A Handmade Shopping Affair

If you pop by regularly you'd know that I sell my crochet creations on Felt and Etsy.  One of the things it has made me more aware of for myself is the want/need to buy handmade goods directly from the people who make them, just as I want people to buy from me. 

I've been incredibly fortunate recently to have bought some incredibly gorgeous creations (all for myself!) so I thought I might share :-)

A Bit of Mystery

Based in Huntly and is a great shop on felt that has loads of bags  from recycled mens ties, this is the one I bought, it's a perfect size, beautifully finished - I love it so much!
 

trash footwear

 Based in Raglan, all their shoes are made from recycled or upcylced material.  I loved it that he could tell me where the material for mine came from :-)  I got some ballet shoes in a lovely retro purpley flower material and some boots which have green leather (where the brown is) and a fab red and green tartan

 

By Nature

Based on Waiheke Island the lovely Mel is showing off a petticoat made from bamboo cotton.  Mine is black without the lace panel. Made to measure, it's the most comfortable piece of underwear I own!

Lavage Handcrafted Soap Boutique

Based in Wellington, and with a factory shop in Plimmerton, the amazing Jayne comes up with brill creative treats for your body.  A great fan of Lavage I use her handmade soaps and body mist daily. And fighting off my germs a few weeks ago, this eucalyptus soy Melt Me was great to burn in the room. 

These are just a few of my recent purchases.  Jewellery would need a couple of posts just for itself, what with the fab earrings, nose rings, ring rings, bracelets, pendants and brooches I'm a bit of an accessory nut! :-) Shamefully I haven't keep a note of everyone I have bought from from I strongly recommend having a look on www.felt.co.nz there is something to suit everyones tastes!

Featuring Patch

The Etsy Blooger of the month is an incredibly busy lady - 3 shops and 2 blogs!

Patch lives in Thailand and is incredibly talented, and her shops are well worth a visit.

Some of my favourite things:

Supply Shop

Jewelry Shop

Vintage shop (I wish I could fit this!)

 And she can be found blogging here and here

Tuesday's Me

Hurray! Tuesday is nearly done.

I find Tuesday a really tough day in a working week, it's not quite the beginning, and it's not the middle, and I'm always really happy when it's finished :-)

I'm dabbling in crocheted yarn jewelry. I make them for myself to wear as something a bit different, you can have a look here and see what you think of the necklace. The one in the picture is a more wrap around one. I wear one with pink flowers on it and I get lots of comments.

Last night I was working on some granny square circle things (not sure if they have a name) and was having real problems deciding on how they could go together and make something functional. I brought them to work to see what the team thought, and the answer? I'm going to make a table mat/runner thing - how kitsch is that! :-)

Andrew has been a bit slack with the blogging and the sewing :-) I have opened him a shop here http://www.shophandmade.com/Store/Stitchnkitsch and if I can find the charger for my camera I'm going to put some of his little animals on it tonight and I'll add his link to the blog as well so you can track his progress. I've heard it's quite a good little shopping place, so if he goes well there I might join him :-D

Hope your week has started well!