"Hello Sweetie"

I stumbled into Paperchase the other day and found out that they have a new collection called Hello Sweetie which is full of stationary and kids things on the theme of marshmallows, ice-cream, doughnuts and lots of other things with hundreds-and-thousands on them.  

It's pretty frickin' adorable, to say the least.

Naturally, I couldn't resist these two notepads... Seriously, it was like a force of nature; when I saw there was only one of each left, I did that kind of panic-buying thing. So embarrassing.

I love how this one looks like a flump.

I'm also loving this B. Sweet Popping Candy Highlighting Serum from Superdrug's own brand 'B.' I've been looking for a highlighter for ages and really wanted a liquid one so I can just use my fingers to apply it. This one's just perfect for me as it has a definite pinky-coloured sparkle when it sets.   

And, I've had this nail varnish for ages now, but (along with Models Own Utopia NP064) it's one of my absolute favourite nail varnishes. (It also kind of matches my notebook here). 

Oh yeah, and I bought some Sumikko Gurashi stickers for the usual reason I buy silly, pointless things (because they're cute!). I think they look pretty good on my appropriately pink phone cover.

Wee Lady Hanging Ornaments

These little lady hanging ornaments are available to buy from my etsy shop here. They come in a choice of three colours and have a little loop for you to hang them up if you want.

I think I'm getting the hang of this granny chic business...

Pvc Collars

Although I'm loving the collars necklaces that in the shops these days, I haven't managed to find exactly what I want in a collar. That's why I decided to make some myself!

It took a few attempts to get the right thickness and size, but, in the end, I think I worked out a way of making them that works well so I'm making up some more. I might sell them online if people are interested, although right now I'm making them with the view to selling a bunch of things at upcoming craft fairs. These black and pink ones are made of pvc, hand-sewn with a chain and metal fastenings.

You can see me wearing my own little black one here.

Lavender Cake Pops

Here's my attempt at making lavender cake pops. I've given up on using the sticks lately so I guess these aren't technically cake pops, I guess. More like cake... "fancies"? Hmm, I'll have to work on this idea some more. Anyway, I used my cake pop machine for this (like a toastie maker but it bakes little round cakes instead!) and the recipe for vanilla cake pops that came with the machine. I just substituted the vanilla extract with lavender extract and added a little red and blue food colouring to make it purple. It turned out a bit more grey instead, but you get the idea.

Everything Reduced In My Store And More On Sale In La La Land

To celebrate my little star brooches now on sale in the La La Land website, I've reduced prices on all the brooches in my etsy store. I have gothic pvc hearts, little jam tarts and giant-sized twee vintage fabric hearts too. Check 'em out here.

My etsy store.

Sometimes I wish I could spend all my time making little brooches. It's so relaxing to just sit and sew away. That doesn't seem likely though as it looks like I'm going to be getting a lot of work to do very soon. I don't want to say much until it gets underway properly, but it could be something really awesome. I'll keep you guys posted, but, for now, all I'll say is that it's very different from these little brooches here and involves the other side of what I do. Very exciting!

My felt stat brooches available to buy from the La La Land website.