The birthday season

One of the things I love about this time of year is that it's the birthday season!  Not just mine but those of many relatives and friends. Obviously (!) I''ve lots of lovely furoshiki for wrapping all those presents - here's one I did earlier this week, a simple blue wrap for a 15 year old boy.

As well as enjoying experimenting to find the right wrap for a gift, I'm always on the look out for eco friendly and original cards to add to my stock.  I have some great re-usable Cloth & Card cards like these made by my sister, Oli;

 
Dig the Earth is another favourite for his bright, zingy designs;

Aleximo Croissant's alien is a big hit with my nephews;

and I was really pleased when I finally got round to visiting The Gift Tag, a gem of a shop in our village, to find a great selection of handmade cards and photo cards with local views.

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* Day 24 *

Almost there and I'm back on track!

Taonga Jewellery

Even though we've never met, we've met some great people online this year and it's been such a boost to have such lovely customers - friendly, enthusiastic and general all round nice, nice people! Oh, and very talented too ...

Lili draws pictures

Zebedee

Aleximo Croissant

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* Day 19 *

(and normal font service has been resumed ...)

A big thank you to everyone who mentioned us in their blogs.
We've found ourselves in some great places this year:

* The Earth Day feature on Cuteable, run by Lynsey from SwirlyArts
* GlassPrimitif's feature on Folksy Finds
* PiratePixieCrew's Autonomous Artisans' Coriandr feature
* Coriandr Featured seller of the week - thanks to DigTheEarth
* The Coriandr Express blog
* Found on Folksy in It's in the bag
* Making good use of all our fabric scraps in Sew Mama Sew's Scrapbuster month
* Alongside some lovely sellers at Ilkley Market
* Great gift wrapping ideas in Wrapped up in Bow by Aleximo Croissant
* Birmingham Friends of the Earth It's a Wrap for eco-friendly wrapping
* With the cutest deer in Lili Draws Pictures' Happy Holidays post on Craft Candy
* and finally, wrapping it up, in Pink to Green