Anna from Frozen - Homemade Costume.

Finally got around to writing about the Anna costume I made for my eldest daughter. One of her friends was having a Frozen themed party, and you could not buy either an Anna or Elsa costume for love or a sensible amount of money, so my daughters best friend mummy said she would make an Elsa costume and I made the Anna.

The blue skirt was simply made using a full circle with a hole in the middle. I cut a seam down the back and added a zip and waistband. The bottom edge of the skirt had a very small hem turned over and was finished by a running zig zag stitch.

The bodice was made with a thin black cotton, from my stash of fabric, which I stiffened with iron on medium weight interfacing. The front was cut to the size I needed with no seam allowance for the finished edges, these where finished with a bright yellow bias binding (couldn't find golden bias binding locally). The back is made with a piece of (non stiffened) black cotton, which I finished with shirring elastic – to allow for my daughter to grow!

I hand painted the detail on the front – firstly with white fabric paint, and then over painted with pearly fabric paint.

I was fortunate to have some purply-red crushed velvet from an old pair of curtains in my stash, and some bobble trim (or the same colour) from my bedroom back in the 1970's – I knew there was a reason for holding on to it for soooo long!

I altered a Simplicity Pattern (Number 5512) to add a capelet, an upright collar and also altered the shape of the main cloak. I added the trim to the capelet, and some felt detail to the collar. The cloak was finished with some heart buttons – cut from cereal packets on my sizzix, and coated with silver and clear embossing powder.

The light blue T shirt was purchased from our local H&M, and my daughter already had some brown “fashion” boots.

They both looked really good at the party... and at subsequent play dates.... and dance class.... and visiting relatives – it's now worn when ever she can get away with it :o)

thanks for stopping by

Stompy x

Little sewing projects - for sewing projects!

This month I have 3 little sewing projects to share. I made these to help me with my sewing projects...

A: Table top ironing mat - so I don't have to lug the ironing board to where I am sewing.

I have been meaning to make one for ages... I used up left over bits of fabric plus homemade “jelly roll” scraps. I bought 40cm of ordinary table protector (140cm wide) (cloth on one side and foam rubber on the other) from the local fabric store. I cut the this piece in half and placed them together (with foam rubber sides facing each other). The 2 pieces of white/black fabric were cut with a 1.5cm allowance all around the edge, and tacked around the edge with the protecter sandwiched inside.
With scraps of homemade jelly roll I made some binding and attached it to the edge. For the great information on binding go to Missouri Quilt Company YouTube tutorials. For binding look at this Ultimate Quilt Binding Tutorial.

Before I finished the binding, I made the tie for keeping the roll together when not in use. I took the left over binding, folded it half length ways and stitched up the edge, turned the long tube the right way round. The ends were finished off and the piece folded in half and stitched under the binding edge.

The final mat measures approx 70cmx40cm (27”x16”)

I do tend to use my cutting mat underneath, but have not felt excess heat on the table/cutting mat surface after iron on this mat.

B: Sew Tidy Pot – to try to keep down the mess I make on the floor with all the cotton ends and material snips.

This simple pot was made using Clarke and Clarke fabric.

C: Drawstring Sewing Bag – to keep all my tools together when working out in our studio, or in the house.

After making my Sew Tidy Pot, I kept using it to transport tools around the house or to friends houses and not for keeping the mess down. So in the end I designed a reversible drawstring bag with pockets to keep my tools tidy and enough space inside to hold patterns/cottons/small projects. When I am working on a project, I turn it so the tools are readily available (ie – can be found!). It also squashed down easily for transporting too.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stompy x

Disney Fairy Inspired Birthday Party

For her sixth birthday, my daughter asked for a Tinkerbell themed party, and so the fun began....

Party decorations: my youngest daughter had a wild animal party back in January (still haven't written the post for that one – ooops) and to decorate the walls we made simple leaf vines and tissue paper pompoms. These came out of storage (slightly flattened thanks to our cat Hazel squeezing into the box for a sleep!). My daughters and I then made little flowers to add to the decorations and to add to the party bags. We also made paper flowers out of wrapping paper to hang on the wall.

