ribbon each!) and some swift lessons in the fidgetty nature of fleece, I have a little production line going to finish up this batch of taggies for boys.

Although none of the fabrics in this project are expensive in themselves, I worked out that these cost just under £2 each in materials to make up.  At approx 9.5" square finished, I'm wondering if people would pay more than this so that they make even a little profit if I decided to sell them?

Not sure if it's the item itself I'm not loving making, or if I'm just not a production line type girl.  Hope I can find the love to get around to the girls' batch one day!

Just telling it like it is, so you know I don't always love everything I embark on.


PS - Remember the Slouch Bag I made at Judith's summer workshop?  (Which I do love!)

Well, now you can make one for yourself because Judith has just added the Slouch bag pattern to her Etsy site.  This is a mega versatile bag, loved by kids, teens and proper grown ups too, so if you are beginning to mull over potential Christmas present makes (can't believe I mentioned that word) this would be a fabulous pattern to get you on your crafty way.  Go on, check it out!

Goodies!

Have a peek at these sweet lovelies brought to me by the postman yesterday.

Firstly, lovely soft fleece for simple wee projects I'm planning. These are so snuggly and sugary.

But the main event in post arrivals are from Shannon at Poppy's Pocket.  If you haven't had a wee peek around her Etsy shop yet, you need to go there now. (That's an order, not a suggestion.)

Shannon, creative wunderkind of my fab friend Judith,  enchants polymer clay to become the cutest, most fun jewellery around.  She sells earrings, necklaces, little charms and such inspired by Dolly Mixtures, flumps, donuts and cupcakes, which incidentally she can also bake fabulously, but I don't think she sends them through the post - sorry folks!  There are non food related makes too, like the fun and quirky moustache necklace for sale at the moment which I thought would be a great coded gift for a quilter - you know, "Must Stash"?

Anyway, before I told you fabulous peeps about Shannon's latest addition - pin toppers! - I made sure to add some to my shopping basket first (I can be selfish like that) and these are the lovelies that Mr Postie delivered -

These little Russian Dolls are for a new friend.  Don't you love their chubby gorgeousness?

The indulgent sweet-toothed yumminess of the other pin toppers are just for me - now I have an excuse to finally make myself a more feminine pincushion!  Flumps are one of my secret vices - just saying.

If you liked the look of these pin toppers and the other bits and pieces on Shannon's shop, you could always keep a wee eye on her blog where she announces the newest additions to the shop - you know, just to give yourself a chance to snarfle some before I do!  Or you could always add a wee word of encouragement so that she might know there's an interest in seeing more of these cutesies for sale.

Thanks Shannon for a fun post morning!