What's in the SALE then Kirsty?

 For the first time ever, ALL FOUR ETSY shops are participating in the sale day.
WED 29. Feb 2012 8am - 8pm

So, i am going to go through the shops and the items over the next few days if you want to get an idea of what is going to be on offer...

 Ribbons / Trims Grab Bag - hugely popular last year and these are one of the biggest value buys.

Each bag contains about 10 metres and the price per bag will be £2.20 so 22p per metre you pay.

The bags are full of great ribbons and are ideal for any sewing project, scrapbooking or even luxurious wrapping. They are in great condition and pretty colours they are just slow movers and designs i am replacing with new products.

 This is a brand *new* design that i shall be throwing into the sale just for fun!!

It will be sold at almost cost price :)

But only by the single metre so one shopper cannot snaffle the lot!

Because i want every shopper to have the opportunity to get some fun bargains. It isn't often a shop offers a sale with *new* products in too, so we want to make it worth your while.

 Most of the Ribbon Bag mixes will be changing so if there are any you like at present, they won't be there for much longer....

And big news - i LOVE this Berisford MicroDots Collection but i might stop stocking it altogether.

It is time for a big change and some really fresh new products.

 I will be offering a bag of 14 metres of this spotty dotty ribbon - 1 metre of every colour i hold.

RRP is around £10.00 for all of these and i shall be offering them to you at £7.20 per bag of 14.

A polka dot Rainbow - would be great for gift wrapping.

So even if you cannot use the FREEUK postage on sale day - you still get to grab some bargains.

I am so excited to get all this in the shop...

All usual priced products will be available whilst in stock.

So, if you want the new stock at it's full price, you can still take advantage of the FREE UK POSTAGE and pop a few things into your basket for cheapo treats.

Keep a sideways glance at the blog if you want a sneak preview of some sale Buttons...

London Calling for 2012... Full on gorgeousness in the way of Ribbons!

 http://www.etsy.com/listing/93522956/3-trims-london-baby-mix-of-3-metre

Awwww, i am loving these ribbons and especially in this set of 3

London is pretty cool anyway, you agree? it has vibe, history, a certain degree of "cool"

but especially so in 2012!

We have lots to get groovy about this year...

 So the BigFish store is selling various sets of these Trims in 1 metre lengths.

I am selling a few of the Union Jack colourways by the reel too and they are selling like hot cakes.

 I am thinking: Brooches and Bunting and embellishments...

cardmaking, scrapbooking...

Cake Toppers and... wrapping around our semi naked selves?

 So, London is Calling for 2012

Huzzah!!

I am quite good to you :)

hee hee x x x 

Some Vintage frippery....

 I had collected one or two (or three....) new old bits over the past few weeks

and it is only fair to share.

Two stunning new cookery pots which i am thrilled to pieces with.

Who knew that pots would be soooo pretty, they never go in the cupboard!?

 Vintage enamel (oh Lordy, i do love my enamel) WITH lids!

In proper good condition. I applaud the older generation any persons! who know how to Make Do & Mend.

A retro red and flower power deep blue - boil me happy :)

£7 each, one from the Brackley Antiques Centre and t'other from ebay....

(ebay being harder to buy from and find a bargain me feels)

 The JOY of Spring Tulips in a Syrup tin. 2 large bunches for £5.00 so mixed and matched 2 lots in 2 different rooms in the home. They lasted a good week and yes! "i'm worth it" xxx

(who else is going to buy me flowers?)

 So Bloomin chuffed to find this GIANT bread bin on ebay too.

In RED

with huge stencilled letters

it is a giant!!

And i got it for a song £8 there is stilll ebay joy to be found... sometimes.

 And (MrsB) i have found the only chair that is EVER going to fit in my tiny kitchen.

A retro stool in yummy Bloomsbury Green - it is a hit with all the kids (young and old) who find themselves pulled into the kitchen with a Tea Mug thrust in their hand and a tale to tell.... coz it spins round too and goes up and down (but don't tell my 7yr old it goes up and down, she has yet to discover this and is still obsessing with the amusing spin facility, pity please to my fraying nerves)

Aaaaaahhhh,

and with all this crazy training i am doing - the need to cook and EAT is intense.

I might kill another human being who happend to come between me and my morning pancakes right now.

p.s. i have the BIG SALE DAY coming up soon!!!

so plenty of posts about, what will be available and all the offers to get excited about.

: D

 Hey Kirsty!

Where ya been? whatcha been doing?...

Well, it's like this:

 If you 'get' running and that, then you'll 'get' how exciting all this new kit is.

Headband with ear covers...

Winter Running Hat...

New Nike socks

etc...

 People at the School Gates:

"You are never running in this weather???"

ya-huh. Of course. I'm an addcit.

There is nothing more fun than running on a hugely cold day and watching your breath freeze. That cold pull on your lungs that makes you realise you are positively inviting Bronchitis.

 And weird running gloves make excellent hand puppeteering....

But, even if you don't 'get' the running, you will def. 'get'

70% off..... pure Sales joy.

 Hoooya!!

And here is a cute photo of my dog.

(awwww, he is so fluffy and fuzzy and he smells nice coz i showered him and he isn't called Hamish or Jack, he is called Mr Scottie Baggins and i love him terribly even though he does misbehave somewhat - or maybe because he misbehaves somewhat and i am a sucker for a cause...)

 And i have mostly been: Running, Body Pumping, Gyming, Fat Attacking, Army Training and Dog Walking.

I know.

Because i am an addict.

But i have also been doing Union Jack stuff, in anticipation of

2012 - go GB!!!!!

So, that is that.

X

Jubilee Bows and Owl Trim

 uh oh, P.S

also great for cake toppers = these mini fabric bows!

