Sew Make Believe

Sew, Make, Believe is a Midlands based group that has been running since 2009.  Set up by two bloggers Caroline and Kate the club is rapidly expanding.  The original club began in Leamington spa and they have recently spread their wings to start a second group in Catherine de Barnes.

Sew, Make, Believe hosts regular get togethers where people meet to share skills, craft, chat, share skills and eat cake.  The group is made up of a number of people with a range of different crafting ability from beginners who attend to pick up skills to experienced crafters who demonstrate their knowledge.

Their website has lots of information about upcoming meetings and events.  It also has a fab tutorial section which is full of useful tips, instructions and hints.  I am hoping to attend one of the groups in the near future as they sound fantastic.

Have you ever been to one of the clubs or have you attended something similar?

Laura xx

All images taken from the Sew, Make, Believe Website.

£100 ASOS Blogger Challenge

After seeing various Blog posts on the £100 ASOS Blogger Challenge I decided to give it a go.  I love ASOS and it is normally my first point of call when looking for something new to wear.  After watching the highlights of T in the Park I decided to go with a festival theme.  I may actually buy a few of the items for the upcoming Strawberry Fields Festival I am trading at in August.  

Bleached Cross T-Shirt £12

90's Denim Cut Off Shorts £17.50

Hunter Wellies £59

Across Body Bag £7.50

Geek Glasses £3.50

I choose the cross t-shirt because I like the bleach effect detail on the cross and I think that it is a versatile item that can be dressed up or down.  My next pick is my festival essential, a pair of denim shorts.  I like the style of these shorts as they are loose on the legs.  My footwear choice is a pair of classic Hunters.  I chose the pillar box red as these are my second favourite pair after the RHS ones I have.  I choose the Ladybird bag as it goes well with the wellies and it is big enough to fit all of the essentials needed for a festival arena.  I chose the glasses as a fun addition to the outfit.  My grand total £99.50 

Laura xxxx

Sun, Showers, Scouse Saturday!

Today I spent some time in one  of my favourite cities Liverpool.   I spent most of the day at Pier Head where there was a fundraising day taking place in aid of Claire House Hospice.  There were lots of activities taking place including a zip wire that stretched past the Liver Building and a fab duck race.  Lots of tiny blue ducks made their way down the Mersey and the owner of the winning duck received £2000.  Here are some pics from my day.  

Liver Building
Zip Wire past the Liver Building
People Waiting for the winner of the Duck Race
Punk Duck
Deck Chairs
Barclaycard Duck
Beatles Stairs

Hope you are all having a good weekend, I plan to spend the rest of today watching highlights of T in the Park and getting lots more items done for my Festival/Summer range.

Laura xxxx

Hannah Sycamore

My next blog is about another artist I met at the Winter Gardens Event in Blackpool.  I was really drawn to Hannah's work as she uses mixed media to produce some fantastic designs. Hannah's stall was jam packed with an array of items including note pads, cards and pieces of art work.  

I bought some greetings cards, they are gorgeous and I think I may frame them as I love the images and the added details Hannah has included.  Pop over to Hannah's blog and Facebook page for more information.  

Laura xx

Evol Heist

I would like to share with you the fantastic work of Birmingham based jewellery company Evol Heist.  I first met them when they took part in the Festive Bazaar pop up shop I traded at just before Christmas last year.  I treated myself to some gorgeous pieces of jewellery, they are really unusual and people always ask me where they are from when I wear them.  Evol Heist is stocked on a number of different websites and in stores in Bristol and LA.  Their jewellery has also been worn by Big Brother contestants, Little Mix and singer Dev.  

I was really excited when I heard they would be trading at Sutton and I managed to take some photographs of their jewellery including pictures of their new ranges.  

Each piece is hand made using Perspex and they also make bespoke and custom designs.  My current favourites are the new lipstick collection and the gorgeous 3rd eye head dress.   I love their original designs and their items are really reasonable with items stating from £8.  

Follow them on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook or Shop on their website!

What do you think?

Laura xxx

Culu Crafts

This weekend has been fantastic for networking with other stall holders and I thought I would share them with you. One of the first ones I would like to share with you is Culu Crafts.  

Adorable Lavender Mice

I was really drawn to the layout of the stall and the variety of items for sale.  I spent a while chatting to Caroline who was running the stall and she gave me some information about her club Sew, Make, Believe which I will be blogging about later on in the week.  I also took some photographs of some of my favourite items.  

Everything on the stall was lovingly handmade

Beautiful Reversible Purses 

Wool Cardigans - I love the mixed buttons on these designs.  

Lovely floral trim.

Culu Crafts sells at a number of fairs throughout the year and items are available to buy on Etsy.  There is also a blog which has lots of details of upcoming fairs and events and new stock.  

Laura xx

Sutton Vintage and Arts Fair Summer Special

Wow what a busy weekend! Yesterday I traded at the fantastic Sutton Vintage and Arts Summer Special.  It was a brilliant day, I had the chance to meet lots of new customers and some of my Facebook followers and it was also a great chance for me to showcase some of my new stock.  I also managed to sneak away from my stall to check out some of the other traders and I will be blogging about them later on in the week.  I have added some picture of my stall.  

Lots and lots of new badges

Tonnes of new vintage stock, updates on ASOS soon

Arm Candy

Flower Headbands and Brooches

One of my bestsellers this weekend were my new customised t-shirts.  They were very popular and I will be making lots more this week and I will hopefully have them on my ASOS Marketplace in the next week or two.  In the meantime you can contact me through Facebook if you would like to order.   So far I have worked on three designs; hearts, bows and a peace sign.  

Heart Design T-Shirt

My brand new t-shirts xx

What do you think of them? I am hoping to produce more styles for Summer.  What type of applique design would you like to see? 

Laura xx