Today is a new day...

Hello to my lovely followers. I so appreciate your lovely comments. I may not know any of you but I feel you are friends and it's lovely to have people to share a passion with, who feel the same love of crafting. So thank you for being friends as well as followers!

I am still gutted about yesterday, but i'm not going to just give up. I'm booking again for the Christmas fayre in December, and will give it another go, so any hints or tips from those who sell at fairs is very welcome. I sold quite a few of my "reindeer food" last Christmas, so I'll be making plenty of those. I just put some porridge oats in a little bag and make a cute reindeer to stick on the bag, with a cute little poem on the back. They seem to be popular, so i'll try again with those. I'll also make some gift boxes/bags and see if they sell.
Someone suggested I put some cards into wicker baskets as people like rummaging through things and will pick them up more, rather than just wander past looking.

I've had another wonderful surprise to come back to today! I have been so lucky to win the lovely blog candy at Vixx's handmade cards!! It put a big smile on my face and I can't believe how lucky I have been winning a few blog candy's. I hardly ever win anything but my luck seems to have changed!! Thank you so much Vicky. I am over the moon with my win. I really love reading your blog and seeing your beautifully made cards, so winning is an added bonus. 


I promise I will be paying it forward and doing a blog candy of my own, but I want to make sure it's a good one, so it will take me a little while to afford enough bits and bobs to give away. I am building up bits each time I order anything, so I will get a candy offer going before Christmas. 


Thank you to those who have left messages already. I am so grateful and touched by how lovely you all are and your kind words.
Pops, I am quite shocked at how little you sell your cards for!! You are massively under selling them! Your work is beautiful and your cards are far better than mine. The amount of materials you must use on each card, by doing the insides as well, and selling with a box, means that people should pay at least £5 per card!! I do wish more people appreciated the work and time that has gone into handmade stuff. Yes you can get cheapy cards from the card factory, but they look cheap and are just so samey. I love that you tell people to go and buy them there then, when they say that to you! 


I will try and sell on etsy, as people tend to go there to find original pieces and are willing to pay for beautiful work. I just need to not look around there too much as there is so much lovely stuff I want to buy! lol. 


It's certainly getting autumnal isn't it! I've been getting chillier getting into bed recently. I do dread it getting dark at 4.30, but I love halloween, bonfire night and most of all Christmas, so I will look at the changing season as an excuse to make different cards and scrapbook pages. 


I wish you all a happy day. I'm off to have a look round your blogs now to see what gorgeous work you've all been doing. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

:-( disappointment

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a nice bank holiday monday.

Well, the craft fair didn't go so well. :-( I was there a few hours before starting to feel really wiped out and in pain and very cold! So my mum brought me home and my lovely sis stayed on my stall to try keep selling.
More disappointing was that I hardly sold much at all :-( I sold 2 cards when I was there and my sis has sold 1. I feel so disheartened and wonder why people just don't seem to buy.
I've worked so hard for weeks for this and it just seems like it was all for nothing. A lady picked up my baby girl album and said how original and beautiful it was but when she asked how much and I said £25, she put it down and wandered off. So I then put the albums at £20 which would mean I was barely making anything from them, but people seem to think that is too expensive.
They don't think about how much the materials cost and the fact that they take me 6-8 hrs to make each one. 


To be honest the only people that ever really seem to appreciate my work are my family and you lovely people. You all have the same love as I do and see all the little details.

I might try the Xmas fayre they are organising, but maybe that'll be the same?
I was thinking of maybe trying to sell on etsy. Do any of you sell on there? I know i'm not going to get rich making things, but I would love to make enough to keep funding my crafting hobby.

Thank you all for your support and comments. It is lovely to share my love of craft with people that really "get it" if you know what I mean. 
I'm sorry for a downhearted post, but I'm feeling a bit gutted :-(

time's up!

Good evening lovely followers! Thank you all for such lovely comments again. It's always so lovely to go on your blog and find comments to read.It always means a lot to me so thank you!

Well, time's up. The local fayre is tomorrow! I can do no more! My word am I wiped out. I had to ask my sis to take my niece home today as I just feel so tired, I needed a quieter night and to sleep without being kicked or hit on the face by wriggler! lol

I am praying it goes well tomorrow and I sell some stuff. I've worked so hard for weeks and am getting run down now (sore throat and glands up) so it better be worth it! lol
I've loved it though and am finding that I'm in such a swing of crafting now and my mojo is running wild.

