tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41986433712646917132012-02-02T23:15:20.390Zfelt, thefeltfairy.com, tutorials, buy felt, blogAnnie xx TheFeltFairynoreply@blogger.comBlogger323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198643371264691713.post-3194526295653694412012-02-01T15:28:00.000Z2012-02-01T15:28:15.339Z2012-02-01T15:28:15.339Z

Hey Monthly Makers, it is the first of Feb and the month of love! What do you plan to make this month? Natalie is co hosting February's makers group - Miss February - yo will find her blog HUNGRY HIPPE here! Please pop over and see Natalie, she is strutting her stuff in a bikini and sling back as we speak in anticipation of her MISS FEBRUARY title! YOU WILL FIND FEBS FLICKR GROUP HERE!!

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Well ladies, the flickr group for JANUARY is filling up nicely with an amazing array of makes! There is a ticker picture in the right hand column but I urge you to look in the flickr group - you will be blown away by the amazing makes for January. February's Monthly make is being hosted by Natalie of HUNGRY HIPPY blog. Anyone wanting to join the FEBRUARY FLICKR GROUP can sign up here!

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This is my thought for today or at least my irritation for today! Mind you if this is all I have to irk me then  have a pretty good life! When I had a huge 'old fashioned' TV with a back on it that was so huge it may very well have been the the bow of the titanic in a previous life I presses the on button an had a satisfying click and a weird electrical ping as the screen lit up and the

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...In Black and White it Looks Like Art" Joan Armatrading - True Love. I am so loving the new programme Call In The Midwife. It deals with inner city deprivation in the 1950's beautifully. Art or Deprivation? Romantic all the same!

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Yesterday I busied myself with my January Monthly Make! Here is what I made... ... little peg dollies! I really enjoyed making them too!  Anyone wanting to Join the group can sign up HERE! Thank you so much for all your very kind comments on my William. I would feel so guilty if I had not acknowledged his anniversary and let it go by without saying his name out loud!

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.. born sleeping on 15th January 1984. They say that time heals the heart.. it does not! I find it very hard to focus on a particular day of remembrance as William died on Friday the 13th of January 1984 and was born on Sunday 15th January after a very long labour. As today is Friday 13th it feels very much rawer than usual. I feel guilty if I acknowledge one particular day but at the same time

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....to 22 others! Yes I have finally got my lazy arse into gear and have packed the bag handles ready to post to the lucky winners! Two are destined to Canada and one to Australia, that leaves 19 for UK! I am sure the postage will be a bit dear but what the heck, I love doing  little giveaways to lots of people as well as bigger single giveaways! I am going to do my monthly make next week so send

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..with my lovely friend Lynda of Hooking with Laa Laa is hosting a brilliant merry go round swap! This is a new kind of swap to me and very exciting!! Lynda will start off with a box of crafty bits and pieces, books or magazines and each time it stops off on its journey the recipient may take any items they wish from the box as long as they replace them with bits and pieces from their own stash.

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We will open the book. The pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. This book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. -Edith Lovejoy Pierce

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....yes I am giving away  20 sets of bag handles to be drawn from all those who have joined the Monthly Make for 2012 HERE, you can join us at anytime during the year too! Names will be taken from the linky list on 3rd January so get your name down! Now you might if you are not are like me and not a great maker of anything that you deem too complicated DO NOT be scared off by the thought of

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I am again hosting the Monthly Make group for 2012 and hope you will join me. You can see some of the 2011 fabulous makes in the bottom left sidebar.  If you fancy committing to make at least one item every month then we this group is for you!!  Hopefully making a pledge will give us all a much needed kick up the butt and might even spur us into a frenzy of mad making! What could I make you

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Wondering what to do with you Christmas money? Well ladies, this book is brilliant. It was written by a fellow blogger Laura Howard of Bugs and Fishes - she is a kinda felt fairy too and is really kind and generous. Laura has always been really helpful and very givings with her advice which I have greatly appreciated, this is not true of all felt sellers. One lady felt seller blocked me from

