I was incredibly lucky to win a competition from the lovely Captain KK - this beautiful Marimekko plate. Even my lone truss tomato looks thrilled to be there. Thank you Captain - it is absolutely magnificent and I smile every time we pass in the kitchen.
I know, another trend animal. The owl. But my friends, I loved owls long before Harry Potter and before they were hungover. My love stemmed from two wonderful and unique facts: owls can turn their heads around 360 degrees (don't correct me on that if I'm wrong. I enjoy the myth) and that their collective noun in 'parliament'. Awesome.
Given that it's Christmas, I thought a little giveaway wouldn't go astray. I'm giving away 5 little packs of papers, beads, cards, and stickers - each is small, but comes with fun trinkets for decorating presents, making cards and turning into new projects.
My friend Darien turns 30 tomorrow, and came out from the UK to celebrate with her identical twin! I knew that Darien's lounge room has lots of blues and reds in it, and that she loves all things handmade, so I made this quilt for her to snuggle with in Manchester.
This new little label is made from one of my handmade stamps, and might be a recurring feature on my quilts. Now, to get to the huge quilt backlog!
Butterflies getting ready to fly away to new owners.
LPC who said: "Congratulations Kate. You know I think your stuff is super-cute. I agree, especially the map work."
I used the old random number generator found here to work this out - much easier than pulling strips of paper out of a hat!
I have been busy last weekend making all sorts of little things. I was inspired by this idea of spring in a box, and I thought it would be nice to send 'colour in a box' to some of my friends.
I got out all my craft supplies and tried to find bits and pieces which were bright and fun. 
I packaged some fun stickers in glassine envelopes, and made some badges with some bright Japanese paper. 
I bought some ridiculous smiley pencils which can't help but look like fun.
And added some gift tags I made...
These little map books turned out exactly as I had hoped. They are lined with bright coloured paper and sewn down the spine (and are also in le shop).
See? Colours ahoy!
...and packaged them all up in a vintage-looking popcorn bag!
Are these delicious? Download them here from a print a day. They also fit in to my current 'recessionista' phase, where i"m trying to cut down on spending money. I told my grandma about this, and she said, "Ah yes, an economy campaign." I realised that she's been through more than one of these, which made me feel oddly ok.
I can't believe it, but it has been one whole year today since I started selling on etsy! Thank you so much everyone who supported the shop over the past year - I've met some delightful people.
I'm so excited by the month of September being so warm already that I'm having an etsy sale!
