Felted purses

I love felting, wet felting that is.

I haven't actually done that much of it, but when I do I enjoy it so much.

I have made most of my Christmas presents this year, fun fun fun, and I have two cousins 22 and 19 that I wanted to give a small gift to.

these little purses are a design a fellow crafter friend makes and I keep admiring, she suggested they would make great little tampon holders. I thought so too, and decided this was the perfect gift for them.

I made one square piece of felt and cut it down the middle, blanket stitched up the sides leaving a flap with a decorative edge.

the first one I added a tie that just wraps around and folds under, so cute,

and the other has a button.

I also got my 3 1/2 year old making apiece of felt, she had a ball with this, soap all over........

and I sewed it up into a slightly bigger purse
which perfectly fits a pair of sunnies, a present for her MarMar/gran.

making kids presents

I am starting to panic a bit about what to give my girls for chrisi, i want to make them stuff, I have been thinking about making other family members things and now i need to focus on making christmas special for them too.

and for me this means, not loads of commercial stuff, stuff that i cant afford anyway, but i just dont want to support all that commercialism.

i want to at least by local this year, that is from my small town, where there really is an abundance of quality goods.

but when it comes down to it, it really is just all stuff, so what to do?

i whipped up a skirt and top for each yesterday, and i mean whipped up, i would not be satisfied with the quality of workmanship for anyone else, but somehow i can get away with it for them.

i have a feeling she may not be into this top, but it is sweet, very 70's.

i looked at the skirt i made the other girl this morning and really there is no wow there at all so its ditched!

argh

I am getting so much enjoyment out of making these dolls

here are 2 more


if anyone would like to order a doll they can email me tiffinsing@yahoo.com.au and i can give you details, and i am working on getting some better shots to show.

the markets

the markets????

some girls and i are doing the local markets and attempting to set up and creative co-0p in town, hopefully to eventually get a premises where we can all come together and work.