Time to Get Crafty!

My DIY kits are finally done. You can now make your very own leather cupcake brooch or a pincushion! Each kit contains everything you need to make the product, all you will need is your sewing machines, you sewing skills and your creativity! The beauty of my DIY kits is that they have been specially designed so that the drawstring bag can be re-used as a gift bag after the item has been made. It makes the perfect gift!

There are currently three kits to choose from, but I am working on widening the range.

They are available to buy from my Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/tugbakop. Enjoy!

Another Day, Another Bootsale, Another Bargain!

I have had yet another successful bootsale experience today. I managed to bag myself a cute sewing basket, with all sorts of wonders inside it, all for two measly pounds! Many wonders sat inside this sewing basket, including buttons, needles, threads, thread cutting scissors, brooches, poppers and all sorts of other wonderful haberdashery goodness. Also, I found (yes found!) me some peices of vintage fabric. Someone had dumped it! Well you know what they say, one man's rubbish is another man's treasure! So true.

First Boot Sale Bargain of the Year!

I have just returned from my first boot sale trip this year, and look what I found...It's a massive roll of fabric-the very same fabric I use as the base of all of my illustrations-for the bargain price of £5!!! The stall holder lady initially set the price at £10 (which I was more than willing to pay), but my mum a.k.a Queen of Haggling managed to get her down to £5. I think it's safe to say that my first boot sale experience of the year was a good one!

My Market Ventures

I had a lovely Saturday afternoon trapsing around Hackney in the sun. I ventured to the new Designer/Makers Market off of Mare Street to check out the hand crafted goods and talk about doing possible workshops. From there went to Broadway Market, stumbling upon two other markets along the way! It was market heaven! Due to the sun, car boot sales around my local area have opened up too, so I can't wait to go around having a browse and a rummage to find some rare beauties at bargain prices!

Book Up To My Embroidery Classes!

You can now book up for my Machine Embroidery Classes with Sew Over It! Each lesson is three hours long with tea and cakes provided to help fuel your creativity! You can either stitch your own designs, or one of the lovely templates on offer. By the end of each workshop you will have a peice of beautiful embroidery which will then be mounted at the end of each class so you can hang your new creation proudly on your wall!

You can get more information and sign up here: www.sewoverit.co.uk/lessons.

Write.

Here is another peice I've been meaning to do for ages and have only got around to doing it. This is going to be used as another book cover, much like the 'draw' sketchbooks. I want to make a whole series of them to aquire to all tastes (and creatives!). This one will be a notebook with lined paper, so this will be the 'write' one for, you guessed it, writing! I also want to do a 'create', 'capture' and 'ideas' notebook to complete the series.

10 months later and I've graduated...officially!

Even though I finished uni waaaaaay back in June/July time, I have only just had my graduation! It felt like more of a reunion rather than a graduation! The moment had kind of passed, but still good to be an official graduate!