Countdown to launching my new handmade handbags website....steady!

Time for another Handmade Monday.
So, here it is...the most important bit of my new website....my new logo. What do you think?

I also found this fab series of hessian icons to use for my Facebook, Twitter and Flickr links.

I always liked my rubber stamped luggage labels, so I've had the logo made into a new rubber stamp...

....and for that finishing touch I'm having some new cloth labels printed to sew into the seams of each item. But they haven't arrived yet!

I'm still trying to sort out my packaging. I'm thinking brown 'pizza' boxes (obviously without Domino's printed all over it and without the extra balck olives) and duck egg blue tissue paper for wrapping. Now just the dull stuff to go - T&C's, returns etc. - and we'll be ready to launch.

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A trip back in time

Having missed last weeks Handmade Monday I wasn't sure I'd manage it this week either! We had the mother-in-law to visit from Cornwall, so I wasn't sure I'd get any sewing done. But, in the end, I did manage to finish a few projects.

So, after a busy weekend which included a visit to the Black Country Living Museum and a trip to the nearby Crooked House pub...

 
 I finally managed to finish the autumn version of my tree bag, as well as a noticeboard for our kitchen.

At last Hubby doesn't have an excuse for leaving unopened mail on the kitchen worktop!

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Fabric fetish I: Kate Spain Terrain

This post was called (I) because I suspect it's the first of many posts along a similar vein! Anyway, this weeks Handmade Monday is to celebrate the arrival of my Kate Spain quilting kit which has arrived from the US. For those of you who aren't quite as geeky as me about fabric (go on, I know there's plenty of you out there that are), Kate is based in the US and designs the most beautiful fabric (as well as having two of the most adorable cats - check out her blog to see for yourself!).




Problem was, when i finally decided to indulge myself I really couldn't decide which ones to buy. So, instead of buying just two or three I went for a quilting set with a fuller range of fabrics ready to make into a quilt. ABOVE ALL FABRIC


Never made a quilt before, but I'm sure I can find a use for one. In the meantime I get to see some samples of each whilst I decide which one I'll use to make my next bag - this one will definitely be for me this time.....

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