Craft activity: I had previously bought some wooden figures from Crafty Crocodiles, to make little characters for the girls dolls house. For the party I then devised a kit so the party guests could make their own fairy to take home. It had to be simple enough for 5 and 6 year old girls to complete, and I didn't them to be using PVA glues (because A: it takes so long to dry, B: I didn't want them to get it on their best party dress or fairy costume). So I opted for self adhesive felt and cut out lots of shapes by hand or using sizzix dies. Below are the pictures (sorry about the photo quality of some) of the fabulous fairies they made at the party.

Handmade gifts for party bag: we made simple Tinkerbell charm necklaces – using waxed cotton, small crimps, trigger clasps, extension chains, tiny silver (coloured) beads and glass/moonstone beads. My daughter really wanted to make some pixie dust (both blue and yellow – from Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy). I found packs of 6 small glass bottles in our local The Works shop for 99p. Into this we added the special pixie dust mix plus some easy growing flower seeds. We wrote instructions on how to sow the magic pixie dust – so we now look forward to seeing if any of the pixie dust grows. My daughter made each of her friends a little bead charm from the stash of beads, which was tide on with ribbon.
Also in the party bag was our annual themed puzzle book, with Tinkerbell colouring, word searches, code breaking and lots more.

My daughter also designed the bag name labels, using Craft Artist 2. The label design was also used for simple laminated place mats which had instructions on how to make their fairy on the other side.

I asked her to help out Mummy with the party set up - and she didn't let me down.

Thanks for stopping by.  stompy x

Teaching my little ones to sew.

Whilst I have been making a large rag quilt for my niece, the sewing machine has been resident on our dining room table (not out in the rather chilly craft room). This has meant that my two little ones (aged 3 and 5) have been 'sniffing' around my sewing machine wanting to have a go.
This got me thinking about teaching the kids more about sewing...

At what age should we start? Hand sew or machine sew first?
Both my little ones had already done some “sewing” - they love playing with lacing boards, play buttons and threading beads. We have also played with  wool and binca  (the cross stitch/tapestry fabric for children).
They are currently enjoying hand stitching using wool and polystyrene pizza trays (more on that in another post).
To encourage kids to hand sew - take a look at my Stompy's Craft Simple Stitches kits (wool, felt shapes and binca kits) aged 3+.

So that's a start on hand sewing.... what about sewing machines?
My youngest (just turned 3)  will sit on my lap and help me feed fabric through the machine (as long as I am doing straight stitching – nothing complicated). Although she is very young, she knows not to put her fingers near any of the moving parts (or to try to change my stitch type mid flow!!).
So that's a start, she is very keen and is learning lots just by watching.
My 5 ¾  year old is obviously a lot more able. Whilst she was poorly the other week, we decided we would make a calico door angel together. She cut out a pattern, drew and cut out the pieces of fabric. She then stitched the arms, legs,  wings and inner bean bag whilst I controlled the foot pedal. I finished the main sewing of the angel as it was quite fiddly getting all the limbs tucked in whilst sewing.
Then before she could loose interest, as it was all getting “too difficult!” I designed some paper worksheets for her to practice on.

Do you let them loose on a proper sewing machine?
Sometimes children's versions of tools just do not cut the mustard. Even something simple like sewing needles, I tried some kids plastic needles but really didn't like them (perhaps the ones I bought were just too cheap and nasty!). Now we use large metal needles (Knitters Sewing Needles Size 14 -with blunt ends) and children get less frustrated.
It's pretty much the same with sewing machines.... I've looked at toy machines (and read lots of reviews on the internet), and personally I wouldn't waste my money buying a toy machine. Teach them to use a proper machine – and learn to respect it for the tool it is.
Finger safety is paramount, so show them clearly where it is safe and not safe to put fingers. Stay with them to guide and help.
Get them into good habits – we switch off the machine when we not using it – as it is easy to forget that your foot near the pedal (or that little sibling might be under the table).
Keep cables out of the way, they are great trip hazards!

