Showing posts with label felt making course Lichfield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label felt making course Lichfield. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Fabulous first time Hottie Covers!!!

Chris & Verity on a recent Tigerlily Makes course

Morning lovely makers and creators, well today I am featuring the lovely Chris and Verity a mum and daughter team who attended a recent felt course together.  They both decided to make hot water bottle covers and what fantastic results, Verity is a textile student in Bath and is loving every aspect of her degree. Verity has been practicing all sorts of textile techniques and mediums and loves embroidery and now felt... so I am sure we will see the two mediums being brought to life very soon.

Thank you both for being such great company and for making such fab hottie covers!!

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 2011 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.

Friday, 22 April 2011

Jo's amazing view from a room...

Introducing Jo's felt-tastic view from a room!! This is the view from Jo's holiday home on the south coast, the family spend many a happy holiday there watching the the boats bob along on the sea and it is that view that inspired first time maker to create the view from their home.

Love the your felt-tastic take on your view from a room Jo, thanks for being such great company!!
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 2011 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.

Friday, 15 April 2011

Fab day making lovely felt bags with old blogging friend and lovely ladies...


Hello lovely makers and creators, well today I am very excited to share with you a lovely lady that I had known via blogging for over a year and finally got to meet!! Yay.  Meet Vicky AKA Blush-Dolly

Vicky is a very talented and inspirational paper crafts designer and designs for the likes of Pink Petticoat and her designs are amazing.  It is through our love of paper crafts that we met and have stayed in touch ever since.

Well on Wednesday 13th April Vicky broke her holiday to come and spend a day felt-making and what a day it was, it was so lovely to be able to spend the day with such a warm and friendly person and share a creative passion with another who is just as passionate as I am about creating and making.

Please visit Vicky's blog and support our UK talent, and if you see something you like why not commission Vicky to create a truly inspirational design for you.

I think you will all agree that Vicky's bag is truly beautiful and yes this was the first time that Vicky had ever felted, great job Vicky.  Thank you so much for your lovely company Vicky.

Stay tuned over the next few days for more felt-tastic first time makes.

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 2010 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.

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Fab first time felt-makers and fab first time bag...

made at a Tigerlily Makes workshop by a fab first time felt maker

A huge thank you to the lovely first time felt-maker who made this lovely bag on a Tigerlily Makes workshop, please see the website for detail on how you can make your very own.


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 2010 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.

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Fabulous first time felted bags from fabulous first time felt-makers

made at a Tigerlily Makes workshop by a fab first time felt maker

A huge thank you to the lovely first time felt-maker who made this lovely bag on a Tigerlily Makes workshop, please see the website for detail on how you can make your very own.

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 2010 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.

Fab first time felt-makers and fab first time bag...

made at a Tigerlily Makes workshop by a fab first time felt maker

A huge thank you to the lovely first time felt-maker who made this lovely bag on a Tigerlily Makes workshop, please see the website for detail on how you can make your very own.


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 2010 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.

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Stunning first time bag making...

Made by Julia at a Tigerlily Makes Workshop
Image and design subject to copyright.

Introducing the fabulously talented  and newbie felt-maker Julia Williams, I think that you will all agree that her bag is absolutely stunning.  Julia's bag is a result of attending 2 Tigerlily Makes courses, the bag and the jewellery course. So with just 2 one day courses Julia has a achieved a completed bag.

My thanks go out to Julia for being such great company and I am sure you and your felt-making are going to go a long way.  I can also share with you that Julia has been doing a lot of felt-making since coming on the courses and Julia's own style and skill is shining through.  This new found talent has been much admired by her friends and family where she has been able to make gifts and sell some of her much coveted felted items.  Lets give a Whoop Whoop to Julia.

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 2010 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.

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Spring/Summer courses 2011 getting booked up


Grab your course now to avoid disappointment!!

Beginners Bag/TeaCosy/Hot Water Bottle  9.30-5pm  arrive 9.15am
Saturday 26th February
Saturday 12th March
Sunday 13th March Private Course fully Booked
Thursday 17th March
Saturday 19h March
Saturday 2nd April
Wednesday  13th April
Saturday 30th April
Saturday 21st may
THURSDAY 16TH JUNE
SATURDAY 18TH JUNE
SATURDAY 2ND JULY
SATURDAY 9TH jULY
SATURDAY 16TH jULY
  
Beginners Jewellery 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am
Thursday 10th March
Saturday 23rd April
THURSDAY 26TH MAY
TRhursday 30th June

Summer Bunting
Thursday 12th May
SATURDAY  28TH MAY
Thursday 9th June
THURSDAY 21ST JULY

Wet Felted Needle Embellished Pictures 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am
Saturday 19th February
Thursday 14th April
SATURDAY 14TH MAY
Thursday 19th May
THURSDAY 14TH JULY

Mothers Day Special, needle embellished card and matching corsage 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15
Saturday 26th March


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 2010 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.

