¡Olé! Owlé!

Late on Friday night I made an Owl. 

He is a felt owl and he's for your hair. He is a proud 5.5cm tall and 4cm fat. And I have called him Owlé. He loves you very much. I made him into a hair clip, and here is his passport photo:

I popped the picture into my facebook album of stuff and things I've been making of late, and he was promptly purchased by a friend of mine. I'll miss him, and I may have to make one or two more!

Last night I made a pincushion. No particular reason, just I had some lovely fabrics, and I've never made a pincushion before so I thought, why not? I'll post a picture when I get around to taking one. 

Hope you're enjoying the weekend!

E x

It's still my favourite etsy listing ever...

I saw this a while back and it must have been relisted or something similar, as it's showing up as recently listed on etsy. It's a good job that I don't have anywhere to put this at the moment because I'm sorely tempted to buy it, even with the $749 price tag. I think it's worth every penny quite frankly. 

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25677001

I'm totally in love with it, more than I can really emphasise. It's pretty and confusing and uncomfortable all wrapped up into one, but it's just exquisite.  As I said, if I had the cash to splash, it would most certainly go on this. 

I was scanning a few bits and bobs on etsy as a lot of folk I'm following on twitter sell their goods on there when I remembered this. Wasn't too hard to find by searching for octopus chandelier. etsy itself is still new territory to me in terms of buying and selling. I'm much more an eBay lover, and etsy still seems very American-orientated but I might look into it in the future. That is, if in the future I'm going to have more than 24 hours in my days :) 

I'm out for a few hours, in dire need of beauty sleep. 

Sweet dreams

E x

Hair flowers - what I've been making lately.

I craft pretty much everyday but this is what I've been up to lately. You can find more by checking 'toxilox' out on facebook, there's a page full of albums and more on the profile too :)

 

This is the most recent, I made it yesterday and I actually sold it within about 10 minutes of putting the pic up online. 

This one is one of my favourites. It features a flower made from a lovely hand crocheted piece in the most gorgeous mohair yarn. I added this one to an elasticated headband, and finished it with a button centre.

Another fave! Two ivory roses, and ivy. Hand bound and sewn together, finished with a padded, felt piece, and again attached to an elasticated headband. I think this would be perfect for a wedding, or formal occasion. 

These are just a few bits of what I've been up to lately - I'll add more here and there in the coming weeks :) 

Still lylt ;)

E x

Tinie Tempah - Pass Out, Radio 1's Live Lounge

 Okay okay, I've been loving Tinie Tempeh's Pass Out all month, and the Sbtrkt remix is awesome too. 

But then this comes out of Radio 1's live lounge... I highly suggest you watch and listen.

 Clicky yo' finger right here for some Tiiiiinie.

Lylt, 

E x

Come and ride my carousel.

Come and ride my carousel and I will take you on a magical journey. 

 (Image taken from http://www.ct.edu/ctreview/connections/stories/carousel.html)

The carousel that is my new blog, I mean.

I used to adore carousels. In fact, I still do. Anyone want to find a good one and ride with me?? :)