Another Load of Handmade Goodness

Following on from yesterday's post.


6) Rural Rustics 


This crafter is a friend of mine. Although I've never actually met her, I've known her online for about 4 years, and have shared happy and sad moments. She has been there to listen and to offer some great advice, and she has a great talent for sewing aprons and decorating jute bags. She's also been known to home a sock creature or 2. Below is my fab shopping bag.

7) Dragonfly Costume Jewellery

Another online friend of mine who I have known for about 2 years, and like the lady from Rural Rustics, has been there to offer some great advice. She makes some beautiful jewellery, and although I don't yet own any of her fantastic creations, I have eyed up many of her pieces. 

8) That's Sew Laura 

One day (hopefully) I'm going to have a little girl to buy some of these beautiful dresses for. 

9) Dollydoo

I love these owl cushions. This lady also does some fab Christmas decorations.

10) The Patchwork Heart

These notebooks & diaries are so pretty. 

Handmade with Love

Tonight's blog features 5 of my favourite Facebook craft pages. These are in no particular order, and are only some of the pages I love. I promised 10, but it's taken so long to choose and post these, that I've decided to split them. The other 5 will be tomorrow. It's also been tough choosing only 10, so next week I will post some more, including my favourite wedding services, and baby gift pages. Sock Creations also have some favourite pages to share. 


1) Dotty Candles 
Dotty Candles make a range of cupcake candles, wax melts and tealights. I particularly love these candles in cups & saucers, and they have made great presents for a few of my friends. 

2) Different Bluebirds Glass and Stuff
Victoria has been working with glass for 15 years and designs and hand makes these beautiful creations. 

3) Polka 
I love Polka's bright and funky handmade accessories. I think I'll be ordering from here for presents this year. 

4) Holly-Blues and Quirky-Birds


I absolutely love this lady's work. I've bought a friend of mine one of the chickens, and I also had a custom order heart garland for a Secret Santa present. 

5) Love Felts


Kirsten is a talented lady, who as you can probably guess from the title, specialises in felt designs. Most of her designs are campervans and beetles and I've spotted her and her work at many VW shows. As well as the fab VW stuff, she also makes pretty felt cupcake garlands. 

Pop back tomorrow for 5 more favourite pages. 

Blogging about Blogging

Just lately I've either been quiet on the blog front or I've felt like I've been writing a load of rubbish. So in an attempt to make my blog more interesting, I'm going to put more effort in to thinking of some interesting and/or useful topics to write about. One of my ideas is to have a weekly top ten blog, starting with 'Top Ten Facebook Small Business Pages'. I also plan to write a monthly 'Soundtrack to the month' blog featuring that month's most listened to songs. 


Feel free to add your suggestions in the comments box below. 

Favourite Muppet

Last night at the cinema, Husband asked me which Muppet was my favourite. I couldn't give him an answer as there are so many that I like loads. However, I couldn't stop thinking about the question, and all day today I've been trying to decide which one I like the best. I think I have come to a decision, but I thought it would be fun to find out who other people like. So please take a minute to take part in the poll on the right hand side of my blog. At the end of the month I will reveal the reader's favourite and also my favourite. 


Here are some celebrity's favourite Muppets, taken from http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com

Following on from yesterday's post...

On the way to work this morning, I was thinking about more things that made me smile. I started thinking about a few You Tube videos that made me smile, and thought I'd share them with blog readers. 

A cute cat one

A cute baby one

And a funny spoof one

Hope they make you smile too 

The Best Things In Life Are Free...

..or almost free. Here is my top ten list of free, or almost free things that make me smile, or make me feel good. 

1. Getting into a freshly made bed, especially when the sheets are also fresh off the line. 
2. A stranger holding the door open in a shop or other public place. 
3. Someone letting you go before them in a shop queue because you only have one item. 
4. The smell of rain. 
5. The smell of freshly brewed coffee. 
6. The smell of freshly baked bread. 
7. A hug after a bad day, in fact a hug at any time. 
8. Seeing children playing, using their imagination. 
9. Getting into a pair of jeans that used to be tight. 
10. Being paid a compliment that gives a confidence boost. (especially important for those of us with low self esteem) 

Please feel free to add yours in the Comments section.