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Julia's fab first time felted bag...

Hello lovely makers and creators, today as promised we are showcasing this fab olive green and plum delight that Julia has created.  Great colour choices and a fabulously felted bag.

Thank yo so much for being such great company.

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 2010 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.

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Charlotte's chocolate delight first time felt-maker makes up a treat!


Good morning lovely, makers, creators and just plain lovely people, this morning sees the fabulously chocolaty and sweet first time creation by Charlotte made at a recent Tigerlily Makes workshop. Rich chocolate tones were chosen together with fresh cream tones and beautiful soft mellow mustard tones, just like biting into a caramel slice mmmm!

My thanks go out to Charlotte for being such great company and for sharing her wonderful creation.

Course for this term are almost full, so if you want to get your felty fix then contact Lisa Olson on 0845 543 9046 or email: info@tigerlilymakes.co.uk

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 2010 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.

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Felty fun at Tigerlily Makes


Hi lovely makers, creators and designers extraordonair!! just thought I would share some of the felty fun that we got up to at last weekends felt-making course, we had such a great time that I could hardly keep a straight face when demonstrating!!

We all had lots of lovely teas and cakes to keep us going throughout the day and all of the newbie felt-makers made stunning creations... I will be posting these over the next few days :)

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 2010 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.

Friday, 21 January 2011

Peeko Crochet Workshops you won't want to miss out...

Images courtesy of Peeko Crochet and subject to copyright

Hello lovely makers and creators, just to let you know the brand new and fabulous Peeko crochet has now been released please see Peeko for details and to book.

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 2010 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.

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Felt-making courses are fast running out limited places let please book yours now!!


Hello lovely makers and creators, well I can't tell you how thrilled I am at how well my lovely felt-making days have been going and I have to say I have been flooded with bookings and enquiries. Places are going fast so if you want to get in on the action you need to act fast.

Beginners Bag/TeaCosy/Hot Water Bottle  9.30-5pm  arrive 9.15am
Saturday 22nd January  
Thursday 27th January
Thursday 10th February
Thursday 24th February
Saturday 26th February
Saturday 12th March
Thursday 17th March
Saturday 19h March
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Beginners Jewellery 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am
Thursday 3rd February
Thursday 10th March
Saturday 23rd April
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Slippers 9.30am-5pm arrive 9.15am
Saturday 29th January
All the  above course cost £69.00 fully inclusive of materials, slipper lasts to keep, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.


Small 3D Vessel/Vase 9.30 am-5pm 9.15am start
Thursday 20th January
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Wet Felted Needle Embellished Pictures 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am
Saturday 19th February
Thursday 14th April
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Mothers Day Special, needle embellished card and matching corsage 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15
Saturday 26th March
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.


Children's Half Term Workshop Mini Wall Hanging Thursday 17th February 1.30-4pm (15.00 inclusive

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 2010 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.

Friday, 14 January 2011

Tigerlily Makes is soon to celebrate it's 1st Birthday...

Well hello lovely makers and creators, well the Tigerlily Boutique has some great news to share with you this morning.  in just a couple of short months Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Boutique reaches its 1st year of felty fun!  Yes its been nearly a year since the Boutique opened hasn't it gone quickly.

In light of current times Tigerlily feels that this is a fabulous achievement and therefore the occasion should not be passed by without celebration.

Saturday 9th April is the day and Tigerlily Makes is the place to be for a wonderful day of free demonstrations, raffle prizes and an champagne reception to finish the day off in style.  In recognition of Tigerlily's loyal customers and to help support local charities, Tigerlily Makes will be hosting a charity fundraiser in support of the wonderful work that St Giles Hospice do not only with their residential units but their day centres and the care that St Giles nurses provide out in the community. The day is a non profit making day and all proceeds raised from the raffle and collections will go directly to the charity.

