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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Featured Kit this Week Dilly Dally Daisy Tea Cosy Kit

Well hello felt fans, happy Monday to you all! Today I thought I would share with you one of our most desired kits the Dilly Dally Tea Cosy Kit.

With the Royal Wedding, Jubilee, Olympics and of course the Royal birth, there really has never been a better time to participate in our quintessentially "British" tradition of a right good cuppa! Made in a very proper way with tea pot and kept warm in a beautifully handmade by you felt tea cosy, what could be a better way to spend time with you friends and family than over the great tradition of afternoon tea.

So with that said I thought I would leave you with a little video on our lovely Dilly Dally Daisy kit.

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  

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  

Princess Lily Takes Afternoon Tea

It’s a hard life, being a woolly Princess Lily, so what’s a lamb to do in order to re-charge those batteries?  Afternoon tea, of course!

The British tradition of afternoon tea began in the early 19^th Century, when Anna, the 7^th Duchess of Bedford took to having a pot of tea and a light snack, privately in her boudoir, to stave off “that sinking feeling” between meals.  Over time, the Duchess would invite friends to join her in her rooms at Woburn Abbey, and on returning to London, the Duchess continued to invite friends to join her for “tea and a walking the fields”. 

As word spread of Anna’s afternoon tea sessions, hostesses in fashionable society soon copied the Duchess, with afternoon tea moving into Drawing Rooms, ever growing in their popularity.

Nowadays, traditional afternoon tea tends to be saved for high days and holidays, and regularly enjoyed by the thousands of tourists who want to experience a taste of true England – as well as our very own Princes Lily, of course!

 

Photograph Courtesy of Cheryl Turner

The terms “high tea” and “low tea” derive from the height of the tables that the tea was served on, with high tea being served at the dinner table

• A traditional Afternoon Tea at The Ritz Hotel in London starts at £45.00 per person

• 80% of office workers now claim they find out more about what's going on at work over a cup of tea than in any other way

• Tea contains half the amount of caffeine found in coffee.

• Every year, the town of Fish Creek in Victoria, Australia, has its very own Tea Cosy Festival!  If you would like to try your hand at making your very own Tea Cosy, follow http://ow.ly/njDpn

Photography by The Great Little Picture Company

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

Dilly's Daff's A Daffodil Ready To Go Tea Cosy has just arrived...

Well hello and wonderfully warm, woolly and fully felted welcomes to our latest edition of the TM blog!

Today I thought it would nice to share one of the very latest in the designer handmade range that, will be making its way to the Handmade Boutique at the Great Western Arcade in Birmingham.

Introducing Dilly's Daffs a Daffodil handmade tea cosy. This range comes in a range of colour ways and is made with beautiful vintage and vintage style fabric linings and the very best quality wool felt.  It features a uniquely designed daffodil style applique and is just one design in a range of tea cosy designs coming to the boutique.

As always all of Tigerlily Makes ranges are made with a high standard.  Care and attention is always given to source ethically considerate materials for use in the making and design process.

So I hope you like the new design and help me celebrate its launch very soon.

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeep 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  

Fabulous, Feltastic Felt Making Tea Cosy Kits...

Well hello lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people! Wonderfully warm, woolly and fully felted welcomes to our latest edition of the Tigerlily Towers blog!

So here we are with another of our lovely handmade designer ranges available at the Handmade Boutique at the Great Western Arcade in Birmingham on the 1st July 2013...

Today its all about tea, tea and more tea if you please and very properly done if I may say so. This one is for all of you tea lovers out there who like to make, make and make some more... not only tea but making and creating lovely things for your home!

Introducing two lovely tea cosy kits, the Dilly Dally Daisy Tea in lovely blue and pastel floral tones and the Regalily's Time for Afternoon Tea kit. Both kits come with full instructions, re-usable printed template, re-usable plastic template, all the lovely wools and full colour step by step photographic instruction's Making felt from scratch is so much fun and it allows you to make fantastic seamless items without the need for sewing, stitching, knitting or crochet! Yes it really is amazing! So these two kits amongst others will be available from the boutique... you will need a piece of nylon netting, and bamboo blind or bubble wrap. There is a basic how to guide along with other useful video's on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/tigerlilymakes.

