Being patriotic

Remember the little Union Jack key rings I made for family members at Christmas time?  Well, comments were very encouraging when I blogged about them, so I've made four to sell in my shop.  The first two are already listed, both hand sewn from sturdy denim with a hessian centre and fabric sepia Union Flag.  One's stitched with sunny yellow embroidery thread, the other in teal green (or blue, depending on how you see it of course!).





With a Royal Wedding looming this year (two actually I believe), why not celebrate all things Blighty by purchasing one of these to smarten up your bunch of keys?

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I can now reveal ...

the little hand sewn table pressies I made for my family.  We all got together this last weekend for our Christmas celebration and I wrapped these and hid them next to the crackers on the table as an additional surprise!


Keyrings for the gentlemen.


Little brooches for the ladies.


Mini funny "Blobbols" for the children, each with a different name secured to the reverse.


A special two photo holder keyring for my sister as she's photo mad and I knew she'd love it to keep a couple of special photos close to hand!

The photo keyring is a new item that I'd like to sell at Ellie's Treasures but I can't guarantee when!  It took me many weeks to get just right, hand cutting and sewing something so small is very fiddly, but very much worth it in the end. 

Happy New Year to you all!

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Stocking fillers

These brooches and my (so far) one and only key fob will make perfect stocking fillers this Christmas.  Here's my selection, all hand sewn and all with a silver safety bar pin secured firmly to the back.  Just click on the photo to go to relevant brooch/key fob in my shop.







Just thought I'd mention (don't scream) - here's a mini countdown to Christmas just to make you panic!


Make your own Countdown Clocks

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Progress in many ways

Do you remember my post not so long ago with a list of boring things I should really be doing for Ellie's Treasures?  Well, I'm pleased to announce I've ticked two things off my list now.  The tax man has been kept happy (actually, I'm being kept happy with a very small rebate) and I've order new business cards from Moo as they have a 50 free card offering at the moment.  That's progress!

More progress on the shop front with my own url, http://www.elliestreasures.co.uk/ (which I've had for a few years) now directing straight to my Folksy shop.  Hubby bought a couple of stickers announcing this for the Landrover!  Hoping soon, probably in the New Year, to set up a Google website under this url showing shop items and links to my blog (which I'll also be streamlining), facebook fan page and twitter too.



With Christmas just around the corner I've started crafting in a big way.  My four special peg doll Santas are all done and ready for listing early November and I've just listed something new, a hand-sewn denim key fob featuring a very cute yellow duckling.  It's available from Ellie's Treasures now and would make the perfect little stocking filler.

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