Spirit of Christmas

This is my cosy little cabin at the Spirit of Christmas Market, Royal Square, Jersey:

here are some Christmas shoppers and you can see some other cabins in the background:

and this is me:
I'll be here all week!

Christmas Craft Fairs 09

If you'd like to catch up over Christmas, this is where I'll be:

28 November - 6 December
Spirit of Christmas Market, Royal Square, Jersey
10am-5pm everyday, except Thursday which will be 10am-9pm

3 December - 6 December
Fete de Noue, Harbour Gallery, Jersey
10am-5pm everyday.

19 December
StAubin Christmas Craft Market.
9am-1pm.

Come by and say hello!
x

17 Days...

... to go until my biggest Christmas event! Finally finished my pile of zipper pouches/coin purses/pencil cases so now it's on with the softies.


When I'm making a big batch of rabbits or cats or dolls, I seem to spend a lot of time with a basket of limbs next to me. I save all the stuffing and turning bits throughout the day, then I can spend the evening simultaneously chilling out and being productive. Tonight I think I'll stuff rabbit legs while watching Demetri Martin which is a more innocent evening than it sounds.

Monda loves is getting ready for two big Christmas craft fairs so why not pop by and check out her lovely birds.

Behind Schedule

Last Friday, I fully intended to sit down and write a post about my newly finished stack of pencil cases and coin purses. Then go on to chat about a big upcoming Christmas event I'm involved in. I was going to start off a kind of countdown so I could set goals, keep track of how I was doing, keep motivated, forge a solidarity with other crafters out there getting ready for a busy holiday season. Please let me know in the comments about which events you're involved in, either online or off - it would be great to know what others are doing.

So, here I am, three days late... and my stack of zip pouches is looking like this:

So very nearly finished, but not quite. Real life intervened (as it does, tsk), and I got behind schedule. Setting impossible goals is my modus operandi, so it's not usual for me to do a last minute creative editing of my to do list so that I can feel better about my progress. So, instead of starting last Friday, I'll start today:

19 days left to finish making stock for a Christmas event that will last for 9 days. That's a lot of sewing, better get going... unless I want to have a creatively edited to do list, simply displayed on a minimal empty table, amid a sea of fairy lights and Christmas shoppers...