Tigerlily Makes is also part of the St Giles Lottery Discount Card Scheme, which entitles participants 10% of any purchases within the boutique.

Hope to see many of you there as it will prove to be a fantastic day with free demonstrations from Sally Williams of Hug Knitting, Mary Halbert of Crazy Mary Crafts and Tigerlily's own designer Lisa Marie Olson.

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 2010 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.

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Dates for your Diary...


Hello lovely makers and creators, just thought I would share a few dates for your diaries as follows:

  • Tigerlily Makes 1st Birthday St Giles Hospice Fundraising event, lots of free demos, raffle prize and fizz reception at 5pm full details of demos coming soon. Saturday 9th April
  • Big Green Fair Saturday 16th April many major green activities and green handmade products.
  • Newborough Well Dressing Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May where I will be demonstrating the art of felt-making and sharing the benefits of wool craft.
  • December sees Tigerlily Makes return to The Clothes Show Live for the 2nd Year Running
I hope to see many of you there and keep your eye on the blog for more detailed information on the events.


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 2010 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.

Saturday, 8 January 2011

Courses are really filling up fast....


Just a quick reminder that courses are filling up fast detailed below is the New Year Listings:

Beginners Bag/TeaCosy/Hot Water Bottle  9.30-5pm  arrive 9.15am
Saturday 22nd January  
Thursday 27th January
Thursday 10th February
Thursday 24th February
Saturday 26th February
Saturday 12th March
Saturday 17th March
Saturday 16th April
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Beginners Jewellery 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am
Thursday 3rd February
Thursday 10th March
Saturday 23rd April
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Slippers 9.30am-5pm arrive 9.15am
Saturday 29th January
All the  above course cost £69.00 fully inclusive of materials, slipper lasts to keep, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.


Small 3D Vessel/Vase 9.30 am-5pm 9.15am start
Thursday 20th January
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Wet Felted Needle Embellished Pictures 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am
Saturday 19th February
Thursday 14th April
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Mothers Day Special, needle embellished card and matching corsage 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15
Saturday 26th March
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.


Spring Flowers  9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am
Thursday 17th March
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.


Children's Half Term Workshop Mini Wall Hanging Thursday 17th February 1.30-4pm (15.00 inclusive)


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 2010 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.

Friday, 7 January 2011

Tigerlily Makes in Partnership with St Giles Hospice


Well hello lovely makers and creators, today I wanted to share with you the wonderful work our local St Giles Hospices do both in their specially designed centers but also  in the community.

St Giles Hospice and Tigerlily Makes are working in partnership, Tigerlily Makes is participating in the St Giles Hospice discount scheme. This is a scheme set up by St Giles in order to help those seriously ill patients and their families, the scheme issues patients with a discount card which they can then use to redeem special discounts in the various participating retail shops. As we all know illness can not only have a debilitating effect on our health it can also affect our pockets too.

These hospices are play vital support mechanisms within the  local community to both patients and their families.

The care facilities includes residential care, day care and community nurses that care for patients in the home.

Fundraising is a vital part to raising funds to continue the care in the community that St Giles provide and Tigerlily Makes is proud to support St Giles.

Tigerlily Makes is turning 1 year old in just a few short months and plans are already underway for a fabulous St Giles Charity event on April 9th 2011, with fabulous free demonstrations, drinks and nibbles and so much more.

For more information about the St Giles please visit http://www.stgileshospice.com/

My thanks to

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 2010 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.

Thursday, 6 January 2011

New Year New Hobby New You!


Tigerlily Makes is proud to announce the launch of the 2011 New Year courses.  Come on a one day felt-making course and learn the ancient art of the felt-making process and at the end of the day take home a wonderful bespoke individually created piece from bags, tea, cosies, hot water bottle covers, slippers, 3D vessel/vase and so much more.  Felt-making is incredibly rewarding and therapeutic so why not be kind to you this winter and try a new hobby, meet like minded people to help while away those long winter months.  No experience is necessary and you don’t need to be artistic or creative to achieve great things with felt, as there is absolutely no sewing or knitting involved.  New year, new hobby and new you!  All materials, equipment, course notes, aftercare advice and lovely teas and cakes included in the cost.

