Quite excited

I sold another cosy at the weekend. I get so excited when I sell one of these as I have such fun making them.

The one that I packaged up today is called Blackberries and Cream.

I was having a conversation with some friends at the weekend about knitting. They were surprised that I don't know how to use a knitting pattern. I basically just pick up some yarn and see what happens. I am sure if I tried I would be able to figure out how to use one, but I have never had the need. As soon as I see the yarn I have a pretty good idea of what I want to do with it, and how it will turn out. Of course at times, it really does not end up like I envisioned at all.

Winter Tree - ACEO

Winter Tree

This creation is my second ACEO, of course its a tree again,but this time drawn in pastel not pencil. I love the sunrise behind it. It's now listed in my store.

I am going to be be making more of these this week, and my scarf is almost finished. Not sure if it is going to make it the store or not though, as I love it so much.

Halloween Cards

I still have 2 Halloween cards left in my store, which need a home to go to. With only a week left to go, in order to make sure they arrive in time, they would need to be ordered within the next couple of days.

I really hope they find a good home. I had so much fun making them, and the spiders are cute, especially the googly eyed one.


This cards are made with ribbon, and pen drawn creepy spiders, who are not really all that creepy at all. The bottom card is made of pom pom spiders.

New Cards

I had an inactive listing that I needed to make use of so I created these cards from things I had at home. I am trying to use up stock I already have before I go out and buy new things, its quite a challenge, as every time I go to the shops I see something that I could make something with. It is quite a test of my will power.

But in the meantime I get to be creative with the items that have been sat at home waiting for me, and hence these fall cards were born.

Wordless Wednesday - Sleepy Cats

Sewing Machine

So I finally have a sewing machine, one that works. I tried one from Goodwill, but it was a little misaligned so didn't work. The bf and I went Goodwill hunting for another one on Sunday, but to no avail. There wasn't a single one to be found, which I find so hard to believe as there's normally at least 5 in every Goodwill we go to. Not this past weekend, we went to 5 Goodwills, and ended up buying a brand new one from Target.

So Sunday afternoon I got it all set up and started playing around. I made a couple of little things. A little purple bag/pouch for my little life survival kit, a pin cushion that can hang on the side of my sewing machine, and a catnip pillow for my kitty cats.

The pin cushion is made of wine corks and scrap material (in the picture the material is from an old pillow case). I have one of these available in my store too.

So much fun. I'll move on to bigger things soon, but I am still getting the hang of it.

My First Treasury

Fee Fi Fo Fum - Etsy Giants

First ACEO

And here it is. It's listed in my store as a PIF item. So go check it out.

Its drawn with Graphitint pencils. I love drawing trees. This one is desperately holding on to its last leaves.

Quick Post

Just wanted to write a quick post and let you know that I am knitting a gorgeous scarf at the moment. It should be finished and posted to my etsy store by the end of next week. Its super soft, its a shame you can't feel things through the internet, because if so this would be gone in no time.

I also am going to start to post some ACEO's soon. I am quite excited as I've never done these before, but I am finding them to be a lot of fun.

Well that's it for now.

New Bookmarks

I had made some bookmarks that were listed in my store a while ago, and been as they have all sold, I thought I'd make some more. I thought with Christmas coming up they may make good stocking fillers for those avid readers out there.

I have a load of these that I use myself, as of course I can't just read one book at a time. Right now I have 4 on the go...

Bumble Bee Bookmark

Relax and Read Bookmark

Life is Beautiful Bookmark

Sometime we could all do with a little help in life. That is what the little life survival kit is for.


This kit includes:

An ERASER to make those little mistakes disappear
Two PENNIES so you can always rub them together
A MARBLE for those days when you have lost yours
Some ELASTIC to help you stretch beyond your means
When its falling apart, some STRING to keep it together
Finally a CHOCOLATE to remind you that someone cares.

Available at www.caromie.etsy.com

Halloween Ideas

I daily take a look at Etsy, and today I was looking at the Halloween items.  Thought I'd share a mini feed with you.