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HELLO, AND WELCOME TO MY BLOG!

By day I'm a school science technician and new mum (currently on maternity leave!). In the evenings, once the munchkin is asleep, I love to sew, make and create all sorts of cute (mainly) felty goodness and then ramble about it here in my own little corner of the world.

I welcome custom work and orders, so if there is something you see and would like making for yourself just give me a shout! :)

I do put a lot of hard work into everything I make so please do not use any content from this website without contacting me first.

You can email me at: claire[at]paynedesign[dot]co[dot]uk
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View Article  And the Winners are.....
Using the random-number-thing-a-mi-bob the lucky winners were comments number 7 and 14. I can't work out how to do a screen shot on J's laptop so you will just have to believe me! :)

comment 7:

Re: Christmas Giveaway!!!!
by Deb D on Fri 27 Nov 2009 22:46 GMT
What a sweet idea for Christmas tree ornaments! I would love a new car for Christmas. Mine is getting old and the repairs usually cost more than my car is worth.

comment 14:

Re: Christmas Giveaway!!!!
by Carol on Sun 29 Nov 2009 03:21 GMT
My mother already gave me the gift I wanted the most! She paid for an online class I really wanted to take! She's the best!

These are super cute ornaments!

I will be emailing you ladies shortly to get your addresses and post off your prizes. Thank you all for your comments and I hope that you get all you want for Christmas. Me? I want a happy first Christmas with my little family (but I wouldn't say no to some nice fabric! ;)


View Article  Christmas Giveaway!!!!


Hello all! To celebrate the coming festivities I'm going to have a mini giveaway. Two lucky people will each win a set of 3 of my handmade glittery Christmas trees. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me what you would like for Christmas. Make sure you leave a way for me to contact you if you win and I'll get the fantastic Mr Random number generator to pick a winner on Monday (30th November).
View Article  VOTE FOR MEEEE!
Quite excitingly, some of my christmas ornaments have made it into this weeks etsy voter! I would like to thank whoever nominated me and ask for your vote! CHRISTMAS CLAIRE needs YOU!

CLICK HERE to go and vote! And come back tomorrow for a christmas giveaway! :)
View Article  Tidy!

Look here! I've been tidying my desk - I knew it was under a big pile of felt, fabric, buttons and stuff - and there it is! Isn't she pretty? And all ready to do more sewing before christmas!

View Article  Mmmmmmm! Fabric!

I got some lovely fabric in the post yesterday. I always manage to be in my dressing gown whenever the postman has a parcel for me - and it's always the same chap! One of these days I'll surprise him and be fully dressed and may of even brushed my hair!!!

Amy Butler - Love - memento, paradise garden and tumble roses. These yummy fabrics are going to become knitting needle cases for my etsy shop. I should hopefully have them made and ready to list next weekend!

Alexander Henry -  Rock a by rhymes. Destined to become a baby mat for a friend.

Kathy Hall - frippery, little birds and Alexander Henry - Natura, canyon flutter. I bought these because they were pretty! No idea what to use them for yet so they will be added to my stash to wait for some inspiration!

Don't forget I'm still offering FREE SHIPPING in both of my etsy shops this month!

View Article  Oh, Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree....

Look what I got in the post! I was lucky enough to grab one of Heidi Kenney's Christmas tree plush in her last shop update. I'm so pleased with it! Heidi is one of my sewing/blog heroes and I just love everything she makes! This little chap is already adding some early Christmas cheer to our living room! :P

View Article  FREE POSTAGE/SHIPPING

In celebration of November and finally reaching my 100th sale, I've decided to give free shipping in both of my etsy shops! This offer will be on for the rest of November!!!! Buy your items as usual and I will refund the postage charges through paypal after transaction completion.

And to tempt you there, these are my new gingerbread house ornaments that have been just a sketch in my Christmas book for over a year! Also back by popular demand; cheeky monkey ornaments! So, grab yourself a cuppa and go and have a browse through my shops!

View Article  Nearly 100!

OMG!!!! I've nearly reached 100 sales in my etsy shop. The lucky person who buys item number 100 will get a bumper parcel with lots of lovely extra felt goodies in it!

In the mean time, while I wait for sale 100, I have been experimenting with some new products. For a while now I've wanted to add needle books to my shop and I've finally made the first one. A felt rainbow - which will be appearing in my shop very soon!

For those of you wishing to purchase christmas decorations in £, I've re-opened my folksy shop and started filling it with the same goodies as my christmas shop. Pop along and have a look, I've lots more lovely felty items in my WIP box so watch this space for some nice new items!

View Article  Space, the final frontier....or, I can see Uranus (tee-hee!)

Just to prove that I have been doing a bit of sewing I'll show you this custom order I made! A month or so ago, a lovely lady called Jen got in touch with me and asked if I could help her jazz up her lab-coat with some sew-on felt patches with a sciencey theme. I've finally finished off the first set and here they are - THE PLANETS!

 They look much better in real life - the colours are a bit wishy-washy here, but I'm really pleased with how they have turned out! Hope you like them Jen!!!! :)