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

Dilly Dally Daisy Tea Cosy Featured on Front Cover of Craft Focus!

Hello lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people, today we are very excited to share with you that Tigerlily Makes very popular Dilly Dally Daisy Tea Cosy Kit has been featured on the front cover of Craft Focus Magazine! Craft Focus is a craft industry magazine for retailers in the craft industry to engage with sellers and keep up to day with all the latest craft industry news.

So you can image the excitement here at Tigerlily Towers, when we were alerted to the fact that Dilly Dally Daisy had made it to the front cover! Not only did Dilly Dally Daisy make it to the front cover but two of our other kits along with Dilly Dally Daisy have been featured within the magazine too!

Well if that wasn't exciting enough, I turn yet another page in this glorious magazine and find a trade show interview that I had forgotten I had given.

So its really thrilling to at last going into our 4th year, that we are finally getting industry recognition. So all our hard work, dedication and devotion is finally paying off with this season kits doing better than ever. We are so proud of what we have achieved, given that we are a very small team proving that hard work, dedication and 100% believe in what you do... does pay off.

I will leave you with a couple of shots of the cover and inside feature... 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. 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  

Introducing Regalily's Time for Afternoon Tea Tea Cosy Kit...

Gooooooood morning lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people! Today I thought I would give you the first peek at one of my brand new felt making kits.  Its regally inspired as you will probably guess from the title... and features 4 stunning roses, these rose are a brand spanking new rose design exclusive to Tigerlily Makes.  Designed by Lisa Marie Olson (that's me) AKA Miss Tigerlily and are a stunning and realistic representation of Miss Tigerlily's passion for all things floral.  The rose itself has been developed and designed to be made effectively and easily, so this makes it very unique not only in look but by the way it is constructed.

As many of you know Miss Tigerlily is a published and accredited paper crafts demonstrator and is well know for mixing paper and textiles together.  This particular rose has been adapted from an old paper craft technique that Miss Tigerlily Developed many years ago. So drawing on her previous years experience of both paper craft and textiles, Miss Tigerlily has breathed new life into this signature rose.

This is then combined with another Miss T passion and that is tea, so a tea cosy and very properly done roses are the perfect combination! Add to that the regency style stripe and you have all the makings of an afternoon tea delight.

This kit is not on the website just yet as my lovely web developer is hard at it, making all the changes for all the new kits we are currently launching! BUT you can email to order yours now info@tigerlilymakes.co.uk.

But for now keeeeeeeeeeep 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  

Well peeps... its blogtastic, feltastic give away time!

Hello lovely peeps, well today it's a very feltastic blog giveaway! Today and for one week only, you will have the chance to win one of Tigerlily Makes "As Seen on Create & Craft TV" felt making kits. The picture below is in its made up form and is the very popular "Honey Bee Tea Cosy Kit" the kit comes with everything you need to make it, including the wobbly eyes.  You will need a little bit of thread, a bamboo blind or bubble wrap, nylon netting, soap/water and scissors.  The photographic step by step instructions will take you through everything stage by stage in easy to follow steps.  The kit contains ehtically sourced merino wools, wobbly eyes, plastic template, printed template and full colour instructions. This kit retails at £26.95 and the templates can be re-used time and time again.

To be in with a chance here's what you have to do: Leave a comment, Follow the blog and share - thats it! I will pick a winner using random org and announce week beginning 11th February - last day for entry is Sunday 10th February.

But for now keeeeeeeeeep 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  

Janet's Felt Apple Tea Cosy

Hi all, well today is the first of 3 related posts featuring the makes of some of our felt-making ladies from yesterdays course.

Pictured above from top is Janet's apple design which could be the front or the back of her cosy, below is the dotty side of the cosy again depending on how you feel you have two lovely but different sides to choose from.

Tomorrow I will be featuring Sue's gorgeous plum and green heart led cosy and Friday you will get to see Jacqui's stunning bag.

