A little sneak peak of my hens night party favours

Hello, 

in the last post I mentioned I was busy making some party favours for 37 girls for a hens night.

Here they are! Brooches that turns into hair ties, to use them as much as you can. 

This is a great way to have a little souvenir of the night and at the same time to use it every day. It's so annoying to have stuff in your wardrobe that could never be used again!  So here's what I came out with: a transformable item! I'd be so happy to share with you more ideas on little party favours... so email me or leave a comment about your ideas or if you need any help.

If you want me to make customized favours for your party, email me and we'll find the perfect gift for you!

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Porcupine Pin Cushion - tutorial

Hello, it's such a busy week after the holidays, work, work and more work! My day job has been very intense and my craft shop was an explosion of orders, 37 brooches for a hens night and many purse holder! I love so much to make them! but of course I had to take time to share this cute tutorial from Prudent Baby.

1. Download the Porcupine Pincushion Template here.


2. Cut out 2 side-views and 1 bottom-view from tan felt.

3. With sides pinned together whip-stitch from tip of tail to tip of nose with 3 strands of brown embroidery thread. Your stitches need to be pretty close together to hold the beans in later.

4. Add simple stitches for eyes and a satin stitch for nose, if desired.


5. Spread out the legs of your sides and align with bottom piece. (If he doesn't line up perfectly, feel free to trim him a bit.)

6. Whip-stitch top piece to bottom piece all the way around except for one leg (to allow for stuffing)

7. Stuff your porcupine firmly with stuffing.

8. Stuff the belly with (a few tablespoons, maybe?) of dried beans. You want the beans to be directly inside the felt of the belly. This gives the pincushion some stability.

9. Stitch up the last leg and tie off.

Send me your photos if you make it!

Happy week end to you all!!!

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Mad about Pink has been featured!

What a nice surprise when I opened my store this morning.
Look at what I saw on Dawanda...

on the featured section?

one of my purse holders!!! Thanks guys! It's nice to be appreciated and it keeps me so motivated to create more and better!

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Knit and Pink - "All be to galore" shared her favoutite tutorials with us

  Hello everybody,

today Lesley, the owner of 

All Be To Galore 

 has decided to share with us some of her favourite tutorials:

Skeleton Key Slouchie Tam - Click here for the tutorial

 

My pink ishbel - Click here for tutorial

 Bird in hand- Click here for tutorial

Here's her message to you to help you getting started:

While I've been knitting for 7 or 8 years now, I've really only started to get "good" within the past year. I met up with a local group of knitters and have learned so much. My advice to anyone who knits, good or bad, young or old, is to join a knitting circle! I feel like I'm part of a family in a way. I love that I'm surrounded by people who actually understand my obsession with crafting and knitting... and they don't call me a dork or a granny for it. It's inspiring to see what other people are making, how they're doing it, and what yarns they're using. Knitting gives me a sense of pride, a sense of accomplishment, and a way to control my need to multi-task. I swear I cannot sit down in front of the tv without having something else to do at the same time so knitting has become associated with relaxing for me... although it can be quite stressful at times :)

Make sure you check her blog and her creations, they are really cool!!!

Thanks Lesley for sharing them with us!

Can't wait to have you here again!

 

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