Seeing Double & Look a Head

For the last three or so hours I have been re-photographing some of my products, it was in some instances rather overdue. Spurned on by the fact that I'd recently taking some good product photographs which showed up my other products. So whilst it was a bit of a pain, my back is now aching, I feel rather pleased with the results.


For instance, here is a couple of before and after shots:

Before - Very dark!!

After you can actually see the colours better, and a nice shot of the clock with the packaging it will come in.

So yes, taken most of the day, but totally worth it and sometimes you do just have to bite the bullet and get on with it. The rest of the weekend will be ordering new fabric labels, getting a frame ready to start a new clock, plan next Wednesdays showcase blog and selecting the images for my new product line. 

This new line will be a range of pocket mirrors, images taken from previously stitched embroidery pieces, and each will have a little handmade pouch to go with it. Hence the urgency to get new fabric labels made. Rather looking forward to this and how they will turn out (well hopefully! Otherwise my friends are getting the rejects.) I like the idea of my main shop item being my clocks, then a select range of smaller items such as tissue holders and these new pocket mirrors. I'll be posting up the images I think I will be choosing over the course of the weekend, comments would be appreciated!

In the meantime don't forget I have a competition on at the moment! Ends next week.

Wicked Wednesday - Seeing Stripes

At a little midweek look at some loveliness. I like many other craftspeople love a supply or two...three hundred. Here are a few of my recent faves:

Traditional Sweet Shop Pink Candy Stripe Paper Bags

Etsy Seller: InTheClear 

Stripe Fabric Linen Cotton Fabric- Fabric Yard Brown Fabric 

with white stripe 1/2 yard

Etsy Seller: fabricmade

French Linen - Red Stripe

Etsy Seller: tialys

Trim Organic Stripe cotton Ribbon x3metres

Etsy Seller: BigFish

  

NEW - Trendy Tape Pink Stripe

Etsy Seller: LillyBellesPaperie

More supply goodness next week!

Regal Clock Complete

And here is the Regal Clock completed! Pretty Swarovski Crystals adorn the crown on the left. Rather pleased with it, and also the photograph, though that was some what of an epic battle this morning! You can now purchase it from my Etsy store. 

Regal Stitching

So following on from the mystery shot earlier on this week, here is the progress of a new little clock. I wanted a fairly quick project to do, to be able to do in between working on my bits with Heidi. So this is one of these such projects. Nice and simple in both design and stitch (running and a bit of back). The stitching part is all done, now its the making it up into a clock and then adding the finishing details.

I don't often work on one section at any given time I switch it up.

Hey look it's a crown..and another

Now the making up begins....

Sneak Peek...Royal Flavour

My next little project started this evening. A little break from my collaboration with Heidi (Making Strangers). Feeling a little bit Regal. Just need to decide on the stitches...running/back or a spot of trailing. Maybe a bit of both.

Drumroll Please - Completed Collab Number Two

Looks like he's waving

Oh he's holding something, and he's got a little jacket and hat on

And its got tiny little buttons and what is that in his hand?

Aww its a little telescope!

And here it is complete (ready for making up into a clock) and sitting long side its original drawing. This clock will be a series of four, and no one will be exactly alike. Different linens will be used, and who knows the jacket may be a different colour.

The progress and journey so far of this collaboration has been the most exciting thing I've done to date, and I hope your enjoying it too. More designs are in the works, and packaging and things of that nature are still to be designed, but soon they will be ready to purchase. If anyone is interested in joining a mailing list in regards to purchasing these clocks, then drop me a message here or over at my Etsy store.

Working Progress - Little Clouds

The progress of the other clock is going well and I think, as I stated last week, that I will be hopefully getting all the stitching done today. This means I can then make it up during the week. I worked on it fairly late into the night, until a headache kicked in. 

Starting the last cloud

Ooo look I started the little fellow, here I tacked down a rough outline for his legs, coat and face

Just put one layer of padding on the jacket ready for me to do some straight satin stitch over it. The arms will be a combination of trailing and satin stitch.

Clouds floating on by...

A spot of evening stitching to progress this beauty prior to my meeting with Heidi Burton on Friday, a wee catch up on our collaboration, over a spot of lunch. I'm very close to finishing off the cloud tree's before starting the final one. Can't wait to get the clouds done as I am itching to stitch the little guy on the top one (see the middle image you can make him out on the original drawing).