My inflatable giraffe is no longer distracting.

Do you know how to really upset a 50 something year old man who works in a hardwear store? Tell him that you need to buy some spray paint to cover an inflatable giraffe. Really. It makes them do this kind of squirmy dance while they try and work out if you are pulling their leg or possibly escaped from a mental assylum. Women working in craft stores, on the other hand, don't tend to bat an eyelid when you go in and ask them to help you match the skin colour of Dan Carter to a ball of wool. Mars and Venus. It's true.

Once the poor man had gotten over his shock and realised that I did actually really need spray paint to cover an inflatable giraffe (and once he had established that I was over 18.... hah!), he helped me find this awesome retro green colour to spray paint my giraffe (I also spray painted some other stuff but that's another post). Thanks to the lovely ladies who commented on my last post and answered the question that I hadn't asked as well as the one I had! ;o) You were totally right. I did love giraffe as he was but now he's even more awesome and much less distracting. If any of you have need to spray paint an inflatable giraffe, I used fridge spray paint and it's holding up pretty well and feels very flexible so I should be able to keep inflating him. I will be using a pump to do it though. No intention of putting my mouth near that paint!! In between my spray painting shenanigans (and the upsetting the hardware salesmen shenanigans), I've also been doing a spot of sewing.

 I found this incredibly cute retro sausage dog print in Spotlight last week and had to have it. I've made it into flat fronted board shorts. So cute! And then I found this perfect blue and orange t-shirt to go with it and added a little sausage dog to the lapel. The set will be on sale at Crafternoon Tea tomorrow. I've got some gorgeous lion fabric too so I'm hoping to get the time to make a few more pairs of board shorts between now and tomorrow. So much to do!!

 Oh and I've been making little headbands too. I absolutely love these and can't wait to see little girls wearing one of my flower filled fairy skirts or a little summer dress with one of these in their hair. I wish it would stop raining long enough so I can get some photos of the kids in the outfits. Maybe over the weekend. These will be on sale this Saturday at Crafternoon Tea too so pop along if you are free.

I'm off to play on my sewing machine for the rest of the day (well at least until I go to do the school pick up!). Yay!

Crafternoon Tea anyone?

I've got a lovely new range of tea towels which I'll be selling for the first time at Crafternoon Tea market tomorrow. They are $12 each or 3 for $30.

I've nearly finished some gorgeous Tape Measure Rose Brooches so I'm hoping to bring those along too.

See you there? Crafternoon Tea, 16th July 10am-2pm at the Trinity Methodist Church Hall. Corner of Sandringham and New North Roads, Kingsland, Auckland City.

If you want me to put any of these aside for you, let me know via email or facebook (the links are in the sidebar.)
Sarah x

Babushka for Baby

A lovely friend of mine, Melanie, commissioned me to make a Babushka doll for her friend's new baby girl.

 She's all ready for Melanie to pick up at tomorrow's Crafternoon Tea market.

I just have to hide her from a certain Miss E who has taken a liking to her. Luckily she has a birthday coming up so I will make her one then. The doll was made using an Ooshka Babushka pattern which I picked up in Australia at Christmas. There's a little boy's superhero version too which I adore.

Have a great weekend and I might see some of you in Kingsland tomorrow for Crafternoon Tea.

Crafternoon Tea

I have a stall at Crafternoon Tea tomorrow, Saturday 19th of June, from 10am-3pm at the Trinity Methodist Church - which is on the corner of Sandringham and New North Roads in Kingsland.

  

I've been a busy girl today making headbands

and book/library bags

and I made a start on some very cute bunting which may or may not get finished tonight.

I'll have all my usual goodies for sale including lots of Tape Measure Rose brooches and some new teacup teatowels.

Luisa has very kindly allowed me to bring along some craft books, patterns and magazines to sell too so those will be for sale next to my stall. They need to go, so I will be selling them for a fraction of what they cost me. If you fancy some new crafty reading material, come along and grab some (and please don't make me take them home again!)

Hope to see you tomorrow.