Here are some bits I've made: 


This is the sign I made for my stall. My new "business" is now called Butterfly wings and crafty things, a lovely suggestion from Victoria (the gooner ;-) ) . Thank you Vixx, I love the name!

I had these alpha stickers for ages, but they are just perfect for this theme. Emily suggested I weave ribbon in through the holes and I think it looks lovely! She was very proud that I did what she said. 

I wanted to make a few easel cards but ran out of energy today, so this is all I made. I adore this image! 

Inside, with the tag to write on. 

Close up of flowers. 

Close up of image. 

I am loving using the new fine tips for the promarkers. I got some free with each pen I bought from Letraset, and they are so helpful for colouring and blending in smaller areas. Emily loves them too as is very neat with them. 

Here is the distressed/shabby chicy album I mentioned:

                                          The inside pages:

Some closer detail:

I will show you Emily's cards soon, but I need to get to beddie byes, as I have to leave by 10am. This is very early for me, as I don't normally wake up until 11 ish most days. 

I wish you all a happy bank holiday Monday. Fingers crossed for me that I sell some stuff after weeks of non stop crafting! lol xxxxxxxxx

crafting is tiring work!

hello lovely followers! I am so worn out!! This crafting for a craft fair lark is very tiring! I'm shattered, but have made a lovely distressed/shabby chicy family chipboard album today.
I'll try to get pics on here tomo to show you all, but the light is too rubbish to take them tonight.
I've got my niece with me again and she's becoming addicted to my promarkers. She coloured an image in beautifully today and she now wants to make a few cards to sell at the fair with me. She really seems to be watching me and how to colour like me, bless her, which is very touching. She now also wants a crafting area in her room like me with shelves over it. I think I have a little protege on my hands!

Right, well I promised some card photos so here they are. I hope you like them. xx

The purple one is a normal small sized card but the other 3 are the 8x8" which I love.
I'm off to finish eating and watching my beloved Tottenham on tv!
Night night all. I'm sorry i've not managed to get round your blogs for a few days. I'll catch up when I can xxx

Baby girl album

Hello all you crafty lot! 

I have been so busy crafting for the fair on monday and it's exhausting! lol Having to get a good amount made is quite pressuring when I'm so tired all the time, but it's been fun. I'm just resting as much as I can inbetween so I can make enough.

This is a baby girl album i've made. I'm trying to make one of each and then I can take orders if people want more. (here's hoping!)

I hope you like it:

I've got some cards to show as well but i'm worn out so will show you those tomorrow.
I hope you are all enjoying your week xxxxxxxxx

Birthday chipboard album.

Hello everyone!! I hope you all have a little bit of sunshine like I do today. Where on earth did our summer go? The leaves are already turning and falling off and we've not had a summery August yet! My little Millie moo moo's is very happy about this as she adores chasing and ripping up leaves. She spotted them yesterday and her waggy tail was going mad! I took lots of photos on my phone, but she was running like mad so they were all blurry, so I held a leaf up to get her sitting still! lol

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Right back to crafting. I am completely drained lately, since having the girls, but have so much to make for the craft fair, so I'm doing as much crafting as I can, inbetween rests and long sleeps!

I love making chipboard scrapbook albums and decided to make a birthday one that could appeal to a range of people, but probably teenage girls. I hope you like it:

I am entering this into the Ribbon girl challenge, which is to make something new using ribbon. I think this qualifies!! lol 

The challenge ends on Sat, 27th August, so why not have a go?

I love using lots of colour for these and just hope I sell some. I normally sell these for £25 but worry people think that's too expensive. What do you think? The cost of all the papers and stuff as we know are not cheap, but will that price put people off? 

Thank you for lots of suggestions for my name! I'm loving "Butterfly wings and crafty things by Kerryn, and ladybugs and crafty hugs by Kerryn" but can't decide which one!! lol

I do love my little ladybug stamp I use by my "handmade by" so it might have to be the ladybugs one. Thank you Vicky for great suggestions!

Right I need to go get crafting! Thank you as always for taking the time to visit and comment on my blog. It is appreciated x x