Little things I make

I have just listed these little gift bags on Folksy. They are one of my favourite things to make. I enjoy mixing and matching the fabrics and gift tags and it's fun to imagine what gifts will be given in them. They are the perfect size for soaps, jewellery, posh chocolates....

A little competition for you - leave a comment with a link to the perfect item to give in one of these little bags (from Etsy or Folksy). The person who picks the item I like most wins a set of three bags! Yes, you can suggest your own items. I will pick one on Friday evening (9 July). Have fun, Vicky x

Folksy

New shop, new shop! Folksy is a new site for UK sellers of handmade things and I have signed up, along with lots of other UK sellers. It's in test phase at the moment, but it looks great and the admin behind it seem to be on the ball. Fingers crossed for a great site, great sales and happy customers. Check out my new shop at http://folksy.com/shops/oldbagcrafts.

Day2Day 1/5 Her Hand

The day2day theme may be ordinary beauty but I find my daughter's hand extra-ordinarily beautiful and endlessly fascinating.

It's Monday morning

So good morning, here we are in another week. What are you up to this week? I'm home today with the smalls. The Girl Wonder would usually be at school, but she has a tummy ache and a bit of a rash (probably heat). She had a temperature yesterday so we decided she should stay home today. I have to be Mrs Mummy and play home school because she absolutely loves going to school and is not impressed with a day off! Herbert Buggles is a bit quiet too and, unusually for him, has only eaten half a breakfast instead of his usual three. We had a busy weekend with the carnival, so I think a quiet day at home will do us all good.

Changing the subject entirely, I can't decide if Christmas in July on Etsy is worth the work or not. I managed to get these teenytiny bags made and listed. I'll have to see what else I can do - at least I'll be more prepared for Christmas itself!

Have a good week! oldbag x

Carnival

Yesterday was the village carnival and we had the best day! We joined in on the Under Fives float (which won best in junior section and best overall!) with Herbert Buggles as Tigger and The Girl Wonder as a Disney princess. The carnival theme was adverts and our float was the Disneyland Paris advert. For a small village, we have a mighty fine carnival, one of the largest in Cambridgeshire. Lots of fabulous floats from the village groups and associations. The entertainment was good too, with a marching band, majorettes and a group of modern morris dancers (I think that's what they were!) who looked incredible and had me rolling on the floor when they explained that a particular dance was called The Last Hot Dog Stand in Yaxley! Their costumes have me desperate to make something in black and white.

Don't work in property

Looks like hubby is being made redundant, not a good week in the Old Bag household. He is a chartered surveyor and it is not a good industry to be in right now. So, much counting of blessings (as well as pennies!) and an awful lot of hugging - strange how I want my children as close to me as possible.

I am touting my wares around as many places as I can think of, both online and B&M. Feel free to comment with advice about marketing/outlets etc, I'll take any help offered.

And now I'm going to make a cake with too much cream and an excess of icing to cheer us all up.

Busy day

Children, laundry, washing dishes (broken dishwasher!), making grocery bags, school run twice... no time to blog!