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Sunday 6 October 2013

IT'S GETTING BUSY HERE IN PIE LAND

Hello everyone

It's a gorgeous day here and possibly the last warm one for a while.  We recently had our 'green sacks' replaced with big brown wheelie bins.   A pain for storage, but as we are doing some heavy heavy pruning of
our fruit and other trees at the moment, it is very welcome - in fact we could do with two at this time of the year.  We shred and compost as much as we can and over the years our soil has benefited from the addition of our shreddings.  Today is also likely to be the last chance we have of cutting the lawn (well we like to think of it as a lawn, more a big patch of moss, weeds and some grass) because it takes ages to dry out and for most of the day it is wet from a very heavy dew and partially in shade.

As for everyone in the handmade world, it is a very busy time of year for me.  Making what we think will sell as well as what we enjoy making - do you find that very often they don't go together?  Something you were glad you had finished proved very popular and you had to make more.

This week was spent making cards, more gift tags, sample wedding invitations and I found time to decorate another jute bag; this time for Halloween.  I don't really 'do' Halloween crafts, but felt it was about time I made something and as the colours of black and orange are ones I like, I couldn't resist the opportunity to use them.  I am taking part in an Autumn Fayre on Friday at the Normandy Therapy Garden and think this might be a popular item, and here is a photograph of my make:


This week, time permitting, I will have a go at making a ribbon or fabric wreath in Halloween colours.  I have four events I am taking part in this month, one of which is a wedding fayre, plus a fifth one that a friend is covering for me/sharing with me.  This coming week is going to be hectic and I think I had better get back to work now - but I will do some gardening first as it is very relaxing and the sun is shining.

Don't forget to visit the Handmade Monday bloggers this week - as we move towards Christmas, they are blogging about lovely Christmas makes.  Thank you to everyone who visited and commented on my last week's post and I am so pleased my cat-decorated jute bag was liked by so many.  Using the feedback as a gauge of popularity, I think I had better make some more for stock.

Have a great week everyone - see you next Sunday (Milly will be here on Wednesday with her purrs of wisdom).

Jill

15 comments:

  1. Yes its a very busy time of year! Hope your fairs go well too.

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  2. I so agree, what you want to make is not always what people want to buy - and if you want to pay the mortgage and put food in the fridge you do need to make what sells!! Good luck with the fairs x

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  3. You will be busy with 4 events. Hope you do really well.

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  4. Your lawn sounds just like ours, more moss than grass. The halloween bag looks wonderful, perfect for the autumn fayre.
    Ali x

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  5. A ribbon wreath in halloween colours sounds good- look forward to seeing it if you do get round to it.

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  6. Hope all your fairs go well - I'm sure your Halloween bag will be popular.

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  7. That pumpkin bag is very seasonal! it should do well at your fayres!

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  8. I do like the sound of the Normandy Therapy Garden. Sound intriguing. Good luck with your fairs.

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  9. well done you for getting all that gardening done when you're so busy with crafty stuff - i can't believe how many events you are attending!

    i love your halloween bag, its the perfect thing for collecting sweeties for kids out trick or treating (although i imagine the mum's will be carrying it! :))

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  10. It sounds like a busy time!
    Not only do I sometimes find that things I don't like making are too popular, sometimes things that become too popular I find I don't like making any more!

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  11. Sounds like you are adding lots of strings to your bow, which is a good idea - just really time consuming.

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  12. A lovely pumpkin bag, I always think their orange is such a lovely vibrant colour. Good luck with all your fairs.

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  13. You are right about the colours of orange and black working together well. Your bag looks perfect for halloween. I really hope that you manage everything you aim to get done this week. x

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  14. Thanks for popping over to 'see' me, loving your pumpkin too, it's a busy time at the moment. We have a brown bin and make full use of it.

    Jan x

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  15. Hope the fair on Friday goes well. Love the bag. Perfect for doing some Autumn shopping xx

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