Grandma's Birthday presents

I am slowly getting the rest of my presents made for my Grandma's 80th birthday next week....were my parents house is going to be invaded by family from Scotland. And my Mum wants me to make everyone a keep sake, which I haven't even though about yet, but at least the presents are coming together.

So along with the unfinished wall hanging shown in Exciting button day. I have made her a covered note book.

I really hope she likes it.

Now the rest of my shopping has now arrived which was a nice surprise when I got back from a few day working in London. Amusingly my Dad opened it thinking that it was for him, unsurprisingly he was less than impressed with lots of bits of material hehe.

Only problem is they are to pretty to use.

:) xx

Exciting button day

Buttons arrived today uber excited they are so pretty.

The parcel arrived from Blooming Felt this morning it was so pretty I had to take a photo :). I could not believe how quickly they arrived very impressed, and they also sent me a lovely e-mail saying that they were on the way and to let them know when they arrived. How nice is that!!!

The buttons were really varied and colorful. This is defiantly a much better way of getting buttons than choosing them individually.










Lots and lots of buttons :) childish moment I know just couldn't help myself.

Anyway the serious stuff its my Grandma 80th birthday next week so I have started on her present.

Its a Cath Kidston design from her book Make! (with some of my lovely new buttons) and it will have the date and her name on at the bottom and be framed.

Shopping Spree

In the past week I haven't made anything except were friends I have been visiting started their sentences with 'you can sew right?' Its been a good week gallivanting before starting my job next week :) but to make up for my lack of productivity I've been on a shopping spree today. NEW FABRIC (well almost new) from The Vintage Felt Market

They are beautiful I so can't wait till they arrive. I have no idea what I am going to do with these but woooooop. 

(All the pictures are from the order so not mine)

The problem then stared that I was having to much fun looking at pretty things that I found the Blooming Felt website and more pretty button and ribbon shopping happened. So feeling a bit poorer but very excited I think I better go and get on with some coursework. 

:) xxx

Vintage Fonts

I thought I would find some vintage fonts that I could stitch onto fabrics. :) These are some of my favourite

Matchbook 

Riesling 

Fontleroy Brown 

Lemon Chicken 

BP Script 

Upper East Side

I plan on using these as soon as possible

http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/30-fonts-perfect-for-vintage-and-retro-style-design

:) xx

Christmas decorations

I know its nowhere near Christmas but a Lady I used to work for selling beautiful German Christmas decorations just sent me the link to her new website so I thought I would share it with you all, so you all get a good chance to have a look before the celebration season starts.

http://www.ac-christmasdecorations.com/

AC Decorations sells some beautiful stuff. I help sell these beautiful items 2 years ago at winter wonderland in Hyde park and I can vouch they are just as beautiful up close as in the pictures.

My favourite are the hanging snow faeries. :)

Hope you all enjoy the website :)

Muchos loves

Katie

Paintings

As previous said I will be over blogging for a while so I apologise for that. Also my spelling yes I now know that Clothes has an e in it woops.

But anyway, recently I went to Scotland to visit family and feel completely in love with Findhorn Ecovillage, http://www.ecovillagefindhorn.com/ if you ever get a chance to visit it is incredible, when I'm old enough to move  up there its going to fabulous. lol

Anyway the point of this post when at Findhorn I found my favourite artist, Jonathan Wheeler, who is a watercolour painter. http://www.jwart.co.uk/ and in Findhorn he has a gallery and if your lucky enough he will be painting there.

Edinburgh castle 

Inverness 

Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness

The Urquhart castle pictures where so amazing that I had to presward my parents that a tourest trip on the Loch Ness was the best idea ever so I could see the castle close up. So we went on a boat trip across the Loch to the castle. 

It was great and well worth it if you ever get up there. 

Anyway hope you enjoyed these pictures as much as I do.

All the pictures are Jonathan Wheeler Art and can be found on his website http://www.jwart.co.uk/

Muchos loves 

Katie