knitting, fulling, sewing, cutting, pasting, bagging...

sample bags
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this is where I've been..! my sample bags are finally ready to send off to Shalana for our etsyFAST (etsy fiber arts street team) goody bags which will be available for purchase at etsyFAST.etsy.com from early May. Let's hope everyone loves them and we raise more awareness for all the talented fiber artists in our fabulous group. I <3 etsytFAST. Maria has also ordered three shrugs, the beginning of the first one can be seen here http://flickr.com/photos/cupcakedesigns and I'm still working on my essay.

introducing.....lucky's pups

lucky's puppies again
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now fifteen days old (as of today,) these babies are so sweet. to the far left you can see future frisky, who will be kept as our pet. I wonder how loflo will adjust to having a puppy around. At the minute, when I go in to cuddle the pups she stands at the door wanting in and lucky snarls and growls at her. motherly love!! this is a split litter btw, a rare enough occurance but not abnormal. It happens when the bitch is served by two different breeds, in this case another jack russell (which results in pure bred jack russell pups-white with patches) and a west highland terrier (which results in jack russell cross westies-dark brown.) apologies about the red tinge, it is due to the infra-red light which keeps them warm at night and sometimes during the day! it dipped to -2 degrees on tuesday. brrrrr.

glasgow and stitch experimentation

I visited Glasgow last weekend from Thursday til Monday. It was a really lovely weekend. My friend Debbie (above with l'il sis Naomi) turned 21 the previous weekend so I flew over to spend a wee bit of time with her. Happy Birthday Debbie!!! Won't be long til I catch up with you :O) I visited some crafty shows that were on in the SECC. They were both great and I really enjoyed them. Got some great discounts on wool.

In other news I've been experimenting with different stitches for my promotional items for our etsyFAST group. exciting little things. I am way behind though. I have to rush. I also have a slightly more scary assignment due in two weeks (3000+ words) so it's going to be fun all the way.

keys for christine 150307

keys (2) 150307
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made especially for someone but if you ask nicely I could make you another one (._.) featuring new stamps and a vintage mother-of-pearl button I snatched from some bonny Scots when I was in Glasgow.. The images are from the Part Two ad campaign/brochure and the text is some random page from a textbook that I found in the photocopying room in the Heaney library. It's all random and therefore excellent. (if I may say so....)

an eventful month

I am a crap blogger - its official! I am a full time student though so that kinda shoves important things (like photography and knitting) to the side. Right now its 3pm here and I haven't had lunch yet (hungry!) and I have an assignment to hand in tomorrow. But its only an 800 word assignment so I can spend a few mins with this poor blogspot of mine.

Enough about that. I have lots of new photos up on my flickr site - go and have a look.. http://flickr.com/photos/cupcakedesigns

My favourites are below:
firstly some hellebores from my mummy's garden..

My sister Helen and I went to Rossnowlagh on Saturday (my second home) I love it so much and you can see why from the above photos! Next on the to-do list: learn how to kite surf. Great for the tummy muscles by the look of it!!

I've also uploaded some new hats onto my etsy site. (http://cupcakedesigns.etsy.com) One in blackberry stitch (in my own handdyed wool - all the rest of the skeins in that batch turned out a perfect magenta (like they were meant to) but this sweetie turned out cranberry!!)

and another one in a golden ochre that I dyed on the stove top just before Christmas. I paired it with a colinette pierro handspun point five. I also used a few wee pieces of my own felt to rustle up a pretty brooch. fun times. Not much else happened on the knitting front though. I'm working with some cotton tape for summer although I think I'll just concentrate on winter stock and then really push to get this business off the ground at the end of the summer.

Not much else to report. Lucky is pregnant (I have NEVER seen her so big,) loflo is still anorexic. One of the Scottie dogs has had some Kern/Scottie pups. They look pretty cute but we haven't really ever bonded and she looks a tiny bit evil.

Until next time, xo