Cup cake hair clip

Here's a close up shot of the cup cake hair clip.

Family Reward Chart

I'm in the middle of a commission for a 'Family Reward Chart' big enough to accommodate enough stars for 3 children plus one adult, so that's an amazing 48 golden stars! I love the idea of of a chart which gets the whole family involved so I've made one for our family too which includes a column each for 'Mummy' and 'Daddy'...I'll let you know how it works

Felt Phonics

Recently I've had the great pleasure of making a Felt Phonics Folder (great tongue twister) for Kristin, a speech pathologist who I met through Kids Spot. Kristin asked me to make the folder in wipe clean fabric so she could use it with the children she works with without worrying about sticky fingers! (good thinking). She provided me with a list of the most high frequency letters/sounds and I came up with some felt 'scenes' for her to use to encourage the children to use the sounds like 'sh', 's', and 'th'. I added a wipe clean bag to the set to help keep things together, although I think it would be more useful if the folder fitted into the bag too, I'll try that out next time. It's definitely a work in progress and I'll keep you posted, it's such an exciting project.

Mosman Market

I will be selling my Felt Story Folders, Craft Kit Bags and Reward Charts at the Mosman Village Art & Craft Market on Saturday 3rd of July. Please have a look at the Mosman Council web site here for opening times and directions. I would love to see you there!

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Little Fish Hair Clip

I needed a small Birthday gift to send to a friends daughter overseas and thought my newly created 'Little Fish Hair Clip' was just right to pop in the post. My daughter immediately pleaded with me to make her a felt 'cup cake clip' which she loves and has worn every were including to the beach whilst she was collecting shells.

Tooth Fairy Bag

A tiny bag for a tiny tooth, yet big enough for a shiny $1 coin to be left behind too. My daughter has used her bag for every single tooth fairy visit so far, she just loves popping it under the pillow at bed time. It can be made in any colours. Boys love the idea of a tooth bag just as much as girls!

2 x small oblongs of felt (for the bag)
1 x small bit of contrasting colour felt (for the decoration on the front of the bag)
1 x small length of ribbon (bag strap)
Needle
Thread
Fabric glue

Start by sewing sequins onto your contrasting colour felt in any design you like. Cut around your design leaving a border, glue your little sequin design onto one of the felt oblongs. Sew together both felt oblong shapes using a small overstitch, leaving one long side open. Sew the ribbon ends to the corners of your bag top to create your bag strap. Now all your gorgeous bag needs is a little tooth and it's ready to be slipped under the pillow...now the question is, will the Tooth Fairy remember to come tonight?

Mummy says "eat your fruit & veggies please!"

This fruit and Veggies 'Felt Story Folder' was such fun to make - I definitely got carried away with the detail. The cauliflower set the standard as it was the first item I made, so the other felt pieces had to follow suit. I was thrilled to sell the folder to a lovely mum of twin boys that I met on Colette's sewing course at the Bronte Sewing Room. It's always good when I know that my products are being used by boys as well as girls (redressing the 'gorgeous gifts for girls' versus 'plastic toys for boys' balance). As the Mum of a five year old boy myself I know they often get the short straw when it comes to handmade products, it's why I insist on making a boys version of everything I make...