...is back in business!

So as promised in my last post there have been a few developments (aside from getting a new job and moving house.)  Well now all exchanges have been made I am very pleased to announce that I am the brand new owner of Spinster's Emporium!!

For those who don't know Spinster's Emporium is an online shop selling vintage haberdashery and craft items.  I won't do a whole sales speech about how wonderful it all is but feel free to have a perusal of the website.

"So how did this amazing event occur?" I hear you ask. Well a few years ago I was an intern at Spinsters and was offered a more permanent position but the timing just wasn't right.  So after eight months I left to have a go at my own projects.  Then a few months ago Donna (the creator of Spinster's Emporium) told me that she wanted to sell the business and move on to new things (she'll soon be a fashion lecturer in Vietnam!) Several internet conversations later I decided to buy it (with help from the Mummy and the Daddy) and the rest is history.

Last weekend I collected everything, most of which is in my parents house, with the necessary stuff squeezed into my flat.  I'm on the look out for studio/storage space in the West Midlands if anyone has any suggestions?

I need to say a massive THANK YOU to all the people who have helped me so far (physical, financial and emotional.) It will all be worth it :)

I've got lots of plans and ideas which I'll be putting into action over the next few months so I'll keep you all posted.
For the time being could you all be wonderful and like the Facebook page and follow me on Twitter and Pinterest.  Most of the posts will involve sharing pretty pictures and the occasional event/competition.

Cheers m'dears!
xxx

...actually finishes something!

So I am a world class procrastinator.  It takes a long time for me to get projects started and even longer to finish them, but miracles do happen!  The fact I've finished something in the same year I started it is definitely worthy of a blog post.

It all started with an article in Mollie Makes...

A round cushion, crochet one side, fabric the other and a button in the middle.  Nice and simple...well sort of.

I started the project when I was still living in Brighton.  My friend Kerry and I (check out her blog here!) had been teaching ourselves to crochet granny squares and this seemed like a doable next step.  Apart from getting my single and double crochet stitches mixed up, this part was fairly easy.  However the next stage was a little more complicated and the instructions didn't really help.  Cut a circle of fabric slightly bigger than your crochet circle, stitch together, stuff and sew the button in the middle.

My main problem was that my crochet circle wasn't flat...

After choosing my fabric and doing a fair amount of thinking (a very important part of crafting) I decided the best way was to cut the fabric and stitch it into a shallow cone shape to mimic the crocheted bit.  After some trial and error (another important part of crafting) I found a form that seemed to work.  So I stuffed it, stitched some lovely vintage buttons in the middle and well, I had a cushion.  Yay!

Skills!

In other news, spring has apparently sprung, Mr.D has had his appendix out and on Saturday we went to World Pillow Fight Day in Trafalgar Square (I took photos on my manual camera so watch this space for some photos soon!)

xxx