yesterday we took maddie to the emma bridgewater factory and design studio in Hanley for some painting fun, which i joined in with too. we had a lovely little table set up by all the goodies (stamps and paints) for us. we were given a quick demo on how to best paint our practise mugs before the real deal. i went for a crown and star decoration and maddie just enjoyed all of it. next we went for the real thing-maddie had a mini mug and i had a 1/2 pint mug to decorate. we had so much fun and are having our mugs posted to us by the end of the week..... we then had a complimentary drink in proper emma bridgewater mugs!!!!! we had a quick look round the seconds factory shop too- here are the photos

last weekend i was busy sewing again with thx to Carolyn,Rachel and Nina for the fab company. These were my final results-hope you like

i was bought a kit to make an elephant hand puppet so decided to not make 1 and to try a love doll based on a photo i had seen in an american magazine at our crop (thanks Donna). i covered her in buttons and gave her plaited ribbon head-i love her...

crop fever

saturday 10th october-at the end of our crop a few of us decided to be creative with some of our craft stash-mentioning no names!!!!!

garden fun

last sunday we were in the garden and decided to alter the boring wall and slabs-maddie and daddy started on the slabs, but i wasnt satisfied with this so began drawing on the wall

im so so so sorry for noting updating this blog but life has been so busy bringing up the family, health probs and maddie starting nursery-i dont know if i am coming or going most of the time!!! i have been trying to be a little bit creative at the monthly crops and trips to ninas to craft and be pamered too.

my latest inspirations have come from websites like flickr.com/etsy.com and my fave at the mo-busymitts.com( where you upload your projects and people comment on your creations.

im still big on owls at present and cute crafts like kawaii and japanese themes.

i have been making a cushion cover, coaster,earrings and ring, dolls, badges, altered notebook,stone critters (with maddie) and a craft stash fund....

here are some photos of my latest creations: