Shop Handmade Gift Boxes – Now on Sale!
Shop Handmade have opened a Folksy shop to promote and showcase the talents of UK designers by selling the sort of sample boxes you want to buy. They’re a little more expensive than other sample boxes in the region of £30-50 each depending on contents, but each box contains a wealth of full size items from a mix of UK designers and all money taken goes straight back to those contributors- how nice of Shop Handmade!
I have managed to get in almost every gift box available, contributing ice rings, fruit stud earrings and image pendants. Contributions from other people include knitted items, brooches, cards, artwork, candles and bags. Please take a look at the Folksy shop for an unusual gift for Christmas, or maybe just to treat yourself!
PennyDog’s bonkers clearout bonanza!
Did that grab your attention? 
I’ve just got back from a stockist who has changed my stock over and no longer want my image pendant range, in favour of fabric pendants. I didn’t realise quite how much stuff they had though! So this weekend I am offering you, dear reader, up to 50% off! These items sell for £14-15, but any of these can be yours for just £7.50 plus £1.50 postage! (£2 if outside of the UK)
Give me a shout here or by e-mail (kerry_l_wilkinson(at!)hotmail.com) and I will allocate these to you and invoice them out…
OFFER ENDS 00.01 WEDNESDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2009!
So here we go!
American Goldfinch- 1 in stock
Cafe Du Bresil- 1 in stock
SOLD OUT!
Finch Bird- 2 in stock
Hawaii Aloha!- 2 in stock
Kingbird- 1 in stock
Miami Beach, Florida- 3 in stock
New York- 1 in stock
Badger- 2 in stock
Popping candy (image varies slightly)- 3 in stock
Miscela Leone- 3 in stock
Braniff Airways- 1 in stock
Trans Australian Railway- 1 in stock
Bird and nest- 2 in stock
Lace pendants- please choose from a, b or c B AND C SOLD OUT!
HAVE FUN!
Make 50: Week 37
I’ve started making cards! What do you think- do they work?
Press release: PennyDog Jewellery launches a collection for homes
| PennyDog can now adorn your home with bold coasters and soap dishesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
PennyDog Jewellery, which has a rapidly growing customer base within the field of resin jewellery, has further added to the range of products available by now offering a homeware range, currently incorporating paperweights, coasters and soap dishes.
Paperweights retail at £26 and encapsulate objects from nature, butterflies, insects and dandelion seedheads. As they depend on the availability of specimens, these are strictly limited edition, with only one or two of the same style ever made.
The retail price for a pack of two coasters is £15 and they can be custom made to fit the customer’s décor. They are made from thick polyester resin and fabric, tied elegantly with grosgrain ribbon and gift card.
The soap dish sets can also be customised, and retail for £15. They are displayed in a white gift box with ribbon detailing, and include a handmade soap from Tamworth soapmaker Sue Gardner, trading as Soapy Chica.
Each item is cast in the mould, sanded and polished to a professional finish, and takes at least 3 days to make from start to finish.
Homewares from PennyDog are currently available to purchase on www.penny-dog.co.uk and will also include trinket dishes and tealight holders in the near future. As always, £1 from each item sold is donated to the Retired Greyhound Trust.
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Handmade resin and recycled jewellery by UK designer, Kerry Wilkinson. If you would like further information on PennyDog, its policies and products, please contact Kerry to arrange an interview .
Lilliecup Green
I’ve been wanting to blog about this place for a little while now, but my cameraphone is completely useless at communicating with any other device, so I had to go back and take some pictures with an actual camera last weekend.
Lilliecup Green aims to stock 90% handmade (Gina- the lady who runs it- also makes her own soft furnishings, which may come in useful when we move!) and is based at Breedon Priory, Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire in a couple of conservatories next to the Garden Centre.
I seem to be having some success there already and my goods have only been on display for a few weeks, which is great news. She also stocks buttons and accessories from Incy Wincy Stitches, though we’ve yet to bump into each other there accidentally 
It’s quite a small shop that sells everything from balloons to curtains, money boxes to soaps, and a new room is in development (and nearly finished!) which will showcase creative painting techniques for the home, with a secondary building located across the car park which holds painted furniture.
There are interesting collectable stalls on the site every weekend, as well as a knitting shop (which also stocks my knitting needles), old fashioned sweet shop and other little independent retailers dotted around. Please go for a visit, it’s a nice afternoon out, but please note thatr most shops are closed Monday and Tuesday.
Owl Swap- my turn!
I got home from work yesterday to find Rosina’s package waiting for me! Inside were my favourite sweets- Jelly Belly beans (how did she know?), a generous amount of cute owl fabric from Alexander Henry- which I seem to be collecting in a non-intentional way (he must just be my favourite!)- some big funky buttons and four handmade cards made from a stamp that Rosina had carved herself! Needless to say the beans are all gone and I am eyeing the fabric to embed as I have to make quite a bit of stuff over the next few weeks. I would like to start sewing too, but never seem to get the time.
Rosina’s blog is at http://rosinahuber.blogspot.com if you like what you see here
Thank you!
Folksy Angels and new presentation
I uploaded my first of a possible two entries into the Folksy Angels competition I mentioned earlier on this month. I made resin tealight holders with pieces of chocolate coin foil embedded inside. Sanding the inside of these was a bitch though, I won’t be making more of these in a hurry! The other possible entry involves spoons. I won’t say any more!
I’ve also been working on a better presentation of my necklaces at craft fairs. Remember my guitar stand tutorial? Well I wasn’t 100% happy with the way it turned out, so some citting and folding, my old damaged tablecloth and two cork pinboards from Ikea later….
I am taking part in NaBloPoMo (National Blog Post Month), so I will be blogging every day in November. Today is post 28: http://www.nablopomo.com/
3 of the best: Christmas Cards on Folksy
It’s time to be buying Christmas cards again. Here are three of my favourites from www.folksy.com
- blueberrypark: £3.00
- paperleaf: £4.50
- The Home Press: £2.00
Don’t forget to enter the November giveaway here: http://pennydog.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/november-giveaway/
I am taking part in NaBloPoMo (National Blog Post Month), so I will be blogging every day in November. Today is post 14! http://www.nablopomo.com/
Folksy Angels
Continuing the recycling theme from yesterday… I love competitions, especially ones that require a bit of thought. Folksy and We Make Christmas (which I will be demonstrating at) have got together to make a quickie competition (entries must be in by 30th November- yikes!) where you have to make a christmas decoration all or mostly made from bits and pieces found around the home that would otherwise be thrown away. It’s an interesting idea, but feel it might be a little tricky! I do have an idea though and I will share it with you when it’s done- if it works!
The winner gets free Folksy listings and no commission for a year, and as things are going well for me on there at the moment, it could be just what I need!
If you want to enter, the Flickr group where you need to post your photo and also has a comprehensive list of rules and what-not is here: http://flickr.com/groups/963614@N22/
Don’t forget to enter the November giveaway here: http://pennydog.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/november-giveaway/
I am taking part in NaBloPoMo (National Blog Post Month), so I will be blogging every day in November. Today is post 12! http://www.nablopomo.com/
A couple of triumphs!
Another short post today, but I just wanted to let you know that Handm@de Oxford was a success, and I look forward to doing another one! Lovely people and well worth it, though very tiring! Over 1300 people passed through the doors, which was fantastic, and twice the number expected! There are early murmurs about another in the spring and possibly organising one in Cambridge, which is great for me as students are my main buyers! Here’s a couple of pictures I borrowed off TwinklySpangle ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/twinklyspangle ) on Flickr (I didn’t get chance to take any of my own)!
Also On Crafteroo (www.crafteroo.co.uk) I reached my 1337th post, which was quite cool:
Not sure how well you can see it but it says leet
Don’t forget to enter the November giveaway here: http://pennydog.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/november-giveaway/
I am taking part in NaBloPoMo (National Blog Post Month), so I will be blogging every day in November. Today is post 10! http://www.nablopomo.com/
