Treasury, tatting and places

Good day everyone. I hope you had a nice weekend. I have lots of things to talk about today. First of all here's my newest listing.

To create this pendant I tatted round two rings of different sizes in pastel blue cotton thread. They are attached to each other by a few links of chain. It was a bit fiddly to join them but I love the result. This simple yet stylish piece can be found here. Would you like to see this in other colours?

I've joined a few places online. Firstly find me on:

Tumblr: this is where I'll be blogging about new stuff I'm working on and other things that interest me. (My main blog will remain here on blogger)

Pinterest: join me here for photos, art and handmade creations I love.

I hope to see you on these places.

Over the weekend I created a spring inspired treasury full of beautiful creations on Etsy:

Check it out here. I hope you like it.

I've decided to start my 'Item of the Week' offer again.

A set of four customizable 'Eva' napkin rings: you choose the colour. WAS $14 NOW $7 for this week only! Offer available in my Etsy shop here.

That's it from me for today. Have a nice Monday,

Heather x

Tatting Treasury and Secret Projects

Hello. How was your weekend? I had a relaxing time eating chocolate and watching films. We ended the extended weekend with the first Die Hard movie last night. I'm tempted to watch films 2 - 4 in the next few days.

I found out last night that my Lillian set has been included in a beautiful tatting treasury here. Check it out.

I'm so close to finishing my custom order. Once I've completed that I'll get on with some other projects. I think I've got about 5 bracelets and cuffs on the go. I thought of a great idea for some earrings today. There's also a super secret project that I'm thinking about starting soon. I really hope it works. It looks wonderful in my head but the question is will it work in practice? Watch this space!   

More tomorrow,

Heather

Happy Easter!

Good morning and Happy Easter everyone!

Loads of things have been happening over here. At present I'm working on a large custom order that I'm aiming to finish sometime today. I'll speak more about this later, suffice to say that this is very exciting order for me.

I've added a few more items to my Etsy shop. One of which is my second lace-up cuff. I decided to use my Elizabeth pattern and then add a second layer. It's in variegated lilac but I can tat it in different colours.

This is my most expensive item so far as it took quite a few hours to create. This would look so beautiful at a Renaissance Faire.

If you would like this as a pair, I'm happy to tat the two up for you. Here's the back.

I've just bought some gold crochet cotton so I'm thinking about tatting a cuff in that soon. I think it might have to be a limited edition run as I'm not sure how much more of that colour I can get. 

I also listed a gothic necklace using my Katherine design. Here's the listing. 

I used red glass beads up the ribbon to bring out the colour of the red seed beads on the motif. Look out for more like this!

The final listing is my Elaine set. Hurry! This is in my SALE section for a limited time only!

Treasuries

Good evening. I've been continuing on with my latest projects. I will say more soon but other than what I've shown you I'd like to keep them under wraps for now. I'll hopefully be able to list one of them by Monday!

My red Lillian bracelet has been included in a lovely treasury entitled 'Made in Britain'. Please check it out here. Thank you very much to LifeCovers. It's great to see so many UKers in one place.

I've created one too. This one is full of wonderful items that remind me of A Song Of Ice and Fire (that I spoke about last time). I've tried to include the red of the Lannisters and their sigil: the lion, the Stark colours, a castle, a wintry forest scene and other things. Click here to see it (ends Sunday). 

I shall blog again on Monday. Have a lovely weekend. Oh and my sale ends Monday morning (UK time).  

x

A great day for high fantasy!

Hello. I'm on cloud nine at the moment and I may be on it for some time. This is all to do with my passion for Geroge R.R. Martin's medieval fantasy epic that is A Song Of Ice And Fire. Think Lord of the Rings but with no orcs or elves and little magic. I mentioned some time ago that they were filming the pilot for HBO. Well HBO decided to wait until March to say if they would commission the rest of the series or not. After a nervous wait they finally made their decision last night. They've said yes and we are now guaranteed at least one series. The title 'Game Of Thrones' is the name of the first novel. Look out for this TV adaptation next Spring. I'm so hyper!

On to craft matters: I was included in this lovely UK treasury. You can click the picture to see the details of the other sellers. Thank you artangel.

I also made a treasury 'Gorgeous Golds' but neglected to put it up on here so here it is:

Yesterday I had a lovely convo saying I had been included on Cuteable.com . Thank you very much for this!

