What Katie Did

Finally - The Shed is Open to the Wolrd!

After much Planning and Deliberation and Help from lovely friends (thank you Matt, thank you Martha, thank you Sue) I am happy to announce that the Shed Shop is

If I have done everything right there should be a link over there in my side bar to my new Etsy Shop and in this little shop you should find a growing collection of the things I love to make in my shed.
Regular readers will know that I have a workshop at the side of my house that used to be the bike shed and is now the most wonderful little (largely pink) craft shed. It is a place to escape to when the rest of the world gets too busy and where I can be my own kind of busy.

now I can invite you all to come for a Virtual Visit and if not a sit of the sofa and a cup of tea, then at least you can look at the things I make - I hope you like them! Here are a few - and I will be adding more (and more) now that I have got the hang of it!

little bags for little girls

juggling balls

50 kids book pages to get you scrapping!

badges - these are all from the wonderful Beano

bangles- bendy and bright!
Enjoy your visit - I will be inviting a celebrity guest to officially OPEN the SHOP once I can persuade someone to do so - now - does anyone have Liam Neeson's email?

A Visit From Gloria

Art Tour is nearly upon us which means some - many - hours spent in the shed making things. it also means another Big Shed Tidy Up and I wasn't looking forward to it one bit. The shed had become a messy place full of scraps of fabric, piles of papers and all sorts of 'things' that may come in useful one day. With the first Art Tour date being about a week and a half away I was putting off the Big Clean for when I was in the mood.Well - forget all that because I had a visit from Gloria. Now the shelves are tidy

the drawers are too

and the fabric is all colour coordinated  - nice ... the books sorted by category ... what?

the carpet is clean and the strawberry rug had a beating

and we are nearly ready to go.
But I think we may have peaked too soon - open studios are 8th June for four Sundays and this is still May. I think Gloria will have to come again and check that I have not messed the place up! Everyone needs a friend like Gloria.
Thank you - for you and for anyone else who needs a bunch of virtual flowers