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I'm still working on getting a few pop-up Mother's Day cards into the shop in time for actual Mother's Day but my printer is having a strop. I'll try again tomorrow - maybe I'll have forgiven it by then for wasting so many of my Sunday hours, although I can't be certain. Maybe if it makes me some cookies and gives me some 'I'm sorry' daffodils?
Here's a little sneaky peek at something new I'm working on for spring...
Can you guess what it's going to be?
I've been working on a little pop-up card for Mother's Day (2nd March in the UK) featuring none other than your favourite mischief maker.
I'm not sure Clara fully understands the concept of Mother's Day!
I'm haven't quite decided what will feature on the front of the card, but I'm thinking maybe printing Clara's dress fabric might work. It's quite spring-y and sweet.
I know that Mother's Day is only a couple of weeks away over here, but I'm thinking of putting a limited edition run of these pop-ups in the shop. Would anyone be interested? Let me know and I'll do my best to get a few in there over the next day or so.
The weather here is beautiful. Frosty in the mornings, sunshiney in the afternoons. Yesterday we actually spent two hours out in the garden - planting bulbs, de-weeding, sprinkling seeds, drinking tea, being visited by my lovely brother. Oh yes, it was splendid. I even had time to browse around the sewing shops.
And time to photograph the much-promised pages from Making Stuff for Kids featuring Cupcakes for Clara work...
You can purchase your copy here or in many many good bookshops. If anyone makes anything I'd love to see how it goes! Good luck!
P.S. Quite a few people have been asking where the lovely fabric is from that I posted about last time. It's from this cute cute etsy shop called Matatabi.
I'm not doing too well at this blog updating business this year. Everything just gets so busy at the moment that the days become weeks and before you know it all I can manage is my day job making puppets. We're working on a big film and it's taking up a lot of my creative energy. Some days I'm completely asleep before 9pm.
Please accept my apologies for those who are missing their daily dose of Clara and Macy. Believe me, Clara is NOT happy about it! So not happy in fact that she forced me to sit down and pay her some attention. And so she began to spin...
It's just sketching at the moment, but words will intertwine with the picture soon. And maybe a starting point for a new series of cards?
And just so we don't leave Macy out, here she is dressed up as the most Easterly point in Australia.
I made her for Tom for Christmas. The most Easterly point is where we got engaged, and it is a very special place in our hearts.
And look at this cute fabric...
If I can ever get the cogs of my brain to start working (maybe they need a little grease?), I'll be incorporating these lovely materials in some new products. I think Clara may bagsie the 'Sugar Attracts Ants' for her bedroom curtains or maybe a duvet cover.