So you have decided to let them loose on YOUR sewing machine – what next?
Practice on paper first...
Paper is so much cheaper than fabric

To help my 5 year old, I created a package of worksheets (click here for the pdf) to help her really start to control the sewing machine.
At first I set the machine up on a small kids table so that she was sitting comfortably and could easily reach the foot pedal. Her first attempt was super speedy with no control and she couldn't stop at the marked end point. But within 10 minutes and raising her heel by propping it on a book, she had control of both keeping to the stitch line and the speed she was going. That afternoon she sat and completed all the worksheets and was duly presented with a certificate at the end. One chuffed bunny!
This weekend my eldest then decided to teach her little sister (3 years old) how to use the sewing machine. Using the paper worksheets, she showed her sister where to put her hands and how to gently guide the paper through the sewing machine. The eldest then controlled the foot pedal, going nice and slowly. Great team work! I was really impressed by what they had both achieved.

 

Then set the sewing machine up for them...
To keep the enthusiasm going, set the machine up for them, and thread the needle. It saves lots of frustration in the long term.


Their first project...
Choose a pattern together, there are loads of great simple patterns out on the internet for bean bag toys, pillows, hair bands, bags etc
Then let them rummage in your fabric stash (but make sure you hide your favourite fabrics, as they seem to have a sixth sense for finding your most expensive stuff!). Felt or fleece is great as the raw edges don't need finishing off.
Cut the pattern out of card (cereal boxes are great) as it is easier for them to draw around. If you need to CUT 2 FABRIC PIECES you may want to cut 2 cardboard pattern pieces out to help with positioning on the fabric.
Show them how to position the pieces on the fabric. Discourage them from cutting pieces out of the middle of the fabric, this is my pet hate (which is not helped by cbeebies Mister Maker – grrrrr!!) Show them how to efficiently cut out their fabric.
Draw around the cardboard patterns leaving a seam allowance between each piece. This drawn line gives them real lines to sew along, instead of trying to sight the fabric edge against the presser foot edge.
Then draw a secondary line - the seam allowance – about 1 to 1.5 cm away from the stitch line.
Note - It is a lot easier for kids to cut just one layer of fabric at a time.
You'll probably want to do any pinning as there is no getting away from the fact that pins are sharp! And how ever old you are they still 'smart' if you prick yourself. I do the pinning, and I do not pin directly on the sewing line, this means that they don't have to worry about getting pins out of the way as the are sewing along.

Now just let them have fun.
Don't mind those clashing fabrics combinations, mismatched cottons, wobbly edges or dodgy corner, as my eldest says to me “who's sewing project is this mummy!”
What ever they make and what ever it looks like – it will fill you with pride!

Catching up with my blog - Box bedroom make over, pillowcase tutorial, and tab top curtains!

So after a busy few months - what with attending Christmas Fayres with Stompy's Craft, Christmas and our little ones birthday - I am back into to adding some bits and pieces to my blog.
This project was created (and written) last summer.... and there are still a few bits to finish....

 

"Our littlest one was just getting a little to big for her nursery and really needed her own space for her toys and to play by herself...

We live in a typical 3 bedroom 1930 English semi detached house and the third bedroom is pretty small approx 2.3m x 2.3m. That wouldn't be too bad but one wall is nearly all window and the opposite wall has the door and the radiator. It is also the hardest room to keep at a steady temperature as it is on a north facing corner.

We decided on 2 beds to give her flexibility and a space to grow into, but after looking at standard bunk beds we still could not get in all the furniture that we wanted (desk, toy storage, wardrobe etc). In the end we decided on the Ikea Hemnes day bed which runs across the window with a cut down (both in height and width) Stora running above it at 90 degrees to the Hemnes. The remaining wall is all Ikea Trofast with book shelves and buckets.