You will need to hurry to book your course as many of the fabulous courses are already fully booked!!!
www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk

Beginners Bag/TeaCosy/Hot Water Bottle  9.30-5pm  arrive 9.15am
Saturday 22nd January  
Thursday 27th January  
Thursday 10th February 
Thursday 24th February 
Saturday 26th February  
Saturday 12th March
Saturday 17th March
Saturday 16th April
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Beginners Jewellery 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am
Thursday 3rd February 
Thursday 10th March
Saturday 23rd April
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Slippers 9.30am-5pm arrive 9.15am
Saturday 29th January 
All the  above course cost £69.00 fully inclusive of materials, slipper lasts to keep, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.


Small 3D Vessel/Vase 9.30 am-5pm 9.15am start
Thursday 20th January
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Wet Felted Needle Embellished Pictures 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am
Saturday 19th February 
Thursday 14th April
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Mothers Day Special, needle embellished card and matching corsage 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15
Saturday 26th March 
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.


Spring Flowers (make your very own flower complete with stem) 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am
Thursday 17th March 
All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed 

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 2010 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.

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Is your Nepal Felt product fairly traded?


Well good morning lovely makers and creators, today I a looking at the trials and tribulations of finding a fairly traded felted product.  Over the next few days I will be looking at Nepal's felt industry in order to raise awareness of fairly traded felt.

Pictured above is a very typical Nepal felt design, this particular bag I have sourced from a company that does not seem to offer any kind of documented evidence of entering into a fairly traded world.

We all really need to stop and ask where the incredibly cheap felted products are coming from. 

We need to be asking questions such as does the Nepalese selling company hold a fair trade certification or indeed a fair wages certificate.  Are these companies a member of any recognizable and regulatory body? 

Over the coming days we will look at these issues and some of the recognized bodies so that we can inform and arm ourselves with the right questions to ask the selling body. We will look at statements such as Child Labor Free with a lack of evidence to back this up and many more issues pertaining to the umbrella of fair trade.

I do know that there is one company in Nepal who can evidence their policies by the very bodies and organisations they are a part of.

However many of them cannot and many of these designs are similar across a number of companies, so how can we be sure that the Nepal crafted item we buy is fairly traded, well I will be covering this over the next few days.

But make no mistake having explored the ludicrously cheap wholesale prices and the retail mark up on this, there are questions that need to be answered.

More importantly we have to address the effect that Nepal Felt is having on our own industry here in the UK. When you can buy a Nepal felted bag for a mere £21.00 it raises an expectation, that this is what the craft is worth.  It is heavily devaluing the work we do here in the UK. For example I use only the finest wools, where I have had confirmation from my supplier that its ethically farmed and I use only the very best products within my felting process. Some of these items can take me several days and sometimes weeks to complete, so it begs the question how can we guarantee that Nepalese women are not being exploited?

Buyers need to be aware of the work that goes into a felted project. We also need to look at the type of wool that is going into these projects and the quality of the finished items.  PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG!! I am all for supporting women in remote rural places and women whom have been trafficked, but we must also be aware that many women may still be being exploited by not being paid their worth. 

Is a felted item from a charity a safe bet to buy? Well that very much depends on where the charity has purchased the item from and if they have witnessed conditions first had or if they can provide evidence that the company they buy from are fairly traded or registered.

In short Nepal Felt is having an extremely negative effect on the UK felt market, for example a mum and daughter visited my boutique a few weeks ago to browse the felt products on display.  The customer heavily procrastinated at the price of this particular item (£59.00), I advised the customer politely that all the items in the boutique were handmade and still there was procrastination.  It was only when the daughter asked if it was myself who made the item and had I confirmed yes that the procrastination stopped!  After another 10 minutes browsing the mum bought the item and was happy to pay the £59.00 as I had made the item.  Further more it was made clear to me that they assumed that all the felt was shipped in from Nepal and that I had put a ridiculous mark up on it. This particular item took me 2 days to complete, so you don't have to be a mathematical genius to work out my hourly rate!

We all seriously need to invest in our own felt and handcrafted market place supporting each other as artists, artisans and crafter's alike, as well as supporting our industry partners locally wherever possible. There is a need to educate and inform customers of the value of highly crafted item.

More on this coming soon.

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 2010 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.

Monday, 20 December 2010

10% Discount on all felt making kits until Christmas eve


Images & Designs subject to copyright Lisa Marie Olson Tigerlily Makes 2010

Hello lovely makers and creators, as a special Christmas treat all felt making kits have a 10% discount for just one week up until Christmas eve.

Just quote TMBlog at the checkout to claim yours at the TM shop

Happy felting! 

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 2010 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.