New Spiro Bound Notebooks coming soon...

Well folks its that time again for another fully felted addition to Tigerlily Makes!

Well we have chatted a few times now about my much loved and cherished Lily Lamb! So I hope you don't mind if we chat again about her!

Lily Lamb started out in life as a needle felted undressed lamb, which formed the basis of the Lily Lamb mascot an undressed image produced for my website with a little flower in her hair. She has grown and developed along the way and I have watched her blossom into the wonderful young lady that she is now!

Lily has not been on this journey on her own though I might add, oh no she has had much support and guidance from the shinning light in her life " Grandma Lily" together they have faced challenges and overcome them. Lily Loves her grandma so much that she is always hugging her, for after all that is what grandma's are for!

So what better way to say thank you to Grandma Lily than to share the front cover of a notebook with her!

Lily Lamb & Grandma Lily - Part of the Lily Lamb Family

The Original Undressed Lily Lamb, given as a treasure hunt prize for Tigerlily Makes 1st Birthday

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Christmas Craft Kits For All The Family

 

 

Home crafting has never been more popular, with more households taking the DIY approach to seasonal décor and making their own.

Why not add a touch of Tigerlily Makes to your home with one of my festive craft kits.  Adorn your tree with our robins, festive felt hearts and hanging puds.  Full instructions are supplied with each kit.

We’ve also got the eye-catching Very Berry Pudding Bag Kit, ideal for the fashionistas amongst you who want to accessorize with something a little bit different this Christmas.

Your home deserves something different, which will be with you for years to come.

http://www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk/shop/products-page/felt-making-kits-accessories/christmas-kits/

 

Happy making!



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Tigerlily YouTube Channel – have you subscribed?

Good morning! 

Did you know that Tigerlily Makes has its own YouTube channel?  There’s all sorts of short videos available, for you to watch at your own leisure, from general overviews of our designs through to easy-to-follow “How To” videos for some of our most popular products.

To subscribe to the Tigerlily Makes channel, just follow this link http://ow.ly/o5CRA 

hers one of our videos to give you a taster!

 For now, have a great day and keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep 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

Stop Press!!! Beautiful handmade gift from a talented designer…

Hello lovely peeps, makers and creators.

Today I just simply have to share with you the wonderful work of the amazingly talented Skye German. For those of you who don’t know I am an accredited arts & crafts tutor and used to travel the country demonstrating a whole host of crafts and running workshops for a well know craft company. When I opened the felt boutique… I found I had a lot of surplus stash, tools and equipment.

Not wanting this to go to waste I set about selling my personal items on Ebay and this believe it or not is how I met the amazing Skye German. Skye was the winning bidder for my craft stash and we immediately struck a rapport via our email communications. That chance meeting has led to a very special friendship that has been on-going for about 2 years now.

Skye is a wonderful person whom is a full time carer and designs and creates wonderful things to sell around that.  Skyes designs and creations are all very bespoke and unique and are very popular with her audience.

Pictured above is one of Skyes amazing designs which she customised especially for me with my name on it! I immediately fell in love with it when I received it, and it now takes pride of place on our sofa.

I feel so blessed and lucky to have met such wonderfully kind and generous friends in my industry sector.

Thank you so much Skye for your wonderful gift, I absolutely adore it.

 

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Wet Felted Needle Embellished Pictures Courses

Well hello and wonderful woolly welcomes to our latest blog post.

Today I wanted to share some fun pictures from a recent felt pictures course, that highlight the very exciting and changing nature of felt.

Pictured above are the dry stages of creating pictures with some of the lovely ladies on one of my courses -  you may have seen the group and finished pictures posts on other blog entries.

We will be charting their progress and outcomes over the next couple of weeks and some of the stages involved in the process.

If you fancy trying your hand at felting, why not browse the courses on offer on our website.

Our pictures course has now been upgraded to include option machine embroidery if desired. Our next felt pictures course is on Saturday 7th September.

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeep 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

Basic Intro to Needle Felting

Hello everyone, well we hope you liked the introduction to our complete starter needle felting kit... we a Tigerlily Makes love this kit and all its exclusive features. So we thought we would follow this up by sharing our very basic introduction to needle felting.

Hope you enjoy and keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep 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  

Where's Lily Been Recently?

