A little acorn for my creative chum Caitlin...

Vintage Robot Felt Cube...

Last week it my good friend Steve's birthday and to mark the occasion I made him this felt robot cube.

A little something for Miss Lauren Clarke...

My friend Lauren celebrated her birthday at the end of January and to mark the occasion, I made her a sock monkey (who she has named Luis), and a little case for her Blackberry.

Tigerprint Gift Packaging Competition...

I got an email today to say that I have been chosen as one of the runners up in the recent Tigerprint competition. The brief was to design an envelope or kind of gift packaging that would enhance a special occasion. I am beyond chuffed and am awaiting my little prize in the post!

Here are my entries...

See more about the winning designs on their website.

Christmas Craft Fair...

A few of us at University decided to have a little Christmas Craft Fair to sell some of things we make in our spare time. I shared a stall with my friend Jen and we sold a range of festive goodies!

Another year older...

This month sees the birthday of Miss Natasha Louise Pitt a dear friend from back home. She is the grand old age of 22 and I made her a sock dog as a present, finished off with a little warm red scarf! Love you lots Pitt, many happy returns.

A Handmade Christmas.....

It's always a challenge buying presents for my family at Christmas because they are all so different and they never know what they want! So, this year I decided to put my thinking cap on and using the skills I have, make the presents. Here are my crafty ventures...

For my sister and brother in law...

I made a pair of birds from a pair of socks, a coat toggle and then I knitted legs and scarves! I also embroidered little hearts onto the wings to just add a final detail.

They're both keen gardeners so I bought some terracotta pots and some blackboard paint. I made a couple of stencils and then painted the shapes onto the pots and to finish off the present I bought some chalk and decorated the box. The idea is that you plant something and write its name on the front of the pot! Nifty!

Oh and a couple of lavender bags for my sisters drawers!

For my Granny...

I made a set of 3 heart shaped lavender bags for her drawers and wardrobe and tied them together with a piece of ribbon.

And for my Mum...

A red knitted scarf

And a handmade bag with edible goodies in it for when she's had a hard day at work.

I'm pretty chuffed with the finished products and I think they went down pretty well too!

Ginger Beard...

I'm not the best when it comes to computers. I'm the kind of person who will ask why the computer screen is black as someone leans over and presses the on button...ah. But this term at uni my skills have really improved and that's got a lot to do with my peers helping me along the way. I don't know how they put up with me to be honest! The cursing, puzzled looks or regular head in my hands when Photoshop decides to do what IT wants to do! My friend Gary is (putting it mildly) a SAINT. He puts up with my incessant questions, I guess he's like the paperclip on Microsoft word when I need help! And I wanted to do something to say thanks for all his support so for Christmas I made him his very own felt cube in his favourite colours and with his name appliqued on. For the past few months he's been growing a beard and moustache combo and unlike most guys where their facial hair starts growing back as soon as they put their razor down, it was a bit more of a challenge! So I made a little ginger moustache and goatee but stuck velcro onto the back so that he can stick them on or detach them from the cube for times when he has facial hair! Many thanks my dear!

Secret Santa...

I live in a house with 6 other art students all of whom are bonkers. But I couldn't have asked for a nicer bunch really they're awesome! We decided to do a secret santa this Christmas, you know the one where you put everyone's name in a hat and draw someone out who you buy a Christmas present for. However, as the name suggests it's a secret! I drew out my housemate Elly and I knew straight away what I was going to give her! I decided to make a sock elephant because yes true to her name she loves elephants. During the summer I did a knitting class and so I decided to put my skills to good use and make him a little accessory too...a little red scarf which finished off the toy nicely.....