Christmas mantlepiece

We have had the same stuff up on our mantlepiece, more or less, since we moved into our house eighteen months ago. Since we don't have room for a tree, I decided to decorate it for Christmas. I had so much fun I think I will try to do this regularly, and post photos.











The bunting was really fun and easy to make. I was inspired by Heart Handmade's Wee Bunting, and I enjoyed it so much I made extra for my office! Using felt to back the pieces is a good idea, because it gives the bunting enough weight and stiffness to hang properly. I didn't worry about getting the pieces the same size or even nice neat triangles, and I think it looks much better that way.

made on the left

(Apologies for cross-posting)

I will be selling my wares (including some new comics, a new line a jewellery and tote bags!) at the Made on the Left Craft Fair this weekend. Luckily I'm taking the rest of the week off to work on some stock!

Monster!

Making a monster to sit in the window of Keith & Lottie during our exhibition. He is huge and cuddly!

birdie!

The last couple of weeks have been absolutely manic for me. Pretty much every day I have been coming home, eating dinner, and working on comics and craft stuff till it's time for bed. Maybe that's why I had a brainfail and forgot to take a picture of the plush birdie I made! Luckily Ali J took this lovely photo of it.

It's part of a window display for the annual Windows on William project here in Perth. (If you live in Perth, the shop if Fi & Co!) This year the Made on the Left collective made up a window, and I contributed the bird and two pieces of painted jewellery (a brooch and a ring). The bird was such a pain to make! I hate sewing a curved bit to a straight bit. Oh, you know what I mean! Anyway I think it turned out pretty okay. I love that mushroom fabric so much! The orange fabric is corduroy, another favourite. The theme was 'Spring' and I think it fits nicely. You can also see a couple of my comics on the side there!

You can see more photos at http://madeontheleft.blogspot.com/ .

painted doll

I painted this little doll for my mother's birthday. I bought the wooden body from a wonderful Etsy seller, Goosegrease. (She also paints her own lovely dolls, they're worth checking out!) It was a fun little project, but painting on a curved surface is a very different challenge to painting on canvas! I'd like to more of these, perhaps a few for my exhibition?

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i <3 stationery

If there is one thing I love, it's writing notes, lists and letters. I always pick up adorable Japanese stationery whenever I see it cheap, but one of my favourite sources is Annette Lauder's range at Nut and Bee.



Her work is so sweet and simple, it makes me feel warm inside! She's a New Zealander but ships worldwide. The notebooks are particularly good value at only $4! How can you resist? She also has all sorts of other charming products like stamps, badges, labels and recipe cards:



I have been meaning to post about Nut and Bee for a while now, and then today Annette announced a redesign of her shop and a special 10% discount off any orders placed up until September 10th! To claim your discount just enter the code KITTENPAWS at checkout. Yay stationery!