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Latest Instagram Likes

Am going to make a regular feature of my Instagram "likes".  Instagram is a phone app where people from all over the world post their beautiful photos, there are options to use various filters, frames and effects too.

Christmas Craft Fair

I am busy beavering away, preparing for next weekends Christmas Craft Fair in a little village called Grindleton, near Clitheroe in Lancashire.  On our stall we will be selling cards, christmas decorations, pictures, cushions, gifts and stocking fillers.

Come along and say "hello" if you are in the area.

Here are some pictures of my "work in progress"...

I have also opened an Etsy shop called Rankidoodle, I will start selling my cards and gifts after the fair so if you see anything you fancy pop in my shop in a couple of weeks!

Instagram Addict

Instagram is a fab new app which allows you to put nice, vintage effects and frames onto your smartphone photos.  You can then share your photos with other Instagram users or keep them private.  It is a vast and friendly community from all over the world.

Here are some piccys I have given the instagram treatment...

I also use an app called pic frame (69p - only available on iphone, ipad & ipod touch) to create multi images like these...

You can have followers and follow people you like and you can keep a file of images you "like"  here are a couple of pages of images I have "liked"...

If you would like to follow me on instagram my user name is rankidoodle

Etsy Friday

Time for another lovely shop on Etsy.  Joanna Rutter creates these cute and quirky jewellery pieces made from sterling silver and wood.

Joanna also has a lovely blog showcasing some of her lovely surface patterns and more jewellery

Prices range from £18 to £120.

Etsy Friday

The Emma Lamb shop on Etsy creates really lovely vintage and retro inspired crochet including granny cushions, pot holders, forever flower garlands, floor throws, pin cushions and more...

These are really lovely, you can buy a cushion cover for around £50 and the garlands start at £34.

The Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap

The Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap is a quarterly global swap of stitched postcard love, where people across the world make a postcard-sized piece of art using any materials they like.  The only rules are that it needs to include some kind of stitching, and it needs to fit with that quarter’s swap theme. 

Every participant is allocated a swap partner to post their creation to, and then they receive some creative goodness (in the form of another handmade postcard) from someone else somewhere in the world. 

It is free to enter (participants just pay for the cost of posting their postcard) – and it is a whole lot of fun! 

The theme was "BLOOM".  The first pictures are of the postcard I sent to a girl in America and the last photos are of the postcard I received back from another girl from America...

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My postcard came from Donnalee Nichols, you can see more of her work on her blog here

Participants are then asked to post the cards they have received on the groups Flickr page here

EtsyFriday

LOVE LOVE LOVE these little comfort boxes from kims little monsters on Etsy.  They are little comforting messages with lovely quirky 3D illustrations in a matchbox.  They have messages such as "You look wonderful today" and "You can do anything"...

There are also kits where you can make up the boxes yourself...

The comfort boxes cost just over £7 each.

Etsy Friday

Another lovely shop on etsy is Freya art.

Artist and poet Freya Etes work has purity of vision and a forever optomistic view of the world.

She creates quirky, heart warming and thought provoking pieces...

Prices range from £3 ish for a card up to just below £50 for a large print.

You can see more of her work here

Ramsbottom Festival

Quite a lot is happening in my little town.  If you have never visited Ramsbottom it is a lovely little town 5 miles north of Bury (about 15 miles from Manchester) with quaint shops and houses. It boasts numerous restaurants and pubs, lovely gift shops, 2 art galleries, antique shops and even a chocolate shop!  

It's the perfect place to come for a little wander round on a sunday.

Ramsbottom are having their own music festival in September, it should be good, here are the details...

You can find out more information, buy tickets and hear music from the bands here