As she is only 2 (and ¾) she is sleeping on the day bed (with plenty of space for mummy or daddy to sit and read bedtime stories). The Stora, instead of having a mattress, has an mdf sheet, and more trofast, here she can play with her Happyland toys.

As the room gets so cold in the winter, making thick curtains was always a priority, also making them snug to the wall to cut down on draughts. On pinterest I found a link to a tutorial for making hidden tab top curtains (thus saving me time to work it out myself). I made some full length two tone spotty curtains, using Clarke and Clarke sage and rose dotty fabric, some thermal black out from a pair of Dunelm Mill ready made curtains. For the third layer I recycled an old pair of highly floral cotton curtains from my parents. This floral fabric was sandwiched between the dotty fabric and black out (with the pattern facing the blackout - so that the flowers would not show through if/when the sun shines through the curtains). I also recycled the header tape from the Dunelm Mill curtains into the hidden tabs - Use this link to see   http://www.viewalongtheway.com/2012/06/tutorial-how-to-sew-lined-back-tab-curtains-drapes-curtain-panels-whatever/ View Along The Way tutorial.

I hung the curtains from the existing pole but used the Ikea Betydlig Curtain Rod Bracket, as these allow you to push the curtains quite tight to the wall. The curtains are full length and are tucked behind the day bed - helping to cut down on the drafts.

The duvet cover I had chosen, was from a discontinued line from Dunelm Mill – not only discontinued, but I got the last remaining cover (ex-display) at a knock down price. Unfortunately there were no matching pillow cases, but there was one pack of ready made curtains left. I used the thermal blackout lining for my curtains, and used the cotton of one curtain to make some matching pillow cases. I have written out how to make a quick pillow case in the tutorial below. "

 

 

As an update, the extra lined curtains have made a real difference, although we have not had any really cold weather so far this winter (just lots and lots of rain!) the room temperature has stayed pretty constant. So I guess I will be altering other curtains around the house to cut down other drafts (and our heating bill!).

 



Thanks for stopping by and looking
Stompy xx

Launch of my new Stompy's Craft website and Folksy shop.

Just a quick update, to say that I have launched my new website for Stompy's Craft. The purpose is to showcase my products in a more coherent way than I can within this blog. To view my new site please click here.

I have also created an online shop in Folksy, so please hop across and have a look around.

To make my life a little easier, I have combined my two old blogs into this one, where I will (when I get the time) post about my current crafty projects, whether just personal or for Stompy's Craft.

As it is now the season for Christmas craft sales, so I will get back to post here again as soon as I can.

Thanks for popping by

Stompy xx

Fun school holiday project... waste cardboard castle.

This summer holiday we finally got round to creating a bedroom for our youngest – out with the cot , in with 2 beds (more on that in my next post)

After a trip down to Ikea, and a journey back with a trailer full of flat pack boxes, we had a lot of waste cardboard.

So with some packaging tape, I created for my daughters a 3 room play “castle”.
As the weather wasn't great at the beginning of the holiday the castle was played with in the house, but I was really just waiting to have a good day so we could paint it outside in the garden.

On the last week of the school holiday, myself and my two daughters (5 and 2 3/4  years old) spent a great afternoon painting the castle (and ourselves).

Thanks for looking
Stompy x

Emergency Hat Stands

I was not sure if I would have the time to make some hats for a sale tomorrow, but I managed to squeeze in making a few. But then I realised I would have to display the hats on my stall - what to do....
Then as I was watching the kids bop each other with their balloons (a freebie from the local shoe shop) and after searching the house for any spare balloon stick I came up with these emergency hat stands.
Cheap, and easy to store....

thanks for visiting

regards
stompy x

New Kits for the Summer Holidays

Ooophs - no posts for a while, I've been busy making up new stock (for a little summer stall, see details below), toying with the idea of having my own website shop, and coming up with 2 new kits.

Sale Details

Coffee, Cakes and Craft in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care

at Grove Village Hall, Oxfordshire OX12 7JY

on Saturday 27^th July at 2:00pm

Anyway let me introduce my Stompy's Collage Costumes.

