It’s Back! Ten Reasons Why We Love The Great British Bake Off

Good morning!  Were you one of the millions, glued to the TV at 8pm last night for the return of The Great British Bake Off?  What is it that makes this programme such a success?  Here’s our Top Ten Reasons to love TGBBO.

 

1.       Mary Berry.  A real national treasure and what Mary doesn’t know about baking, frankly isn’t worth knowing!

2.       Who can fail to withhold a titter every time “soggy bottoms” get a mention!?

3.       It’s so very English! Baking in a marquee, often with the rain battering the canvas as they film.

4.       We all know that giving those biscuits “just two more minutes” will result in burnt offerings for Messrs Berry and Hollywood.

5.       Who will be the first contestant to confuse the sugar container with the cooking salt? 

6.       Paul Hollywood.  Those blue eyes and twinkly smile ….. really ladies!

7.       It inspires us to all “have a go”.  Sales of baking products and baking cookbooks rocket when TGBBO is broadcast.

8.       The Technical Bake round.  One recipe.  A multitude of contestants and many differing interpretations of a classic.  Don’t look Mary, don’t look …..

9.       The cover-ups.  Icing over the burnt bits will not get you into the next round.  The judges will find out …..!

10.   The drama, the tears, the forgotten timers, the dough that didn’t rise.

 

 

 

Yes, welcome back to The Great British Bake Off – and roll on next Tuesday!

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Wow where has the time gone, we our now into the 2nd month of opening our Handmade Boutique

Hello and welcome to all our lovely felters, makers, creators and all round lovely people!

Today is just a quick post really to say that we are now in our second month of trading at the Handmade Boutique! I can't quite believe where its gone to, but I have to say I am absolutely over the moon with the progress so far.

We have had such great feedback over our joint venture and the positive comments about the craftsmanship, the individuality and the standard of workmanship has been so wonderful to receive. I personally have received such brilliant feedback on my product range and kits as well as lots of course bookings.

So if you haven't visited the boutique yet in The Great Western Arcade in Birmingham, you are in for a real treat... stock is changing all the time so you are sure to be met with new inspirations each time you go in.

For now I will leave you with a few pics.

 

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The Handmade Boutique Webbsite Launch...

Well hello lovely felt fans, as many of you know I am very proud and privileged to be part of a group of high end designers in the Handmade Boutique which opened its doors for the first time on a permanent basis on the 1st July 2013. This followed on from the success of a pilot run in the Mailbox last year.

The boutique is almost a month old and its been a fabulous start.

The boutique features 18 designers who are all local and whom all design, make and produce their own ranges.

The new website has just gone live and on it you can find information about all 18 designers, as well as information on opening times/days, courses and more.

Check out the gallery for just a taster of all the loveliness.

www.handmade-boutique.co.uk
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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!

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Sweet Tooth Princess Lily & The Vintage Sweet Shop

On a trip to Lichfield recently, Princess Lily decided that she fancied something sweet, so she headed straight for Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe in Bore Street.

Once inside this Aladdin’s Cave of sweet delights, Princess Lily was quite literally spoilt for choice, and immediately sent back in time to when she was a mere slip of a lass, and the plethora of traditional “sweets in jars” shops that used to be the only place to buy your sweeties. 

 

 

Who can fail to smile at memories of cola cubes, sherbet pips and pineapple chunks – and the sore tongue that often followed after eating them!   Hot summer days spent dipping an orange ice lolly into sharp lemon sherbet crystals, the funny fizz of a packet of Space Dust and the sheer joys (and frustrations) of trying to break a slab of treacle toffee, without the aid of a toffee hammer!

For those of you who enjoy days out at places like the Black Country Living Museum or Blists Hill Victorian Town in Ironbridge – it’s always the old fashioned sweet shops with the longest queues, and it’s not always the children queuing!

Forget buying multi-packs of mass-produced sweets.  Instead, head to your nearest old fashioned sweet shop and treat yourself to whatever takes your fancy.  I bet you won’t stop at one bag either …….!

After buying a quarter of her favourite rhubarb and custards, Lily packed her confectionary treasures into her handmade felt bag http://ow.ly/luEKM and bid farewell to Mr Simms and his jars of sugary gems, until the next time!