Sarah x

Tea Time again

I spent a lovely day at Crafternoon-Tea yesterday. As usual it was chock-full of wonderfully talented people. I struggled not to drool over my knitting whilst sitting opposite these incredible, especially made, Crafternoon-Tea cupcakes by Nicole of Sweet Surrender.

Here's a peak at some of the other handmade gorgeousness at yesterday's market.

One of Jennie's gorgeous dolls.

A Little Vintage

I love the fabric that Jess used here for her Babe in the Wood cushion.

Bam Bam Creative

Doesn't Sarah's stall look incredible? Love the pink!

I bought a couple of her gorgeous button bookmarks yesterday. I'm addicted to her goodies.

Songbird Designs

Not entirely sure how I managed to leave yesterday's market without this bag

in my posession!

AW Design

And who could resist this gorgeous pink wolf by Luisa of Little Bird Design?

(who is also one of the organisers of Crafternoon Tea)

They'll all be at the next Devonport Craft Market (with the exception of Luisa who I think has enough on her plate!!)

I managed to get a little sewing and knitting done whilst I was there. Here's a new softy in my range which I'm trying out. What do you think of her?

The pink knitting is a little something for Miss Madeleine.

I made this chap and his girlfriend whilst I was there too. He's a litte stressed because his girlfriend keeps going out and spending all his money on handmade hair accessories.

This bunny went to a new home

and finally... just because it looks so pretty, here's one of my flower-filled fairy skirts.

Crafternoon Tea tomorrow

I'm all packed up and ready to go first thing tomorrow morning.

It's Crafternoon Tea time again.

Come along if you are in the area. It's great fun and there are lots of yummy cafes/restaurants nearby for lunch.

Sneaky Peak

Crafternoon Tea tomorrow. Here's a sneaky peek of a few of the new goodies I have for sale.

Hope to see you there. The address details are in my previous post.

Frantic

Last Sunday's Devonport Craft Market was so much better than we could have imagined. Sarah and I had several late nights prior to it to make sure it went smoothly. We had a fantastic day with around 1000 people through the doors and an awful lot of spending. With lots of other markets coming up fast, including the wonderful Crafternoon Tea this Saturday, the late nights are continuing as I rebuild my stock levels. I'll be launching a few new goodies at Crafternoon Tea on Saturday so look out for:

Baby tape measure brooches

And sweater bunnies (and bears).

I've been working on some kids t-shirts today too but you will have to wait a day or two to see photos of those.

In the meantime, here's the flyer for Crafternoon Tea in case you fancy popping along.

A great day for Tea

I had a lovely time at Auckland's newest craft market yesterday. Crafternoon Tea was a great success despite the hideous weather.

It was lovely to see some friends from The Devonport Craft Market selling there and to meet some amazing new sellers.

My particular favourite was the SofTings stall. Jennie Walker makes the most beautiful portrait dolls with handpainted faces as well as a whole bunch of other incredible goodies. Here are a couple of her dolls.

I've ordered one and one of her cushions. Can't wait to get them!

I met some wonderfully interesting people who came to buy too and was thrilled to see lots of my brooches go to new homes. This may have helped with that:

It was on the front page of the Herald Time Out. Several lovely people told me that they were what had brought them down to the market. A huge thrill!

I will be at Kraftbomb this coming Sunday so I will be making lots more before then.

Kraftbomb is on at the Grey Lynn Community Centre Sunday 25th October 11-2

Hope to see you there!

The First Cut is the Deepest

Thanks to Warrick for his Facebook singalong (and Cat Stevens) for the inspiration for this little fella.

He'll be on sale at Crafternoon Tea this Saturday.

Anyone for a spot of Crafternoon Tea?

There's a new market in town and it goes by the name of Crafternoon Tea. I'll be joining several Devonport Craft Market regulars at the Trinity Methodist Church Hall, 400 New North Road in Kingsland on Saturday 17th October 10-2, for a day of stress free craft marketing. I can't wait to just turn up with my table and goodies and leave with none of the clearing up or organising that goes with my days as co-organiser and stallholder at the Devonport Craft market!

Now to get making some more brooches and cupcake pincushions!

See you then!