Time for Tea... Hand Felted Tea Pot

Well its time to talk TEA and more importantly TEA POTS today on the TM blog. My favorite topic and as I am sure you know by now I LOVE tea, tea pots and all things related to tea, in particularly vintage tea pots. 

This hand felted tea pot has been designed by yours truly and is completely seamless! NO sewing involved. It is part of the upcoming tea themed range and already complements Tilly's Tea Cups my hand felted selection of beautifully shaped and styled tea cups.  

I can't wait to get designing and making the rest of this range, so stay tuned for new tea themed designs and designs that are unique to Tigerlily Makes!

For now though keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting!

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Treat Your Eggs To A Cosy Kit!

It’s Farmhouse Breakfast Week this week folks.  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day so to celebrate the institution of the Great British Breakfast, here’s some facts about everyone’s favourite – the egg:-

• There is a place in Switzerland called Egg with a population of just under 8000 people. There is another town called Egg in Austria with a population of just under 3500 people

• Eggs are an excellent source of protein, minerals and essential vitamins and can make significant contributions to healthy diets

• Approximately 10% of the egg contents are fat and this fat is almost entirely contained within the yolk. The good news is that only 3% is saturated fat

• A medium egg contains less than 80 calories

• Fresh eggs sink in water, stale ones float

As a real treat for your boiled eggs, take a look at my Felt Egg Cosy Kit.  Easy to make, it’s perfect for felt fans of all ages and abilities and makes the perfect gift too. The kit contains everything you need to make 4 co-coordinating egg cosy's

http://www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk/catalogue/4581823965/Felt-Egg-Cosy-Kit/7262652

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A little Crafty Magpie...

is flying around collecting all sorts of lovely handmade products from talented UK designers.

 

Hello folks, just a quick post today to say that I have been invited to sell on this lovely platform called Crafty Magpie.

Her is the link to my page, please check it out and support our UK designers.

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The Perfect Start To Every Day

I don’t know about you, but my day always starts with a cup of tea.  Regardless of the season, or my schedule, a cuppa is a must to get me on track for a busy day.  But did you know …..

·         The UK drinks 165 million cups of tea per day – that’s 62 billion cups per year! 

·         The UK tea market is worth circa £700 million annually 

·       The British East India Company started commercial tea production in the 1820s, planting a Chinese variety high in the hills of Darjeeling 

·       The English fashion for tea drinking began in the early 18^th Century, driven by the British East India Company, who imported tea to the UK 

·        During WW2, the tea ration was just 2oz (50g) per person, per week! 

and finally ….. 

The world is a far better place when you have a tea cosy!

 

 

Have a great day, and keep that kettle boiling! 

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Love Your Phone, Love Your Phone Cover!

They used to be the size of a house brick, weigh half a ton and have a battery life of approximately 30 minutes.  Nowadays our mobile phones are sleek machines, light as a feather and capable of more than the average PC.

We rely on our phones to send text messages, take photographs, make notes, play games, check the weather forecast …. and yes, even to make and receive phone calls!  

Mobile phone accessories are big business too.  Whether bling is your thing, or a more executive leather-look, we spend a small fortune on phone cases, charms and even customised chargers are now starting to appear on the market. 

Why not be kind to your phone – and your pocket – and take a peek at our range of mobile phone cases.  Handmade with a vintage twist, you’ll stand out from the crowd instead of being one of the flock.

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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!

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Featured Felt Kit...

Well helloooooooo lovely felt fans today I thought I would leave you with an insight to another of our glorious kits... the complete Tilly Little's Flower Heart Needle Felting Kit.

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting!

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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.

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If You’re Truly Crafty, You Will Always Have Supplies ….

Well hello again my lovely felt fans.  I thought I’d share with you on today’s blog something that has stood me in good stead for many, many years. 

I can’t quite pin down when crafting became such a massive part of my life.  It’s always been there – the desire to be creative, to make things, to feel a sense of achievement when I finish something.  Even now, having turned a passionate hobby into a business, I am always on the look-out to learn new things, new skills and to expand my love of all things craft.  

I’m often asked for tips and the most valuable piece of advice I can give to anyone with even the tiniest interest in being creative is …… never, ever throw anything away!  

Hang on to all of those textile off-cuts and end pieces, bag up the spare buttons, wrap the ribbons round pieces of card – but never throw anything out as you can never tell when you might be in need of a finishing touch, or a patch of fabric, that you discarded as “un-usable”.   

Trust me, you’ll thank me for that advice one day! 

And here's one such example of hanging onto all your scraps of fabrics! Linings for egg cosies... my egg cosies have become quite popular, but the unique thing about them, apart from the overall unique design is each lining is different. Take a looksee for yourself to see just one of many ways fabric scraps can be used!

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep crafting!

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Featured Stockist Flutterby Art Boutique

Hello lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people. Today I wanted to share with you one of the beautiful stockists of Tigerlily Makes Kits and handmade felted lovelies.

Flutterby Art Boutique at Curborough Craft &Antiques Centre is run by the incredibly talented and lovely Kate Williams... or AKA Kate Flutterby Williams.  Kate has transformed her boutique into the most amazing treasure trove of antiques, vintage fabrics, haberdashery, artwork and so much more.

Kate also showcases and stocks a host of local designers that produce the most amazing hand crafted items from machine embroidered art pieces to felting and lots in between.

