Cute & Crazy handmade creatures
The HooterNinnies have been rather excited today. They all gathered round to see Curly stick the winners name on the end of his Hooter… is it you?
Turn on your sound and click the pic to see the secret selection process!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER!
I will contact you by email to arrange where/when/who etc!
Meet ‘Be-Mine’ HearterNinnie – this little HooterNinnie has dressed for the Valentine season by donning a felt heart on the end of her Hooter and a pair of heart shaped felt ears.
‘Be_Mine’ wants to find someone to snuggle up to and has already been bravely trying her luck with one of the new extra large HooterNinnies over in the OddSox Folksy shop.
For a chance to WIN ‘Be-Mine’ HearterNinnie this is all you need to do…
Enter the Valentine HearterNinnie Giveaway by @thesockgarden GOOD LUCK! http://thesockgarden.wordpress.com
The Winner will be picked out of something by one of the other HooterNinnies on Sunday 31st January after 12noon, notified by email and also announced here at The Sock Garden.
‘Be-Mine’ could be all yours or she can be sent to your Valentine with whatever message you’d like!
Good Luck – and don’t forget if you’re not a winner there are plenty of Hooties to go round!
(Note: the pretty glass heart beads surrounding ‘Be-Mine’ are from Ruby&Dig’s fabulous destash, supplies and ephemera shop – I may include a couple with Be-Mine!)
Scented Songbirds
Issue No.2 of Making Gifts Magazine is out this week. This edition I have an article included showing how to make these pretty little Scented Songbirds.
There are plenty of exciting and diverse projects to have a go at. Rose Bath Melts, an Origami bouquet, silver clay jewellery and chutney recipes are just a few.
Why not order a copy and have a go at a new craft?
There are lots of good ideas that will make gorgeous gifts for Mothers Day with plenty of time to get them made and saved!
Brushing my HooterNinnie
This is a poem that my newphew (who will be 8 next week – Happy Birthday!) wrote about his HooterNinnie for a show & tell at school. He’s got actions to go with it too – his performance was well worth a viewing!
My HooterNinnie
This is my HooterNinnie…
but what do you call a HooterNinnie when he’s feeling musical?
A FluterNinnie
and when he gets dressed up we call him a SuiterNinnie
When he’s rich he’s a LooterNinnie
When we’re playing heroes he’s a SuperNinnie
and when we’re playing ghosts he’s a BOOterNinnie
if we’re playing gun slingers he’s a ShooterNinnie
When he thinks he’s an owl he’s a T-wit, T-woo terNinnie
and when he thinks he’s a cow he’s a Moo-terNinnie
When he thinks he’s a car he’s a TooterNinnie
When he’s on wheels he’s a ScooterNinnie
When he blows raspberries he’s a FruiterNinnie
When he needs the toilet he’s a Poo-terNinnie
But when he was a baby he was so CuterNinnie
But I like him best of all when he’s my plain HooterNinnie!
Matthew and Lucy are 6 years old today – how brilliant to have your birthday on a day when there’s snow outside! They had so many presents and visitors and in a couple of days Santa will have left lots more stuff for them (only if they’re good of course)… very, very exciting!
Today we took some special ‘make-your-own’ Sock Monster kits for Matthew and Lucy as they’re both quite keen on ‘making’ things.
We were all so impressed with their handiwork… just look at what fantastic creatures they’ve made…
How d'you do, I'm Lope - Matthew made me.
Hello, I'm Pop - Lucy made me.
I said to Lucy that if she carries on learning her sewing skills she’ll be able to start selling her creations and earn lots of pocket money. But she had a much better plan in mind and decided that she could skip the middle bit and move straight on to… sewing her own money!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & MERRY XMAS MATTHEW AND LUCY
lots of love from Chaz & Dave!
Yes, there are only 11 on the cooling rack – I obviously had to test one!
Recipe is a bit of an adaptation from Australian Woman’s Weekly Kitchen…
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C
90g butter rubbed in to 375g SR flour
add & mix in: 220g caster sugar, 30g dessicated coconut, 1 egg lightly beaten, 310ml buttermilk, 150g frozen (or fresh) berries, 150g(ish) of chopped white chocolate pieces
Divide between 12 muffin cases (in a muffin tin), sprinkle some dessicated coconut on top and cook for between 20-30mins
See if you can wait for them to cool before you tuck in!
I’ve been SOOO jammy lately, can’t believe how many giveaways I’ve won in the past few months – and what a bounty of goodies I’ve received! I’d like to show you what I’ve won – they’re all unique, hand-crafted products by some very talented people.
And of course it means I can ‘Recommend a Spend’ first hand – just in time for Xmas. So, working backwards…
Received just today – this cheeky little Red Raccoon badge (who’s already taken up position on my hat!) and shiny bluebird buttons from:
the delightful Wollies – a visit to Wollies blogsite is a must to see some fabulously bizarre hand sewn creatures – look out for my favourite Murphie the Pine Marten
Next up is this fine array of Christmas adornments all the way from:
SeetheWoods in Northern Ireland. Leanne enjoys knitting, crochet, wood working and creating beautiful things using a variety of textiles, particularly upcycled fabric which would otherwise be long forgotten. My personal favourites are those lovely Prim Trees.
She’s partial to a bit of cooking too and has generously shared a batch of recipes on her SeetheWoodsandtheTrees blogsite
Received just two days before are these lovely ceramics – a heart brooch, turquoise fridge magnet and pretty cranberry coloured hanging star tree decoration from:
Charlotte Hupfield Ceramics – all Charlotte’s creations are made using a stoneware clay and her work explores the landscape and detail of many different natural surfaces. Charlotte also has a website where you can learn more about her unique work.
This next collection of items aren’t going to be used as gift cards, I really don’t want to give them to anyone else, so I’m having them framed as part of my Christmas present – selfish? Yes! My prize was to choose 5 cards – I’m afraid my pictures don’t do them justice so go and have a look at Serena’s shop for a much better view of her work.
Serena is a freelance journalist so also has a way with words – why not pop along and visit her blogsite for a good read?
And last, but I hope not for long…
This very witty fridge magnet bespoke ‘cross’word from the clever:
You must visit Joe’s shop to sample his latest batch of humour with an ‘edge of naughtiness’ Xmas cards and visit his website to get to know him and his very quirky illustrations a little better!
And that’s my lot for now!
If you think you’re one of those people who never win anything – forget all that – enter, enter, enter! I know I’m going to keep it up.
Original Cake Club has definitely come to an end as the second Cakemaster has now left the company. But what a good cake he left on – just look at the height of this!
It was a 5 egg wonder, lovely texture, very lemony, altogether delicious (and some of us greedy ones had 2 slices each!).
Thank you Cakemaster2 – goodbye and good luck!
Cake Club is now down to 3 members so we’ll be recruiting for another 3-5 in the new year… watch this space!
I’ve been rummaging through my fabric stash for upholstery and curtain remnants to make my latest Doorstop idea – DoorMice. They have big raggedy ears, beady eyes, button noses and hold their own tails up to stop them getting trapped under the door whilst they’re on duty!
I’m a bit excited today! I’ve got 3 whole pages in the first edition of this lovely new magazine called Making Gifts. It’s out today – 5th November – and it’s crammed full of all kinds of gifts to make – stationery boxes, knitted felted bags, fimo jewellery, loads of things… and oh yes, SOCK OWLS by me! It feels like ages that I’ve had to keep quiet about it and now it’s real – yikes!
Anyway, hope lots of you peeps get to buy it and have a go at the lovely projects inside – happy making!
And here’s a batch of Owls I’ve already made…
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