secret project number 3 . . .

so my best friend, the beautiful pamela, got married last weekend and we came up with some crafty touches to make the wedding personalised. she and her lovely groom decided to name each table after a nickname ((what an original idea!)) and she gave me a list of pictures to 'illustrate' in felt for each table. then we did a Mr + Mrs to hang behind the top table too...

so here they are! each one took about a day. the backgrounds are all the wedding colours (( sweet pea colours - blue, turquoise, teal, lilac and pink)) with the date on them, as well as a heart.

the Mr + Mrs rectangle took 2 days because of the detail and it was a surprise until 2 days before the wedding as i didn't want to reveal any crucial outfit secrets! the clock tower from the venue shows the time of their wedding, and each flower ((again, in the bridesmaid dress colours)) represents the beautiful urns of flowers her mum grew for the wedding.

it was a beautiful day, everything went to plan, the weather was perfect and there was some pretty awesome dancing. i even shed a tear when my bestie came down the aisle :o)

so here are all the table squares and the mr + mrs rectangle.

peace n love

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secret project number 2....

so this is secret project number two!
my best friend is getting married in a week ((woohoo!!)) and for a little souvenir from the hen do I made all the girls a little cupcake hanger to remind them of the hen do, and it also ties in with the wedding. won't say any more as that is to do with another batch of secret projects.
here are the hangers, made with gorgeous -prestigious textiles- fabric and co-ordinating 100% wool felt. they are lightly stuffed so they hang well from the ribbon.
yey for wedding times!!

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ETSY UP & RUNNING

woohooo!!! new year's resolution of getting stuff on etsy is working so far!!!!! have put up embroidered pictures and now starting on hoops, followed by necklaces and paper garland. will also be putting some extra // unused supplies up there too. woooooohooooooo!!!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/thisishannmade
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countdown to my first craft fair!!

well i've bitten the bullet, made the move and all other cliches by signing up to do my first craft fair with one of my oldest friends, Sarah. Oldest as in we've known each other since we were 7 + 8, not that she's 92. we're both always crafting and talking about it when we meet up so we're going for it and doing a Christmas craft fair at Sedgefield Racecourse in .......5 days. eeeek!! lots to do. but at least it means i might actually stay up to date with blogging this week!!
here are some of the christmas decorations i'll be selling - you've already seen the gorgeous lil reindeer.

two little stars

mr gingerbread

peace n love
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new sewing machine!

my elevenyear old sewing machine finally gave up the ghost last week - i got sick of the bobbin not sewing properly, so i was stitching metres of bunting thinking it was working fine, only to flip over the bunting to realise it was not attached in any way! so i splurged and bought myself a janome dc3050, an electronic machine with 50 stitches and all sorts of super duper bits and bobs. it arrived yesterday and i've had a little play and it is fabulous. so quiet! although i will have to get used to it sewing one extra stitch when i take my foot off the pedal. my mum has just bought one too - it's her first sewing machine so i'm going to help her when i go down next week. better practise a bit more before i go.......

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