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Southwell Vintage and Handcrafted Fair

[image: Southwell Town Council website]

I am so excited to announce that I will have a stall at the Southwell Vintage and Handcrafted Fair!

Date for your diaries:

 Southwell Vintage and Handcrafted Fair

* Saturday 8 October 2011 10am - 4pm *

Southwell Garden Centre

Fiskerton Road

Southwell

Notts

NG25 0TH

There will be a great mix of local creative talents so come along and treat yourself to something unique and handmade.

For details on how to get to the garden centre, visit their website at http://www.southwellgardencentre.co.uk/contactus.htm

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Flickr Gallery update

Want to see more examples of the things I make?

Go check out my updated Flickr gallery.

Leafy tree wall art

Looking for a cute handmade gift for someone? 

Then get one of these!

One 4"x4" mini canvas with a collaged tree made up of a woodgrain trunk and patterned paper/cardstock leaves. Features machine stitching detail.

This would make a great little present or decoration for a child's bedroom. A row of all three would look super cute too!

Choose from three background colours:

•  red
•  green
• cream.

Ready to hang or can be displayed free-standing.

£3.00 + P&P

Buy one from my Etsy shop at: http://www.etsy.com/listing/79743202/leafy-tree-wall-art-mini

Custom orders

I am happy to take custom orders for greetings cards, just e-mail me at  lanascardsandcrafts@virginmedia.com. 

In person

You can buy my handmade items from the gift shop Mansfield Museum or you can visit my market stall. 

Reflections

Happy 7th Boughtday Missy!

Craft project #3 || Painted wall art

I am a huge fan of Jessica Jones' blog so when I saw her tutorial for making your own DIY wall art I had to give it a go!

Supplies: canvas (leftovers from a kit), white acrylic paint, matt gel to seal, paintbrushes and some sticky labels.

First step was to paint the canvas in several layers of matt gel and white paint to create a base.

Once that had dried, I stuck on my design with the labels and masking tape.

Then painted over the top.

Finally I removed the labels and hey presto! DIY wall art!

These look great hanging on my living room wall now. Thanks for the inspiration Jessica!

Learn Something New Every Day // 2011

What will you learn this September? Class begins today.

Distressed Stripes Happy Birthday Card

Handmade Happy Birthday card. Masculine, would be great for teenage boys!

• Measures 14cm x 14cm.
• Made with patterned paper, cardstock, die cut star, button and baker's twine. Features machine stitching.
• Comes with co-ordinating kraft envelope.
• Card base and envelope are made from 100% recycled paper.
• Price £1.50 + P&P

Buy this card now from my etsy shop.

Custom orders

I am happy to take custom orders for greetings cards, just e-mail me at lanascardsandcrafts@virginmedia.com. 

In person

You can buy my handmade items from the gift shop Mansfield Museum or you can visit my market stall. 

Craft project #2 || Bead necklace

I'm not really a jewellery wearer but I fancied making a simple necklace, similar to ones I've seen in all the high street shops lately.

So I went to my local bead shop and picked up some supplies. Within a few minutes, I had strung it together. You can't see them very well in the photo below but the beads at the ends are these little grooved metal tubes.

Don't worry, I don't think I'll be branching out and making jewellery to sell anytime soon - ha! But for £2.80 and few minutes of time I'm quite pleased with the result. 

Supplies: 1m black waxed cord, 8 large black wooden beads, 16 medium black wooden beads, 2 silver tube beads.