A lovely day in Cambrigde, England.

A couple of days ago I went down to Cambridge, about half an hours drive from where I live. Needed to pick up a few art items for a project that I'm working on, that I couldn't get locally. That was my excuse for a lovely day out. I know that I have blogged about Cambridge before, but there is just something about that city that is so captivating. All the beautiful old colleges are lined up next to each other like beads on a sting, right there in the city center. It was beautiful weather. Sunny and very mild. Around lunch time I picked up a sandwich from a local tearoom and a nice large latte and found myself a lovely spot in the sun, sitting on the stone railing in front of Kings College. If you ever visit Cambridge I can highly recommend that picnic spot. Perfect spot for people watching and you just cannot beat the back drop of Kings College. I had planned to stroll on the back side of the colleges, but got side tracked and ran out of time. But next time. If you are visiting London, Cambridge is only a 50 minutes train ride from Kings Cross Station, so very easy to get to. I can only recommend it!

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

Well 'Fibrefusions' exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham, was extremely well received. It was totally amazing to be part of the whole experience. It was absolutely wonderful to talk to the people who took time to stop by and have a good look. To see the spontaneous reactions on peoples faces when they entered the exhibition area was really lovely.

I have now had a bit of time off, done a lot of yoga, tidied my room which was much needed and caught up on other craft projects, that had been put on hold, while getting ready for the exhibition. Still need to get new listing ready for SewDanish but that will hopefully be this done this week.

Spend the other day playing with wool tops and various types of open weave fabrics, making nuno felt. I would never pretend that I'm a felt maker. In fact I have actually avoided working with wool tops after a severe moth problem some years ago. Moths still give me the creeps, and even thought I know there should be room for all creatures, out of all, that specie is not welcome in my house. But I had a lovely day playing and made some superb textured wool/fabric surfaces. Mind you, I couldn't get them to shrink/texture enough, so in the end I put them in the tumble drier on high heat for a while. That did the trick. Every piece puckered up beautifully :-)

Fibrefusion at The NEC, Birmingham, England

This weekend Fibrefusion , the Textile Art Group that I belong to, will be exhibiting at The National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, GB from Thursday the 25th - 28th March 2010 as part of 'The Sewing For Pleasure and Fashion and Embroidery Show' Fibrefusions extensive and very exciting exhibition can be found in Hall 12, stand ZM06. Please make sure to stop by and say hello :-)

Fibrefusion is an exhibiting group of textile artists who are tutored and mentored by Pauline Verrinder and we meet fortnightly just North of Cambrigde. The Aim of the group is to pursue excellence, based on a strong design foundation in all aspects of textile art and mixed media. We strive to share our expertise, passion and enthusiasm through exhibitions, demonstrations, publishing books and education

I will be heading down to the NEC tomorrow being part of the 'set up' team. That is so exciting and a bit daunting, as I've never done anything on this level before. Definitely a superb challenge that I'm so looking forward to. The piece included in this blog post will be on display as my 'touchy feely' piece. My other work on display is still a secret :-)

My big SewDanish week !

I have to share what has happened in the last week. Last Saturday morning I woke up to notifications from 'Statsy' that I had been featured on the Etsy Front page. When checking Craft Cult, imagine my surprise, when it turned out that I been featured twice on the FP during the night. Once in a front page treasury made by Dododesigns followed by a front page made by Etsy. My little mixed media ACEO got a lot of publicity.
Then during the week I reached my first big Etsy milestone, 1oo sales. My 100Th sale was to a fellow uwib'ber and Etsy friend. I know she won't mind me telling you :-)
RobinMariaPedrero Please, if you have a moment do check her etsy shop. It is full of beautiful art. But really, I'm so happy, over the moon to be more precise. I totally appreciate all the wonderful customers, new as well as returning, who has found my little shop over these past months.
And there is more.... When checking email tonight and looking through the 'Etsy Finds' newsletter, imagine my delight when all of a sudden my quilted journal cover with pink stars appeared in front of me. Yeah :-)

SewDanish in the Etsy Storque

Wow, this is my lucky day :-) Fellow, lovely members of the Unique Women In Business group alerted me to that this fabric bowl is featured on the Etsy Storque blog. I'm so excited!! Etsy Storque

UWIB 'THINK SPRING' promotion is here!

A beautiful treasury by Unique Women in Business (UWIB) member Ayca, showing some of the great items to be found during UWIB' THINK SPRING promotion 5th - 8th March. Please use the tag 'uwibspring' when searching on etsy. If you go to our blog UWIB you will find a list of all the participating non-etsy shops. Please check them out :-)
I'm offering free shipping on all items in my UWIB SpringPromotion section in SewDanish. All shipping costs will be refunded asap.

'Unique Women In Business' THINK SPRING event

The Internet business group 'Unique Women In Business'(UWIB )that I belong to, is having an exciting THINK SPRING event from 5th-8th March. Lots of wonderful shops on and of Etsy will be participating in this superb event with special deals, discounts, free shipping etc. I have already had a look on what is being offered during this event. I promise you, there are lots and lots of great deals on handmade items to be had. So this will be a perfect occation to think about presents for upcoming birthdays and other special events, or what about just a something nice for yourself :-) Please go to the UWIB blog for the more details about the event and the entire list of participating non-Etsy shops. On Etsy please use the tag 'uwibspring' when searching for all the great deals and participating shops.

Between the 5th and 8th March I'll be offering free shipping on all items found in my 'UWIB spring promotion' section in my SewDanish shop. All shipping costs are on me and will be refunded ASAP that I receive your order.