Ginger Cats

At long last ... Finally got around to listing my ginger cats on Etsy. :) These went to the craft fair and came home with me again, despite getting lots of compliments.

Aren't they cute?

In other news, today I had my 20th sale on Etsy! Yippee, very thrilled. :)

Tiny Pig!

This morning I finally finished a custom order for a tiny pig. This is made from the same pattern as my tiny mouse, and is just under 3/4 of an inch high. I think she turned out pretty well. I hope the customer likes her. :)

In other news, we had a dinner at church last night which was called a "harvest supper," but unless you harvest sausages and mash, I'm not exactly sure how it was related to harvest. (Yes, I know potatoes come out of the ground.) My idea of a harvest supper is turkey and trimmings. My church back home usually does a kind of Thanksgiving dinner as their harvest supper. (Except that one time they did spaghetti and meatballs--because as we all know, you harvest spaghetti!) There was no veg last night. And they say Americans don't eat healthfullly ... I missed my veg!!

In two weeks I'm going Stateside to visit two of my best friends from college, and my brother and his family. I'm very excited. And I plan to bring back some canned pumpkin so I can make pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. Last year I had to use squash.

Plans for the rest of today include going to the PO to mail the siamese kitties someone special ordered, returning some overdue library books, tidying the lounge and kitchen, and probably making some more tiny pumpkins or Christmas ornaments.

Busy Life

Well, let's see ... a lot's been going on and I haven't had time to blog so much!

Sunday I did a craft fair with MooCowKnits, and it was a lot of fun. I did very well, and got a lot of positive comments about my work which was encouraging. My most popular items were my fabric owls, swiftly followed up by my tiny, 3/4 inch mice.

My Etsy shop has also been doing well lately. I was averaging two itemsm a month since March, but this last week I sold four items. I'm hoping the increased sales keep going up and up.

Some of my latest items are pictured below. You can find most of them in my Etsy shop. :)

Paco the Scrap Rat

Paco stares out the window, daydreaming

Oliver Owl

Marley Owl

Free Tutorial from The Little House By the Sea

Today it's time for a little love in the form of a freebie! I have been meaning to start offering some tutorials, and as I don't have time to make any of my own right now, I'm going to link you up to some I've found on other people's blogs.

This is one of my absolute favorite tutorials I've found on a blog. It's for a lovely mushroom cottage ornament or pin cushion, and you can find it here: The Little House By the Sea.

I hope you love it!

Ludlow Castle

A few more pictures of Ludlow Castle, where we visited on our anniversary weekend.

Featured

I've been featured as part of the "Color of the Week" series on Creative With Clay's blog. This week the color is purple, and my item featured on the blog is my Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet mice! Elizabeth sports a purple regency style coat and bonnet. :)

Please visit the blog here:
http://creativewithclay.blogspot.com/2009/08/color-of-week-purple.html

First Anniversary, Leominster

Ryelands B&B, Leominster England

This is where we stayed for our first anniversary. We had a lovely weekend away and got to see Ludlow Castle, Barrington Hall, Croft Castle, and Queenswood Country Park.

Welcome to Leominster (Lem-ster)

Meg & JM at Ludlow Castle

We had a really nice time. So many more pictures I could psot but I don't have the time rigth now. I hope you enjoy the few I had time to put up!