Boost Your Blog Course with the Great Little Picture Company

Well hello and a very warm, woolly and fully felted welcome to you all, on this fine Sunday afternoon!

Today I would like to share with you a fantastic course run by the Great Little Picture Company, its all about boosting your blog with relevant content and how to take good blog photos.  I went to this just this morning, we started at 9am and had completed everything we needed to know by 12 noon.

The course is extremely well constructed and founder of GLPC Sara Moseley makes everything really easy and simple to follow, she is a very generous and patient tutor.  Detailed course notes are provided for you as part of your course session and for you to take home and refer back to.  Tea's and coffee were also provided and were in good supply.

With my new found knowledge, I couldn't wait to get back and put it into practice! So with a little over an hours worth of playing around with the settings on my camera, I feel I found that one good blog shot!

And here it is.

I would highly recommend this course to any blogger out there, knowing your camera and taking better photos is the key to an encapsulating read.

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The Vintage Emporium - Wrapped Bagged and Tagged...

Hello and a very, very warm, woolly and fully felted welcome to the latest edition of the Tigerlily Makes Blog.  Todays post is brought to you by Chief Feltrepreneur Lisa Marie Olson (that's just me! lol)

So I am very excited to be sharing with you today a lovely independent designer/maker team, The Vintage Emporium - Wrapped Bagged and Tagged who have recently purchased some of TM's lovely ethically sourced high quality felting wools! Buying felting wools is not an oddity in my business, but what is really special is what some of our lovely customers create with their woolly bundles.

Well I had Karen one half of this dynamic duo contact me about buying some wool, we exchanged info and a purchase of the bumper pack of wools was made, out it went and within less than a week Karen set to work on a bespoke vintage piece.  So when Karen pointed me to her stunning work that she had created with the merino wool pack I just HAD!!! to share!

So I will leave you with her work pictured below, but do pop by her page and give her a like and a big cheery wave from me, you will not be disappointed and you can find all the info you need there.

Beautiful needle felted embellishment created for an original

drawing lovingly translated into this textural delight

Image and designs copyright The Vintage Empporium - Wrapped Bagged & Tagged

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting!

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2013 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner. Tigerlily Makes is a member of ACID (Anti Copying in Design and all designs are registered and protected. www.acid.uk.com   www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk   www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes   www.twitter.com/tigerlilymakes  

Oh my Blighty Bunting Handmade Greetings Cards...

Well hello and a very warm, woolly and fully felted welcome to this latest felted edition of the Tigerlily Makes blog.

Today as we approach what we should be calling summer and in light of festival season being upon what better way to add some good old blighty fun, than with this bespoke handmade "Blighty Bunting" Card.  This beautiful handmade card range comes in lots of different colour combinations and is made with 100% recycled card and envelope. It forms just one of many ethically made greetings card in our handmade card ranges and is a card that will suit almost any occasion.

These will be available to purchase very soon from our website, the Handmade Boutique (Great Western Arcade Birmingham), the Flutterby Art Boutique (Curborough Craft & Antique Center) and The Old Needleworks (Redditch).

But if you would like to purchase in the meantime, just drop me an email at info@tigerlilymakes.co.uk

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2013 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner. Tigerlily Makes is a member of ACID (Anti Copying in Design and all designs are registered and protected. www.acid.uk.com   www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk  www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes   www.twitter.com/tigerlilymakes  

Regalily's Washy Washy Days Peg Bag Video Blog...

Well hello and a very, very warm, woolly and fully felted welcome to Fridays blog post.  Today I wanted to share a little video blog all about the Regalily's Washy Wash Days felted Peg Bag felt making kit.

The video blog covers the finished sample, the key design features and hints and tips, it forms part of one of my most favourite ranges the Regalily Range and is available online now. You won't be disappointed with this one, it always gains such adoration and has already become a popular kit.

But or now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxnJ51W2RiA

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Glorously Glorious Hand Felted Slippers made by Katherine on a lovely felt making day

Well hello and welcome lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people, today I have a very special share with you... I want to share a pair of hand felted slippers made by the lovely Katherine on a recent Tigerlily Makes felt slipper course.

Katherine has recently found a love of felting so has already enjoyed some of the benefits at home, but nonetheless wanted to give the art of felted slippers ago. As our slipper courses are very popular, I was in the position of getting extra requests for the course, so I decided to run a private slipper course from my home in the midlands. There were just 4 of us including myself and it was a brilliant day of lovely felting with wonderful company and beautifully finished slippers. 

We had lots of my finished slipper samples on display for people to look at for inspiration, colour combinations and just general shapes so you can imagine the fun we had when we were all trying to decide shapes, finishing embellishments and colour combinations!

I have blogged previously about Shelly's and Sally's slippers, but now I can share with you the finished slippers by Katherine. Katherine is an amazing woman, she has a full time job, carer to hubby, good friend and all round crafty person. Katherine also suffers from joint problems that can be really painful and sometimes it can take a while for Katherine to finish her projects, but finish them she does and with great style.

So below is Katherine's finished pair, lovely colour combinations were chosen and Katherine went for one of my favourite styles the dolly shoe style, she then finished with some handmade flowers that were available to take with her on the day and accompanied them with this beautiful felted leaf duo that she made at home, which I think compliment the slippers beautifully. I have tended to add leaf detail to nearly every one of my felted projects and after seeing Katherine's leaves... I may well just have to take a leaf out of Katherine's book (if you pardon the pun) and add some leaf type detail to a pair of my slippers. But just take a look at these beauties for yourself.

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting!

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2013 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner. Tigerlily Makes is a member of ACID (Anti Copying in Design and all designs are registered and protected. www.acid.uk.com   www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk   www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes   www.twitter.com/tigerlilymakes  

Button it Buttons in perfect Partnership with Tigerlily Makes Felt Projects...

