Well hello to you all. I thought it was a long time since last I wrote but it isn't as bad as I thought. The days just blur in to each other at the moment and I am feeling slightly jaded.
The shop however is feeling like a proper shop at last. It looks quite trendy and my landlord says he has seen one on the television quite similar but that one was in London.
As you can see I couldn't resist playing around. There are still things laid around like the great sheet of slat board on the floor but it is definitely looking very nice. The walls are a very pale shade of grey and not beige and blue as in the picture. That must have been a trick of the light.
I can't wait until all the wool is in and the heads are swathed in warm snoods and headbands. I think it will look really smart and just like I hoped it would when I started dreaming about it many moons ago. There is still lots to do and plenty of things to think about. I keep waking up in the night and then can't get back to sleep. I'm hoping that this is a temporary thing but I'm not counting on it.
I did manage to make a pretty little brooch amidst all the madness. This was an idea I came across whilst out at the weekend. I saw something similar in a shop in Edwinstowe which I intended buying but unfortunately the shop didn't take debit cards and I didn't have any cash on me. When I got home I had a look in my button stash and came up with this. It needs quite a substantial brooch pin on the back as it is surprisingly heavy.
This is a plant pot cover I have just finished knitting from a lovely book called Vintage Knit Knacks. I have made several things from it as the projects are just so different. I couldn't find any leaf buttons so I had a brain wave and made some using a cake decorating leaf shaped cutter and some coloured clay similar to Fimo. I think they did the job just right. All I need now is a plant pot to fit it which is proving more difficult than you would think.
I should have a few more makes to show you soon as I am frantically trying to do things to make the shop look a bit more crafty.
As ever thank you for taking the time to join me and please feel free to drop me a line or two.
Regards Paula x
