Giveaway/Fundraiser!!

Actually, strictly speaking it’s not a giveaway, but there’s nothing like that word to get people’s attention!!

Those of you who have been reading my blog for some time may remember Red Nose Day two years ago. Well, this time I don’t have a whole lot of stock to sell, so I have had to come up with another idea. I thought about some kind of auction, but to make it fairer and give everyone a chance I am holding a virtual raffle!

So for  as little as £2 you could win this driftwood terrace, worth £100!!

All you have to do is go to my Just Giving page here and follow the instructions. You can buy as few or as many tickets as you like (eg £10 will get you 5 tickets) and on the evening of Red Nose Day (Friday 15th March) I will put all the names in a hat and pick a winner!
NB Unfortunately gift aid cannot be claimed as there is a prize, so please do not tick that box!

In 2011 we raised £348 - I would dearly love to beat that this time! Please spread the word!!

#imapiece Craftivist Jigsaw Project

Hopefully some of you will have heard about this unique project to support Save The Children's Race Against Hunger Campaign.

You are urged to make a jigsaw piece, complete with an important message, which will then be a piece of a thought-provoking final installation, showing that the crafting community wants the government to tackle injustice at the G8 summit this year. 

Full instructions, jigsaw template, suggested slogans, and info can be found here. Further information can be found on the Craft Blog UK site here.

my piece for #imapiece

 Want to help raise awareness of world poverty? Then be a craftivist and get stitching! And please help to spread the word!

Rough Sea

The boys have spent the weekend with my parents, so Steve and I have been hard at it in the shed - working! (for any of you with smutty minds!) Plenty of driftwood to work with at the moment, I felt a bit spoilt for choice! This is one piece I finished yesterday: I love the bit of wood with blue paint on it, it really suggested a rough sea to me - that's why I decided to hoist the red flag!

The 'sea' has real movement I think - partly to do with the uneven shape of the blue paint, and because of the layers and different colours, it suggests seaspray - to me, anyway!

I had a few nice small pieces of wood like this one below - I love the shape of it, with that little natural hole in the corner. Because of their size, I was able to use long nails instead of sticks as the masts. These tie in nicely with the rusty washers I think.


It's been a while since I did any of these sculptures with the bunting above, but I couldn't resist! It would brighten up any room and is available in my Folksy shop.

Finally, I must say a HUGE 'Thank You' to everyone who bought from my shop for Comic Relief, and also to those of you who helped to spread the word about it. To be honest, I was worried that I wouldn't make any sales at all, but we raised £348! How fantastic is that? Thank you SO much - you are brilliant! x

Red Nose Day

It's that time of year again folks! I will be donating ALL money from tomorrow's sales in all my shops (Folksy, Etsy, my website and Noths) to Comic Relief. Please spread the word!

I'll let you know how much we raise! xx