...sometimes I have Wizard of Oz days where I just forget everything or I just don't use my brain! I had one of those this week - Thursday I managed to completely forget all about one of our teachers. She never got any of the worksheets of equipment she'd asked for and was pleased to see me wearing the 'DOOFUS' badge I made for the department doofus to wear so they can be identified. I've had it 2 days this week :(

I also forgot to post about the reversible beach bag I made for Bee's birthday the other week. So here it is. I used some nice striped heavy weight Laura Ashley fabric on one side and then the Laura Ashley spot on the other. She liked it! YAY!

OOOOOOOO! Rather more exciting than a reversible beach bag. I somehow managed to bag a Treasury West at around lunch time. I think I was far too surprised at being online when they became available that I had a massive mental block (needed my brain again here!) and just went....hmmm....cute food.....arrggghhh.... Here is the result! You can see Sarah's cute cupcake needle case at the bottom, the rest were chosen from my favourites in panic! I do love that shrimp! It should be there till Monday if you want to go and click :)

EEEKKK! I have to be at the prom in one hour. I had better look and the map and find out where I'm going and think about getting ready! oops!

OH! I had such a productive evening yesterday. While I was waiting for J to get hom from work I started cutting out my new batch of brooches ready to sew while we watched TV. I got most of them finished too! I just had a couple that I took to work to complete at lunch time.....here they are!

A nice new monster set in cute pastel shades!

Three eyeballs!

and a bunsen burner!

Most have been listed in my etsy shop already as there are still a few days left of my BUY 2 GET 1 FREE brooch offer! I'm now offering free shipping if you type "PROMO" into the message to seller section! Come get them while they are hot!!!

I've had a few special requests too. The very nice lady who bought my Earth Softie has asked for another one for her boyfriend as he keeps trying to take hers! There has also been interest in my science nerd brooches from yesterday! I was thinking June was going to end quietly - it started with a bit of a flurry or sale then nothing for a few weeks. Suddenly....I'm busy again! YAY! I do like coming up with new ideas! Hopefully I'm going to have a very productive weekend! Hair cut and my first school prom tomorrow...!

I had to have a sly sew at lunch today so the recipients of these brooches didn't cotton on to what I was making. Although I think one of the other teachers may have completely ruined the surprise by blurting out "Science Nerd - I could do with one of those!"...oh well. Only one of the people they are for was in the room.....

Hopefully Matt and Lucy won't read my blog before I give them their new brooches tomorrow morning! They are both proper science nerds (and a cute couple!). I think the department needs a bit of new enthusiasm to get the kids interested in science again. It ain't all bad this science milarky! ;)

OOOOO! I've sold a few things on Etsy recently and was far too over excited when I got home form work and discovered I'd sold some of my cute felt brooches - including the monster set that I made for the UKEtsychallenge! YAY! I'll parcel those up this evening and get them posted off to London Town tomorrow after work! I'm planning a sewing evening tonight as I made a start on another monster brooch set yesterday and I still have a list with 25 other items on it that I need to get through....!

I missed out on choosing a treasury again, just because I was eating my tea. HUFF! Better luck next time I guess! When having a flick through the new ones I did discover that I'm in one. YAY! My simple flower brooches - (which are available at a bargain price! ;)

It doesn't expire till Friday so go on over and have a click! In other Etsy news; Count Orangular has made it safely to Turkey and now lives with a very crazy lady we play WoW with (Hi SU! *kiss*) and my little planet earth made it to the US in one piece after a bit of a squash and a squeeze from the postal service. I may need to start adding a little extra padding. Off to catch-up on some sewing now and decide what I'm going to wear to the prom on Saturday! I thought I'd go to one of the school proms just to see what it's like...!

I'm making lots of new brooches to encourage people to buy them. Here is today's new brooch! A cute little strawberry with seed bead accents! (sounds all posh doesn't it for a felt brooch! hehe!)

This will be available in my etsy shop shortly as will the pumpkin and skull from yesterdays craft binge!

One thing I did do over the weekend was make a few new brooch templates and cut the shapes out ready to sew. I managed to sew four of them together at lunch today...a pear, a star fruit, a pumpking and a skull! I know it's little early for halloween but I've had the doodles in my book for a while.

These will be making their way into my etsy shop in the next day or two! On the etsy thing....Super Rolley Monkey has made it into two treasuries recently! Photos of these on my Flickr account! J was really pleased as he helped with the flying photos! :)

Not much crafting going on this weekend as J's little sister has been visiting. We did have a potter around the front garden this afternoon to tidy up some wild branches and get rid of the chard which had gone out of control too. We also dug up the garlic and onions as they were ready...and our first strawberry is almost ready to pick! YAY!

YAY! I've completed my June challenges for the UKetsyteam and MSOEteam *jumps up and does a little dance*

Firstly the theme for the UKetsy challenge for June was 7 deadly sins. I chose envy and made a set of green-eyed monster brooches. I really enjoyed making these and may whip up another batch with different shapes soon. And secondly is the Mad Scientists of Etsy (MSOE) Challenge where the theme was Leonardo Da Vinci. I really wanted to make a flying machine but with my other craft commitments at the mo I just didn't have the time so went for a Vitruvian Stick Man Brooch instead - He'll fit in nicely with the stick man and girl brooches. I'll let you know when voting is available. Next on my list is the Russian Doll Swap!

***Both challenge items are in the my shop NOW!***

Look what I had to collect from the post office today!

A lovely birthday bundle of fabric from Joy and Danny! Joy said she was going to post my present as we had to cancel the weekend with J being ill...I thought it would maybe be a small/medium jiffy bag sized parcel as they'd sent me a lovely olive tree, but instead it was a big box! When I got home and ripped it open I found this lovely lot of fabric! Lemon fur, blue and white spot, white and red spot and then 3 pieces of FELT! Aren't I just spoilt! Thanks ever so much Joy!!!! I love it all! especially the packs of salted caramels! MMMMMmmmm! :)

Other news: after illness and fridge crisis last week...our boiler is now on the blink. PFFFF! All this stress has made me loose my crafting mojo. I'm waiting for the boiler man as I type, hopefully it won't be too much of a problem and we can try and get back to normal - it's been a while! Once life resumes I'll get crafting again and have some nice goodies to pop in my etsy shop. My 'to-make' list is getting bigger, I just don't have the energy to actually MAKE anything.

Yesterday I got told off by my Dad for having not posted his Fathers Day card in time. I was let off slightly by the fact we'd both been ill and our fridge had broken! I only remembered on Saturday morning that I'd completely forgotten to post it. Oooops! Sorry Dad! He should have it today so I'll do a little show and tell. Apologise for the card photo - it's rubbish, it was taken in a hurry with my little camera before I stuffed everything in an envelope to post. It's hand cut green felt, machine stitched onto red pearlescent card. I do enjoy sewing cards and may make a few for my Etsy shop.

And I've also added a keyring to the envelope that I made a few weeks ago.

Now with LucyKate Crafts Toadstool swap over you can view all the photos of everyones lovely toadstools here on Flickr. I'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to Amy for organising it all so well! THANKS!!!!! I had fun making them and became a little obsessed! :)

It is time to move on from toadstools and concentrate on Russian Dolls as I signed up for I'm a ginger monkey's Russian doll swap! YAY! Chloe is my partner and I've had a fantastic idea that I hope she'll love....I just need to have a good rummage through my felt box and see what colours I need!