Today has been spent tatting two projects full of seed beads. I'm not going to say too much but here is a sneak peek of one of them.

Don't forget The Mad March SALE happening in my Etsy shop. 15% off all items (excluding shipping). The prices have already been ajdusted. Hurry this will only last until next Monday morning (UK time)!

x

Earrings sneak peek and a gothic romance

Hello. Not long to go now until I unveil my new range of tatted earrings in my Etsy shop. Until then I thought I'd whet your appetite with a sneak peek. Here it is:

These elegant earrings match my Lillian bracelet but I've added more silver seed beads and large Swarovski Crystals to the bases. What do you think? I'll keep you informed of when I start adding them.

I made a treasury yesterday. It's entitled 'A Gothic Romance'. Here's the link (ends Sunday). Please enjoy these beauties.

x

Treasuries

Second post of the evening. I had completely forgotten to talk about two new treasuries in the previous post!

Anyway here they are:

The first one can be found here (ends early tomorrow) and includes my Isabella necklace. Thanks SchickiMickis.

The next one inludes my Elizabeth necklace here (expires tomorrow).

Enjoy these two vibrant treasuries.

x

Tatting in lilac and new treasuries

Good afternoon. A few things to talk about today.

New in Etsy shop

I listed my first lilac item yesterday. I really love how it has turned out. It looks so elegant. I used half the motif from my Nimue pattern and then tatted 105 silver seed beeds into the design. What do you think? Click here for the item.

This bracelet really catches the light and would go well with a sparkly evening dress. I hope to list the matching earrngs soon. I will try out a necklace too.

At the moment I'm working on a red necklace but I shall say more about that in a later blog post.

Treasuries

I found I was in two gorgeous treasuries yesterday. The first one, from knittedlove, is entitled 'Red Lovers BRITANNIA' and includes my custom fit Elizabeth bracelet. Click here for the link (ends Sunday).

The second comes from AREjewellery. It is called 'Colour me in!' and includes my Isabella bridal pendant. Click here (ends Sunday).

More items coming soon in my shop. Keep your eyes peeled!

Heather x

Loads of updates

Good evening. I've got lots of things to share with you.

Update to Etsy shop

I've listed a custom fit red version of my Christina Bracelet here.

I adore this red, it looks so gothic. I'm tempted to do a version with beads! Of course this can be made in different colours. At the moment I have this colour, black, claret, light blue, white, ivory and lilac. I hope to have some more colours soon.


 New treasury

I've managed to grab a treasury spot. I went for purple this time. Click here for the link. Please enjoy!

Tatting

I haven't been able to get much further with my tatted choker. I need to find some piping but as yet it's been difficult to locate. I'm going out shopping soon so hopefull I will find some. I have, however, been working on my lilac bracelet. This is my thinnest bracelet I've created and I'm using more seed beads than I've ever used before. It's really sparkly. I shall list it on Etsy tomorrow and then blog about it. I've thought of an idea for matching earrings too, so when I buy an earring stand I shall photograph and list them. I can't wait to show you these pieces. I hope you love them as much as I do!

Oh and one other milestone. I've reached 1000 followers over on Twitter. Yay!

Heather x

Black and red

Hello. I've got a few things to talk about today. First of all, I listed another item in my Etsy shop yesterday. Similar in size to Elizabeth Royale, this one uses my Eleanor pattern. I decided to tat four together and this was the result. I've named it Eleanor Royale. What do you think? Click here for the listing.

I really love how it's turned out. It feels so Medieval. This would look great in other colours too.

I received some beads yesterday so I've been trying out some new patterns using them. One of these looked good on paper but in practice it's not working. I'll have to figure out a way round my problem.

Do you love treasuries? I certainly do. Especially when I've been included. Thank you very much to Tiffany of Room3designs for including my custom fit Elizabeth bracelet. Click here for the link to the treasury.

I shall have to finish my top films of 2009 post at some point. I had planned to do it over the weekend but other things came up. I'll blog more tomorrow.

Heather x

First treasury of 2010 and a few updates

I've created my first treasury of 2010. I decided to go all blue (which just happens to be one of my favourite colours!) and went for 'Royal Blue' as the title. Please click the link and enjoy.

I'm in the process of getting some new items ready for my Etsy shop. I shall start listing them this coming Friday! I'm really excited about these new pieces of jewellery and I can't wait for you to see them. I hope you like them.

