My Little Etsy Shop...

As you may have noticed, my little Etsy shop is now up and running!..

For those of you that don't know, Etsy is an online marketplace focusing on handmade and vintage...

Lately I have been crafting away, adding my handmade 'daffodils & snowdrops' items to the shop... The newest pieces being these cute scented tea cup candles...

 

Vanilla Scented Tea Cup Candle - 

daffodils & snowdrops

  At the moment I am selling a few country home style items... 

Handmade Mini Bunting... Hand Felted Soap and Scented Tea Cup Candles...

I hope you enjoy my little shop and find something you would like for your own home...

If you would like to take a look, pop over to my Etsy shop... alternatively you can check out the 'My Etsy Shop' page at the top of my blog...

Please get in touch with me if you have any questions on my items or if you would like to request something 'made to order'... daffodilsandsnowdrops@gmail.com

Mollie Makes... Issue 1...

As you might remember from my last Mollie Makes post... I missed out on issue 1...

I asked you, my fantastic blog readers, to leave a comment if you had any ideas where I could get my hands on one, or even if someone would like to donate me their copy of Mollie Makes issue1... I received some great ideas and thoughts from you all on where to get my own copy... but unfortunately I could still not find a paper copy of the mag...

Image - from Mollie Makes magazine

Then... a lovely lady called Elizabeth, living in America contacted me and said she had a copy of Mollie Makes issue1 that she would be happy to donate to me!...

Image of Paula Mills home tour page - from Mollie Makes magazine

 One of Elizabeth's favorite sections in Mollie Makes issue1 is the 'Paula Mills (Lovely Sweet William) home tour'... she especially loved the hand made heart cushion on page 43...
However Elizabeth had been unsuccessful in contacting 'Lovely Sweet William' to order a cushion of her own...

Image of Lovely Sweet William, handmade heart cushion - from Mollie Makes magazine

 I helped to put Elizabeth in touch with Shelley Gardner (the other half of Lovely Sweet William, working together with Paula Mills) who makes the fantastic heart cushions...
Together the crafty pair draw, blog and create beautiful items for their online shop...
Check out 'Lovely Sweet William' on Etsy...


I would like to say a big thank you to Elizabeth who kindly donated me her copy of Mollie Makes issue1... I absolutely love it!... I hope you managed to successfully order your 'handmade heart cushion' from 'Lovely Sweet William'...

Check out Mollie Makes at http://www.molliemakes.com/

Being Creative... Summer...

This month Julia Crossland is running a 'Being Creative' check in gallery on the subject of 'Summer'...
You can enter your links/photos up until the 31st August... So what are you waiting for... Just click on the link above...

With the Summer theme in mind, I decided I would like my blog post to focus on the Scents of Summer...

Candle - Handmade by daffodils & snowdrops
Decorative Milk Jug - Second Hand Shop
Fragrance - Vanilla

Candle - Handmade by daffodils & snowdrops
Mini Tea Cup - Our Own
Fragrance -Lavender

Candle - Handmade by daffodils & snowdrops
Decorative Tea Cup - Zara Home
Fragrance -Rose

As a gift for one of my birthdays, my parents set me up with a fantastic candle making kit... Since then I have enjoyed making my own unique candles, using various different scents and colours...
For the candles above I have used three different fragrances, which remind me of 'Summer'...
Vanilla... Lavender... and Rose...

  

I am currently in the process of setting up an etsy shop, selling some of our favourite 'daffodils & snowdrops' handcrafted items... So it would be great to hear your thoughts on our handmade candles... please leave a comment below...