tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208331884046907502013-05-24T13:06:51.359+01:00Lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918211625453430621noreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520833188404690750.post-35659875784571191722013-05-20T19:40:00.000+01:002013-05-20T19:40:27.365+01:00

Recently there was a lovely idea posted at Sian's blog.  She suggested we should hold a bloggers' Swap of Very Small Things.    We e-mailed our details to Sian and she made up a Swap List.  The idea was that you would send a Swap package to the person below you on the list.  So I was sending my package of Very Small Things to Jean (whose parcel was posted today!); and I have received a

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I got a Blog Feature!  I am very lucky to have a feature post on the Supporting Artists blog.  Happy Lizzie :-)   I'm a member of the Supporting Artists Team on Etsy.  It's an invitation-only team and they choose a limited number of sellers, from shops selling a wide variety of things.  I was flattered to be invited to join and also very pleased to be asked to submit an article about my

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I like it when I have some time on a Sunday evening, to just sit in my studio and play with paper.  It's nice to just make anything I want - and this evening, I did just that! I found some fun fabric in the local sewing and patchwork supplies shop.  They stock a wide range of fabrics, mostly cottons (but also linens, silks and other stuff) mainly for quilting/patchwork.  I often go there and

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On Wednesday evening, Jeff the Builder came to see us.  He did this to the wall on our stairway: A hole... A larger hole...   ... you can see the upstairs floorboards...   He was looking to see the structure of the wall and whether it was supporting the upstairs landing & other walls.  Because, he wants to knock that wall down... but we'd rather the upstairs rooms didn't end

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Spring is definitely here now - despite the fact that it's really rather cold today!  We have had sunshine. The blossoms are out, the spring flowers are blooming.  Our garden is full of birds.  We even have a family of blackbirds, who have all fledged and spend their days following their harrassed parents, begging them for food.  The blue-tits are nesting in the nest-box on our acacia tree - I

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[Source]   So, yesterday was a typical sort of Monday... and this morning, I was wondering how it is that I am so tired; then I remembered all that I did yesterday and of course, then it was obvious!    I'm sure everyone has a busy day in their week and sometimes several; I know we all have extra-busy days sometimes.  So, I'm not writing this post as a way of moaning, or making it look as

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Okay, so here are the Results of the Prize Draw for National Stationery Week! Last weekend I posted that the week was called National Stationery Week - goodness knows who decided this, but it seemed to be widely accepted as true... so who am I to object? And, as I Make Stationery (after all, what are books - especially notebooks & journals?), it seemed only right to have a small celebration

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This week is "National Stationery Week" - or so I am reliably informed, by at least two of my Facebook friends.  And, what do I make? Books. Which are Stationery of course! Sooo, in honour of the occasion, I thought a little Giveaway is in order! * * * Three nice little prizes - one of each: One of my Kraft-covered "Moleskine" style notebooks, in its own little envelope...  

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This post is part of "WOYWW" at Julia's Stamping Ground.  Why not pop over there to see who else is busy this week? After you have read my post, of course!! So, I am Still Making Books! Of course, it's what I do... but sometimes I do make scrap pages, cards or other crafty stuff.... Evidence? My Crochet Basket contains a project with a variety of crochet squares. I hope I'll be able to

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Another new Simon's Cat film is out - this time, featuring the Kitten too! I couldn't resist showing it to you; it will make you laugh - and cringe...

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We’re back in Wells for a holiday!  Wells-Next-the-Sea in Norfolk is our very special place to be – if we could afford to, we’d live here.  Instead, we have to be content with a visit whenever we can manage – usually at least one a year. It’s a lovely small town by the sea, with a great atmosphere, nice people and plenty of beautiful scenery all around.  The town has been carefully kept free of

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James has been playing the guitar since he was 7 years old.  He started having lessons while he was at Lower School and has continued enthusiastically since then.  He's pretty good; in fact, he has a bit of a gift for it and loves to play pieces of all kinds, as well as composing his own music.  He had the opportunity to play some of his own compositions, while he was at Middle School, though

