i love tea..............i love cake !!!!!

i really do love a good ole cuppa and who doesn't love cake ???? so i have made some hanging kitchen (or anywhere) art..................with binding that took forever to sew by hand onto the back and front..............and people hand sew binding onto a whole quilt ??!!

and i made this cushion last year..................mr flowery jack...............but he was made and taken to a few craft fairs, he was greatly loved by some folk, but some folk didn't want to pay £25. for him...............but it is a one off piece i told them, nobody else will have a cushion the same as yours !! i don't know about you my fellow crafters out there, but do you suffer with this same maddening crowd of people who seem to think they can give you what they think is the right price for your handmade goods...........this greatly puts me off craft fairs.....................................

yes dear readers that was an unexpected rant.............just had to get that off my chest, i think mr flowery jack will be heading over to etsy, where i think i will price him at £20-

caravan of love.....................

as a child we had a caravan, a little egg shaped one, just big enough for myself and my mum and dad and my little dog.................such happy memories..............when we weren't away in the caravan, it stood at the side of our house, and it doubled up as my playden......... i was the envy of the kids in my neighbourhood............so you see the humble 70's egg shaped caravan holds a special place in my heart !....................................which is what inspired my new crafty project........
and bunting................who doesn't love bunting ???

not sure whether to put these on folksy or etsy ??!!??

w.i.p. and sunny days..........................

the weather this week has been so lovely that i couldn't resist taking my work outside, miss matilda has loved it, although the only down side to this, is that i have been disturbed quite often with the little minx up to no good.........trespassing over the vegetable plots ( i will share some pics on these soon.......they are really coming on) or pulling up newly planted raspberry canes, or terrorising the cat..............yes very naughty.........but it is quite impossible to get angry at her, it is those eyes !!!

new textile art i have been working on.......................

i find embroidery work so relaxing ........................seriously i could do it all day but there is children and pets to care for, a house to clean etc.......................you get the picture..............

and the finished products which will be going on etsy this week, i have been working on more than these two, but haven't got around to photographing them yet......................

in the words of marie antionette.........................................................................................

Brooches............................

and lots of them.............. you can find these in my etsy shop...........................

www.blossomdesign.etsy.com

also i have been working on some new ideas which i will share with you later this week...............

yellow

i love the colour yellow, every shade of it from mustard to lemon..........i find that in the spring and summer my love of yellow really comes out, at the end of last summer i was inspired to make some yellow bags, but did not get around to putting them on my website (which will soon be going) or etsy straight away, and then i decided to save them for spring which is now........

so yesterday i got around to putting them in my etsy shop..........

yes my love of camping shows in this one.........i love it pictured hanging of the bush, it looks right at home................

i will be back tomorrow with lots of cute brooches to share with you ..............................

mothers day..........

i'm a little late in posting this..............i hope all you mums out there were looked after and treated well this mothers day, i had a really lovely day, with some lovely gifts....................

.....................................................THANKYOU GIRLS...............................................

you made my day wonderful, my youngest said " when is it kids day" i said to the cheeky one....... "everyday is kids day"..............

i love the gilmore girls, and marie antoinette.......................

and me wearing this so so cute hairslide from plumo............

spring is here................at last.......

spring is here at last ........and it feels so great to get out and about in the garden, we have been busy planting fruit bushes and getting the vegetable plots ready, we're not sure what we are doing, i think it will be a matter of trial and error....................but eh, we feel very much like 'the good life'

and on a crafty note, here is a few of the brooches i have been working on, there are many.................i have gone a little brooch mad !! i am also changing my little business around a little, i'm doing away with my website and will be just selling my wares on my etsy and probably ebay........... i have also changed the name to kitty blossom( kitty being my middle name and blossom a family name) , instead of blossom design and there will many more changes to come....................little ................but big for me !!

p.s. i also have new labels..................and lots of new vintage fabric..................there will be lots of vintage crafting going on around here !