Top 20 ideas for fundraising / marketing

          So how are those doughnuts dunking in the woollywotnots doughtnut challenge   in time for National Doughnut Week? Thanks to everyone for posting updates via email; making donations to the justgiving website already(!) and joining the woollywotnots doughnut flickr group. Please make use of the button in the top right hand corner of this [...]

Bags of love

Anyone who knows me, will know I have quite a thing for handbags. I always like my accessories to all be matching and coordinating with what I’m wearing. If you haven’t already, have a look at Christine’s handbag shop at Etsy.   Christine has been generous enough to share one of her patterns for a beautiful red [...]

Top Ten Garden Picks

Well, as I’m busy working away on my garden-swap, I thought I’d continue the garden theme with a few snippets from my garden and my top ten recommendations for garden buys.  April is a great month to see colour start to appear. Here’s some trees in my garden:                 [...]

Congratulations to Hollingdale Designs

The 2009 Delphi Annual Art Glass Festival was held in April to help celebrate National Art Glass. It is an opportunity for glass artists from around the world to show their work. Have a look at the winners from this link. I love one of the winning entries for the kiln formed glass. It is [...]

Garden Swap

  Kerry is hosting a Garden Swap. You can read more on her blog, which I first heard about on Crafteroo. The rules are as follows: You must make one handmade item in a garden theme, this can be something for the garden, or something with a garden theme- insects, flowers, etc. An item of a [...]

Marathon Sized!

    Marathon Sized!   Well, The London Marathon, it’s a long-running saga. Indeed, it’s been going for nearly 30 years. And in this time more than half a million marathon marvels – of various shape, size and ability -  have completed the daunting challenge. If you’re not a runner, how about raising money through [...]

Going round and round in doughnut circles!

I’ve been knitted some more doughnuts for the National Doughnut Challenge. I took the following materials: And knit on the round I love knitting on the round. It makes knitting so much more interesting. I think it is a very clever technique. Et voila!    You can purchase the doughnut pictured from Woollywotnots’ shop  

Ideas for the National Doughnut Challenge

Have found some great ideas for the doughnut challenge on flickr. Check these photos out from various crafters! Sewers: Doughnut Pin Cushions Felt Doughnuts and doughnut earrings – how cute! Circus Earings Strawberry Frost   cute key rings

Lunchtime doughnut and tea!

I made this in my lunch time today for the national doughnut challenge Doughnut and Tea You can purchase the doughnut pictured above from Woollywotnots’ shop

Take a ‘dunk’ with the National Doughnut Challenge!

Take a ‘dunk’ with the National Doughnut Challenge!     2009 sees the seventeenth national doughnut week to be held which raises funds for The Children’s Trust. Join in and help disabled children. National Doughnut Week is held this year from May 9th -16th 2009. Arguably the nation’s tastiest fundraiser, National Doughnut Week has been [...]