Last Custom Order.

This cute little fella is the last custom order I'm doing for the year! It's getting to the point where it's almost physically impossible to have something made and posted for a safe arrival before Christmas. I have a few things I have to do today and that's it......phew! I can't believe the pace I've been working at for the past few months.......trust me I'll be better prepared for next year!
A few weeks ago I spotted these gorgeous red moose .......so it's out with the reindeer and in with the moose for this year. They are so cute and I think at some stage they might be spray painted white and kept up all year round.

I caved this year and went with the big tree in the corner of the lounge room as opposed to the stick tree I had last year.........which took up very little space! I sat it up on top of a giant trunk and now it almost touches the ceiling, it looks massive and quite dominant in the small room, but the kids love it and that's all that matters!

I told them what colours to put on it and they decorated it all by themselves, they even had the ornaments spread out evenly and not in big clumps! Now we just have to wait for Santa to visit and put some gifts under it.

Off to Market I go!

It's been one of the busiest weeks I've had so far this year with my sewing, it feels so good to get so much done and sent to various customers, and to finally be ready for the first of my Christmas markets in the morning..........I've already been to town and set my stand up so I won't have to rush too much in the morning, how good is that!

This will be the first time the people of Gunnedah ( apart from close friends ) will be able to see what I spend most of my time doing.......I hope they like what they see!

There's mostly all the items I've been making for a little while now and a few new ones.......sorry haven't taken as many pictures as I should have, here are just a few of the items I'll have on my stand tomorrow.
Some pears all done up for Christmas and some of the originals without bells and ribbon.

Loads of these little cuties!

I've taken my tree which will be adorned with gorgeous Christmas ornaments.

I think there is about 60 of these in various colours........all ready to hang!

Babushka hanging ornaments galore!

I had loads of fun making these and watching them all come to life!

I even set up a table in my house and set out some of the items to make sure everything would fit on the tables supplied and that it all looked nice.

These would have to be my favourites!

Fabric boxes made from linen and lined with some of the most gorgeous ticking I've ever seen...... all with a touch of Aunty Cookie on the front.

It's going to be a fun day and I'm really looking forward to meeting some lovely local people.

I must go and get some dinner......think I'll be having an early night tonight!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hanging Bird Ornaments.

These little hanging bird ornaments are for a special order, shortly they'll be flying all the way to Tasmania to adorn a Christmas tree or two.

I took a bit of trial and error to sort out the whole wing thing.
In this trial one I stitched down the silver feathers........very time consuming and not quite the smooth finish I was after.

Then I had a go at using applique paper to put the silver feathers on, this gave the finish I was after and combined with some pretty string I think I'm done with the trial and error bit!

I'm having a lot of fun with this Blogtoberfest challenge, I've caught myself calling it Octoberfest a few times and had a bit of a giggle ...........I don't think drinking copious amounts of beer and blogging would work now would it?

Ok, I'll be back tomorrow with day 5, see you all then.