 A packet filled with lots of collage fun to encourage children to use their imagination – creating costumes for their paper characters. There is no right of wrong way of making these collages – so no rules apply!

The Stompy's Collage Costumes Kits include:

• 5 characters printed onto A5 cardstock
• a selection of fabric and patterned paper pieces
• a mixture of buttons, gems, punched paper shapes, ribbons, and sequins
• a glue stick

All you will need to supply is a pair of childrens' scissors, which are sharp enough to cut through fabric. Please DO NOT leave the child unattended when making up these kits.

Please note that this kit contains small pieces and therefore are not suitable for very young children.

These kits are “handmade” and no two kits are the same, the contents may vary from the photographs shown.

Bumper Party Packs are available to provide each child with their own character and enough collage pieces for all party members to use, please contact me directly to discuss requirements.

The second kits are the Stompy's Simple Stitches.

A delightful kit for little sewers, as every little one (girl or boy) should have the opportunity to sew. A mixture of yarns, felt and binka make up these fun pictures, with no formal pattern to follow.

These kits are great to build the confidence of beginners.

The Stompy's Simple Stitches kit includes:

• piece binka (just the right size to fit a standard picture mount or frame)
• pre-cut and punched felt pieces
• “blunt ended” metal wool needle
• lengths of different colour yarn
• self adhesive googly eyes (robot kit only)

Please note that this kit contains a metal needle and small pieces, and therefore are not suitable for very young children.

These kits are “handmade” and no two kits are the same, the contents may vary from the photographs shown.

Kit feed back – Beatrix aged 4 ¾ “ "At first I thought it was too tricky but then I saw what I'd done and I was very pleased".
Her mother said “I did have to sit with her and encourage her to do it herself - I don't think she would be able to do it on her own yet, but her confidence grew when she saw what she'd done and she wanted to add the sun.”

Summer Hats...

With Newbury bathing in this brilliant sunny weather, I was really glad I had made some sun hats for my daughters a few weeks back.

Using head measurements and an old hat, I came up with a flared bucket hat design.

The brown hat was very simple to make, cutting out 6 outer panels and a top and then the same in lining material. They are very economical on fabric too. This hat was finished with a decorative zigzag top stitch around the edge and a yoyo flower with glitter button (this is on a brooch pin and can be moved)

The blue stripy hat was a lot more fun though. Made from homemade jellyroll strips (using up my scraps again) I hoped this size would fit my youngest daughter who is 2. However when sewing 16 panels, even just being 1mm out made the hat a lot bigger than I hoped. Think more work is needed for this one. The hat is then lined with a light weight pink gingham.

I hope to make more hats, and add them to my Stompy's Craft range of gifts, but hat making has been curtailed as I have a sale coming up at the end of this month and I have to replenish my stocks.

Sale Details

Coffee, Cakes and Craft in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care

at Grove Village Hall, Oxfordshire OX12 7JY

on Saturday 27^th July at 2:00pm

Having fun with free motion sewing...

I'm not sure whether Pinterest is a good or bad thing – as I find that I want to try lots more crafts. I don't really have the time, and what will I do when my little one finishes having a short day time nap?

I justified trying free motion sewing as it helps with quilting and I could use up scraps making doodled images – well that's the theory.

 

So after a couple of practices I had a go of trying to doodle my little Petal Fairies that I draw for my daughters. The top one was my first attempt and then the second one was a lot better, but will be improved with more practice.

I used a medium to heavy calico cotton and with these pictures I used a wooden embroidery hoop to hold the fabric taught.
After stitching the characters, I then coloured in some parts with fabric pens.

Next time I sew one, I will use metallic thread for the wings – will post to let you know how I get on.

So then what to do with these little pictures, well I had some pink patchwork and green scraps leftover from the rag quilt, and as my littlest one loves bags, I made her little tote bag using the picture as the main panel.

 

Thanks for looking today.

stompy x

Patchwork Duvet Cover Set - Finally Finished...

