Folksy Friday Special - Nat's Nest

It has been a while since I have managed to complete a Folksy Friday, but after buying myself some birthday treats I have been inspired. If anyone saw my last post, I bought a wonderful White Rabbit from Nat's Nest on Folksy, so this week my Folksy Friday is all about the wonderful Nat's Nest. Nat makes adorable, and beautifully made BriesBerry Mice and Carrotby Bunnies (plus the ocassional fox). They aren't intended to be toys for children, they more ornamental, but they do make adorable gifts for those who are that bit older, but still a kid at heart :)





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Hello 30s - day 13 - 15

Day 13: Goodies!!! I used some of my birthday money to order myself some treats at the end of last week, and they all arrived on Friday. It was so exciting to open the door to a postie holding a pile of parcels :)

I bought treats from Nat's Nest on Folksy, Scape on Folksy, and a whole bunch of Cernit clay, and some inks, that I can't wait to start playing with, from EJR Beads.

This is the White Rabbit from Nat's Nest, he is adorable, and beautifully made. Nat even sent him along with his own carrot :)

The wonderfully talented Nat also included one of her lovely cards. I plan to frame it at some point, it is so pretty.

This is my peridot stacking ring that Caroline from Scape made for me. It is one of the most beautiful, delicate and exquisite rings I have ever owned, and I love that it was made just for me :)

Day 14:
Not an awful lot gets done on a Saturday, we watched a pretty terrible film...however boyfriend did make me these yummy vegetable chilli wraps - delicious :)

Day 15:
I want to crack on with bead making with my Cernit clay, as I haven't used it before, but seems as I only have a limited supply, and I want to try a few new things, I thought it might help to try and go through a few cane colour combinations in Illustrator first. Usually I create my beads quite instinctively and organically from whatever is in front of me, but I am really enjoying this process, as I am able to see so many more different combinations than what I can normally just visualise. It is quite time consuming, but I will be interested to see the end result.

Neglected!!

My poor blog seems to have been somewhat neglected over the last few weeks. I have been a little bit busy, but not with all the creative things I should have been doing, but now it is back to business.

Firstly I want to thank Rainbowfizz and Nat from Nat's Nest for nominating me for a sunshine award. I am very flattered that you both thought me a mention.

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  Sunshine Award Rules
  
  The Sunshine Award is awarded to bloggers whose positivity & creativity inspires others in the blog world.
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  I guess we all know what it is like to write a blog sometimes, and feel like no one ever reads it, so the awards are a lovely way to show each other appreciation and spread the word :)
  
  
  So here are my nominees:
  
  
  Adventures of the Squeegee
  Bonbi Forest
  Clair Wolfe Jewellery
  Dinky Daisy
  Hamilton Jewellery
  It belongs to Turtle
  Little Scruffs Miniature Bears
  Mad About Bags
  Maya Made
  Pips
  That Crafty Fish
  Exploring the Art of Polymer Clay
  
  
  Thank you again for my award guys, and thank you Nat for helping me when I was confused!
  
  
  So what else have I been up to? Well there hasn't been too much making going on, as I spent half of last week back home at my parents. I wasn't able to see my mum on Mother's day so I went up early. It was really nice to see my folks again, and I was able to see my brother and sister and both their families too :) I was finally able to give my brother's family their christmas presents, as the snow over christmas had stopped us from seeing them. We got our gift of wines and chocolates - some of the chocolate may already be gone :).
  
  
  My niece had asked to see my old Sylvanians, and it was great fun sorting through all my old toys and school work from the attic. I was pleasantly surprised that all my Sylvanians were all still in one piece, I used to be so careful with them, it is amazing to think that they are 20 years old, and that now my niece plays with some of the same characters.
  
  
  I took a visit to my old first school too, to see my niece get praised for her great work in assembly. I was a very proud aunty! It was so weird walking into the old hall, and remembering how big and intimidating it used to seem!
  
  
  Also my mum gave me a tool kit, it used to belong to my nan, and now with all the crafts and making that I am doing, my mum thought it might be useful for me.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I love it, it is heavy, and all the tools are heavy and solid. I also love my grandad's old tobacco tins (back from the day when they didn't know smoking was bad for you), they have so much character, oh, and the old tape measure that smells of dressmaking.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I am back home now, and trying to figure out what to start on next. I am still trying to potter along using up all the resources I already have, so I don't have to spend any money. I used the last of my photo corners yesterday making cards. I have been creating with lots of cut out bits of paper and paint, these cards are prints from the original collages.
  
  
  
  I am now out of photo corners and envelopes, and I could also do with some new paper to print on, so it looks like next week I will go back to using up my polymer clay, or drawing??