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OMG! Look what I just won on ebay!  A 9 metre bolt of 1950's barkcloth! On a buy it now for an amazing £57! Chintzy barkcloth is soooo hard to get hold of and to be honest it always went for much more than I could afford so this was a treat of all treats! My lovely mate Jo at Hesta and the Pugs sent me an email with a link and I was quick enough to win it! I am absolutely beside myself with

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..since I posted! I have been up to my eyes and beyond with all things Yuletide! And then one of my beloved doggies was taken seriously ill in a yule related incident that you would not believe!! I was commandeered (I offered ;=P) onto the village Christmas Fair Committee which left me rather knackered, more so because I decided to have a stall at the said fair. There was a lady at the fair

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Due to popular demand I have decided to again host the Monthly Make, this time for 2012. I have to admit that I was not the greatest of host in 2011 although I did make sure the monthly Flickr group was always in the side bar and up to date. I also kept up my Pro subscriptions as a standard flickr account is not adequate for the number of photos being hosted. Here is a link to last January's 

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..and it is my last year in my forties! How the bloody hell I got this old I do not know, last time I looked I was 28!

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I  am so over the moon to tell you that my daughter Amy's Blighty Boutique Vintage & Fair was a staggering success - we had 850 adult visitors through the door and it was a really busy day for Amy and all the sellers! Here is a picture of my little stall, again it was a raging success and I did really really well. I have to admit though that I did not do my stall or even make a single sale - my

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Yikes, plus lots of great swear words on top! Only two sleeps until the Vintage & Handmade Fair! I am nervous as nervous as hell! I always worry in case we do not have enough visitors for our fabulous stall holders - I think this is quite an understandable worry to have but still wake up in the night in a panic! For me though there is a second worry, and it is quite a new one for me. This time

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..it is my first time too! My lovely friend Emma at Mimi and Tilly Blog, she really is a lovely lady and her blog is brilliant invited me to write a piece! My post is the first in a series called SHARE YOUR SPARKLE that Emma has planned. My story is a very personal one and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it xx Thank you to all the lovelies who left me Facebook messages

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I may not have been working hard on the blog front but I promise you I have been busy! Look at these handsome peg doll soldiers I have made - 100 in total! I am selling them at the next Blighty Boutique Vintage & Handmade Fair in aid of The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. The red is a bit darker than I had expected but hey-ho! The tutorial for these fab peggies is HERE. I am going to sell them

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This weekend I have been so busy stitching Holly deccies for my Christmas fairs! Each and every holly leaf has been carefully hand-stitched ~ I know it would be quicker to do them on my machine but I am terrified of it! lol. I bought some lovely Cath Kidston Fabric from The Fabric Market Place and used this plus some of my Liberty fabric squares - yes I actually cut some of my fabric

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This post is inspired by a convo I had with my sister Alison. We are very similar in some things but could not be more different in many other aspects. This was an odd conversation but it really showed how opposite we were in our ways. And all this started with a heap of sprouts on a plate.... * I always save my most favourite thing on my dinner plate til last and eat the worst thing first- she

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OMG! How exciting is Saturday Night TV! I just love strictly! Everytime it comes on I want to learn ballrom dancing AND go on yet another diet! I am loving Holly, I did not know who she was but gosh she is sexy! My fave has to be Nancy though, I just really want to be her, she is just gorgeous in that OTT slutty way that I like! The men? Not really taken with any of them, bring back Gav! lol!

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I have just finished listing my new kits in my Etsy Christmas Shop! And to celebrate I am offering my blog readers the chance to buy one of these kits with a discount of around 33%  - Yes that works out at only £5 per kit. Each kit contains enough materials to make three of the christmas ornaments as shown! Obviously the pattern is then ready to use as many times as your nimble fingers allow!

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You are invited to join us at the 2nd Blighty Boutique Vintage & Handmade Fair in Hatton Park, Warwickshire CV35 7TR. SUNDAY 6th NOVEMBER. There will be a Vintage style tea room where you can sit and chat to fellow bloggers! Let me know if you are coming and I will add a link to you and your blog as a visitor – the more the merrier! I would be so pleased to make your aquaintance properly!!! It

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