Something Old, SOMETHING NEW, Something borrowed and Something BLUE

The peg was old, it was borrowed it is now revamped into something new and it has been made by Blue!!! Making this the perfect wedding gift, to the bride and groom, from the bride to the bridesmaids or just to prop up all those place cards! They are £4.50 each and are all unique!!!

- bluesky.designs@yahoo.co.uk

Love Blue

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The Gooseberry Tree

After a nerve-racking month of twiddling my thumbs (and of course crafting) I built up the courage to go into The Gooseberry Tree and see how my selection of 'Taster Stock' had been recieved and I am pleased to inform you that I shall now be permanently selling Button earrings and button hairslides at The Gooseberry Tree in Garstang.... Congratulations Blue Sky!!!

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Congratulations Blue Sky Designs!!!!

Blue Sky Designs has supplied a selection of "taster stock" to 'The Gooseberry Tree" A small business in Garstang which sells all manner of beautiful things!!! Watch this space to see how it goes!!! In the mean time, go forth and purchase!!!

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End of the dry spell...

All crafters hit lows along the road of crafting and I had mine a couple of weeks back, I just wasn't interested and felt I had no direction...But Mollie Makes 10th issue came out and after reading about the creative couples who had dreams of starting a craft business and these then became reality...I felt the desire to burrow into the studio and get creative. I designed a new line of Stamp broaches (pictures coming soon) which are all dedicated to this years Diamond Jubilee...I have a hunch that is is going to be all red, white, blues, stamps, street parties and vintage goings on! So I started working with the wood and sandpaper and using old stamps created broaches which I made sure followed a quality control checklist so that they were perfection...and it paid off...I made 3 sales and am thinking about building my collection and selling it to The Art Room Gallery, a local business that stocks the work of local artists...It couldn't have gone better and now I am desparate for Friday to hurry up then I can have a days crafting....uninteruppted!!!

Mood Board: How British!

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The perfect thing to do...

Well, Christmas has been and gone, and so has the New year celebrations. I hope that you all got some lovely gifts, I know I did and my favourite, by a long way was my new Crafters Devotional. A book so brilliant and magnificent, words cannot begin to describe it! But a picture can...

...such a fabulous gift from my mum! It has really helped to inspire me, for instance the other day I carved and created my own rubber stamp out of an old eraser, I now have a swallow stamp which will no doubtedly appear as my background soon! My mum has officially become my guru to the creative world! It is an important thing to have and she offers me guidance and direction when it comes to Blue Sky Designs, I have alot to thank her for, including the all important and numerous trips to Hobby Craft, incidently, where I live at the moment!

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Updated Collection

More ideas have been crafted, fine-tuned and sold....

Button Earrings- £4 per pair
Button Rings- £3
Button Hair Clips- £4
Knitted Brooches- £5
Stamp Rings- £3.50 (Pictures coming soon)
Stamp Brooches- £3
Stamp Hair Clips- £5

More ideas, yet to be fine tuned...

Jigsaw Rings- £3
Jigsaw Hair Clips- £4
Scrabble Hair Clips- £4

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TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT

In almost 3 hours Blue Sky will be setting up her stall at her first craft fair!!!! I am so excited and rather nervous! There was a last minute dash to Hobby Craft this morning, the production of 10 more button rings and a glorious button hairclip for me to wear tonight and that I instantly wished I had bought more of the materials to make them because then I could have sold them!!! There will be mulled wine, minced pies and all manner of Christmas merriment! Demonstrations from La Tete Ou Tou and My Secret Kitchen will also take place! So sit tight for photos, wish me luck and fingers crossed!!!!

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These new hairclips will be done in a range of button types and will be on sale at the next craft fair of show by Blue Sky for £4

1 week to go and a visit from Vistaprint

Well, it is now a question of counting down the days to Blue Sky Designs first craft fair (24th November) and in one of my inspiring moments I paid a visit to Vistaprint and found myself gawping at my netbook screen in awe! T-shirts, business cards, cups, pens, mugs, stamps, stickers, calenders, cotton bags, business card holders and the list was endless. I found myself producing a order sheet within minutes of opening the homepage of the site! How exciting....and to finish off today I shall be paying a visit to the HobbyCraft website, in all its glory!!!!

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Today's Project

The next scribble on Blue Sky's to do list was to paint a new logo! So I burrowed myself away in the studio early in the morning, with my paints at hand and a stack of DVDs, I didn't emerge until 5 in the evening with a finished logo...

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Next step...Crochet!

After much crafting this morning, I decided that (considering how much I love wool and how much I have of it) crochet is the perfect direction for Blue Sky Designs. Along with all my jewellery and bits and bobs, I would love to learn to crochet little things into broaches or just cute nic-nacs! So the mission is....to invade my Nanna's house and learn a new skill! What will I look like on my scooter (Daisy, pale blue with daisys all over) with my wool hamper by my feet, riding through the countryside???

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Christmas Craft Fair

To update you on the news of Blue Sky's first craft fair, it will be on the 24th of November at Saint Michaels village Hall. Some things you can expect to see there from Blue Sky are Button earrings, rings, trinket boxes, decoupage paraphernalia, broaches, christmassy decorations buttons and more buttons. It will be a brilliant night, filled with festivities and plenty of mince pies and mulled wine! Photos of my creations will be online soon, as will photos of the event after it has taken place so watch this space!

Goodnight/Good-morning
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Welcome Blue Sky

A new Blog, a fresh start! The Craft Business, Blue Sky Designs, is new and just starting out with Blue Sky's first craft fair in November and many crafts to pursue and make! The fun begins here...So watch this space for photos and information on all Blue Sky's craftwork!

Rach
(a.k.a Blue Sky)
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