bunting along.

i've been getting bunting in the mail almost every day the last couple of weeks. there's nothing better than receiving a letter in the mail, especially when it's full of such lovely, colourful flags :D



these beauties are from jill, faith, lauren and rachael.


and these are from jules, lea, beberouge and sophie.

so many beautiful flags using so many different techniques :D thank you ladies!
and they're definitely getting me through the ick list which today is featuring ironing, microwave cleaning, dishes and cleaning the floors. ick!




i've got lots to look forward to after the ick though. i'm making a curry from my new cookbook for dinner and i'm going to have a scroll through softie designs on ravelry. i've got a big basket of wool next to the couch to get stuck into :D
i've also got a parcel waiting at the post office, the suspense of waiting to go and pick it up is killing me ha ha!

getting my bunt on, part 3.

last thursday, i finished off the very last parts of my bunting swap flags, wrote on all of the cards and sealed everything up into envelopes.
would you like to see my flags?



i couldn't decide between using crochet or sewing to make my flags, so i just used both!
i backstitched in wool along the seam of the two sides and then crocheted into the backstitching :D


i also used my bunting stamp to make little cards to send with the flags :D oh and i stamped the envelopes. basically i just had a stampy good time!




i did put off posting this ta-da because i didn't want to spoil the surprise for anyone. there's nothing better than a nice surprise in the mail :D
massive thanks to rachael for organising everything. i can't imagine how hard it was to co-ordinate all those bunting flags to go to different places. clever lady!

getting my bunt on, part 2.

my bunting swap flags are all made! they just need a little bit of tidying up (they have embroidery marker all over them!) and they'll be ready to be sent off!
as well as getting my flags prepped to send today, i'm working on a little decorative element to add to my packaging... a little lino bunting stamp!




now this stamp has been a long time coming, many many months ago, tinniegirl was moving house and brought a whole heap of her crafty stuff along to ncb to recycle. one of those crafty things was a set of lino cutting tools which i gratefully took home with me. the following fortnight at ncb, cathie brought along a little square of rubber for me to try my skills on.
they sat together in the top drawer of my crafty chest for all this time but now they're out and working together beautifully! the last time i tried my hand at lino cutting was in year 10 and was using actual lino. this was a massive pain as lino is not the most pliable surface and it has to be heated to make it a bit nicer to work with. rubber however, smooth as silk!
i will definitely be buying some more of this stuff :D



thanks for your generosity lovely ladies!

now i'm off to tidy up those bunting flags, as well as grabbing out my paints and getting stampy!