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I have been working on a commission order, for a Wedding Guest Book.  The customer's wedding has a rainbow theme and she wanted a book that would fit this theme.  She liked the rainbow paper in some of my notebooks, but wanted a white or cream cover.  After some discussion, we came up with a plan.  The book is now finished and this is it: It's a hard-cover case-bound book (ie. a traditional

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Hi, today I'm joining in with WOYWW at Julia's Stamping Ground.  When  you've finished here, why not click the link and go to see what's on everyone elses' desks today? The Peacock Wedding Guest Book is Finished!   I've just completed this project, for customer Helen's wedding in May.   The book covers have a reproduction of a Chinese wallpaper, from Erddig Hall in Wales.  The lovely

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A day late, but this is what was going on in LizzieMade's Studio yesterday! I'm joining in with WOYWW at Julia's Stamping Ground - when you've read this, why not go and see what's going on there?  * * * Still working on Rachel's Rainbow Wedding Guest Book commission. Since I last posted about this, I have hand-stitched the headbands, at top & bottom of the book block (the stitched

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See you there!

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So, this weekend I should be here: This is Knuston Hall, where I was going for a bookbinding & repair course.   Instead, I am here: bed...   I've been nursing my mother through a nasty fluey cold thing, this week. She's been feeling pretty poorly and has a bad cough etc.  Today I had to stay in bed, because I also have the lurgy.  My mum phoned this morning and said she was feeling

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Thought it was high time I posted something. And today is Wednesday, so I took a few pictures of my desk, to show what's going on just now, in my not-as-messy-as-last-Wednesday Studio! (Thursday was Tidy-up Day and it looks so much better, though still some way to go...) ..err... yes, still a bit of a way to go.... but at least you can see the (nicely vacuumed) floor! * * *   So, I am

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Well, just now it seems to be fairly "normal" round here.  We still miss our dear old puss-cat and the house seems quiet and a bit empty without him.  But we're getting on with our lives - you have to really. * * * I'm busy helping my mum, as usual, but she is coping a bit better now, which is a relief to both of us.  She's sorted out some problems she was having with the carers who come in on

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This is a sad post, but I want to write it anyway.   Today our dear, beloved cat Sherlock fell peacefully asleep, after struggling with health problems for some weeks. We will miss him sorely.  He was beautiful, gentle, soppy, sweet, friendly, curious, happy, demanding, grateful, good company, soft, fluffy, cuddly, funny, sometimes grumpy or sulky, always a real Cat.  He was our pet, our

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Well, I haven't been a very regular blogger in recent months. But I couldn't let the year come to a close, without managing one more post. So, just to wish all my Blogging Friends, far and near, a Very Happy New Year and a successful, happy and bloggy 2013! Happy New Year Friends!  

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I'm joining in with WOYWW at Julia's Stamping Ground. Go and see what everyone else has been making (well, after you read my post, eh?) I'm having a burst of successful sales, in my Etsy and Folksy shops!  This week I took three packages to the PO on Monday, three more on Tuesday and there are four waiting to go tomorrow (Thursday), as the PO was closed this afternoon.  It seems that I should

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I've been busy bookbinding recently, even if I haven't blogged much.  The situation with my mum's health, has meant I have had to close my order book for the complex, bigger books and albums, that I was making up until the summer.  In an effort to keep the business running, at least in some measure, I'm fitting in as many smaller books as I can.    I posted yesterday, about a batch of

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This post is part of Sian's Storytelling Sunday for 2012.  Read her story for this month, at her blog "From High in the Sky" and follow the links to dozens of other great stories!  This is the last "Storytelling Sunday" of 2012, so I really wanted to join in. But what story to tell? I have been so busy recently and couldn't think what to share...  Well, there's been a lot of laundry round

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Hello! Welcome to my post, which is part of our "Frosty Festivities" Blog Hop.  Our theme is "Winter" and my contribution is below. You should have landed here from Lisa-Jane's blog.  If you didn't come from there and you want to follow the whole Hop, then it started at Jennifer's blog (and it ends there too!).  There is also a complete list of every blog, in order, just at the bottom of

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