Getting in the mood for Christmas!

Over the summer months I don´t teach (my day job).... The perks of the job! 2 months off work ;) During this time I prepare for the christmas season in my shops - my most favourite time of the year :) Here´s my first Christmas creation of the year!

I know it´s only August...but some of us have to plan ahead (and secretly I love it! lol)

So here´s to December and the joys of Christmas! x

My dearest Auntie Pegs...

My dearest Auntie Peggy passed away at the beginning of this year. We wrote to each other regularly and were both very creative and artistic. When she passed, one thing she left me was a big bowl full of vintage buttons...something I am sooooo pleased about. They are currently back at my Mum´s in the UK, so when I went to visit I chose a bunch of my favourites in different colours to take home to create something with. I have in my head a haert shaped button display on a cushion for our bed :) Making something new and sentimental out of something so simple and basic as buttons. I´m looking forward to getting started on it and will of course, show you all when I´ve finished creating...watch this space! :)

Hope your all having a nice relaxing Sunday! x

The good old British summer!

I´ve been back to the UK this month to catch up with family and friends :) The weather was typically British throughout and mainly drizzled or just poured down. But in true Brit style on my last day it was sunny! lol

I sat in my mum´s garden enjoying the sunshine and managed to capture this photo by her pond...I love the way the bee´s legs look like they are swinging :) Just beautiful!

Happy thursday folks! x

Custom order :)

I´ve been silently working away on a customers custom order for the last few weeks....and finally it´s finished and delivered and = one happy customer :)

I love doing custom orders, it gives me the opportunity to design :) But with the designing part comes the responsibility to match their ideas in their heads with what is acheiveable and I´m actually able to do. It makes me really nervous waiting to hear what the customers think and this order was no exception. Thankfully the customer said she loved it so I´m really happy :)

A lovely lot of owl themed nursery things! x x

Loving the pinkness!!!

If yyou haven´t guessed by now I have a little addiction with Pink :) It started as a little girl always eating the pink smarties at nursery and now I am always drawn to pink things and especially fabric.

I recently went into Barcelona centre to find a special little felt shop with my good friend Lucy. After two attempts of trying to find it and at least 40minutes of searching up and down and up and down...and finally we stumbled on it. Felt in every colour...but this shocking pink really impressed me (I did pre-warn you that I am naturally drawn to pink!). So far, not much has been made from it - however it is only day 3 of the summer holidays! :)

Here´s to pink!!! Happy Monday everyone x x

An interview with........ME! :)

Huge thanks to my lovely Etsy Expat team mate Jac and the interview she gave me a few months back. She recently uploaded it to the Etsy Expat blog, see: http://www.etsyexpats.blogspot.com to read the interview and learn a little bit more about me :)

SUMMER SALE!!!

Sam´s Shenanigans is having a summer sale!!!

A whopping 20% off EVERYTHING! (Even custom orders)

For the month of July

Another reason to smile this summer :)

http://www.samsshenanigans.etsy.com