whats going on here then??

Wow,
So its been 6 days since I last wrote a blog post, where does the time go? one minute I'm relaxing after an uneventful craft fair pondering what to do next, 3 days later I'm up to my eyes in orders and running around London trying to source a particular shade of cotton! this is the crazy world of self employment! well I'm not complaining, I would work every hour I have for myself rather then work for anyone else, and I'm lucky enough to do a job I love, so no, I'm not complaining.

Updates on where you can Shop for Me&My-
I'm now on Folksy @MeMy 
In now stocked in Raindrops on Roses In St Albans
and of cause you can always buy direct from my facebook page - facebook.com/JustSinead
and I'm always happy for commissions!
hope your all enjoying your weekend, I'm off to applique 20 t-shirts!

 

 

So long Sunday, I didnt notice you had been.

I have very sore fingers, and what is feeling like the beginnings of strain in my arm, perhaps a sign that I type, text and sew too much!in the past 3 days I have hand stitched 11 t-shirt designs, all of them needing to look as neat as the last, I still have 9 to go, plus several toys and tote bags for this Saturdays craft fair, which incidentally is....

 

I have also got around to making my own Fox T-shirt! which I will wear to all my craft fairs from now on :-)

it still needs to be stitched on, but I love the way the colours come through against the grey. and finally, the truth about crafting.....its a VERY messy business, and I am often living surrounded by piles of fabric, thread, cushion inserts, ribbons, pins and needles, and so next week I will HAVE to take a day off to tackle this mountain I have created because I have actually buried half my wardrobe under it!

No Batman, just Robin

I always like to do a few 'pocket money' things for craft fairs, and although I'm definitely moving into baby clothing, and next year will be all about trade shows, I cant help making little things...so for the next few months I will have an on going supply of Robins, Foxes Reindeer and Owls being made from all manner of odds and ends.

 

This little fella are 15cm and 10cm, just the right size to hang on a Christmas tree or above a fireplace.

 

 

A ghostly pumpkin?

hello Blog world! the past few days have been boring but busy, lots of admin, lots of chasing up fabric and orders and LOTS of non sewing!in fact I seem to be allergic to the very idea of sewing right now, and find I'm doing much more creative stuff just to get out of doing any work, so this week I have mostly been...

1.using my stamp set to stamp all my tags for my tees,

2.thinking out side the box in terms of presentation for my next craft fair

3.drawing! lots a lots of scribbles and doodles

4.making fox motifs for tote bags

5. toying with the idea of fox bibs.....

so a busy few days, but non of it helpful in terms of getting through the back log of sewing I have. Oh well as with every craft fair Iv done I  will leave it to the last minute and be sewing until 3am the day before!

now Halloween is on my radar, Iv been so wrapped up about Christmas stock I over looked the spookiest day of all, so today I will be messing around with bits of off cut fabric trying to make little hanging decorations, since I dont seem to own a scrap of orange fabric Mr pumpkin may have to be yellow, or pink....hmmmm....

 

 

Slightly Sodden Sunday

Here is a rough version of a new design, I seem to be very in to pairs of animals this season, Spring was all about Foxes and Squirrels, well Winter is all about Mice, Deer and Robins keeping each other company.... 

 

 

Urghh! the weather has finally decided to give up any hope of a summer and it seems to of totally by passed Autumn and jumped in to winter, I usually love Autumn, being an October baby I get to have a birthday, Halloween and Guy Fawkes night all in the space of a few weeks, but this was before I moved to the countryside!and its a shock to the system, its bloody FREEZING! I'm getting some serious sewing time too as I have no reason to want to go out side, So count down to Birthdays, and Christams has begun!

Just checking in....

 

 

I should be sewing....I should be cutting up fabric and drawing designs, but instead I'm wrapping my head round things like VAT, Tax, Limited companies, creating a folksy shop, working on launching a website with a brother that happens to live 1000's of miles away on Shanghai!keeping on top of the ever present chores, remembering to feed, clothe and talk to my son.....I have a lot to do!everything is a learning curve, and Iv worked and sacrificed to get my business off the ground, to its time to power on, now...where did I put my pinking shears!

 

 

Things your suddenly allowed to do once your a parent

I often find myself totally immersed in something only to stop and think 'what the hell am I doing?' these usually include and are not limited to....
humming the theme tune to 'Baby Jake', 'Mr Bloom' and a whole back catalogue of Cbeebies tunes! this has happened in the supermarket AND most embarrassingly on the bus where another Mum gave me a knowing nod...
the playground, suddenly I'm allowed to be on a swing or go down a slide, make a sand castle or just run around like a lunatic just because I have a small person with me and the odd looks have stopped!
watch cartoons knowing that no one will judge you for it except your own child when you actually like a show more then they do (guilty as charged, I'm a sucker for postman pat just for the theme tune alone)
talk in a ridiculous voice and refer to yourself in the third person...'Mummy wants some of your biscuit, can Mummy colour that bit in...'
wear pyjamas most of the day And look a mess, everyone will think you've been up all night with your child, you don't have to mention the bottle of wine you may have had the night before
Buy and play with toys....Toys R us was a distant childhood dream where by when I grew up I would own that shop and keep all the toys for myself, well that didn't happen but i do spend a large amount of my time looking at toys and 'testing' playing with them.
Buying clothes...ok so i use to spend all my money on shoes, bags, clothes and nights out, these days its toddler clothes (well they just keep growing!) toddler shoes, (who knew wellies were SO vital) toddler bags (nappy bags, change bags, bags for toys, bags for biscuits) and toddler days out...its a rock n roll life.
Funfairs...so my son cant go on any rides, doesn't stop me going on them though.

Id love to know what other parents have found themselves doing?