I had a great idea today for some earrings. This is the first time I've thought about this and I hope it works. I shall try tomorrow and may even be able to give you a sneak peek!

On another note, have you heard about 'Link Love' on Facebook? Artisans have started discussions on their Facebook fan pages where people can post links to Etsy shops, twitter etc. It's a great way to find other creative people and the idea has really taken off. I too have these discussions going on in my own fan page. Please click and have a look. You may find some truly great people through this. 

I'll try to take some pictures tomorrow of my new idea.

Heather x

Darren Hayes' NYE show and a new treasury

Evening all. How was everyone's New Year's Eve/Day? I had a great time. My mum and I went up to London for a NYE show by my favourite singer-songwriter Darren Hayes. You may recognise the name: he was the voice of Savage Garden. We've followed his music for 12 years and have now seen him live 7 times!

The evening was fantastic. He had two support acts. The first was the burlesque dancer/singer Miss Polly Rae and the second was a comedienne. At 10 pm Darren entered in a very sparkly jacket and started his 1 hour and 40 minutes set off. We had a few Savage Garden songs, such as I Knew I Loved You/Truly Madly Deeply, Crash And Burn, I Want You and my personal favourite Break Me Shake Me. Some of these were mashed up with other tracks such as Billie Jean etc. He sang a couple from his newest album This Delicate Thing We've Made and, of course, Insatiable. His voice just keeps getting better every time I see him live.

Just before midnight, he came back on stage and we all counted down the seconds to 2010 together. We were relatively close to the London Eye so we to witnessed the end on the firework display and then, at 12:20, it started snowing!

I will treasure that evening forever. Check him out on Myspace. He really has one of the best voices on this planet and is also a lovely guy. I'm still buzzing!

In other news, my custom fit Nimue bracelet is in a treasury all about tatting. Yay! Check it out here (ends Tuesday). Please click and enjoy!

I'll stop there for today. Stay tuned as next week I shall be unveiling new pieces in my Etsy shop. Have a lovely Saturday/ Sunday.

Heather xx

Happy New Year!

I've decided to do a little update this week. My top films and albums of this year will be up by next week.

This evening I reached 201 shop hearts in my Etsy shop. Thank you very much to those who have hearted my work. It means a lot!

I've been hard at work on some new designs for 2010. I created about four pages of doodles the other day so I've been going through them to see what works. Most of them are large motifs so I may be able to make them into chokers. I've already given you a glimpse of one of my new ideas (the tudor tatting prototype from two posts back). I hope to create others similar to this. Watch this space!

Lastly I've been included in a fantastic treasury. It ends Thursday so you'll have to be quick if you want a look. Here's the link  

Happy New Year!

Heather x

Snow and pastel elegance

Good evening. How is everyone? We had a lot of snow here on Friday evening, so much so that it took a long time to get through Dover the following morning for a family meal! Oh well what can you do? It was great fun seeing kids throwing snowballs though. This was taken on Saturday morning. Our road was like an icerink over the weekend so we just stayed indoors for most of the time. Anyone else had snow?

I've been sewing up my tudor motif today and I might even be able to do part three on here some time tomorrow. I also managed to grab a treasury spot today. It's called Pastel Elegance. I'd love some view and comments. Here is the link. It ends Wednesday so plenty of time.

I'll blog more tomorrow.

Heather x

Facebook and a new treasury

Afternoon. This is the first of two blog posts I shall be doing today. I'd like to tell you about some discussions I've started on my Facebook Fan Page. I'm always interested in seeing other people's Etsy shops, Twitter, Blogs and Facebook fan pages, so if you are an Etsy seller, head over there! Become a fan and post your URLs in the relevant discussions. It's also a great way of keeping up to date with my goings on.

I grabbed a treasury spot earlier on today. It's called 'Gorgeous Browns' and ends Friday. Enjoy!

x

Ethereal Elegance

Evening all. Anyone had snow yet? I'd love some down here in Southern England. It's cold enough so we shall see. I've been buying some different colours of crochet cotton today (I'll talk more about this when they come). I can't wait to try them out and see what goes with what! I've also found another online bead shop but I must resist buying things. I've purchased enough today!