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A journey into a wonderful treasure trove of vintage lovelies and designer handmade goods...

Hi everyone, just a quick post as we prepare for our jollies, just wanted to share this fabulous boutique with you... I will just let the video blog speak for itself.

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Courses, courses and more courses...

Just a quick one today lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people, just thought I would let the video blog speak for all our lovely courses on offer at Tigerlily Towers.

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An Insight to all things felty and all things Tigerlily...

Hello a lovely warm, very woolly and fully felted welcomes to you all this fine eve!

I often get asked what is Tigerlily Makes all about, what is that you do... well I thought I would put together this little video blog to give you a guided tour of all things felty and all things Tigerllily.

Hope you enjoy and for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting!

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

Hello lovely peeps, makers and creators.

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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The Vintage Emporium - Wrapped Bagged and Tagged...

Hello and a very, very warm, woolly and fully felted welcome to the latest edition of the Tigerlily Makes Blog.  Todays post is brought to you by Chief Feltrepreneur Lisa Marie Olson (that's just me! lol)

So I am very excited to be sharing with you today a lovely independent designer/maker team, The Vintage Emporium - Wrapped Bagged and Tagged who have recently purchased some of TM's lovely ethically sourced high quality felting wools! Buying felting wools is not an oddity in my business, but what is really special is what some of our lovely customers create with their woolly bundles.

Well I had Karen one half of this dynamic duo contact me about buying some wool, we exchanged info and a purchase of the bumper pack of wools was made, out it went and within less than a week Karen set to work on a bespoke vintage piece.  So when Karen pointed me to her stunning work that she had created with the merino wool pack I just HAD!!! to share!

So I will leave you with her work pictured below, but do pop by her page and give her a like and a big cheery wave from me, you will not be disappointed and you can find all the info you need there.

Beautiful needle felted embellishment created for an original

drawing lovingly translated into this textural delight

Image and designs copyright The Vintage Empporium - Wrapped Bagged & Tagged

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting!

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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

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Bowdalicious Slippers and slippertastic slipper making courses.

Well hello there lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people! Today I thought I would share with you another pair of finished slipper samples following a recent slipper course... introducing Bowdalicious hand felted slippers.

The slipper course is one of my favourite courses I just love the end result and the fact that you can actually wear them too is most appealing... though I have to admit, I do like to make them just to have sat next to the fire or on the stairs as pretty decoration!

I also wanted to share with you a recent new find in the form of the handmade buttons that I have used to embellish and complete the look. These stunning buttons have been handmade by a lovely lady called Skye of Button It in the Isle of Lewis, not Isle of Skye as I blundered in my courses video blog below! Skye is a wonderfully creative lady and we met quite by accident and have been sharing our creations and working together ever since. Skye has a keen eye for colour, design and also has a little daring streak in her, by putting together combinations that are fun and quirky too. I will share more of her collection in the coming weeks as I now have rather a gorgeous stash and growing collection of Button It buttons.

But for now I will leave you with the finished slippers adorned with beautiful buttons and to say keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting :)

I have another pair just like these! (giggle giggle)

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Picture this Regalily's Very Properly Done Egg Cosy Kit _ Afresco dining!

Picture the scene a summers morning, breakfast alfresco, beautifully soft boiled eggs kept warm with this stunning hand felted egg cosy that you can make with our complete kit :) I will let the pictures and video blog explain the rest!

But for now keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep felting!

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Featured Artist You Me & Lucia E at Flutterby Art Boutique...

Today we bring you yet another talented designer from the Flutterby Art Boutique at Curborough Craft and Antique Centre near Lichfield. The Boutique is run by the fabulous, bubbly and very lovable Kate Williams AKA Kate Flutterby Art Williams!

So todays post is all about a lovely lady who designs and creates the most adorable girls girls clothes and toys.  This is Helens Story...

Helen is a full-time mummy to her beautiful daughter Lucia. Sewing has run through her family for generations having learnt her craft from her mother.

She started making her daughter’s clothes and general items for around the home but continues to expand her range. This is how “You, Me & Lucia E” was created, to share Helen’s homemade items, principally sewn, but all inspired by beautiful fabrics.

