Easter pressies with a difference

As Easter is on its merry way, I thought I'd post a selection of items from my Etsy shop to give you an idea for some pressies. There's still time of place an order, but you'll need to hurry if you want it in time for the weekend!

If you like any of these suggestions, just click the picture and it will take you straight to the shop!

Use promo code EASTER to get 10% off until 26th April 2011!!

Bag a Tea Cosy!

I've added a new section to my Etsy shop this week: Bags. And, there are a few more tea cosies ready and waiting for someone to take them home.

So head over to my shop and bag yourself a tea cosy! (See what I did there? I'm too funny for words!)

These two are my top favourites!

Pink Bunny Mini Bag

Spotty Tea Cosy

Jumping on the Royal Wedding bandwagon

How many times in our lifetime will we see a proper Royal Wedding?? I say 'proper', cos loads of Royals have got married in recent years, but how many of them are a) 2nd in line to the throne and b) marrying a regular girl with no title of her own therefore turning the 'girl next door' into a real life princess?

Just about everyone is cashing in on the Royal Wedding at the moment. Some are doing it out of pure greed to see what money they can make out of some cheap and nasty tatt but many are doing it in celebration of such a great event which comes around once in a blue moon. (Please note I am part of the second group!)

In celebration of what will be The Wedding of The Year, I have created two lovely items: a teacosy and a shopping bag!

The Tea Cosy

Many people will be having street/garden/tea parties to celebrate Prince William's nuptials, so I thought it would be very fitting to make a tea cosy using the Royal Wedding Fabric from Makower. You can't get any more quintessentially British than a tea cosy...

I bought both the navy print and the cream print and they are both equally lovely. Theses tea cosies will look fabulous on any afternoon tea, even after the wedding! If you'd like one, you can purchase it here.

The Shopping Bag

Plastic bags are ugly. There, I said it. I have always thought this and now more than ever, I am always on the look out for lovely new bags to carry my shopping in. I love saying "It's alright, I don't need a bag" and then whipping out the latest addition to my burgeoning bag collection (many people have asked me about my bag of choice, the most popular being my Dirty Dancing bag, but that is another story!).

So naturally, as soon as I saw the Royal Wedding fabric, I thought 'that would make a fab bag!'.

If you want one of thes royal bags for yourself, then pop over to my wee Etsy shop!

Tea cosies now in my Etsy shop!

Since making a tea cosy for my Nan-in-Law's Christmas pressie, I have been inspired to make more. And now I have two tea cosies in my Etsy shop which I am quite excited about! I have decided to make them to measure so each one will be the perfect size for their teapot.

Here's a wee peek at my first two designs:

Please pop over and have a look and maybe treat yourself/your teapot to a new cosy which will be a perfect fit!

I'm a little teapot...

...short and stout...

...here's my handle...

...and here's my spout!

This lovely little teapot is a birthday present for my nan-in-law and to make it even cuter I decided to make it a wee tea cosy.

I have never made a tea cosy before, and it was surprisingly easy. The sewing machine behaved itself and apart from me having a blonde moment and sewing the bottom sides together and then having to unpick it all and start again, it was a fun project. I may just write a tutorial for it during the hols!

I used a charming fabric with different teapots and teacups on it which I think adds to the cuteness of the mini teapot and its mini cosy.

Now, time for a cuppa. How do you take yours?

PS - I bought this teapot in Sainsbury's and it comes with a box of fairtrade teabags. It is the perfect size for one person who is very thirsty or two people who only want a small cuppa.