I started making this quilt cover and pillow case set for my eldest daughter for her new room and bed (she was moving out of the little bedroom to make way for her baby sibling).

The original idea for this set was to use up the scraps of fabric that I had collected (over bought!) while making bits for the nursery. I had made the appliquéd ABC chart for my daughters first Christmas, but had only used up some of the tiny scraps making the bird peg rail and there was still plenty left over.

The white backing fabric was a single flat sheet from my local supermarket – it was the cheapest option especially during their sales.

The character is cut out of Mitsy Mouse Lilac fabric (Prestigious Textiles Safari Park Collection).

 

The large patches were machine stitched and sewn together using a French seam (to strengthen each seam). The appliqué was held in place using iron fusing before being stitched with a small tight zig zag. To close the duvet cover, I used the popper tape you can buy from haberdashery shops.

The quilt was finished, but the pillow case just got left on the to do pile...

So after a couple of years the pillow case was finally completed and now the whole set is now in use.

 

Thanks for looking today... stompy x

First Time Rag Quilt

 

One thing I have a lot of is scrappy bits of fabric, dating back many years (think there is some Laura Ashley fabric from 1975) and finding things to do with these scraps is always a challenge. I then stumbled across Rag Quilts on Pinterest.

As my littlest one will be moving in to a proper size bed soon, we need new bedding for her and thought that I would have a go at rag quilting.

I had quite a bit of pink and green scraps (to match her bedroom) – but did end up having to buy a few lengths of new fabric. (Sadly our town has recently lost our haberdashery/fabric store and the store that is “out of town” is stocked with Ends of Roll, so the choice isn't great). My best buy however was the backing fabric, which was a Double fitted sheet from our Sainsbury's supermarket during a 25% off sale. Note – not their basic range, that's way to thin.

So then started the quilting...

The quilt is 13x8 squares.

The squares with seam allowance were approx 18cmx18cm (7”x7”)

The wadding squares were approx 15cmx15cm (6”x6”)

 

Using a rotary cutter (absolutely essential) I cut about 60 pink patterned, 60 green patterned squares, 110 wadding squares, and accidentally well over 200 backing squares (using both the Sainsburys sheet and an old ripped sheet from the cupboard).

I sandwiched the squares (backing – wadding – patterned) pinning in two opposite corners.

Once the squares were pinned I started sewing the crosses. To make it quicker (and not to waste cotton) I sewed straight onto the next square so would end up with a “bunting like” length of half sewn squares. They were then snipped apart and then sewn in the other direction to finish the crosses.

The squares were then trimmed to size, this made lining up the seams so much easier.

Once I had decided on a pattern – the squares were sewn together (wrong sides facing).

I was surprised how little time this took – I was expecting a mammoth task. When I was making this I went down with a very nasty cold and throat infection so wasn't working at my usual capacity, but the sewing together only took me an evening to do.

The seams were then snipped whilst laying in bed (not the best idea as you get a lot of shedding of fibres at this stage – doh!).

My little one loves the end result – so does my other one – so it looks like I will be trying this technique of quilting again.....

Thank you for stopping by and looking - regards Stompy

Octonauts Birthday Cake

 

 

We had promised our daughter she was allowed one big birthday party. Emily's friend Lennon has his birthday only 2 days later we decided to do a large joint party. We got in some great entertainment for the children (all 40 of them) AB Entertainments, Lennon's mum did all the food catering and I made the cake.

A huge 12x12 lemon madeira cake with a cake GUP-A and sugarcraft Kwazii, Captain Barnacles and Pesco.

The GUP-A and the characters were quite fidderly. The "water bubbles" hid mistakes and held pieces in place. The decoration of the lower cake was pretty easy - just lots of flattened icing sausages for the weed and round icing balls for the pebbles and "corals". The end of a paint brush added the holes and details of the corals.

The children - especially the birthday girl and boy - loved the cake. The mum's and dad's were surprised that I had no issues chopping it up.... but the cake was quite yummy too!

