Christmas Gift Idea's Get ahead now!

Hello my lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people! Well we know its only August, but already I am preparing Christmas stock and getting set for the festive season, so with that in mind I have decided to offer you all a 20% discount on any products in the Tigerlily Makes boutique.

This will be a great way to get started, with either one of our fabulous kits to treat yourself or for you to make and give as a gift, or to give a kit as a gift for the maker in your life.

With so many kits to choose from you won't be stuck for choice, alternatively you could give the gift of a felt-making course buy buying a course voucher valid for 12 months. Simply quote CELEBRATE_20 at the check out to receive your automatic discount.

But for now I will leave you with a sample selection of videos more info about our ranges.

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  

New Product shoot for Kits, Courses and Handmade...

Hello lovely peeps... well what can I say other than I have been a busy, busy bee with so much going on over the last 12 months! I hardly know where to start.

Well after many, many positive and wonderful comments about my glorious felt kits, courses and handmade ranges... I also heard that my picture representations in other words my photos, just didn't show off how glorious the designs are in real life.

With that feed back and after 30+ years creating and 4 solid years designing the current range... I decided it was time for action! So I set too and enlisted the help of an amazing photographer. It makes such a huge difference to the representation of designs that I wondered why I didn't do it before.

So one sunny morning in late June the wonderful Sara Moseley AKA The Great Little Picture Company arrived with the larges camera and lens I have ever seen! With in a "flash" if you pardon the pun we were underway with the photo shoot. A little over an hour later we had the most wonderful collection of photos and within 24 hours they arrived electronically for me to use.

I have selected some of my favourites for you to peruse and many more can be viewed on the website and facebook page.

 Dilly Dally Tea Cosy Kit

 Lily's Coffee Couture Coffee Cosy

 Slipper Course

Regalily's Puttin on the Ritz Bag Kit 

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/tigerlilymake s

Todays Featured Handmade Buttons are the Vntage Lilalia Buttons

Well a wonderfully warm, woolly and fully felted welcome to the latest edition of the Tigerlily Blog.

Today I thought I would share another stunning button set in the Tigerlily Makes and Button It (please see the post below for the story of this beautiful collaboration)collaborations range. Todays featured button set is the Vintage Lilalia Bag Button set. Each button has been lovingly handmade with the original artwork for the actual real life Vintage Lilalia bag. I think the colours are fantastic and I love the way the bag and the colours pop on this vanilla ceramic button.

So I will leave you with the button set itself and the original felt bag which is available in a make your own kit on our website.

Vintage Lilalia Handmade Buttons

 

Vintage Lilalia Felt Bag Making Kit

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 Puttin on the Ritz kits goes down a storm AGAIN!

Hello and a very, very warm, woolly and fully felted welcome aboard the "Wool Train" as we take a ride on the latest felty journey.

Today I wanted to share a quick video blog about one of our most popular kits.  What ever show we do and we are just back from a 2 day show, this kit always attracts a lot of attention and always goes home with new owners ready to be fully felted!

So we thought you might like to know what all the fuss is about!

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  

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.

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

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 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  

Its competition time with a chance to WIN Daisy Doodles Bag Kit

Hello lovely peeps, well in celebration of the launch of our new felt making kits... drum roll please! we are launching a competition to WIN one of these brand new kits for yourself, to try at home or give as a gift.

The kit that is up for grabs is our much coveted and loved Daisy Doodles Felt Bag Making Kit. This kit was most popular at our recent trade show preview and now it could be yours.

Here's what you have to do to win:

• Leave a comment here on the blog post
• Become a follower on our blog
• Visit the facebook page like and share 

That's it, that's all you have to do and the winner will be announced a week today Tuesday 26th March. The winner will be picked at random using random org list randomiser.

And finally!! here is the finished bag that you can make with the kit.

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting!

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making BlogLisa XThank 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  

Kit of the week goes tooo... Dotty Lotty's Lazy Day Out Bag Kit

Hi peeps, well today I thought I would feature one of our most popular kits as seen on Create and Craft TV.

Introducing Dotty Lotty's Lazy Day OUT Felt Bag Kit. This super felt-tastic fun bag is busting with detail & colour. Whilst this bag is heavily encrusted with flowers & pretty bugs it is an easy to follow kit with carefully chosen templates to make your creative experience even easier.

This bag was inspired by an original papercraft design that designer Lisa Marie Olson had created.
Kit contains, 100% merino wool, re-usable plastic template, printed templates and full colour step by step instructions.

With this kit you will learn how to create the felt from scratch and create a completely seamless bag without any need for stitching, knitting, sewing or crochet, you will amaze and be the envy of your friends!

But for now keeeeeeeep 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  

Don't forget our feltastic courses!

Evening peeps, just thought I would stop by with big cheery and fully felted waves and let you know about our courses.  Are courses are for all levels and absolutely no experience is necessary, as there is no sewing, knitting, stitchery or crochet required to create wonderful peices like the ones pictured. Check out our courses page for more info :)

But for now keeeep felting :) x
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Big Green Fair Today at Whittington Village Hall

Hi everyone, just a finally reminder that I am exhibiting at The Big Green Fair Whittington today I look forward to seeing many of you there. There will be lots of fabulous eco friendly makers, creators, foods and products.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Brand New Spring Summer Course List now released...

Well hello lovely makers and creators, the much anticipated and awaited spring summer course list is now here.  Following the success of the New Year courses I would recommend that you book early, especially on Saturday courses 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

SLIPPER COURSE

SATURDAY 7TH MAY

SATURDAY 11TH JUNE

Felt Flowers

Saturday 25th June

New courses this year including felt flowers and summer bunting, advanced picture and bag course coming autumn winter.

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.

Sally's blooming lovely first time felted bag...

Morning lovely makers and creators, today we are sharing with your this blooming lovely creation as made by Sally on a Tigerlily Makes felt-making day. Gorgeous tones of plum and duck egg were chosen, a combination we have chosen over and over.

Sally created a lovely flower design in duck egg, the petals of which you can see peeping out and finished it with the 100% fair trade hand felted and die cut flowers that we have in stock here at the boutique.

I think you will agree that this is the perfect combination of UK hand crafted items married with the fair trade work of the women of Nepal. 

My thanks to sally for being such a great company, your bag is blooming lovely!!

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.

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.

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

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