Treasury West opened up yesterday evening so I have another treasury to show you. As you can probably tell, I really enjoy creating these. There are so many beautiful items on Etsy. Sometimes I end up with too many choices and can't fit them all in! So anyway, here it is. I've called it 'Ethereal Elegance'. It ends Friday. Enjoy.

I had a lovely surprise yesterday. I've been accepted on Craftgawker for the second time. I submitted the Elizabeth bracelet and it's given me some more views, which is always nice.

I'll blog more tomorrow. Have a nice day/evening.

x

My weekend with Black and Pine

Evening all. How was everyone's weekend? I've have had a busy few days. As you are aware I did a craft fair on Saturday. It was an interesting experience. I received quite a few lovely comments and gave out some business cards but no sales. I did, however, have a lovely surprise when I came home to find an order of some items from my Etsy shop! I'm in the process of completing that now.

I've been thinking of ideas for new designs and I hope to tat some of them later on in the week. When I do I'll probably post the pics on flickr and some on here. I'm also thinking of buying some new colours of cotton thread soon so expect more versions of my designs soon!

I've been included in a beautiful treasury entitled 'Black and Pine' by Yael Berger of The Joy Of Color (ends tomorrow). I really love this collection of items. Check it out! Thank you Yael!

Have a great day,

Heather x

A milestone and some treasuries

Good evening. How is everyone on this cold day? I reached a milestone yesterday - 100 shop hearts! I know this may seem small but it's quite a big thing for me. My shop has been open less than two months and I'm very touched by the reception i've had so far. It really is lovely to know there are people, like yourself, out there who like what I do.

Another thing happened yesterday - I found I was in two treasuries. Yay! I've never been in more than one at a time so it's quite exciting. The first one is entitled 'Purple Dandelion'. It expires early tomorrow morning so you will have to be quick if you would like to have a look. Here's the link.

Thank you very much to the wonderful Amy of AREjewellery. Check her shop out!

The next one comes from Margaret of MissElany (a fellow Craft Britannia team member). Check out this bright treasury (ends Saturday):

I too managed to grab a spot. Here is mine. It is entitled 'Beautiful Blues' and ends Sunday:

Right I think I'm going to get back to the sorting out for the craft fair tomorrow. Wish me luck!

x

Loads of updates!

Good afternoon. I'm sitting here listening to Mediaeval Baebes and feeling very Christmassy. How is everyone? I've got loads of things to talk to you about.

Firstly, I really enjoyed doing the sale over the weekend. It was a great experience and I had a sale out of it. Yay! I might even do one again but not for a bit.

I'd like to announce that I shall have a stall this Saturday, 5th December, at St. Leonard's Social Centre (opposite St. Leonard's Church) in Deal, Kent for their Cristmas Craft Fair. It starts at 10am and ends at 2pm. This is my first fair so I'm really excited. At the moment I seem to be running round like a headless chicken trying to make sure I have everything. If you are in the area on Saturday, pop in. There will be loads of stalls selling paintings, cakes, handmade crafts and so on. There will be a raffle, tombola and also face painting. It should be a fun day.

Next, I'd like to say a big thank you to CJ Grand of The Grand Design. She is a fellow Metaphysical Etsy Team member who has featured me on her blog over the weekend. Take a look. As usual I've also put a link on the left. She makes the most amazing jewellery in her Etsy shop. Check it out!

I managed to grab a treasury spot last night. It is entitled 'Elegance All Around' and ends Thurday. Have a look.

Have a nice day. I'll be blogging more tomorrow.

x

A lovely treasury and more tatting

Good evening. First of all I'd like to say a big thank you to Sandra Darling for including me in her new treasury. It really means a lot to me. Check out her shop. She mostly does fine art and potography. I found her shop a few days ago and I love all of it. Her prints have an elegant and ethereal touch to them. My favourite has to be Sub Rosa III . It is looks so delicate and makes me think of medieval and gothic stories. They really are beautiful.

Today I've been working on my seed beads project. I've finished the motif and now need to work on the beads up the necklace. This process does take quite a long time but it is incredibly fun to do and the finished product is so elegant. I shall try to put up some sneaky peek pictures tomorrow.

I've also been tatting a prototype today for a Medieval/Renaissance-style necklace / choker. At the moment I can't decide whch period it fits into as it seems to go across several eras. This motif is quite large so it may take a white to tat up. I shall keep you updated on my progress.

That's all for today, more tomorrow.

x