Category: News

#Bad courier!!

#Bad courier!! I think the courier for my packaging may of been testing how good the packaging was??? This was the state of just one of the boxes 🙁 xx

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A pile of apples

A pile of apples   Anyone would think we have apple trees ;p Lots of lovely apples going to their new homes, ready for giving out at the end of term time, these have just got to be finished off and then they are away. xx

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Krav Maga Training knives

Krav Maga Training knives  My poor hubby has been waiting a loooong time for these (a surprise for his friends)…..lol I’ve been so busy, they keep getting put to one side, but I wanted to see how big red was at engraving anodised metal and I thought I owed hubby big time after he took […]

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A bit longer than expected……..

A bit longer than expected…….. Phew its been a bit longer than expected since my last post, but big red has been keeping me busy 🙂 Lilly (our 4 year old) has also had lots going on at playschool, including sports day and a couple of intake days at her new school!  I can’t believe […]

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Rustic Weddings

Rustic Weddings I love when a customer shares with me, what they have made or used a product for, or if its a gift, what their recipients said and the emotions involved. Its part of what makes working all the long and late hours so worth while! This is one of those shares and I’d like […]

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Big Red’s HERE!!!

Big Red’s HERE!!! A bit later than expected, but I wanted to share some pictures of ‘Big Red’ arriving to his new and rather squished home! I think I underestimated just how big he was! Or i had spectacularly convinced myself that he was smaller and would fit fine! But he fitted, he’s in, OK so he takes […]

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Sparkly Sprays

Sparkly sprays Oooo these lovelies turned up in with deliveries this week 🙂 Any ideas of fun things to do with them? I wonder how they will take to wood! Sam x To keep up to date with the blog and for exclusive offers and discounts why not Sign up for the newsletter? [mc4wp_form id=”1900″]

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Something big & red is on its way…And no, its not Santa!

Something big & red is on its way…And no, its not Santa! Eeeeekkkk Eeeeeekkkk! Yes that’s all my husband has been hearing for the last week or so! Thankfully I’ve been so busy, I’ve barely had time to think about it, as every time I do I’m ready to burst lol As many of you […]

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Hows the Weather?

Hows the Weather? Hi Everyone, I hope everyone is keeping OK? How’s the weather in your part of the world/country? I can’t keep up with whether its raining or being sunny lol (South-East England). Sorry I’ve not been about much recently, super busy behind the scenes (thank you all for your lovely orders) and a […]

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Sadness affects us all….

Sadness affects us all…. Its a sad time when we lose loved ones and can be especially difficult for our little ones to understand.   I’m still humbled and honoured when customers ask me to make something for them, when they are in this kind of situation.   In this case it was a treasure […]

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Classic cars for Dad

Classic Cars for Dad…. Sadly my dad is no longer with us and so I am unable to celebrate father’s day with him, but when i first created this card he was 100% on my mind. He loved his cars both modern and classic and his enthusiasm, is what first got me interested as a young […]

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Villa with a view

Villa with a view You may of seen the notice on the website stating orders wouldn’t be processed until today, that was because we went on our first holiday in a long time! We returned Saturday and had a fabulous time, lots of bar-b-q’s, lots of swimming, amazing villa and great family. Here is a glympse […]

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From weddings to engagements

From weddings to engagements Following on from my last post about stick people getting married, here is a share of a recent make for an engagement. The colours of the heads aren’t the normal colours, but that is the joy of personalising orders, the customer can have any colour or theme heads they would like, […]

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A wedding with a difference!

A wedding with a difference! I have many versions of the stick people with 3D head frames. Engagements, weddings, new babies, new homes and of course full families. Each of the designs can be altered to represent certain people or certain events and my latest wedding frame was no different. The groom character is suited, […]

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What year were you established?

What year were you established? My ‘Est’ (established) chopping boards, first made an appearance as wedding items, with the date denoting the marriage year. They have also been popular as Father’s Day chopping boards, denoting the day someone became a father or just the year they were born. And now they are being lovingly used […]

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A few cards

A few cards Things have been a bit hectic recently, so I don’t have too much to share today. But here are a couple of recent card orders, ‘The Twits’ and the ‘Charlie and the chocolate factory’ cards are still very popular and I see lots of variations of the Twits, including lots of wedding […]

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Can you spot the odd Jedi out!

On occasion I still remember to make friends and family cards and this was one of those occasions. It was recently my husbands, long time friends’ birthday and he happens to be a Starwars fan like my hubby. So it just had to be a Starwars card that I made for him. I managed to […]

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More keyrings…..

More keyrings…. Happy hump day 🙂 I shared the start of my 200 key ring order at the start of the week and these were the other shape (100 hearts & 100 rectangles). These aren’t all of them of course! I hope the customer has a fantastic birthday party, I understand the keyrings are little gifts […]

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Only 100 more to go!

Good morning all, What a start to the week! My first job of the morning is an order for 200 key rings! 100 in hearts, 100 in rectangles. 100 down, 100 to go 🙂 I love that they all have their own individual little bags too. Have a great day, Sam x To keep up […]

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Mr & Mrs Twit get married!

Mr & Mrs Twit get married….. Happy Sunday everyone, I hope you are all having a wonderful day. There seems to be quite a few ‘story book’ themed weddings this year and that means I’ve had a quite a few requests to alter my ‘The Twits’ card, for wedding couples. Until today though I hadn’t […]

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