♥ Happy Halloween ♥

Well, what a busy day I have had! I went shopping this morning for fresh craft supplies and found some really great bargains, so I am feeling very happy.

I came home and made some fiendish rice crispie cakes with halloween jelly sweets on! They soon disappeared into the baskets of the ghoulish and witchy this evening!!

I also completed an order for one of my customers: a set of apple-green and a set of red hand painted dolly pegs, which look super cute!

Today I also made my neice, who is 4, a pencil roll, complete with 24 coloured pencils, for her Christmas present. She loves to draw and I think she will love to keep her pencils carefully wrapped up in her roll, complete with a C initial stiched onto the front in matching pink felt. 

Tomorrow I am going to start on another hand sewn button covered heart, with white and turquoise buttons for one of my customers.

I have an order for another of these too! I can't wait to make a start on these ♥

Well, I have worked hard today, so I am going to go curl up on the sofa and catch up on this weekend's X Factor on Sky+  ♥

felted christmas trees

Oooh, I just found this tutorial for making christmas trees out of old wool jumpers on The Long Thread:

http://thelongthread.com/?p=1656

They are just soooo cute! I love that they recycle old woolen jumpers. I might have to just go on the hunt for some old woolies and have a go at these!

♥ New supplies ♥

Good morning world and happy Monday to you all!

I have been busy today scouring the world wide web for some little gems to get creative with.



I have ordered some lovely little pearl beads, which I am going to make into gorgeous little bracelets with silver charms and ribbon bows. ♥

I have got my eye on some totally cute little silver crown charms for the bracelets, so fingers crossed that I can get them for a good price.

 I've also seen a great variety of heart charms which I also hope to be able to get in the next few days, however my internet at home is down at the moment so I am hoping that it gets fixed very soon! ♥

I have also got my eye on some seriously cute angel charms ♥

 Gorgeous key charms... ♥

and some lovely flower charms too... ♥

I really can't wait to start creating these little lovelies ♥

Retail therapy!

Well, The Little Handmade Heart Company has found a possible new residence - I Love Crafty, a gift shop and haven for local artists and crafters to sell their wares, has bought some of my items to sell in the shop! You can find my turtle doves, brooches and hand painted dolly pegs there!

Go check out their website:
http://www.ilovecrafty.co.uk/




I am feeling very excited about my things being sold!! Anyone in Bristol should go have a look at all the lovely things in this adorable little shop!

TGI Friday!

 Wow! What a crazy week! I have been working all week at The Cheltenham Literature Festival.
 




My highlight was probably listening to Jeremy Edwards reading extracts from stories whilst everyone relaxed with a cup of Carte Noire coffee! He had a lovely voice and read very well!

I would also have loved to have heard Kirstie Allsopp discuss her latest book 'Kirstie's Handmade Home. I really like Kirstie and I think her ideas are wonderful!

I like her Christmas stocking: http://www.channel4.com/4homes/design-style/how-to-guides/how-to-make-a-quilted-christmas-stocking-steps-09-12-07_p_1.html




Well, the weekend has at last arrived and I am going to have a well earned rest because it is my birthday on Sunday! Then, back to creating little bundles of crafted joy on Monday morning ♥

♥ Wedding bells ♥

Good morning world! 

Today I am working at a wedding at Bishopswood House. It looks like a beautiful setting so I am quite looking forward to it! 

I absolutely love weddings, so feeling inspired by today, I thought I would share with you some gorgeous wedding delights I have found. Of course, they all have a pink / heart theme!  ♥

I love these rose topiary centre pieces, from Confetti.co.uk. I think they are so elegant and pretty.

I also think these little heart wedding cake bubbles are truly adorable!

These napkin charms are really pretty and double up as wedding favours! They can be found at dotcomgiftshop.com

These crystal name card holders are super lovely. They are from Confetti.co.uk

Coc & Cox has an absolutely beautiful range of wedding favours and table accessories. This 'To have and to hold' ribbon is a favourite of mine ♥

I think this is a fabulous idea - little boxes of trivia question cards featuring questions and answers with a romantic twist, great for breaking the ice around the table at the reception.

These paper chains are so adorable! I love them!

Absolutley gorgeous old fashioned pink roses. My favourite. ♥

I imagine I will come back feeling all loved up and girly, so expect to see some beautiful wedding-perfect heart loveliness on here soon!

I am working again tomorrow at Cheltenham Literature Festival, so I will be away from my sewing machine for two whole days! I will be itching to get back to it on Monday!

Till then...

Lots of love ♥

Feeling festive!

♥ Well, I am slowly beginning to understand this whole blogging thing and I am slowly starting to learn how to do things, like put in my heart symbols! ♥

Over the past few days I have been thinking Christmas and I have started to make some festive delights!  I hope you like them ♥

This one is a red Christmas heart with a green button.

Jingle bells heart with 'Merry Christmas' ribbon and two green wooden beads.

Red Christmas heart with gold button.

Red Merry Christmas heart with green heart wreath back.

 I absolutely adore my two turtle doves. I made them out of grey felt, with tiny black beads for the eyes. They look so good hanging from my mantle, I really had to fight not to keep them for myself, although I just know I am going to make myself another pair!! ♥

Well, it is getting late now, so I am going to sign off now. See you all soon,

lots of love ♥

Hello people!

Well, this is me dipping my little toe into the world of the blog.

The seed of my company, The Little Handmade Heart Company was planted in August 2010 and has slowly begun to germinate and is now peeking through the soil of online craftery and is showing promise of blooming as pretty as a pink rose! ♥

The Little Handmade Heart Company makes handmade fabric hearts, pin cushion, handpainted traditional dolly pegs, corsage brooches and beautiful christmas accessories for the home. 

 

 I have spent the summer nurturing my passion of heart inspired home decorations and got busy with needle and thread. Here are a few of the things I have created over the past few weeks. I hope you enjoy them!

 These are my traditional dolly pegs, handpainted with polka dots! 

 Good enough to eat love heart cupcake!

 Absolutely gorgeous button covered heart. This one has been bought already, but I can make more!!

I love the scandinavian feel of my red and white hearts, they remind me of when I visited Sweden in 2008...

There are plenty more pictures on my Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Little-Handmade-Heart-Company/148369961854677?

All my little creations are for sale, payment is by PayPal or cheque. If you pay by cheque please allow five days for your cheque to clear before your purchase will be posted. If paying by PayPal you will receive a request for payment by email. All orders are sent via Royal Mail 2nd class post, we can send items by recorded delivery or special delivery but you will need to request this service and there will be an additional charge.

Please be patient if I don't get straight back to you and answer any messages strainght away, but be assured that I WILL answer you as soon as possible!

GOT A QUESTION?
Please send me a message!
thelittlehandmadeheartcompany@yahoo.co.uk ♥