A new and exciting opportunity for Soobird : )

Today has been very exciting. The [on the button] range of badges and hats are now on sale in 'TIGER LILLY'S VINTAGE BOUTIQUE', 22 HARRIS ARCADE, FRIARS STREET, READING. I was approached by Scarlet Fullilove, owner of Tiger Lilly's, whilst out for Lisa's 'MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY' themed 30th birthday party in the Oakford. I was attracting a lot of attention due to the tea cup fascinator with wired playing cards balanced on my head. Scarlet asked if I would be interested in putting a few things in her shop and I jumped at the chance. It's the first time I have ever done anything like this and I quite like it! What an opportunity! So go and check out the shop it is full of wonderful vintage clothing, jewellery, bags, the lot. I could have easily spent a small fortune on some of Scarlet's handmade bracelets. Hopefully my bits will sell and I will manage to walk out of the shop without spending the money... I seriously doubt it!

I think a green poker may would look great underneath!

The mystery of the missing bunting pattern

Can I find it? No
Is it in my spare room? Yes
Might it be beneath the mountain of wool and other bits that seems to take over the floor space? YES

Does anyone have a pattern? I have been looking everywhere and I can 't find it!!! Knit or crochet will do?

Hmmmmmmm will continue to look in the hope of it just turning up right beneath my nose!

Knit Happens

We are having an extra knit night 6pm onwards in the Swan Inn, Newtown, Newbury on May 27th.
Come along!

I am going to have a go at this. I have never knitted anything that could be worn before, well actually I did knit a Xmas pudding hat that was far too big! It could be a challenge but it may actually spur me on to purchase some yarn from the Skeinqueen. Hmmmm looking forward to it! As I was downloading the info from the Stitch and Bitch email my attention was drawn to this website NetGranny where you can hire a granny to knit you some socks. Brilliant!

Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef
The Final Contribution!

We have done it! We took the final bag of PHS corals to Festival Hall ready to be put alongside the other work before it goes off the the Knitting and Stiching Show.

Weymouth 2008

Eweleaze Campsite, Osmington

If anyone wants to ever escape and relax with beautiful scenery in a tent, then this is the place to go.

The locals are pretty good to!

Make, Bake and Take @ Alan and Lynda's Wedding

9th August 2008

Lisa and I started this project as soon as the invite came through the door, sometime in February I think. Lynda and Alan had decided not to have a traditional wedding cake instead they asked guests to bake a fete style cake and take it along to the wedding where it will be judged alongside the others.

We thought we would get creative and combine a gift and a cake. You can't have a wedding without some kind of white wedding cake! All the parts were made seperately and we put it all together the night before we were due to travel up north for the wedding!

We bought some hat boxes and made cosies to go over the top using a bit of crochet and knit.

Bubbles got a little too close to our white cake.

The finished cake! All we had to do was get it there.
After a beautiful wedding ceremony we boarded the double deckers and went to the middle of nowhere for the reception.

We were taken to a barn with a coconut shy and swanky festival toilets.

The wedding favors were brewed and bottle by Mr & Mrs Aitchison. Sloe gin or raspberry vodka. A perfect way to start dinner...

The competition!

Some amazing cakes... There was even a hedgehog cake. It brought back lots of childhood memories. All the cakes were cut into slices and put on each of the tables. We got the hedgehog and here's Lisa's verdict

1st Prize the veggie patch cup cakes. They were absolutely amazing and there was no way they were going to be beaten.

Brilliant!

2nd Prize Charlotte and Annabelle's very fete style cake.

Joint 3rd Prize Hamish's metal sculpted cake and our knitted wedding cake. We were very pleased and used this as an excuse to drink lots of champagne and wine!

Farewell Richard and Norwell...

Sarah I hope your Pad Thai makes it to Thailand in one piece!

Good luck and see you there soon x