All Things Paper - Felt Gift Guide 2

Feeling a little inspired by the fact that Christmas is nearly here and after that I will truly beable to begin relaxing I went in search of paper goods I thought were interesting. Here are a few of the talented crafters on Felt....like something different who have created cards. gift tags and other stationery items for others. They are all available in their online shops as well.

Envelopes 1969 Print...

hollymay

$10.00

C8 Repurposed Envelo...

cattaylor

$5.00

2010 Calendar - Limi...

sweetwilliam

$28.00

'i Love My Grammy'

mayaalbums

$25.00

:: Gift Tags (set Of...

thepaperleaf

$5.00

Hand-tooled Copper K...

brockclan

$5.00

Angel In Disguise

onewhiteswan

$14.50

Nostalgic Houses Gre...

eyecatchers

$7.50

Felt Gift Guide

Better late than never I suppose. I just figured out how to put one of these together, although I haven't actually seen it working yet. Hope it works because these items are all by very talented crafts people.

Scented Mini Teardro...

roseinthorns

$30.00

Red Woollen Baby Boo...

lovelythings

$13.50

Drawstring Library/ ...

lovelythings

$18.00

I See You Bird Penda...

supervery

$30.00

Original Redflax Hea...

redflax

$12.00

"lipstick" - Origina...

katibrown

$22.00

Yummy 100% Wool Felt...

cloak-bagger

$16.00

"rock Candy" Earrings

wildflower

$15.00

Check out their Felt...Like Something Different shops
Joy

School's Out!

Yippee! School is out for the hoildays and I have almost 7 weeks to rejuvenate and reorganise myself back to some semblance of sanity!!! A well earnt break if I do say so myself.

To Do List
1. A relaxing massage tomorrow morning.
2. Christmas checklists to write

3. Parcel wrapping - enlisting teenage daughter for help

4. Sewing of essential sold out items for shops
5. Whatever takes my fancy!

It is sooooo nice to think I don't have to be anywhere or do anything unless I want to for at least the next 3 of those 7 weeks. Then I can saunter into work and mess around achieving little and then going home early for the next 3 weeks after that. Lots of sewing and stocking of shops so when the summer holidays come to an end I am ready and stock is packed away to be delivered.

Nice thought.....I wonder if I will really be that organised???

New Stock

I have been asked recently to try a couple of new characters for my finger puppets. Here are a couple I have taken photos of. What do you think?

This is Harry Potter, Hermione and Ron, but now they have some new puppet friends

This is Hagrid





And Dumbledore with Hagrid and Professor Snape





And the whole gang - Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasely, Malfoy, Professor Dumbledore, Hagrid, Professor Snape and Lord Voldemort.





Previously you could only buy these by special request but I have decided to make them available in our Etsy shop. Take a look at my listing here. Love to know what you think.

Joy

Christmas Surprises

I received a lovely parcel in the post yesterday. It was my Christmas swap decoration from Jeannet in Holland. I was waiting expectantly for it ever since she said she had posted it and was very happy to have it arrive. Jeannet - from Quilting Jeannet - does the most beautiful patchwork. The pics from her blog look like she spends a lot of time creating wonderful pieces.

My parcel was in a yellow envelope, which I managed to photograph before I ripped it open.





Inside was the cutest, most lovely patchwork heart christmas decoration, with my initial on it
J for Joy.





And a pretty christmas card! There was also a nice little bar of soap (but unfortunately the journey must have been a bit rough and it got broken)





Thanks Jeannet. I love it. Now I need to get my Christmas tree up so I can hang the decoration on it.

Here is a pic of the packages I have been sending out. Jeannet's swap gift is also in the bundle.





And now that Jeannet has had her package delivered I can show you what I sent.

A blue and gold christmas bauble





Some little Father Christmas gift tags





And a card which I hand painted onto acetate to give it a stained glass window effect.





Then I wrapped the whole lot up in a fat quarter of this beautiful 'Liberty Roses' fabric that I thought Jeannet could use in her patchwork. (Wrapping presents in fabric is a Japanese tradition which I love)





I think this swap has been great for my first. I look forward to many more. If you know of any happening near you I would love to hear about it.

And I hope everyone in the Mitcham area went down and said hi to Karen. I hear the weather was not great but it is the Carols by Candlelight tonight and KAZZALBLUE has a stall at the Christmas Market in Nunawading.


Merry Christmas
Joy

Christmas Ornament Swap

This is just the busiest time for sewing and I have been going great guns trying to prep for markets, stock shops and make my Christmas Ornament for my Swap partner - Jeannet - who lives in Holland. I thought it was great to be able to swap with Jeannet and so I hope she likes the traditional deco I made. Funny how these things take lots of thinking time and not as much making time. It took me ages to come up with an idea - but I like the finished product. It is in the box, along with other things to post, but I won't put a pic up until Jeannet has had a chance to unwrap her gift (probably in about a week according to the post office). I can't wait for mine. I am very excited!

Anyway here are some of the things I have been making that have kept me soooo busy!

Here are some drawstring bags - which are great for kids for their swimming togs and towels as well as messy soccer boots or keeping library books dry!








And here are more finger puppets. I have lost count of how many of these I have made in the last month!





Here are the singlets our Dad has been busy knitting. Remember he is 80 years old so not doing too badly!





And the plastic bag holders. If you want to be eco-friendly then you can use them for rags instead. The ones with NZ pics on them are popular at the moment for Christmas pressies cos they are easy to post.





I also made a couple of toy elephants but they ran away before I could get a photo. So you see I haven't really been too slack about blogging - just occupied elsewhere. Karen will hopefully put up some pics of the markets we have had as well.

Happy blogging everyone.

Bay View Christmas Market Day & Northside Makers Market This Saturday

This Saturday is going to be a busy one. Kazzalblue has 2 markets at the same time! Here's me (Joy) at the one we did in Nunawading a few weeks ago. Karen was conveniently taking the photo!





This time Karen will be at the Northside Makers Market in Northcote, VIC, Australia while I run a market in Bayview, Napier, New Zealand.



No chance of getting together for these ones when they are in different countries.



I am looking forward to it with a little apprehension as I will be on my own there but then so will Karen. Please pop down and say hi. We'd love to meet you all. Here is a better pic of me and my son when I went to visit him in Melbourne.


So see you on Saturday!