I have been very lazy with the blogging on here, all I can say is its been a v.busy time. Anyway another book that I contributed too is out and I have been sent 5 copies, not quite sure what I'd do with 5...christmas presents?!

This is a sing-a-long book, so you press the buttons down the side and it sings the song to you, totally hilarious!

I really should update more regularly but the time just seems to trickle away some how...anyway heres some new stuff I'm working on.

So many things going on right now, house improvements, garden taming and a lot of painting...

Many, many hours spent here, luckily it is a space I love more than any other!...

...so thats ok!

Sorry for the lack of recent posts, a proper update soon I promise! Meanwhile more book reviews saying nice things!

I have been working hard on another book recently, I love kids board books, their so much fun to work on! Best bit was drawing the pigs!

Oooh my first book review, how exciting! It still seems a little strange to see my name on there,

I have been meaning (like so many other things) to post about this for ages, I love typesetting stamps, I already have a few sets gleaned from various boot sales.

My lovely husband brought me this set a few months back, I've only just gotten round to cleaning and organising it. The type is so small and hard to see I have trouble figuring out what some of the letters where.

I'm so in love with this set, I must stop playing with it and do some work!!

Sorry for the lack of posts on here, what with moving house, the fair and Christmas we just don't seem to have had a quiet minuet since August!

So a very over due post about the Selvedge Christmas Fair which I was preparing for in the last few posts. It all went pretty well, I managed to sell quite a few items (although next time I will take more of the flat packs and small cards than the 3D Circuses!) Unfortunately I was at deaths door when the fair rolled round, and taking so many pills to try to keep my temperature down and me conscious that its all a slight blur.

It was a pretty busy day, not quite as many people as the Summer Fair but as we had had a large amount of snow less than 24 hours before hand, I'm pretty surprised anyone turned up!

Here I am trying not to look too ill! 

It was terribly exciting and quite exhausting but I would definitely do it again if asked, everyone was very lovely and friendly, all in all a very good experience!
And before I forget a huge thanks to Mum, who came with, talked to people and kept me going with tea and cake, I couldn't have done it without her!!

I found this wonderful company when googling custom stamps, I have decided that I need to customise the 100 brown paper bags I have for the Fair, so was looking of somewhere that would make my Under The Stair Studios logo as a stamp.

How cute is this!! I'm so, so pleased with it and for only £22.95 a bargain, I cant wait to get stamping on my bags!!

I've been working in between other things to get enough stock together for the Selvedge Christmas Fair, I've also been thinking about how I go about displaying my little creations. We each get a table top, then its up to me to supply anything else. 

I'm thinking of using 2 of these old apple crates I got from a vintage garden place in Bath, I think with fairy lights and silver Christmas baubles they could look very pretty!

I managed to score this bargain at the carboots a few weeks ago, for the outrageously bargainuss price of £2, ideal for putting the stall name and price list on...after a little tlc!

and here it is after a lick of paint and a frame we where using in the bathroom (I need to take the picture out obviously!) not bad for £2!!

Then last weekend I managed to find this cute little child's suitcase at a boot sale full of tools!! I thought it might do for displaying my Flat Packs (and if not I'm sure I can think of something else to use it for, for only £1 I couldn't leave it!!) 
So I think I'm nearly there with it, just need to dig my Christmas decorations out of the loft now!!