More Craft Days

Today I had another lovely craft day with Josie at Josie Makes. We actually met to discuss our future plans for a business with our friend Laura too (who doesn't have a blog yet, but will soon if I have anything to do with it!) Josie and I have jumped in the Filofax wagon and had fun planning things and dreaming big!

Look how pretty Josie's dashboard is. That's really some pretty tape! We both have custom dividers that I made but I'm still waiting on my hole punch. I should get it this week! We're both going to be so much more organised now. Look out for my Filofax week, every Monday!

We are planning to have our own business so today there were a lot of ideas flowing and we've been reading business plans and business books. We feel the plan is slowly but steadily being put into motion.

And of course, no craft day is complete without a little bit of crafting. I'm trying to finish these snowy hearts off so I can give them to someone to sell at a fair. I've got about 4 left to do so I should finish those this week. The 'J' here is a perfect example of Josie's fine embroidery skills. She's making this into a necklace for me and it will be beautifuller when it's all done! If you want to buy a personalised necklace for Christmas perhaps, just check out her website!

Currently Working On: Roses Cross Stitch

I've been promising to make a cushion for my grandma for ages, but I haven't got around to it. I've decided that now is the time. I trawled the internet for Rose patterns but none of them really stood out to me so I looked in some of the craft books I have and found that Cath Kidston's Stitch! book was perfect. It has just the right kind of pattern I was looking for. My grandma will also feel very fancy knowing it's a Cath Kidston design!

As of right now, I've done the bottom of  one of the roses and tonight I'll be working to at least getting all of the mid pink on one of the roses done. I doubt I'll get as much done as I hoped because I'm off to the cinema in a little bit. We're seeing Prisoners tonight and How I Live Now tomorrow night. I'm very excited for both of them!

The Knitting And Stitching Show 2013

Every year we go to the Knitting and Stitching Show, formerly known as The Stitch and Craft Show. It's a wonderful time of creativity and craft supplies. Every year I'm astounded by things that people make. I always stock up on craft supplies that I need too, which is always nice!

I felt good today! I wore a black dress with black leggings and my cowboy boots, with a denim shirt over and my lovely floral scarf. I should have taken a picture of my whole outfit, but I didn't.

 Here are Josie and Laura looking at the cross-stitch patterns. We ended up buying that sewing machine one there in the top corner so watch this space for updates of that!

 Ribbons galore!! We really had to not buy more ribbon because we still have the ribbon from last year. Oh! and how cute are those ladybird and jammy dodger tape measures!?

This ring and this brooch were from the same amazing stall. They always have really lovely jewellery for not too much money. I love my brooch! Totally going to wear it all the time. That's Josie from Josie Makes modelling that lovely daisy ring.

It's a festival of quilts! I really need to get quilting because they're just so beautiful! Like look at how amazing those are. So much work goes into them too. It's on my lifetime to do list!

New bag times! Yay!! House of Alistair is my new favourite shop. Everything they had was pretty! I so didn't need a new mirror, but how could I resist. You can never have too many embroidery hoops! I like to leave my designs in them, so I always stock up at the show. Such gorgeous fabric from Alice Caroline who sells beautiful Liberty fabric. I got these 4, now I just need to find something to do with them!