Crafty wedding fun!

The lovely Mithi got married on Saturday and was kind enough to invite me along

Table settings featured tweeters and flags and lovely flowers



hanging paper pom pom flowers



yummy milk bottle table markers



a jar of wedding sweets



my tray of cakes and doughnuts- hard work to sit next to this on the train and not eat anything



beautiful gardens to wander through before and after the ceremony



dried rose petals- perfect for throwing at the bride and groom

I had such a lovely time- thankyou Mithi and Drew for inviting me, and thanks to Jodie and David for giving me a lift to the venue. (Mithi's blog has lots of posts about the preparations for the wedding, including the story of how her and Drew made each other's wedding rings)

Holiday Mail

Just a quickie to remind people that Monday is the last date for ordering from me if you live in the US/Canada. My shop is a little depleted at the moment, due to most of my stock being in exhibition at the moment, but there's still a few treats to pick up over there. I've also got a new shop on DaWanda, which I hope to start filling with stock after xmas...yes I know I know, I really should be stocking up before the holidays as it's the best selling time of the year, but you know what? I'm just going to take things easy this year. (And there you have it, the reason I will never make money from my work!)

Holiday mail has been pouring through my letter box over the last week- I feel so lucky to know so many talented people, to be taking part in things like the Holiday Ornament Swap and PIFing with the lovely Mithi, Kerstin, Karen, Claudia and Janou-Eve. Rather worryingly Karen's PIF to me is lost in the mail, which would be a bit more understandable if it was coming from the other side of the world, but this one's coming from just up the road (well...sort of) in the UK! This morning I recieved most welcome mail from Mithi- a beautiful print of birds:

I squeeled with delight when I opened this- and some relief too as the weather is so wet today the envelope had started to fall to bits, I think it got to me just in time, so no damage was done! Thanks Mithi! I think I need to take a photo of all the goodness that's been coming my way lately- I feel so honoured to know so many lovely, talented people.

Talking of lovely people, thankyou to Susan for mentioning me in her blog the other day, and to Karen too, maybe this will mean i'll have more than 7 regular readers one day soon?!

Cally tagged me on her blog for 5 weird or random things about me.

Here are the rules:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 5 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

I was up late last night compiling a list in my head, which of course i've now forgot, so here goes with what I can remember:

1. I used to keep stick insects, when I moved to Southampton to go to University I took them with me. Some of them escaped and colonised the house I was living in, I would go round picking them up, hoping my flat mates didn't discover their existence.

2. I have a phobia of custard and mashed potato. I can't explain it other than I think the roots of it lay in1970s school dinners.

3. All the men i'd like to hook up with are either fictitious, horrible, or comedians. My number one love interest at the moment is Howard Moon (from The Mighty Boosh), followed by Wolverine. I am also 'in love' with Bernard Black (from Black Books) and Vincent Gallo.

4. I secretly really want to be a stand up comedian. My plan fails because I hate comedy clubs as I fear audience participation. I plan on going direct to radio, followed by a series on BBC3.

5. I have a crush on a man I saw on tv once. He counts dormice for a living and has lovely grubby thumbs and a nice woolly jumper. This is how my crushes often pan out.


I tag: Mithi, Alys , Janet, Cindy and Ally