Kate has welcomed individuality and unique one of a kind design by carefully selecting high end designers. This makes for a wonderfully warm, exciting shopping experience and guarantees beautiful handmade items and craft supplies that you just won't find on the high street.

Kate also has a range of weekly/monthly activities from craft classes to social groups, so be sure to check out the website and the facebook page to keep up to date with all the lovely goings on there.

I and other artists will be running a special promotion for the May bank holiday weekend so if you pop into the boutique and quote TM Blog15 you will receive a 15 % discount on any of the Tigerlily Makes range.

But for now I shall leave you with a taster of all the loveliness.

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 Handmade Boxed Framed Wall Art...

Hi peeps, just a quick one tonight, I just wanted to share with you all my brand new handmade range "Rosalicious" boxed framed wall art.  These beautiful statement pieces are now available to order in a range of colours.

They make for a new and dynamic statement piece or pieces if you have a set of three, so if you are interested in a set contact me for details: info@tigerlilymakes.co.uk or alternative you can order the single frames from our handmade gifts department. There are a number of colour combinations to choose from.

Rosalily's Lemon Sorbet

Rosalily's Plum Plumtious

Rosalily's Peachy Parfait

But for now keeeeeeeeep 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  

Lovely Buttons...

Goooood morning lovli makers, creators and all round lovli people. Happy Tuesday Morning!

Today I thought it would share with you our gorgeous jumbo buttons that we have in our lovely boutique. I just love oversized buttons and they can be used for a huge variety of projects. Use to embellish a bag, scrap booking, card making and making them into amazing accessories.

So today I thought I would share my quick and crafty makes YouTube tutorial.

If you would like to get your hands on these jumbo buttons, then you can by following the link to our boutique
http://www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk/products-page/buttons/

Craft Group at the Tamworth Craft Room located in Hobbycraft Tamworth

Evening lovely peeps, hope you are having a fab weekend so far, I just wanted to stop by and say that we have a free general craft group on the first Tuesday of the month (except bank hols etc) in the craft room at Hobbycraft Tamworth.  It runs from 6-8pm but you do need to book, as places are limited.

So if you make cards, papercraft, stitch, embroider, needle felt or felt to name but a few you are more than welcome to join us, just click  Hobbycraft Tamworth above or here to confirm your place we will even throw in a cuppa and a biscuit.

You can keep up to date with events by clicking Tamworth Craft Room

But for now Happy Crafting

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Felt Flowers course was great fun and look at the stunning makes...

Gaynor's Feltastic Felt Flowers 

Jackie's Splendiferous Felt Flowers

Hi everyone just a quick post to day as in the middle of another fabulous felt flowers course, above are the pictures taken from a recent felt flowers course by the lovely Gaynor and Jackie, I feel that the pictures speak for themselves on this one with their vibrant colours and fabulous styles.

My heartfelt (if you pardon the pun lol) thanks to Gaynor and Jackie for being such great company on the day and being star newbie felt-makers.

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.

Jo's Summer Bright-Summer Fresh fabulous first time felted bag...

The lovely Jo is todays featured first time maker with her fabulous first time felted bag.  I just love the summer bright feel of this bag and the flower design which reminds of a little of of the type of effect you get when you make fimo clay beads!!

Thank you Jo for being such great company and for sharing your fabulous first time make with us.

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.

Sara's splendifferous contemporary take on a theme...

Good morning lovely makers and creators, well today we are featuring the splendifferous contemporary picture that Sara based her picture on... taking inspiration from nature and other contemporary pieces Sara sketched an outline of her layout on paper first and used that has her guideline for layout the detail.  

A wonderfully uplifting piece, my thanks to Sara for being such great company and a wonderful picture.

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.

Sally's truly tropical felt-tastic picture...

Hello lovely makers and creators today we are featuring Sally's truly tropical wet felted needle embellished pictures.

Sally has a regular spot abroad which she likes to visit and has taken many pictures of her favorite vista and it is this view that she based her picture on.  I think you will all agree that Sally has captured the essence of the scene.

Thank you Sally for choosing to come on another Tigerlily Makes course and for being such great company, you picture is stunning.

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First time felt-makers heartfelt lilac dream of a bag...

Morning lovely makers and creators, just thought I would share another fabulous first time make from one of our recent courses, introducing Rebecca's heartfelt lilac dream bag.

My thanks to Rebecca for being such great company and for doing such a great job on your felt-tastic bag!!

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Dont forget our fabulous felt-making kits...

Just a quick reminder that we have replenished stocks of our fabulous felt-making kits and there is a special 10% discount off all felt-making kits this Saturday in celebration of the 1st Birthday Charity fundraiser.

We will be adding to our fabulous range of kits over the coming months and hope to have the complete range in place for this years Clothes Show Live.

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 Mothers day corsages and cards...

Good morning lovely makers, creators and generally lovely people... today I thought I would share with you the fabulous Mothers Day corsages and Mothers Day greetings cards that were made on Saturdays course. it was a fab day and we had a lovely group, including Sharon and her Husband Lee yes thats right Lee as in male!! it was so lovely to see husband and wife working together as a team and supporting each other and both made stunning corsages.  With such lovely corsages being given away I wanted to make sure that our lovely makers had time to make a little something for themselves. after all that hard work it was nice that they each could get to take away a little something to remember the day by.

My thanks to all the lovely makers for being such great company and for making such wonderful 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.