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Nine months ago today, the very best moment of my life happened at 2.47 in the afternoon. So this week for Folksy Friday it’s all about George:

George and the Dragons from Hole in My Pocket
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King George by Alice Gabb
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George from The Snail Emporium
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George, Hand Embroidered Brooch from Bird & Bridge
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George Bear Plushie from Dotty Daisies

I’m not the most patient person so it’s been quite hard telling myself that building up a business from scratch is not going to happen overnight. The biggest problem being that when I set up as a freelance graphic designer, it did literally happen overnight. There were a few dry spots, but for the most [...]

So the theme of this week’s Folksy Friday is ‘Festival’ in honour of Ben & Jerry’s Sundae on the Common which is happening this weekend on Clapham Common. We’re going tomorrow for the first time with child.  This is more of a family-friendly festival, or used to be, so the theme is more bunting (I [...]

n. – The quality or state of cohering, especially a logical, orderly, and aesthetically consistent relationship of parts.
Yes I need some of this. This is what’s missing, it’s so obvious when I look at the collections of designers who have it. Here’s who’s inspiring me to be more coherent:
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Charlotte Macey Textiles:
Beautiful linen homewares with [...]

I’m hoping to keep up with this every week. This is my second one so that’s a roll for me. This week’s theme is ‘hungry’ because I’m hungry:g

Hungry Bear Plate from James Ward
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Chocolate Cake Coin Purse from Dinky Daisy
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Alice in Wonderland ‘Eat Me’ Cake Toppers by Crafty Pagan Designs
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Apple and Pear Card [...]

Only 8+ months late, but I finally made curtains for the baby’s room. Yes they are a bit too short and there are quite a few mistakes, but at least they’re made and up. He still woke up at 5.30am (we had curtains before but not black-out ones) but he went more quickly back to [...]

I officially back from maternity leave to my freelance business, little bulldog design, a couple of months ago, but you wouldn’t really know it as not much in the way of work has come in. I blamed it on the recession for a little while, but it quickly became apparent that my clients had either [...]

This is my first go at Folksy Friday and in honour of the beautiful day we had today I’ve chosen a few sunshine-themed handmade items:

Click on the photos to view their other lovely items. Here’s to more sunshine.

So my mice skittles and kitty ball seem to have been a big success. Here’s my nephew Jude playing with his kitty ball

Apparently the ball was a hit because he really likes balls right now. I seem to remember one of our other nephews Toby going through a ball phase. Too bad I hadn’t discovered [...]

I was attempting to make a stripey elephant for my friend’s new baby girl. Halfway in I realised I was attempting a bit more than I could handle in the time that I had and I had obviously picked the wrong kind of fabric. So the elephant went into the pile of half finished projects [...]