I feel exhausted today, its the first time in about a month that I have done a full week at work and I'm just not used to it! Its our quiet time of year, which always seems to make me feel more tired and makes the days go slow.

But on a positive note I am starting to feel more myself and really in the mood to get creating (better late than never!). I have made some Christmas Cards this week, which you can see a sneeky peak of here. I have 6 designs and they are mounted on brown recycled cards, I hope to take some photo's at the weekend.

I feel a bit late with everything this year, I have loads of things I want to photograph and put in my Folksy shop, but feel I have probably missed the boat for this Christmas. Oh well its just been one of those years, must try harder next year!

Kedleston Hall Christmas Craft Fair

17 & 28 November - 11am - 3pm

I am sharing a stall with Pinnikity this weekend, we're in the stable block so I'll be wrapping up warm, but I am really looking forward to it. Come and say hello if your in the area.

Enjoy an opportunity to buy Christmas presents with a difference with a selection of Craft stalls from around Derbyshire located in our stable yard and Caesars Hall. Listen to traditional barrel organ playing Christmas tunes and see crafts being made. Free bus service from Derby bus station every hour leaving at 10:30,11:30,12:30 & 13:30. Return bus service from Kedleston Hall leaving at 12:00,13:00,14:00,15:00 & 16:00.

Clear out

As part of my 'what am I doing' ness, I have been looking at old work, its funny how some pieces that I was really pleased with a year I ago, I now no longer like. Its good to look back, I can certainly see how I have developed and think my work has got loads better. That's kind of encouraging.

With this in mind I have been having a bit of a clear out. I am doing a a local craft fair on Saturday and think I may bring a bit of a sale box with me, it would be good to find homes for my older work and things that have been sitting around a while.

I am hoping that by having a clear out this will make way for lots of new and exciting pieces and also mean I have less of a random look at my Christmas Stalls.

The images are of some initial ideas for Christmas cards, what do you think?

Woking like a machine...

As I mentioned earlier in the week, it suddenly dawned on me that's its now less then a month until my first Christmas Craft Fair of the season. I am only doing two, one in Nottingham and one in Sheffield, but when you work full time, it can be hard to find time to make enough things for it.

But as somebody said to me this week, there is nothing like a bit of pressure to get you going. And they were right. Even my fella remarked last night that I had gone into factory mode!

So its been a fairly productive week, I just need to keep it up.