I'm Stocking Up!!

I've made quite a few new items for craftycrackpot recently such as

Fiesta the hobby horse

Humperdink the hobby horse

Buttons the hobby horse

Darius the Dinosaur

Delphinium the dinosaur

Size 5 skirt

Size 2 dress

And more to come hopefully

A "Tobby" Horse For A "Wittle" Girl

Annaliese loved watching me make my recent big order of hobby horses, and one day while I was working on them, she said "Could you please make me a 'pink dark' (dark pink) tobby horse?" I told her I would once I had finished these ones I had to make.

So one day, we took a trip to the fabric store, and Annaliese picked out a pink fabric for her hobby horse (with some guidance as to price from me). I quite liked the fabric she chose, and I have some left over which I'm thinking of making a hippo with.

On Thursday I finished it, and Emma Grace Buttsworth 2 was born. She galloped around the house on it, and then today Bethany took her outside and took some photos of her with the horse. She's pretty cute, isn't she?

Three Reasons Why I've Been Absent From Blogland

I realise I've been very erratic in posting recently. I shall try to remedy that but here's some of the ways I've been spending my time.

1. Studying!

That's right - I've just started studying my certificate 2 in floristry part time. It's only one afternoon/evening a week which works well for me, so I can then still fulfill my responsibilities at home. These are some of the projects I put together yesterday at class. They're pretty simple, but sometimes simple is good. Bigger and better things are coming though!

2 - Hobby horses!

I was extremely excited last week to receive an email from a lady who had found me on madeit and wanted to order 5 horses. It was my first wholesale order!! So Candy, Bianca, Clifford, Dixie, and Charlie (names from left to right) will be on their way tomorrow to the sunny state of Queensland. They shall hopefully find owners who love them.

3 - Teddy bears!

I've been knitting and then sewing together this beautiful bear! He's so cute and cuddly, and his name is Butterscotch. There are myriads of little brothers and sisters who love him, but unfortunately he's not for them.

So that's what I've been doing. What about you?

A Herd Of Horses

Look at my lovely herd of horses! I made all these lovelies apart from the first for the markets last weekend, and unfortuantely I was sadly disappointed in the markets and sold no hobbyhorses. I haven't blogged about it yet, as I'll wait until I give it a second try this weekend. Maybe I'll have a better report (one can only hope! :) ). But I decided to name all these horses. So I have listed them on etsy and madeit and decided to introduce them here and see what you think of the names. Which is your favourite?

Therefore come and meet

Confetti

Cosmo

Alfie

Darby

Audrey

I like Darby best in terms of materials, but I'm most happy with Cosmo and Confetti for names. What do you think?

Brand Spanking New!

Craftycrackpot has been restocked on both etsy and madeit.

There are handsome boy horses

And beautiful girl horses

And ferocious or not so ferocious dinosaurs

Size 2 peasant dresses

And size 3 or 18-24 months skirts (which I really REALLY love - well it is black and white!)

Pretty cute I say!! :)