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

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!

Handmade Christmas Ornament Swap

Yesterday I found out who my Christmas swap partner is. Her name is Jeannet and she lives in Holland. I took a look at her blog
http://quiltingjeannet.blogspot.com/ and she makes such beautiful patchwork items. We have been in contact with each other and are really looking forward to the swap.





It's always nice to see what other crafters do and I am very excited because this is the first one I have joined in.

Thanks to Clare, from Clares Craftroom, and Robyn , from DaisyQuilts, for organising the swap. I'm off to get creative now.

My Finger Puppets

Here is a slideshow of the finger puppets I make. I love these little guys....they are so cute. Amazingly enough every time I think I have run out of ideas someone gives me another one. This is the collection so far. I sell them on my shop at www.kazzalblue.etsy.com