Sale! - Grab a stocking filler

I'm having a mini sale! Including a mixture of old designs and one off pieces. They'd all make great little stocking fillers and are ready to ship. There's only one of each design so it's first come first served. Drop me a message if you'd like one and I can take payment through Paypal. I'll be slowly adding them to my shop, but you lovely blog readers along with my facebook followers get the first chance to snap up a bargain!

Brooches £3.50, Keyrings £4.00, Purses £5.00 and a set of 2 finger puppets for £4.00.  

UK Shipping is £1.50. 

Blackberry Foxes

I've been meaning to share some photos of a custom order I've been working on.

I had a special request for two fox Blackberry phone cases, one in red and one in purple. The customer wanted the cases to match two sets of coloured crutches that they had bought from a website called Chic Aid that offers coloured and designer crutches, for people that want something more exciting than the standard grey NHS style ones.

The other requirement was that the cases needed to be attachable to their crutches and a wheelchair, so I adapted my original design to include two sets of velco strips that joined up in a loop at the back of the case.

After making the cases I did a bit of market research into the sort of accessories that were available for use with crutches and wheelchairs and there doesn't seem to be a great deal of choice. Phone cases seem to be mainly plain black, so if you or anyone you know might be interested in a unique attachable case do let me know, as I'm thinking of making a new range. 

New Keyrings!

I just thought I'd share some photos of my new keyring designs.

Fox Keyring

Bunny Keyring

Owl Keyring

Penguin Keyring

Hedgehog Keyring

I've just added them to my Folksy Shop, if you fancy something to keep your keys safe, or to brighten up your bag. 

I have loads of ideas for new projects at the moment. I can't decide what to work on next, either animal notepad covers, hairclips, wallets (bigger versions of my Minifelt purses but with a pocket for cards) or some more laptop cases.... hmm. What do you think? 

Minifelt Purses

Firstly apologies for the lack of blogging lately. I blame it all on the fantastic weather we've been having, as it's just too nice to stay indoors on the computer!

Anyway I have been hard at work on these new additions to my shop, felt purses. I've always wanted to have a go at sewing a purse but thought it'd be too complicated as I've never sewn a zip in before...

Here is my first attempt. I started with two layers of felt, cut to about 12 x 8cm.  Then I sewed my design onto the front layer first, I choose a fox's face, as I'm quite obsessed with foxes after watching Fantastic Mr Fox on DVD the other day!

Then when it came to sewing in the zip I cheated and cut a gap the size of my zip into two pieces of felt (the inner layer and outer layer). Then I stitched around the outside of the zip to hold it in place, which seems to work perfectly!

I then finished the purse off by sewing the sides together of the inner layer which I made slightly smaller than the outer layer, as I thought that two layers of stitches would make it more sturdy.

Here's the finished purse plus I've made a few more too with some different designs:

New iPod cases!

I've been working on some different animal designs for new iPod / Phone cases. I've also slightly expanded the size of them to fit Blackberry phones and other gadgets of a similar size. 

Anyway I thought I'd share some photos of the new range, I keep meaning to take some photos of them in progress, but forget until I've sewn them together! I'll definitely take some of the next ones... 

Fox iPod / Phone Case

Lion iPod / Phone Case

Bear iPod / Phone Case

Tiger iPod / Phone Case

They're all available from my new website Minifelts.com if you fancy one (or you can just click the link below the photos). Anyway I'd love to know what you think, what animals would you like to see that I haven't made so far? 

I won a prize!

Look what I received from the lovely Fritha Moonbeatle. I entered a giveaway on her fantastic blog Tigerlilly Quinn (which you should definitely check out) and she very kindly sent a prize to everyone that entered! How generous is that?!

Anyway here are my fantastic goodies, I love receiving parcels!

Inside the package was a really cute fox print, that I'm going to frame and put on the wall.

Plus some badges, and a temporary tattoo!

Check out Moonbeatle's Shop to see more prints and cool stuff. 

New brooches

I've been busy making badges...

There's monkeys

and foxes

and pigs

and sheep!

They're all available from my Folksy Shop if you'd like one, and also available as a custom order of any animal you'd like in any colour you'd like!