Handmade Christmas

As I mentioned in my last post, this Christmas just gone my sister and I decided that we had to make each others presents and here's the results. 



I made my sister a Vertical Garden, this is the how it looks after she planted it with lots of yummy herbs.

And here’s what she made me…..

 These cushions are fabulous, they are the comfiest cushions ever! I’m leaning against them now as I type.

Hopefully this is the start of a new tradition between us ….. but we’ll have to put our thinking caps on to out do ourselves next Christmas.

I'm Back

Well it's been a while between posts.... It's been a very challenging year and that's all I'm saying on that one. But I've got my crafty mojo back! And hopefully it's here to stay. 

Here's my Christmas crafting 

This year my sister and I are having a handmade Christmas and making each other's prezzies. I'll share what I'm making when it's done and received :)

Leap Of Faith

This year I've taken a leap of faith and ventured in to the world of print advertising for my iheartcharlie Etsy store. As part of my involvement with the Western Australian Etsy Street Team I've shared in a full page advertisement in Peppermint Magazine with some of my fellow teamies. 

 

That's my journal on the right hand side of the page. 

We've included a coupon code for Peppermint readers (it's under the pink rectangle at the top of the page, but you'll have to buy the magazine to see what it says!). For those of you who can't purchase the issue at a news agency Peppermint Magazine is also available on Digital download. If you've never read this magazine before it's definitely worth a read. 

It was so exciting to buy my copy yesterday and see my shop in there. Now I'll just have to sit back and see what comes of it. 

A very BIG THANK YOU to a fellow team mate Nicole from Tall Rabbit for her expert design skill in creating the ad for us.

love the beast

 

Last Friday saw the opening of a new shop in Margaret River. love the beast is the creation of Susan Elton. This amazing store will stock the work of Australian designers, artists and craftspeople. I'm ecstatic that she has chosen to stock the creations of iheartcharlie. I captured a few photos at the opening party to share with you. 

This is one of my favourite parts of the shop... check out those awesome hand bags and journals.

Another favourite fixture is this one. The window in the old door is the perfect space to display those iheartcharlie pouches

I can't claim any credit for these very cute critters.

 

And introducing the very talented Mr Oliver Hull.

 The lady herself, Susan Elton, thanking all those who helped her with the fit out.

Bag Addiction

I love handbags.... actually I love big handbags. They're so useful for storing and carrying some of the contents of your life. No matter what the bag size I always seem to be able to manage to fill it. I usually start out with very good intentions when I get  new bag, "this time I'll only carry the bare essentials". But before you know it I'm out of control and the bag is full again..... I love to collect them

Occasionally my bag fetish extends to making them. This week has been one of those weeks, I've been busy sewing bags. I've made a promise to myself that they will not end up in my collection and that they will be sold in my Etsy shop.

This is the first of the bags. It's created using off cuts from previous projects. The outside is hemp denim and it has an interior lining of a brown stripe poly cotton blend. It has a pin tuck detail on the front and a centre seam on the back.  It's a good size you can fit the essentials and a few extras in it. This one is listed in my store iheartcharlie.etsy.com

This is number 2, it's the same style bag but this time with pleats all the way around and it has a band.  This one will be Etsy listed soon.

Number 3 still in my head I share it with  you when it comes to fruition.