It's nearly December...

... which means Christmas is creeping up fast! So, if you know a special someone who deserves a unique hand crafted original Christmas card, head over to my Etsy shop!  There are new listings for individual Christmas cards and also packs of Christmas cards too!  Check them out here!

Quiet on the Blog front...

I've been super busy getting everything prepared for my first craft fair this Sunday, which I am very excited for!  If you are local to the area please come and visit for individual and original handmade gifts and greetings cards.  Santa will be making an appearance too!  The Christmas Handmade Market, Stockport Indoor Market Hall  From 10am - 4pm!

Stockport Handmade Market

On Sunday 27th November I will be taking part in a very Christmassy Stockport Handmade Market.  It'll be my first ever Craft Fair and I've been busying away making lots of stock for it, including cards and tree decorations.  I'm very much looking forward to it, especially as Santa will be visiting!  If you can pop along it is open from 10am - 4pm in Stockport's covered Market Hall (perfect if the weather isn't great!)

This is a link to the Handmade Market website and Facebook page is here too for more info.

O' Christmas Tree

I found some gorgeous Christmas tape in Fred Aldous on my shopping trip today and couldn't wait to put it to use!  I decided to use it in the same way as my hand stamped messages only the tape has more of a colour impact.  I have added a tiny hand painted watercolour Christmas Tree embellished with tiny diamante baubles. Cute!

 

Christmas has arrived in my Etsy shop!

Now it's November I've allowed myself to list my Christmas card designs in my ETSY shop.  The festive season is drawing closer so, get yourself organised and check out my shop for a special one-off original card for your favourite person!

Click here to visit HelensCardHouse on Etsy!

Thrifty Christmassy

I don't like to waste fabric, especially not my gorgeous printed Christmas fabrics.  So with all the bits left over from the Christmas Tree design I came up with this idea.

I like the curviness to the shapes and everyone loves a bauble or two!  I still wanted to keep the design contemporary looking and I think these make a nice contrast to the sharper lines of the tree.

Cherry Blossom

I have finally finished a new larger stitched piece of a cherry blossom tree, developed from this watercolour.

It's in the process of being proffessionally photographed and then will be framed, hopefully in time for the next rehang at New Mills Original at the end of October.  I decided to make a new piece in response to the popularity of the first blossom tree I made, which sold at the start of the month (yay!).  Fingers crossed my new piece, Cherry Blossom, will be just as popular!