Cute, no?

 I love these. They are so London and definately what 2012 is about.

A bit of pride in our Nation and all that it encompasses. A bit of support for a Monarchy - that i do believe, generates much more money for the UK in Tourism than it spends. Sorry, that is my stance on the Royals.

 And my less controversial opinion on owls.

OWLS!

I live in "Owl End Way" so this trim is just gorgeous in my opinion.

Promise i will blog something clever and noteworthy soon...

(Ok, like i ever have blogged anything of the sort.... but maybe some more great cooking)

Lists...

 LISTen, i know you are equally obsessed with List making as I am.

I have lists for EVERYTHING

Some are just dotted down to help me organise my thoughts

Some are actual longer-term lists i am working through...

 I have a notebook in my shopping bag that has lists of every measurement of every room in my house,

all the walls and the windows... just incase i see some bargain homeware and i need to know if something will 'fit'. You can suggest the term OCD if you want, but i won't listen.

Organisation is the key to any efficient lifestyle.

(HA!...)

I am currently on the lookout for a huge picture frame that i can spray paint and turn into a noticeboard

(to display my lists, obviously)

Lists:

House measurements and needs List

List of things to Sew for my home

List of things to buy next time i am in town

List of accomplishments i want for my business

List of phonecalls i must make and bills to pay

List of food from the supermarket today

List of improvements i need to make to all my webshops

List of new training exercises i want to try at the Gym

List of plants that might work in my garden

THAT Amazon List - you know you all have one...

Happy 2012 - go make a list!



2012... Say YES!.....

 I generally have just ONE

New Years Resolution for 2012...

 It is the Mantra that is going to guide me through a fantastic year (i hope)

 Saying "yes" is an attempt to put me out of my comfort zone

to welcome new opportunities

because i have a tendancy to hide away from life

(and just poke my head out into the blogosphere and back)

 I mean to be slightly 'measured' in this though.

I am not 'yes-ing' in gay abandon to all and sundry....!

But generally

"yes"

will ensure i have a more exciting year than one in which i say 'no' more often than not.

so:

"yes"  "thankyou, i will"  "yes please" &  "see you there"

 x x x



Advent indeed....

 Dear Friend,

I am far more full of 'cold' than i am of Christmas Cheer this morning.

Never-the-less i am joyful! and replete with the excitement that Advent morning brings.

 And you are so right, of course!

To be gentle with oneself and not to keep demanding more. Put less expectation on 'what fabulousness needs to be achieved'... and to actually enjoy what fabulousness is already here.

 Memories!!

They are abundant and overflowing and the regularity of Christmas is so reassuring.

You are right, again, on every level.

I have done none of my shopping - none of my baking - none of my own making.

I care not a jot.

 The Angel Costume was hung up in the School Hall this morning with her name and class written boldy.

The Advent Santa was full on the advent surprises.

I have cocktails on Saturday Night with my local Girl Friends.

My dog thinks i am beautiful, even sat here in my tracksuit nursing the stinky cold.

And i can - just about - stomach my seething jealously of your Avent Elf  House for yet another year.

(they never made another as pretty and perfect as this)

Secretly you see, we instil the magic of Christmas into them, so they can keep it going for us when we run out of steam! Clever Mummies xxx have a Gluh Wein for me?

Winner * Winner * Winner... of Pip Lincolne's gorgeous new book

 It is Sunday... and i was just about to walk the dog....

then i thought, i shall draw this GIVEAWAY Winner now, or it will never happen!

 So: *drum rrroooolllllll*

It is YOU Joanne - http://rosedahlia.blogspot.com/ - from this place here

and Jo has 2 sons and a daughter and has been finding the time to do some very cool Christmas Crafting.

She shames us that she can find the time! Please go and see her amazing knitted NOEL letters. I am in awe of her talents.

I do not *know* Jo so it all Legit. like. But i know her now :)

Well Done my Lovely and i do wish everyone could win it though.

 And i thought i would stuff this little lot in to show you something new and wacky i made t'other week...

 It is a felt 'Paper Chain'

and i find it so amusing that my business is actually called PaperFish,

there is very VERY little to do with paper in anything i do....

Even my paperchain is felt!

This was hugely time consuming and it took me around 2 hours to complete a piece of chain barely over 2 metres long. Tcha, but it was very satisfying!

I might try some more colourways and styles.

Ya know, i have so much more to talk to you all about.

2012 is going to be so big for me. So special. i can just feel it!

And i am so grateful that people pop in, read for a bit, enter the giveaways and like sharing all this stuff too. ThankU xxx

Wool Felt by the Yardage... yippeee!

 Wool Felt on the Bolt - this feels soooo good.

Seventeen Colours to start with and i have tried to choose natural shades that are very different from the Acrylic Felt colours. These are softer more natural with flecks in. So soft and very different from the Acrylic Felt i have been using and selling for years.

 Naturally i am happy just to own and stroke these big blocks of colour and never sell it.

It is so satusfying. I don't see why i can't just replace the internal walls of my home with it?

 Soft and thick like blankets wrapped round a piece of card, ripe and ready for chopping up and sewing cushions / toys / purses... I haven't even begun to play through all my own ides yet!

 So,,,, i am stocking 17 colours to begin with but might add to the range...

Each colour has a % of wool and a % of rayon. Not 100% wool as that would cost a bit of mint to buy.

It is very wide at 90cm / 35inch on the bolt and can be purchased in half metre cuts upwards. You get lots of felt for your hard earned monies.

Currently in FuzzyFish on etsy but i'll have it in LovePaperFish as soon as i can.

Don't ask me for swatch sheets yet... i haven't got around to samples and swatch colours.

Give me time!

Fun :)