Christmas Internet Shopping.

Have you seen these that the talented Kim of 'Ragged Roses' makes, which she sells in her Etsy shop? Three vintage rag covered balls arrived at my home beautifully presented in a little fabric bag. Kim also included a sweet smelling lavender sachet with the parcel - thank you Kim. x

The rag balls would make great Christmas decorations - I am going to fill a vintage china bowl with mine in my living room, so that I can look at them everyday!

I also went shopping at the courageous Amy's web shop. I bought the colourful, floral vintage towel for my kitchen and the packets of self-cover buttons.

I have already had some fun with the buttons, covering them in some hand embroidered linen taken from an old tablecloth.

I love the fact that you just pop-out the pattern piece from the packaging, so that you know what size to cut the fabric to cover each button! These will be a great addition to my handmade bags and dolls.

I have updated my website today and have decided to include some bags handmade by a friend of mine, as something fresh for you to look at. Helen is a talented lady who recycles vintage fabrics to make her one-of-a-kind shoulder bags and totes.

I have also been busy myself, making a small collection of one-off fairy dolls....

(Sorry we're sold - thank you!)
and rag dolls.....

(sorry we're sold - thank you!)
as well as some pretty handmade brooch pillows and my own vintage fabric bags.

(Sorry all sold - thank you!)
This will be my last big website update for a while, as I am taking 6 months to work on some other projects. I will still randomly add goods to my website when I have had time to hand make a new item, so I hope you can bare with me during this period; but for reasons that I won't go into on my blog, I feel that life is short and there are other things I want to try. (When I add new stock to the site, I shall place a notice on the 'home' page.)
Happy Christmas Shopping!
UPDATE TUES 27th 7.30pm.
I have received a few emails today regarding my blog. Sorry for any confusion - I WILL be continuing with my blog. It is my WEBSITE'S ON-LINE CATALOGUE that will not be updated so frequently. I have another project that I wish to work on for a while, so will not have the time to devote to hand making lots of new stock. I will try to add new items randomly when I have been able to make something new, but I really need this time to work on my other project. Sorry for the confusion, but hope this has cleared things up! - Please don't stop visiting my blog!