Can you guess what it is yet?????

Hello everyone - I've just got back from a Christmas Fair which was pretty successful - yippee!!!  Now, be warned, you'll probably need a cuppa for this post as it's WAY photo-heavy!

So, firstly as I've mentioned before I was very busy leading up to this fair making things - hence the question "can you guess what it is yet?"  Here's a clue:

Have you guessed?  Here it is in all it's glory.............

A fabric Christmas tree...........

and the surprise?????

full of yummy choccies!!!

These are quite large at about 12" high so you can get lots of Ferrrero Rocher in it!!!!  lol

And all the following photos show the goodies I've been making for the Christmas merry-go-round:

   

A fabric box similar to the Christmas Tree but with a shaped base

A fabric casket (which was filled with Ferrero Rocher today)

Another fabric wine box

Some decorated candles

A fabric After Eight Box - full, of course!!!

 

Tea light holders and boxes of After 8's

And lastly a couple of photos of my table today - I really, really needed two tables as I couldn't fit all my stuff on one 6 foot table but they were expensive (£25 each) and you need to know you will cover the cost of the table and then make some money for yourself.  Still, I'm doing another one in a couple of weeks time and I've got two tables for that which will be good.

It was lovely seeing Jill and her Mum, Heather, today - they were having a day out and we were the second craft fair they had been to and were heading off for Stourhead..........the best weather to see it in all its glory - hope you both had a great time.

Right better go and see to some dinner preparation.  Hope I haven't bored you silly...............have a wonderful weekend wherever you are and whatever you're doing - just think in four weeks time it will be all over!!!!!

Happy crafting.

Fabric boxes

Hi Everyone

This is the first time I've got up in the morning praying for rain! Why you may ask.  Well,  we made the difficult decision yesterday to cancel our fund raising Fun Day which was happening today.  The weather forecast was not good at all and it's an awful lot of effort by a lot of people to get it organised - putting up marquees, marking out races etc etc; not to mention all the cakes, raffles and refreshments.  It would be a disaster if we set it all up for no-one to turn up.  So, hence my quick prayer that it rained...............it was quite nice when I got up; bright and still........oh oh I thought but then it started getting very breezy and then it started raining at about 12.15 - phew!  Hopefully we will be able to reorganise it soon.

Anyway back to my post.  Just thought I'd show you a couple of fabric boxes I'm making at the moment.  I've been asked to do a Macmillan Coffee Morning in a couple of weeks and thought these would go down well.

The first one is a treasure box which opens up to show three drawers and the second is a serviette box.  It's the first time I've made one of these and was really pleased how it turned out.  I'm in the middle of making a different type of serviette box and then going to do a bread basket.

Treasure Box

 

Thanks for dropping by - hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Done in - but done it!!!

Just managed to finish off all my work getting items ready for the craft shows on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Definitely got sore fingers after making two fabric boxes and four leather bound notebooks. I did enjoy it but it was definitely a bit of a rush only having had 6 days notice - plus having to do all the normal mundane things like washing/ironing, housework and cooking........... know where I'd rather be!!! LOL

Butterfly Bliss

Possibly it's a case of at long last the sun's come out and it's not raining, but when I just popped out to the garden this is what I saw............. our Buddliea Bush was absolutely covered with butterflies of all sizes, colours and descriptions. To show them all I would have needed a dozen or more photos but decided this one would show you these beautiful insects.

I was taking a much needed break as I'm doing two "cream tea" events on Saturday and Sunday afternoon and have been rushing round madly trying to make some more fabric boxes and leather bound books. Seeing as I was only told about this on Sunday (6 days notice.........) I think I'm doing pretty well having made two fabric boxes and three (so far) leather books. Just keeping my fingers crossed that the weather will be kind to us!!!