Giveaway!!

Yes, a brand new giveaway for all my lovely blog readers and Titchables fans! To celebrate reaching 1000 sales over at the etsy shop today (thank you so much!!) I am giving away this little bundle of crafty goodness and handmade to one very lucky winner!

The prize includes: 6 metres of Spotty Ribbon, a pack of 50 Spotty Buttons, Handmade Panda Fabric Buttons, a cute handmade Bunny Brooch AND a Masking Tape Sticker set!! Here's a better look at what you'll find in the sticker set (I ordered one with the deco tape just to see what they were like and I ordered another one specifically for a giveaway. You really won't be disappointed!):

Looks awesome right???!!!!

If you would like to be in with a chance of this unique prize package, all you have to do is head on over the etsy shop and tell me what your favourite item is and leave a comment here with your answer! Please leave your email address as well so I can contact you if you win!

The giveaway will end on April 7th and I will announce the winner on the 8th! Good luck!!

GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED. CONGRATS TO WENDY!!

DIY: Memo Board Tutorial

A new tutorial! Well actually it's more of a little DIY walk through but I'm hoping you'll be able to be inspired by it at least. I recently found an awesome memo board in a thrift store which was just dying for a little make over.

As you can tell, it looked a bit, well... boring. It is amazing what a bit of paint can do, so let me show you!

All you need is: Acrylic Paint, Paint Brushes, Fabric, Deco Tape, fun shaped Buttons and some flat drawing pins.

First of all you want to paint all of the wood. This took about 4-5 coats using white. I wasn't too worried about going on to the cork part as that would be covered later, but I tried my best to keep the paint off the white board area.

Next, I cut a piece of fabric I liked to size so that it would fit in the corkboard area. I then generously painted the cork with PVA glue and glued the fabric in place.

You want to get your fabric as tight as possible and don't want to leave any bumps where you might have excess glue. To combat this, get a piece of card and holding down on one end of the fabric (you will get a bit sticky!) just slide the piece of card across. Any excess glue will come out and you can just wipe that away.

This will take a little while to dry so make sure to leave it for a while (I did it so it dried overnight).

The next thing I did was choose some pretty deco tape and stuck it on (rocket science, I know!). Deco tape is surprisingly sticky and it stays on really well on wood. Washi/masking tape would also work well here.

I added some more deco tape and voila! I now have a very pretty memo board/stationary holder!



I hope this has inspired! More tutorials will be coming your way soon!

Ten Pin Sunday

Supermooooooon!

Such gorgeous colour.

I need this in my life!

So cute!

These strung together would make a really cute baby mobile.

How lovely does this look to just sit on in front of the fire?

If I ever get married, this is what I want to wear! So gorgeous!

Panda bread. What's not to love?

So cute.

Panda's have the best life. <333

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Spring has sprung!

Well Spring has finally arrived! We've been enjoying some fabulous weather the last couple of days - warmth, blue skies and lots of sunshine! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to enjoy much of it due to work, but I have managed to squeeze in a walk and lots of photo taking when I can.

I hope you've been enjoying the change in seasons!

Sorry I haven't been an active blogger lately. Since taking on more hours at my day job, I'm finding it hard to find time to do all the things I used to do. Managing the shops and sorting out orders remains my number 1 priority so other things just get left behind. I'm hoping that as I get used to the new hours, I'll be able to plan myself more appropriately. :D

Donated

As promised, here's the transaction reciept for my donation to the Red Cross for the Japan Tsunami relief fund. It wasn't a lot but it felt good to contribute a little bit of money.

If you're wondering, you can donate to several charities with Paypal via MissionFish which then directs the money to wherever you wanted to donate, which is why it doesn't mention the Red Cross on the reciept. :)

This was a really simple way to donate, so if you have a few spare pennies in your paypal, it's definitely worth it.

No Ten Pins tonight, will try and get them up for you tomorrow!