Hello and a very warm welcome to you all on this second blog post of the day, I just wanted to share a little follow up post to the one directly below this one. If you have taken a read of the post below you will know that I just adore Button It Buttons, so I thought I would share a few pics of them actually on my felted slippers.

These are the types of slippers that we make on our felt slipper course and they are beautifully finished with Button it Buttons. In fact there are so many different buttons to choose from and so many projects to be adorned with them that you won't be disappointed.

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting and of course buttoning up!
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Buttons Buttons and more buttons for Button It...

Well hello and welcome everyone to the latest edition of the Tigerlily Makes blog, today I am very excited to be sharing a recent new find on the Isle of Lewis. A few years back I met a lovely lady over the internet and yes I know exactly how that sounds!! However I am a great believer in things happening for a reason, I was selling my ex demo equipment that I had bought over a number of years... as my creative journey had taken me into a different direction, back to my first love textiles. This is when I met Skye a lovely lady in the Isle of Lewis who is a full time carer and whom craft has brought no end of enjoyment and possibilities for her. We instantly struck up a friendship and we have been in touch ever since.

We have seen each other through some highs and some lows and we have really been on this creative journey together.

So when Skye having mastered a whole number of crafts,  decided to combine her love of ceramic buttons with beautiful artwork it was the perfect partnership. The result is now her fabulously popular Button It page and a whole host of growing and developing gorgeous arty buttons.

So I confess!! I have fallen in love with Skyes Buttons and use them in my felt works, if I am being totally honest I have got a little/a lot addicted to them!! I know I am seeking help through Buttonaholics!

But they are so beautiful and so versatile that they can be used not only as buttons but for a whole host of projects.  So I guess there's really nothing more to say, other than you must visit the page, you won't be disappointed and I will leave you with some examples of her buttons and my growing stash!

Some artwork has been kindly supplied by other artists please see the page for more info on those specific designs such as the beetle etc.

Tank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2013 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner. Tigerlily Makes is a member of ACID (Anti Copying in Design and all designs are registered and protected. www.acid.uk.com   www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk   www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes   www.twitter.com/tigerlilymakes  

Regalily's Putting on the Ritz Felt Bag Making Kit is back in Stock...

Hi everyone and very warm second welcome today, this is just a quick update to let you all know that one of our very popular kits the Regalily's Puttin on the Ritz Bag kit is now back in stock.  So we though we would share this little video blog in celebration, you can see the finished and handmade project that you make with the kit and the kit itself.

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting!

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2013 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner. Tigerlily Makes is a member of ACID (Anti Copying in Design and all designs are registered and protected. www.acid.uk.com   www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk   www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes   www.twitter.com/tigerlilymakes  

Rosalilys Blooming Blooms Bouquet Handmade Card

Well hello everybody and welcome to the very latest and hot off the press edition of the Tigerlily Makes Blog.

Today I would like to share with you one of my newest handmade card ranges that I absolutely adore, it is part of my signature and luxury range of ethically handmade cards.

Introducing Rosalily's Blooming Blooms Handmade Card, this card has been made with 100% recycled card and ethically sourced wool felt. The card has been hand printed with that lovely dotty background to finish the look.

This is a great all round occasion card and is currently available online at www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk in store at Flutterby Art Boutique and will be available soon from the Handmade Boutique and The old Needle Works .

but for now I will leave you with a few variations!

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2013 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner. Tigerlily Makes is a member of ACID (Anti Copying in Design and all designs are registered and protected. www.acid.uk.com   www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk   www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes   www.twitter.com/tigerlilymakes  

Design Excellence is coming to the Handmade Boutique in Birmingham

Well hello everyone and a very happy Sunday to you all, as many of you know I have been very privileged to have been asked to be one of a number of designers at a specialist designer Handmade Boutique, opening on the first of July 2013.

So I thought it fitting to provide a list of all involved with links to each of the beautiful pages/websites etc so that you can see for yourself the standard of beautifully handcrafted and artisan designers that will be in residence at the boutique.   Please visit their pages and stop by and like.

Serendipity Candles and Founder of the Handmade Boutique - www.facebook.com/serendipitycandlestracie
Tigerlily Makes - www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes
Sew Moloney -  www.facebook.com/SewMoloney
Perlina Jewellery - www.facebook.com/perlina.jewellery
The Occasional Cookie -  www.facebook.com/TheOccasionalCookieUK
Stitch Galore -  www.facebook.com/stitchgalore
Titch Design - www.facebook.com/TitchDesign
Jade Deval Designs - www.facebook.com/Jadedevalldesigns
Honeypips - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Honeypips/273975292637821
Caramel Designs -  www.facebook.com/CaramelDesigns
Kirsty Mason Papercuts - www.facebook.com/Kirsty.M.papercutting.artist
Vintage Lovelies Décor - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vintage-Lovelies-Decor/571894322845500
Jenny Rose Mann - www.facebook.com/Jennyrosemann
Miss Pitchy Patchy - www.facebook.com/MissPitchyPatchy
Black Acres Soap Pantry - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Acres-Soap-Pantry/131813970254121?fref=ts
Alice Louisa Design - https://www.facebook.com/pages/alice-louisa-design/136585119790631?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Smartipants - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smartipants/145354375579909?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Linen Circus - https://www.facebook.com/linencircus?fref=ts

Lovely pages, lovely makes and all at the Handmade Boutique!

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2013 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner. Tigerlily Makes is a member of ACID (Anti Copying in Design and all designs are registered and protected. www.acid.uk.com   www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk   www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes   www.twitter.com/tigerlilymakes