Cinderberry Stitches

Cinderberry Stitches shop + behind the scenes

My goodness - the response to my last posting on the new greeting cards was wonderful, thank you so much for entering your name in the draw to win your very own set.  I am really excited about the new range and can't wait to add more to the collection.

The three lucky winners - Sharon, Jojoebi and Helen please check your inbox!

If you were not so lucky this time but desperately must have a set I have good news for you - the full range of greeting cards are now available through our new Cinderberry Stitches online store.....pop on over and take a peek.

Time for some more fun...

Do you want to see some behind the scenes pictures?

With every pattern photo shoot there are many, many shots that never make the final pattern cover and also some very funny behind the scene photos.  I have been meaning to show you these pictures and always forget when I come to blogging, I love them and this day was just the best fun.

Way back when.... I was photographing three pattern covers, it was last year just before AQM (around November).  I am very rarely 'alone' when I am photographing my samples for pattern covers but it makes for some fun times, so on this day there were four of us - two of them had plastic golf clubs.  Helpful and possibly dangerous.

See, you would never know from the photo there were actually 3 very special helpers and the quilt on the pattern cover was being 'held' by two of the said plastic golf clubs.

This is the final shot used for the pattern cover.

and the view from above...

From there we moved on to another part of the garden, the golfclubs were put aside while I built a make shift clothes line.....the things I do for just the right picture.

I had two site managers to keep an eye on the job, making sure I conformed to the health and safety regulations.  They look official, and cute.

Here is the view from the 'other' direction and the final pattern cover image - see you would never know the little helpers were there.

I hope you love the real view of my pattern cover photos, they are always fun and enjoyable, with or without plastic golf clubs.  The pattern for Woodland Village and Hedgehog Happy Hour is available here and here.

Have a wonderful week, I am sure I have got some more things up my sleeve to show you in the next few weeks - I believe more exctiting things are in the making, I promise.

Cheers,

Natalie x

Did you say 'greeting cards'??

Guess what?

Finally after years of thinking & dreaming about designing a range of greeting cards here they sitting in my studio looking at me and I couldn't be happier - they are just how I imagined.

If this little girl looks familiar, indeed she is - this is the flutterby girl in my Market Folk quilt (featured in the Cotton Floss book). 

Flutterby Girl

I love cards but I adore Flutterby Girl framed - just perfect

I picked the frames up at out local Spotlight store, it's just a very basic and inexpensive white wooden frame 5" x 7" the perfect size for the cards and they do look adorable sitting on the shelf in Isabelle's room (or my studio).

Flutterby Girl comes from the Market Folk card series - yes there are four of these sweet girls.....let me introduce them.

Berries Girl

Apple Pie Girl

Flower Girl

The complete card series, framed....

Oh...and just when you wanted something a little less 'girly' along came the Owls on a Wire

I adore these guys (& girls)....

Fancy being excited over a little greeting card - I am & I hope you are too.

So with something new there should be a little celebration don't you think? If you would love to win the full set of 'Market Folk' greeting cards along with the adorable 'Owl on a Wire' please leave a comment on this blog post - I would love to hear what you think of the new Cinderberry Stitches product!

Three names will be drawn at random next Friday the 20th April 2012 - will you be the lucky one?

Enjoy!

Natalie x

 

 

Crafting with kids

Truth be told I am a sucker when it comes to crafty things and kids.  I love being crafty with my daughter and we have an entire craft box full of fun things to keep little fingers busy during the day or even if only for just a few hours.

She loves it.  I love it. Perfect match.

This week I found the ultimate Mummy & Daughter crafty thing. Fancy being able to buy a best friend in a box, I would have LOVED this when I was a kid.  I was excited, Isabelle was thrilled & so this morning the two of us sat down for our first stitching craft time.

There were loads of sweet colors inside the box & Isabelle sorted out and matched the legs, arms, dress parts and chose her favorite hair color - bright red of course.

Yep - she was excited.

Cute stuff.

I loved the pink plastic saftey needles and the pre punched holes in the felt pieces - perfect for little fingers.  I will be honest, at 3 1/2yrs Isabelle managed a few stitches on the arm but found it much more fun to sit and watch Mummy while her new best friend was stitched together....you know I didn't mind one bit.

Less than 2 hours later....

'Pink' was complete and there was one very happy girl in the house.

I think Izzy & Pink will have fun together for at least the next few days - maybe weeks, and I might have to go and find a few more to store away in the craft box - she was loads of fun to make and less than $7 (from Aldi)....... a crafty bargain makes that makes me beyond happy.

Till then,

Natalie x