Hello, and welcome to another Handmade Monday. It’s hard to believe that three weeks today we will be wondering what to do to make the turkey leftovers exciting! I’ve been reading through last December’s posts , and realising how great the whole blog thing is. If I wasn’t writing this, how would I remember last year’s early snow? Those photos are making me envious of the snow I hear has fallen in the North of England and Scotland over the last couple of days. Can it really be a year since the Mad French Cat came to stay at my Mum’s, to keep us entertained with his funny little ways? And I was SO organised last year! Making Christmas cards and Mincemeat, wrapping presents… At the moment my sole piece of preparation is a Christmas Cake in a bag…
Never mind, the time has not been wasted, and I’ve always liked a challenge!
My latest piece of news is the opening of a new shop in a Market town not too far away from where I live which is starting craft courses in the New Year. I’ll be there with my felting needles among other craft tutors, and you can find out more here. I’m off there on Thursday to promote the beginners’ class, a Needlefelt Cup Cake Pincushion, which you may have read about here before, but it’s always a good introduction.
And it’s surprising how yummy they look!
So it’s a short post this Handmade Monday, I need to be consulting the gospel according to St Delia for a bit of seasonal advice, and catching up. Do pay a call over on 1st Unique Gifts where Wendy has made a gathering place for all the Handmade Monday-ers!
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Wow!!!! Those cakes look good enough to eat!! Yum!! xx
they certainly do look yummy! Great news on the craft course teaching, well done!! :o) xx
oh, how cute these felties are! so sweet! they look pretty embellished the way you did. well-done!
i cant believe christmas is sooo soon!
Those cakes look good enough to eat! Mx
They do look yummy, and your crochet tea cosy is beautiful. I suddenly have the urge for tea and a scone…
The workshop schedule looks wonderful. May you have many happy students.
Yum! 🙂
they are just lovely Penny! I wish I could come to your class and make a lovely cupcake pincushion, I know that the classes will be a total hit, so have fun!
I loved having a little walk down memory lane with you last December and realise that I’ve been reading your blog for well over a year now which is quite amazing, such a long time but not long in the blog world, and thank you for so many lovely and wonderful posts, Planet Penny is one of my most favourite blogs ever XXXXX
Good luck with your workshops – your pincushions are amazing. Make me feel hungry!
I just *love* those cakes!
Very best wishes for your new venture; these look delish!
Oh, yum yum – they look sooo good.
I love cupcakes!
They look amazing 🙂
– Laura
What a great post, it’s lovely to look back while planning for the future.
Your cup cakes look good enough to eat.
Tea and a biccy me thinks 🙂
Jan x
Congrats on the publicity you had this week – I saw your sputniks I think it was on a Folksy selection email!
What great needle felting… they look good enough to eat but far too nice to take a bite from 🙂
I thought they were real cupcakes! Everything you do is always so beautiful, and your photos are too. I always enjoy coming here. 🙂
They look good enough to eat. Beautiful.
Carol xx
The cupcakes really do look good enough to eat. Good luck with the courses. x
They are so authentic looking. I thought they were real! Hugs Mrs A.
love the coloured pins as cake toppings! Realising that 3 weeks from now we’ll be wondering what to do with the turkey left overs, really puts the whole thing in perspective and made me laugh out loud!
Those cupcakes look adorable! I wish I lived near enough to go on your needlefelting course 🙂
Oh my gosh, those are darling! You have such a wonderful eye (and hand, obviously!) to be able to create such beautiful things.
They look good enough to eat lol. Good luck with the classes – I miss teaching wish I still had a studio.