 

For the madeira cake I used the recipe from Lindy's Cakes but scaled up using the Pink Whisk calculations.



Some Kits now available on Ebay

Update January 2013 - these kits were only available before Christmas - please watch this space for further sale listings.

 

Having made a lot of stock, I have a few bits and pieces available after my two stalls. So please pop over to ebay and take a look...

Sorry it is UK shoppers only.

Items on offer

Colour Me Notelets

Canvas Collage Kits

Fun with Felt - Christmas Ornaments

and Simple Sewing Kits - Rainbow Heart

Christmas Tree

 Thank you for looking
Stompy x

Another Fun with Felt Kit

Today cold wintery weather has come to Newbury - but looking up a the beautiful blue sky I started thinking of springtime.... and of course crafty kits. So here is the latest edition to my Fun with Felt range - 2 sweet little ladybird brooches - all cut out and ready to sew.
I will take a stock of these to the Christmas Fayre at St Nic's School next friday to see how well they fly (sorry!) from the stall.

They are not just brooches for clothes - they look cute on bags and other accessories too!

Please Note - This kit is not a toy and is not suitable for young children - recommended age 8+ (with adult supervision).

Thanks for looking - Stompy x

Finally...pictures of Stompy's Boredom Buster

At last I have had time to set up and photograph the Stompy's Boredom Buster.

Packed with activities -  but small enough to fit in a handbag, the Boredom Buster is designed to keep minds and hands occupied when out and about.



Each little Boredom Buster contains

Fabric Case

6 colouring pencils

Propelling pencil with rubber

Glue stick

Doodles Booklet

Plain Booklet

Sticker dots

1 pack of Colour Me Mini Characters

1 pack of Stompy's Simple Shapes Singles

 

+ Bonus Christmas Doodles Booklet

 



First Sale....

Thank you to all that visited me at the "Friends of St John the Evangelist School" Christmas Shopping Event. A truely memorable night, howling winds, driving rain and the power cut that happened 10 minutes after the event opened, and lasted for over an hour. So thanks to the headmistress who came round with torches for us. It was lovely to get such positive comments about the products and my stand - but best of all was the sales.
I did make lots of stock, so I will be at the Christmas sale at St Nic's Junior School, Newbury on Friday 7th December at 4:30 to 6:30.



Items on sale were
Boredom Busters
Canvas Collage Kits - 5 designs Gigi Cat, Petal Fairies, Rupert T-Rex, Robot I and Snowman
Colour Me Christmas Gift Tags (pks of 6)
Colour Me Large Characters  - Dinosaurs, Petal Fairies, and Robots (5pk)
Colour Me Mini Characters - Christmas, Dinosaurs, Owls, Petal Fairies and Robots (5pk)
Colour Me Notelet Set with crayon packs - Christmas, Owl and Robots (6 pk with envelopes)
Fun with Felt kits - Penguin, Robins, Snowmen and Multipack
Plaster Magnets - ready to paint
Salt Dough Ornaments - ready to paint
Simple Sewing Kits - Binca Tree and  Rainbow Heart
Simple Shapes Kit - Animals, Birds, Bugs, and Christmas
Simple Shapes Singles - all simple shape designs

(I will add photos of all the items available very soon)

Thanks for looking

Stompy x

Busy setting up Stompy's Craft ...

It has been a really busy few weeks setting up the products for Stompy's Craft Little Blog Shop. I have specialised in creating craft kits for children, from simple colouring shapes (that my 20 month loves to colour in (well scribble on)) to Canvas Collage Kits and Simple Sewing Kits.

More kits will be uploaded soon - along with a price list....



So now is the mad rush to get a stock ready for two Christmas Shopping Fayres.

Thursday 22nd November 7- 9pm  - Friends of St Johns Christmas Shopping Evening at St John the Evangelist School, Newbury.

Friday 7th December 4:30 - 6:30pm - St Nics School, Newbury.

If you live in the Newbury area - come along and support the schools - it would be lovely to see you there.

Regards
Stompy xx