Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Lummy cripes! How time flies!

Bestival came and went in what seems like a flash...


And while there, I managed to dance for an entire night balancing a fruit bowl on my head, a la Carmen Miranda...


You can find out how the fruit bowl came about on this clip:



Took me about a week to recover from Bestival!

Next, a lovely 258 brooch/keyring order flew off to Japan...


And those unfinished medals were only a fraction of the order!

There's been another contribution to another craft book, which is due out next year- I'll tell you more about that nearer the time, and my project from 'State of Craft' will soon be appearing in Mollie Makes, so that's all very exciting!

Next on the agenda are Christmas fairs, so my winter weekends are fast becoming booked up. Today I started stocking up on vintage wool check sausage dogs in preparation:


But for now, to bed.

I have something pretty wonderful planned to make tomorrow.

Keep your eyes peeled.

Sleepy Lovings

xx

Fresh Sushi are the Fishes Fins

Last Summer, whilst roaming around a field at Bestival, and trying to decide what to eat, I met a lovely lady called Laura. We got chatting about the mexican skull brooch on my bag, and about the gorge Fresh Sushi yurt she was working at...


Anyway, almost a year has passed, and some strange sushi brooches were created, and I wasn't entirely sure whether these brooches worked. Then Miss Laura got in touch, and I had a bonkers brainwave. This was the girl to rock the sushi accessories!

So, a lovely platter of sushi has been stitched and stuffed, and sent all the way to Edinburgh...

And as she's such a groovy, lovely lady, I popped in a couple of Sushi surprises...

A fishy necklace:


And a super seafood-y head piece:


And today, Laura emailed to let me know they'd arrived. I'd been dying to post the photos on the blog all week, but didn't want to ruin her sushi surprise!

And here's the Queen of Sushi herself, rocking the fishy look:



Sooooo, this year, if you are going to any of the Festivals below, go and check out Fresh Sushi, feast on their yummy delights, and see all the staff wearing their Love From Hetty & Dave brooches...


You can check out their Facebook page here!

Glastonbury
Hop farm
T in the park
Lovebox
Womad
Camp bestival
The big chill
V festival
Reading festival
Electric picnic
Bestival

And there will be some sushi platters available to buy online sooooooon.

Fishy Festival Lovings

xx