and the Winner is......

Taken in a rather dark kitchen this morning.  I somehow haven't had the time before now, so apologies for the wait.
Albeit a bit blurry, it's the lucky Beth who gets all the goodies! Stanley found great amusement with this game as he loves folding and unfolding things.  When we read the name out he was even more pleased because his old nursery teacher is called Beth and that was good enough for him, so much so, that he folded it up and took it to school.  So Beth, you are now in Stanley's pocket.  Must try this game again with other words/colour/shapes/numbers etc. as it would be great for reading practice and word association games.

Thank you all, for joining in and I'm sorry I can't give you all a prize as they were such lovely comments.
Anyway, back to Beth, otherwise known as The Linen Cat, maker of fine things: 

 CONGRATULATIONS!

A Bird in the Hand....

 

Little cat softie thanks to Jane Foster

Birthday Giveaway!

Today my little dream boy is FIVE!
I can't quite believe it, where did all that time go?  He was so happy this morning as I packed him off to school with his new notepad (Current Paperchase home page = favourtie pattern, caused tantrum in shop when I wouldn't buy it for him, then had to return to London Central yesterday to get it!)

So the number 4T shirt is out the window and here comes number 5! A bit more transportable this time as I made it into a badge.

Stanley's party will be on Sunday and as mentioned, these little critters will be the party bags.  To celebrate and pinch myself lucky, I'm doing a giveaway of all 4 bags, plus something extra = FIVE LUCKY THINGS.

All you need to do is 5 simple things: 

1. Visit my Etsy shop and tell me which of the four designs is your favourite
2. Heart another item in my shop whilst you're there
3. Visit my lighting shop and tell me which lampshade you like best
4. Tell me any of the above via this blog, my Facebook Page, or Twitter (you don't need to do all 3!)
5. Go give someone a hug and thank your lucky stars you've got them.

There you go. I'll do the draw in 5 days time (Tuesday at 5pm GMT), but I'll need more than 5 comments or I'll extend it for 5 days more!
Happy Thursday x

Halloween Cometh.....

I'm not going to get away with Halloween this year as Stanley, who is just about to turn five, has been invited to a little gathering.  So today, I did some printing for the said occasion and here we have my, not quite sure about them, results.  Needless to say I did a few extra, so have popped them in my shop!  It was the worst day for photography but I had to get it all done in a day, or I would start to feel like it was all a bad idea.  Etsy becomes riddled with Halloween overkill, so I'm afraid I've jumped on the bandwagon and joined the ghoulish parade......

  

Meaoooow!

Moroccan Tile New Colour

Just sorting through my fabric stash and realised I hadn't listed this colour in my Etsy shop.  So I've corrected that one and can now share with you all!  Not much else happening as I've had the dreaded lurgy for the last week.

Treasury Time

'Long Shadows' by HelenRawlinson

Autumn Love!

Tangledupknits $38	littlebyrdvint... $15	missindie $40	AzaleaTrail $20
VintageChase $85	WaveSong $8	Raceytay $32	SuiteOneStudio $64
lucie0ellen $10	leafpeoplevint... $75	tippleandsnack $11.99	OctaviaBrown $8
Buttonsandsuch $3.5	botanicalbird $24	retroology $20	threeredtrees $46

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Cosmos Love

Cosmos Love, originally uploaded by Helen Rawlinson.

My wonderful neighbour, Angela, popped these in my plant pots outside my front door one day when I wasn't looking. They've always been eaten by slugs when I've tried to grow them from seed. Now just opening up, the bees are getting very drunk with Cosmos love.  Me too!

Girls!

I had a bit of a girlie session last week and made this for a NOTHS customer.

 

Then I sold this:

  

 Just one left here

..and a buttercup yellow flower

 

All very sugar and spice!

Oh and these.....

 

Twins!

Sale Shop!

Did you know that this is on sale in my shop at a bargain price?  Well you do now!

Moving on to the next.......

Summer has flown by as usual.  I've treasured this one, as Stanley will be starting his new school next week and so work has kind of been ambling along quietly, when I can fit it in.  I get cross about my inability to juggle stuff, but then realise that I am sort of getting things done.   I'm having exciting times with my new workshops at The Make Lounge, which feel just a bit too early to blog about, nerves a plenty, but much fun!  I joined Not On The High Street, finally, after years of deliberating! Once set up, I have to say, I like the simplicity of it.....all this uploading and updating onto various different sites is not much fun and I haven't been very good at it I'm afraid.
Anyway, having not much else to say and just waiting to get my teeth stuck into the mountain of things I want to do, here is a little video of one of the special moments of summer...at our place in France.  Wonderful friends came to stay, bringing memorable gifts.  LED balloons, you just have to get some!