Good day to all you lovely makers, creators and generally lovely woolly people out there. Today I thought I would share one of my recent visits to Attingham Park in Shropshire.

Attingham Park was built for the 1st Lord Berwick in 1785. It was owned by the same family for more than 160 years. Sadly thier ownership of the estate was to prove a problematic one due to some of its occupants lavish ways and lifestyle, resulting in one occupant having to sell off all his furniture to pay his debts. The atmospheric dining room, set for an evening banquet, and the contrasting decoration of the delicate feminine Boudoir are just some of the highlights of the estate. The walled garden and many park walks offer great ways to explore the landscape. The mansion, set in beautiful parkland designed to impress, is at the heart of this great estate between Shrewsbury and the River Severn.

Why do I love this property?  Well, because its a hidden gem in an unexpected location and is run and preserved by the National Trust. We are National Trust members and we are passionate about preserving our national heritage and historic landmarks. Why is this so important? Well because we are one of the few countries that have such a long and impressive history and forms part of the culture, fabric and makeup of a united nation today.

 The very grand front entrance - Only the best will do for Princess Lily

 Princess Lily the Lamb enjoy the view from the grand Staircase

Princess Lily taking a rest from all those steps and the heat!

 

In order to understand who we are today we must understand where we have come from.

My thanks to the National Trust for providing opprotunities to connect with our heritage and past.

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

Lily's First Camper Van Adventures .....

Gloriously glorious camping adventures for our right royal princess, but not just any camping, you understand!! Oh no, only the best camper van hire will do for our princess!

So July (2011) myself (Lisa) hubby (Phil) and Princess Lily all headed off to Pembrokeshire to collect our stunning camper van from Pembrokeshire Classic Campers.

Guess what!!  Our camper van was also called Lily so I knew that we would be off to a great start!  

When we arrived we were shown to our camper by Sandra Douglas, the owner. Sandra produced the most luxurious camper - it was cleaned and polished to within an inch of its life. Following the inspection we were given a full and thorough brief on how to work everything including the internal heaters for our great British cool nights.

We had one of the best weeks that we have ever had and will be going back to try out Daisy, the other camper van, very soon.

You can keep up to date with the premier camper van hire on the official Facebook page and in the meantime we will be back very soon with one of our sisters classically camper inspired designs.

But for now "Carry on Glamping!

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

Lily Takes Tea Fit For A Royal At Packwood House

Good morning and a very happy Friday morning to you all, today Lily takes a "Right Royal" cuppa at Packwood House!

Packwood House was originally 16th-century, yet its interiors were extensively restored between the First and Second world wars by Graham Baron Ash to create a fascinating 20th-century evocation of domestic Tudor architecture. Through its long history the house adopted many styles and features depending on the owner, but has now been restored to its original intent or as closely as would allow.

Packwood House contains a fine collection of 16th-Century textiles and furniture, and the gardens have renowned herbaceous borders and a famous collection of yews.

Packwood also houses one of the most prestigious fine china tea cups & saucer collections rumoured to have been commissioned for one very important lady who just may have been royal - we will let you decide from the pictures!

We are members of the National Trust and get an enormous amount out of our membership. Quite often we take the guided tours and we find this to be so valuable in learning much more about the history behind these great historic houses.

NB Please note that some National Trust properties don't allow you to take photographs inside the house so please always ask permission first.  Many will allow it provided you don't use a flash. I had asked and been given permission to take the internal shot featured here.

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. www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk   www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes   www.twitter.com/tigerlilymakes  

Hydsville Tower School Workshop cont...

Goood morning lovely makers creators and all round lovely people, today I thought I would share some more of the amazing works by year 8 pupils at Hydsville Tower School, Hydsville is based in Walsall and is a privately run school which means that this particular school invest heavily in each pupils growth and development.

Their committment to their pupils means that that often use outside resources like mine to give their pupils a varied and enriching programme.

This is the 3rd felt making day I have been asked to run here and there are more scheduled for later in the year.

The pupils are a delight to teach and what I love about teaching any child is the fact that they don't overthink the process they just go with it and produce the most amazing results, but don't take my word for it, see from the examples below.

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep 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. www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk   www.facebook.com/tigerlilymakes   www.twitter.com/tigerlilymakes