Spring in the air :)

There is fresh spring in the air. I just came back from a walk. the usual one with Little Bee. We both got some vitamin D from sun that somehow shows up from time to time. It is very windy though. Almost an hour in a playground swinging on the swing, interacting with other children and my daughter sleeps like a baby. And I can make something nice. 

Pompoms? Still mad abut them.

 Pompons and spring? 

I can not wait for the spring this year. 

so many nice things is coming up: 

Two weeks at the seaside to boost Little Bee's immunity. 

Little Bee's 1st birthday. 

Longer days. More sunshine 

More sunshine. More sunshine....

 Pompom spring flowers bouquet. 

It is fun to make it. 

 You just need bamboo sticks and some colorful yarn.

Flowers available in my shop as well 

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Pompon madness

My pompon making madness has a purpose. Here it is. 

A pompon pillow cover. It took me almost one week to create it. 

And frankly I had to think about the price really carefully. 

Making pompons is a great fun but also is time consuming! Especially hard for mum with startig-crawling-very energetic 8 months M. I hope it does not sound pitiful. I am just stating a fact. Handmade things are time consuming :) And good that they are. 

 I love to receive handmade gifts especially when they are made especially for me. It is wonderful to think that somebody actually had to decide about a gift and then sacrificed some time to make it. I feel special. 

I feel exceptional.

On Christmas day one of my friends gave me a gift he bought on the petrol station just before he arrived to our place. How do I know? My partner found a receipt in the gift bag. Ha ha! Why bother? I understand that people are busy. However I bet that eighty percent of individuals who are claiming to  be the most busy have time to watch TV for two hours a day minimum But it does not matter really. 

What matters is the fact that people expect to buy handmade things as cheap as if they were made in China. 

But that does not work  like that. I have designed something, spent my time making it. It is a unique piece. I would like to be paid for my work fairly.

FAIR TRADE 

That is why to make living out of crafting is so difficult.

Pillow case is made from natural quality linen and pompons  from acrylic yarn. 

Available on purchase here

Making pompons

I just decided to make something different than necklaces. Just for fun for now. Couple of days ago I went for a walk with Little Bee. And we popped in to a local library. Got great books for a baby and discovered that they have craft club  every Monday, I want to join in, just the time is not suitable. I hope that Little Bee could come with me.

And there was something else:  a book I borrowed, fantastic. Get it if you can.

There are plenty of magic, crafty tricks you can create with kids. I love pompons idea and started to make them. with my little assistant: 

 Little Bee is fascinated with the actual  result. 


First pompon

Twin pompon 

Snake pompon

H for Hedgehogcraft pompon 

Heaps of pompons