You may have seen Helen’s range of dollies, rabbits and rattles in a local Lichfield boutique called Mooch Kids. All of her dollies and soft toys are CE compliant and safe from birth. So there is real peace of mind that these have been tested and are safe for your little ones to play with.

Helen only uses the finest quality cotton fabrics and 100% wool felt, the detail is exquisite with hand embroidered facial features and personalisation if requested. So these really do feel like a quality product but at the same time unique and individual.

She also showcases at Flutterby Art Boutique and has a dedicated Facebook page which sells these and other items such as little girl's dresses, pretty bunting, children's bags, children's aprons and fabric notice boards.

She says of her new venture “I love what I do, it is a million miles away from my previous career in the commercial banking industry, but I love the creativity and freedom this affords me especially as it enables me to spend quality time with my daughter”.

 

Here are a few images of just some of the stunning designs Helen creates :)

 

Image and designs Copyright You Me & Lucia E

Gorgeous rattle -

Image and designs Copyright You Me & Lucia E

 

 

 

Beautiful dolly -

Image and designs Copyright You Me & Lucia E

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Ta Dah!!! Our YouTube Channel Has Arrived .......!

Hello lovely makers, creators and generally lovely people! Well, we are very excited to announce that we now have our very own YouTube Channel up and running.

Over the coming weeks we will be uploading regular videos covering a wide variety of topics covering anything from what we are all about to tips and advice on your felting and crafting dilemmas.

We have already begun giving product reviews not just on our own but products but we will be reviewing products that Tigerlily Makes owner Lisa Marie Olson has experience with.

We will also be having a basic question and answers slot bi-monthly and you can put your crafty queries to Lisa via email: info@tigerlilymakes.co.uk

So we thought we would get the ball rolling with one of our complete project needle felting kits.

But for now we hope you enjoy the videos and keeeeeep crafting!

 

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Cushions O Gloriously Glorious Handmade Cushions!!!

Hello lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people!! Welcome to the very latest's and up to the minute edition of the Tigerlily Makes blog.

Here at Tigerlily Towers, we pride ourselves on excellent craftsmanship, not only in the designs we produce but in supporting those in our industry sector, so today I wanted to share with you some amazing handmade cushions.  2 are made with tweed one welsh tweed the other Harris tweed and 3 completely hand knitted cushions that were a custom made especially for our Chief Feltreprenuer.

Firstly the green and purple button tweed was a lovely find on a holiday in a village gallery, its made with beautiful welsh tweed and I love the simplicity of using simply elegant design with the natural texture of the fabric.

The second cushion is the little cushion in next to the green one with my name on it... this was a gift and was handmade especially for me by my wonderfully talented friend Skye. I just love the work and detail in this cushion and its something I really treasure. Skye makes all manner of things including some amazing buttons, you can see more of her amazing work on her facebook page

Last but not least the amazingly talented Lesley at Sweet Little Knitted Things who again gifted me these beautiful cushions!! BUT I have to say the whole process was amazing from start to finish. Lesley (Sweet Little Knitted Things) having been knitting for some 50+ years of her life know her knits!! What Lesley doesn't know about knitting isn't worth knowing.

So Lesley (Sweet Little Knitted Things) came to visit and she brought along a family heirloom in the form of this amazingly hand crafted, hand knitted patchwork blanket. This blanket I have to say is visually stunning... it has  beautiful colours you could want and each patchwork piece has been loving crafted to create a bespoke knitted designs on it. What was lovely was that I could literally choose from copious amounts of colour ways and pick and choose which knitted stich I wanted in what format on which ever cushion I chose. It was the most liberating process.  You can keep up to date with Lesley on her Sweet Little Knitted Things facebook page.  A little time later 3 cushions appeared in my selected colour ways and designs. So lets not talk about them any more lets just see them in all their glory.

Image copyright Lisa Marie Olson - Cushion Designs Copyright Skye Gemran and Lesley Wilkinson

Image copyright Lisa Marie Olson - Cushion Designs Copyright  Lesley Wilkinson

Image copyright Lisa Marie Olson - Cushion Designs Copyright  Lesley Wilkinson

 

Happy making everyone!

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Latest Featured Artist at the Flutterby Art Boutique... Titch Designs!

