Christmas Tea & Sale

I had a very successful fair at the Anna Templeton Christmas Tea & Sale. And, I purchased a few gifts from other crafters. It's important to support local businesses and I try to do that as much as possible. A special thank you to all who visited my booth.Now, it's time to relax with a cup of tea and put my feet up!
Enjoy!

Tea & Sale

Today was 'set-up' at the Anna Templeton Center for the Christmas Tea & Sale, starting tomorrow. I forgot to take light bulbs for the lights. Thank goodness it doesn't open until 12pm so I will be able to get that done. I'm on the third floor AND there is an elevator! Hope to see some of my friends there this weekend.

Interested in some more links?

• Christmas Sewing Projects on Pinterest    More HERE
• Gift Tote 
• Handmade Christmas Ornaments 
• Free Christmas Sewing Projects  
• 16 Christmas Sewing Projects  
• Small Sewing Projects for Christmas   
• 100 + Christmas Ornaments    

 Enjoy!!      

Since I'm not working on any new Christmas projects at the moment, have a look at the cross stitch tree I did back in the mid 90's. It was worked on glittery cross stitch fabric and is approximately 11" x 15". It was a lot of work but is a favorite of mine. I bought the tiny charms in the USA on one of my trips.

Felted / Beaded Wearable Art Pin

I finished a couple of one-of-a-kind felted / beaded Wearable Art Pins recently. Here's one of three. These will be for sale at the Anna Templeton Christmas Tea & Sale this weekend. I will be on the 3rd floor.

Thank-you, Heather for requesting a fish to be stitched on your felted pin. It motivated me to do a few more like that.

Have a look at these links:

• Painting With Beads
• Felting & Embroidery (eye candy)  
• Wet Felting (tutorial)   
• Felted Snowflake Ornament 
• Felt Christmas Ornaments on Pinterest    More HERE
• 11 Felt Christmas Ornaments 
• 30 DIY Felt Christmas Ornaments    

I've also linked up with Linky Tuesday

Enjoy!!

Fantasy Fabric Needle Cases

I have five new needle cases ready for the Anna Templeton Tea & Sale, this weekend. Felt is used inside to hold needles and coloured Velcro keeps them closed. I love making the fantasy fabrics for my smaller projects. They just glisten!

Before

After

Check out more needle cases:

• Lots on Tipnut
• Pinterest 
• Quilted Needle Case on Sew She Sews
• Felted Needle Case at Simplicity Creative
• Needle Case Tutorial, Sew Mccoo
• Fave Crafts Needle Case (free pattern)
• Ludlow Quilt & Sew, pattern
• Embroidery Garden - machine embroidery but can be adapted for hand embroidery 
• Scrappy Needle Keeper Tutorial, Patchwork Posse

Enjoy!!
PS
These make great / quick gifts, too!!

Time Flies!!!

Where does the time go? I had very successful Fall and Christmas Fairs. Thank you to all who visited and for those who purchased art pieces from me. You are very important people.

The tree is up and decorated. The shopping is done. Time to catch a breath and relax. If you still have a few more gifts to buy, check out your local art and craft shops. I'm sure there are lots of nifty gifts yet to find.

Here's my tree and a close up of a few ornaments on it.

From a trip to California

The 'baby' is now 3 1/2 years old

This peacock is the first ornament that goes on the tree.
My daughter gave it to me years ago.

Tiny Gardens

Today I will have five (one not shown) 'Tiny Gardens" Fibre Art Pendants at the Anna Templeton Tea & Sale. The background was needle felted. I also machine stitched this with Valdani variegated thread before doing any hand embroidery. The Valdani silk embroidery threads are just lovely to use!

I have created a couple of these before (sold) but didn't give them a name. They will cost a bit more than the others as they do take time to hand embroider.

Set Up

Today we set up our booths for the Anna Templeton Christmas Tea and Sale. I've been trying to get a space at this event and finally succeeded this fall. Yah!!! This is a lovely event and I usually attend as a visitor. The three floors are filled with crafty people selling lots of unique items. The lunch with tea and cookies is always a must do! It opens tomorrow. Check out the times on the poster below. If you are near, drop by for awhile! I'll be on the third floor.