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.

First time felt-maker Beverley makes stunning felt tea cosy

Hi everyone, I wanted to share with you another fabulous make from another first time felt-maker.  Beverley's beautiful tea cosy is her fist ever felt make, prior to this Beverley had never experienced felt making before... however after spending a day in the felt Boutique this is what Beverley took home.

The tea cosy is a great success and as you can see fits in beautifully with Beverley's colour scheme at home.

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 (except where otherwise stated and named makers are mentioned) and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Fab fun and fab felt tea cosy.....

Hi everyone, well here's Nicole's tea cosy made on a Tigerlily Makes felt-making day.  Nicole had never felted before and designed and produced this stunning yet functional tea cosy.

Summer courses are filling up fast so to secure your place contact Lisa 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 and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Messing around at Tea Time!

Morning everyone... so heres the first of the "Tea Time range and my first prototype... I have been working on a new range of tea cosy's amongst other things to try and improve on my painting with fibre skills!!

This was my first attempt at this kind of style and looking at it now, it could do with some improvement.  I am drawing a range of pictures which I aim to use as designs on my felted items so I have decided to practice a little more before releasing any for sale to the public.  On reflection I feel that the tea cup is not sculpted enough and not centered enough, but thats the great thing about fibre its trial and error.

Well back to it more preparation for my opening.

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

Lisa X

All content (including text, photographs, and design work) is © Lisa Marie Olson. My original artwork is for personal inspiration only and may not be copied for publication, contest submission or for any other type of financial gain

Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Boutique is getting a shop sign...

Hi everyone, just thought I would give you all a sneek peak of the soon to be in place Boutique Sign.  Though I have to say organizing signage for the shop front has been quite a journey!!!  One sign company never bothered to turn up, another sign company produced the sign at such poor quality... that when I said that this wasn't acceptable he gave me a refund and told me to go elsewhere!!!

It astounds me that people can operate a business in this way with poor quality products and extremely  unprofessional service.

But alas Sheila from the The Pear Tree Creperie came to my rescue as her husband John from Sign Specialists got straight to work .  It was refreshingly reassuring when I received a site visit from John... something none of the other sign companies offered.

John was most helpful and reassured me that the resolution issues would be tackled.  Thanks John and thanks Sheila.

Thank you for taking the time to visit The Handmade by Tigerlily Blog

Lisa X

All content (including text, photographs, and design work) is © Lisa Marie Olson. My original artwork is for personal inspiration only and may not be copied for publication, contest submission or for any other type of financial gain.

Course updates and available places.....

Hi everyone,  just a quick update on course availability:

• Beginners Jewellery 18th March 5 places left
• Beginners Bag/tea cosy 20th March 3 places left
• Beginners Bag/tea cosy 25th March 6 places left
• Beginners Bag/tea cosy 27th March 4 places left 
• Beginners Bag/tea cosy 10th April 3 places booked 2 reserved 1 place left 
• Felt Slipper Course 17th April 4 places left
• 3D Vessel Felt Bowl 24th April 6 places left

Well after only being open two weeks I am thrilled at the response and interest in the courses already... as you can see they are getting booked up, so if you would like more info or to reserve your place please email me:  info@tigerlilymakes.co.uk with a subject heading of the course and date you would like to book.

Thank you for taking the time to visit The Handmade by Tigerlily Blog

Lisa X

All content (including text, photographs, and design work) is © Lisa Marie Olson. My original artwork is for personal inspiration only and may not be copied for publication, contest submission or for any other type of financial gain

Sneek Peek at a felty project going on in the boutique

Hi everyone,
though I would entice you with a sneek peek at a new range of bags I am designing. The bag is a completely new shape and I am trying something a little different with the daisies this time.  So keep you eye on the blog for more sneek peeks and news of exciting developments in the felt boutique.

Thank you for taking the time to visit The Handmade by Tigerlily Blog

Lisa X

All content (including text, photographs, and design work) is © Lisa Marie Olson. My original artwork is for personal inspiration only and may not be copied for publication, contest submission or for any other type of financial gain