Hello lovely makers and creators well today we bring you yet another fabulous artist in residence at the wonderful Flutterby Art Boutique at Curborough Craft & Antique Centre. Flutterby Art Boutique is run by the wonderfully talented and visionary Kate Williams, who has an eye for spotting excellent design within are local design community.  Today we feature one of the Artists in residence at the Boutique the wonderful Titch Designs. You can keep up to date with all the artists at the boutique including Titch Designs on the Flutterby Art Boutique Facebook Page
 
Titch Design was set up in 2012 after designer Rachel Wiseman (aka Titch) graduated from university with a first class BA Hons degree in Graphic Design. The lack of job opportunities made her decide to create her own job! She took a chance and decided to embark on an adventure…Titch set up her own company and is now doing what she enjoys best creating, producing and selling her own designs.
 

Titch Design produces unique hand designed products, mainly paper related; including greeting cards, gift wrap, notepads, framed prints, memo blocks, small gifts including pocket mirrors and badges to name just a few of her items. Titch is inspired by a huge variety of things and when inspiration strikes she just goes with it! One thing that is very clear in her designs is that she absolutely loves colour! Titch is continuously working on new designs, products and ideas…there is always a long list on the go of what to do next. Titch Design strives to be and is extremely proud to be 100% British designed and made!

 

Titch Design was thrilled to be selected to have space to showcase her work in the Flutterby ArtBoutique, Curborough Craft Centre. A brilliant opportunity to sell her products along side many other talented designer makers in a fabulous little boutique. 

 

Titch Design products are available to buy in the Flutterby Art Boutique; you can also shop online in the Titch Design Etsy store www.etsy.com/shop/TitchDesign, and keep up to date with all the latest Titch Design news and goings on by visiting her Facebook page www.facebook.com/TitchDesign.

 

All Images and designs copyright Titch Designs

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Todays Featured Artist at the Flutterby Art Boutique

Hello lovely makers and creators we we have another treat for you today as we feature another talented artist at the fabulous Flutterby Art Boutique run by Kate Williams bringing local talent together.

Today we feature Pat Wilkes and this is what Pat has to say about her creative journey...

"I have been crafting from a very early age, my mom taught me how to knit and crochet and I love anything creative. Over the years I have made jewellery, cards, scrapbooks and also textile projects. I still make cards and jewellery but tend to have settled on the keepsake and gift market.

My passion at the moment is vintage linens and vintage wooden items which can be up cycled and made into something unique and beautiful, giving them a new life in this modern world. I think I am at my happiest when I am creating a new piece, but I can be my own worst critic like most creative people.

I am so happy to now have some of my stock at the Flutterby Art Boutique at CurboroughCraft Centre something I never thought would ever happen, a complete dream come true."

Images and designs copyright Pat Wilkes

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International Craft Hobby & Stitch Trade Show

Hello lovely makers, creators and all round lovely people... my apologies for being a little on the quiet side this week! BUT!! as you can probably guess from today's blog title, we have been at the ICHF show for 3 days, which has been mega full on!

I have to say that it was only this time last year that I did my first ever trade show, I was a little nervous to begin with, but soon was put at ease by the amazing wonderfully warm and encouraging comments that were made about my designs, stand and by the orders that came in.

Well this year we were back having only been supplying to the trade for just one short year and having learnt so much along the way!

Oh my goodness, as I said last year was brill, but this year was even better!! We had a full on packed stand for the most part of the show and literally 100s per day visited. So I thought I wold share a few pictures of my stand so you can see for yourself what people loved about it.

We worked very hard this year to make sure that we carried out our timeless classic and very vintage style all the way through to our stand display.

What really was the icing on the cake... was to see my old City and Guilds Tutor who came to see us and the stand, to see her sooo proud of what I had achieved from that course to this was just so, so humbling. Thank you Brenda for all your support then and now at The Old Needle Works, where you are exhibiting my work!! Thank YOU!

Hope you like as much as we do.

But for now!! Keeeeeeeeeeeep felting :)
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Sneak Peek for new Recycled Note Book soon to go on Folksy

Hi everyone,

just a quick one today as I am busy, busy, busy as usual... this is my new note book which Iwill be adding to the existing range I have on Folksy.

It is made completely with 100% recycled and ethically sourced and sustainable materials.

later this week I will be sharing some of my great finds, other talented sellers.

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

Lisa X

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