Too busy to blog

I'm sorry!

I've rejected my blog for a good few weeks/months, and I know I deserve a slap on the wrist for it. But I have been busy - just so busy that I've not had the time to blog or take photos of all my hard work.

I've booked myself in for 2 craft fayres which are happening within a week of each other. The first is a local hospital fayre, they're expecting around 45 stalls and weather permitting should have a rather good turn out.

The second is the Gorleston Clifftop Festival - a yearly event which sees a good few thousand people flock to the small seaside town for a weekend of music, crafts and entertainment. I'm in the craft arena along with 15 or so other stalls.

I find that as it's creeping up on me I'm getting more and more nervous. Firstly due to these being my first actual craft fayres - I've sold at car boots and online, but this is like the daddy of sales, and secondly because I'm still new to this, I've not been sewing or making things for very long and as they're all things I've made i find that I'm very critical and really don't know if they'll appeal to the masses or if people will think they're well made. You see so many crafts out there which are perfect and beautiful and pristine, my stuff isn't - which is probably the appeal of it really, but i do find myself comparing it to these intricate things people have spent days and days trawling over and crafting and planning, mine come together in a few hours.

I suppose the most I'm hoping for is to gain my pitch money back, anything on top of that will be a bonus and will be heading straight to the wedding pot.

Wish me luck

A good few days of sewing

It feels like I've not made anything in a long time :(

This makes me sad

However, I've got the joys of having all of my wisdom teeth extracted on Thursday - eek. I've been told that it's likely I'll need a good few days off work to recover which I intend on using to create, sew and make to my hearts content whilst my swelling a bruising goes down!

Hopefully there's be lots of nice new pictures up here soon.

Keep checking back, and wish me luck for Thursday

Sam xxx

Busy Busy Busy

Argh, the office has been manic recently, and as my boss and his business partner have been in it's been somewhat harder to sneek online and post an update!

We've been carbooting and I've been selling Mamfs on Folksy - 9 sold in total - Yay!

I've not made too many recently, although hope to change that over the next few days. I did however get time to put together a clown... He'll be on Folksy as soon as I've been able to upload some better pics of him...

Excitingly for me, I've finally booked our wedding photogrpahers, we've gone for a couple who work as a team on the day following us from the beginning to the first dance - we've got the fun of arranging a pre-wed shoot now - eee!

I'm back

Firstly, sorry for teh break in posts and the recent lack of Mamfs, I was a poorly monkey due to a tooth infection and flu issues, but I'm back now!

The production of new Mamfs hasn't been as fruitful as I'd hoped, but I'm getting back into the swing of it, I think having sooo much material has lead to a mini overwhelm of my senses and I didn't know where to start with it all!

There's two new Mamfs which are heading to the Folksy site next, firstly 'Sad Sacks' a miserable looking mamf who's in need of some love and attention;

Secondly there's 'Zippit' a bunny whose mouth can be zipped up whenever you feel like it... I'd love to know your thoughts, hopefully there'll be some more up soon :)

Ooh, also 'Zippit' is the first mamf to have a tag on him....

So much happening!

I've been a busy (and poorly) bee t- hese past couple of days. I've completed 5 toys and a fox scarf - which is by far my favourite thing ever!

I've also sold 2 creations on my folksy site - www.folksy.com/shops/mamf

- a pirate and a tattered ted. I'm sooo happy! People actually do like what I do.

Add to all of this a night out, a swollen face, hours at the hospital and a tooth infection I think I've done pretty well!

Let me know what you think

Sam xxx

2 posts - 1 day & 2 toys - 1 day

Cor have I been a busy bee in the office today - no actual office work done, but 1 dinosaurus complete and anther yeti almost complete (just need a face for him!)

Hopefully I'll get something else done this evening! - I'm on a roll!

A foot pedal and a Yeti!

This is my Yeti!

He took a couple of days to finish an dis my biggest monster yet, He's slightly rough around the edges but it's our faults that make us more lovable!

I made him from some fur my friend Tony bought me for my birthday and I'm completely smitten by him. That's the trouble with making things like this, I like them so much that I never want to sell them, but if I don't sell them, we don't get pennies for the wedding...

Hmmm.... wedding.... toys.... wedding.... toys.... It's a tough one, but I'd probably go for the wedding, I've always got photos to remember the toys by! Hopefully, I'll have a husband for life!

Anyway, I finally get the use of a decent sewing machine tonight - everything recently has been hand stitched. On the weekend my mother bought up her old sewing machine for me to use, only to realise when she got it here, that she'd forgotten the foot pedal! Thankfully she's shipped it up so I'll be trying the old machine out tonight - wish me luck!

I'm currently working on a dinosaur who's proving to be trickier than first imagined, although hopefully I'll get him finished this afternoon. Will post pics soon!

Sam x