The sun is on its way!

Bring out the bunting!

The sun is on it's way

I'm going to be sitting out enjoying it 

next week - every day !

However if the weathermen are wrong I'll just have to stay indoors and make more of my bunting cards :O)

Sorry for the bloggy break!   The Roscommon Lamb Festival is now over so my full attention will be back on Michellemadethis. 

I've had a camera man at the cottage filming me this week so hopefully that should be available next week.  As a result of that the sewing corner has been given a makeover - pics to follow.  In fact LOTS of pics to follow.

Have a lovely weekend peeps!

Wooly Crafts

I'm busy as a bee

crafting late at night 

and early in the morning

getting ready for the

Wool Craft Village

I'm organising at this years

Roscommon Lamb Festival 

If you fancy trying your hand at any wool related crafts

I've organised lots of fabulous workshops

The Yarn Room

12.30 – 1.30 pm – Spinning with Nancy Devlin using a spindle and a wheel

1.45 pm – 2.15 pm – Beginners crochet with Patricia Kearney

2.30 – 3.30 pm – Feltmaking with Maggie Dolan

3.45 – 4.45pm – Loom & Tapestry Weaving with Fran Crowe

The Wool Shed

12.30 – 1.30 pm – Weaving a mat on a peg loom with Caroline Walshe

1.45 – 2.15 pm – Spinning Introduction with Gerardine Murphy

2.30 – 3.30 pm – Needle Felting for kids with Carmel Creaner

3.45 – 4.45 pm – Crochet– making crochet flowers & butterflies with Carmen Heffernan

To book your place on one of the workshops above please emailmichelle@michellemadethis or call Michelle on 085 1111984

I'm really looking forward to crochet flowers with Carmen Heffernan.  Carmen was featured in Mollie Makes magazine and has a beautiful shop on Etsy selling her crochet creations. 

In fact I want to do all of the workshops!

I've got lots planned for the day including a Knit'n Natter Cafe, a Spinning Area for people to join in and have a go and an interactive Knitting Circle.

Keeeeeep Stitching!

Mx

Magazine Interview

I was contacted by Confetti magazine a few days ago asking to interview me regarding my Hen Party Crafternoons.

You can read the full interview here.

If you know any hens,

chicks are welcome too

That are planning a party

or a bit of a do

who want something different

something unique

a party from which

they will have something to keep

Put them in touch

with yours truly, that's me!

michelle at michellemadethis dot com

for a fun filled crafty hen party!

Autumn Workshops

It's that time of year ... the nights are getting longer and colder and we're all thinking about night classes.

If you fancy trying something new - knitting, sewing, cushion making, card making, making your own bunting and gift wrap or tipping your toes into the world wide web and learning how to use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN and Skype well you've come to the right place. 

I will be running the following workshops over the next few months (poster available to download here)

6 week evening workshops

Sewing - Tuesday 20th Sept – 25th Oct (6 wks) 7.30 – 9.00 pm  

 

Learn to Knit - Wednesday 14th Sept – 19th Oct (6 wks) 7.30 – 9.00 pm  

Social Media for beginners - Thursday 22nd Sept – 27th Oct (6 wks) 7.30 – 9.00pm

Knit Night Friday 16th Sept – 21st Oct 7.30 – 9.00pm

** NEW ** Saturday Craftenoons ** NEW **

Saturday 2-500pm at An Teach Ban, Corbo, Roscommon

Sewing Machine Basics - Sat 17th Sept

Cushion Making - Sat 24th Sept

Learn to Knit - Sat 1st Oct

Card Making - Sat 8th Oct

Sewing Machine Basics - Sat 15th Oct

Make a Tote Bag - Sat 22nd Oct

Appliqué & embroidery - Sat 29th Oct

Make & take bunting - Sat 5th Nov

Make your own Gift Wrap Sat 12th Nov

Fabric Printing Sat 19th Nov €50

 

You can book and pay online if you have a paypal account. 

Alternatively you can email me to book your place and pay on the night.

 

Have a fab weekend x

Valentines Day

It's coming soon

Valentines Day

So here I am

working away

making cards with lots of love

for you to give

on Valentines Day

xxxx

Christmas Post Dates 2010

Yes it's time!!

Time to get those Christmas cards a written

and off to the Post Office  ....

if you want them to get there on time :) 

Especially the all important letter to Santa !!

Last postage dates for posting (from Ireland) below with more details here

For those of you in the UK the Royal Mail dates are all available here

 Ho! Ho! Ho!

only 24 days to go !

 Better get my cards finished

This is what my kitchen looks like at the mo :)

Feeling soooo Christmassy :)

Oh the weather outside is frightful

but inside it's so delightful

I'm busy sewing stockings for Christmas

and stamping wrapping paper too

doing a few christmassy watercolours

and making Christmas cards too

Feeling ever so christmassy

Are you??

Card Making in the sun

This is just a quickie

as I just cannot miss

a second of this sunshine

Isn't it just bliss!

I've got some cards to make

and can't bear to be inside

so I packed up all my stuff

and now I'm doing it outside !

Have a lovely weekend everyone!!

New range of cards

I was recently asked to provide some cards for a local jewellery shop.  I decided to design an exlusive range with a bit of bling using damask printed papers, diamantes and lots of glitter.

I finally got them all packaged up Saturday and dropped off ... I'd forgotten how time consuming making cards is.

Here's a sneak peak at some of them ...

The cards are currently on sale at Mary Raffertys Jewellers in Roscommon. 

If you do purchase one let me know - it's great to get feedback :o)

Making a list and checking it twice!

Sorry for the little blog break.

Things have been a little hectic around here what with the floods, the strike and the fact that I've decided to have a little Country Cottage Christmas Craft event in a few weeks.

I have been busy busy busy making lots of lists and checking them twice.

My kitchen is definitley looking like Santa's workshop - he'd be sooo impressed.  Ok maybe not with the 'mess' but certainly with the output.   I can't upload any pics at the mo (seems to be a recurring issue with my blog lately - anyone else having probs??) but will post a few sneaky peeks tomorrow.

In the meantime thank you so much for all the lovely comments about the new blog banner and hello to all my new followers and facebook fans.

Making Christmas Cards

Today I went to college wearing this (only 1 euro from Penneys aka Primark)

and I showed everyone how to make these

whilst we listened to this

and ate these

Feeling all fun and festive today :o)

Click here for the tutorial for making the Christmas cards from used drink cans.

Happy Easter everyone x

gorgeous easter bunny from the charity shop in a dress from tesco



knitted chicks stuffed with eggs on a bed of shredded paper (trying to look like a nest)



various easter egg cozies made with felt

easter card

felt chick egg cozy

my easter tree

knitted bunny & egg cozy

felt chicken cozy


Wishing you all a fun filled Easter weekend.

Michelle x

Love is all around

Ok, the weekend of card making has paid off and I have a nice collection of valentines for all you love birds out there.

I've been making them in my 'craft' room which was actually getting to a lovely tidy state until I started making these cards - just look at the mess of that desk !!!



I hope the link works below, if not you can go directly to my flickr account to see all the valentine cards ... and actually all my other cards too :o) Otherwise, I've attached a couple of pics below ... just in case.

Remember the post about the red clay? Well here's how I used some of the things I did with it

www.flickr.com

Sorry about the awful picture quality. Anyone any tips on taking pics of cards ?? Feel free to leave me a comment if you have as they seem to be getting worse instead of better!