tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58196344310326995802023-11-16T15:44:01.533+00:00Bella BobbinHandmade Happiness!Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-78563959595900276412011-08-27T11:33:00.001+01:002011-08-27T11:34:19.462+01:00Camping!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPok046R3ZkAi9bXbfqfTPSTKMInfSSVzztK7TeSZAnYGUpLzQJ1njNz0W0O4XYpBFl7ZRMS4j2dsffauOa87yYdJ9s5GrS68rmzxckvxf1T7hwQVXvPIlERZB0Y8c8kwBq_XfCwP9WUqS/s1600/Camping+-+West+Wittering+-+Aug+2011+067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPok046R3ZkAi9bXbfqfTPSTKMInfSSVzztK7TeSZAnYGUpLzQJ1njNz0W0O4XYpBFl7ZRMS4j2dsffauOa87yYdJ9s5GrS68rmzxckvxf1T7hwQVXvPIlERZB0Y8c8kwBq_XfCwP9WUqS/s400/Camping+-+West+Wittering+-+Aug+2011+067.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Last weekend the entire Bella Bobbin Brigade took a trip away to West Wittering for a long weekend camping. We had a brilliant time, truly blessed with some lovely weather and 4 children who thoroughly enjoyed the freedom of running around like lunatics! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">West Wittering beach is a glorious patch of sand (patch is abit of an understatement - it stretches for miles!) with 156 lovely beach-huts running along the back by the sand dunes. Parking charges were slightly eyebrow raising (Mr Bobbin, a bean counter by trade, spent most of the day mumbling about daylight robbery!).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here are some snaps from our weekend:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We are all off Camping together in Sussex tomorrow, I shall take my trusty camera with me and share the snaps when I return. I am hoping that I can sneak some bunting up onto the tent this time (Mr Bobbin put his foot down last time - but I'm not going to let a minor thing like that get in my way!!) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sarah on the other hand has been super organised and has been busy crafting away, making some lovely items that I hope to be able to show to you soon. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bella Bobbin is still ticking along, albeit in a slightly lower gear at the moment, we are even on the Folksy Featured Page today - it's all about 'Shrooms! (and subsequently I now want to purchase every featured item on the page!!):</span><br />
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</span>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-44883383110892150002011-05-17T14:40:00.000+01:002011-05-17T14:40:51.161+01:00WowThankYou!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Have you heard of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wowthankyou.co.uk/">WowThankYou</a>? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have just recently started selling our wares on the fantastic newly revamped site. It promotes UK Crafts and Design and is a brilliant place to find unique and wonderful gifts. There are many talented people showcased on WowThankYou and we are really, really pleased to be amongst a such high standard of creations - why not pop over and take a look - </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-50161251328613042692011-04-18T12:15:00.000+01:002011-04-18T12:15:01.442+01:00Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">When I saw these lovely mini eggs in M&S I knew they deserved something far greater than being gobbled up straight away! So I set to work making them into Easter Egg Nest Cakes. Plain old fairy cake, some butter-cream icing, a grated up flake to make the twigs and a gorgeous egg on the top. Yummy! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-39604427993106049522011-04-11T13:00:00.000+01:002011-04-11T13:00:28.584+01:00Project Playhouse<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Last year we bought the little Bobbins a playhouse for the back garden. I spent literally weeks shopping around, trying to get the perfect one for our budget and to suit the girls. I would have loved to have gone for a two storey mansion but safety (I didn't want to have to supervise them constantly) and Mr Bobbin putting his foot down put paid to that! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-88391524670778844812011-04-02T14:47:00.000+01:002011-04-02T14:47:32.428+01:00Bobbins Destash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvhwpRpsL2b4LpDUv9040fiM-viUEu5AzRHoh_HmZ8aIyZ3WXMLFd3se4DNFsTWRYBiVvYi8b0-XA1JYDz84ArQxZi4QLpResvwXCb79B4Hdp0oWY7YYqxPwpYSKspzhDDEWRoK0BIon-/s1600/bobbins+destashavatar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvhwpRpsL2b4LpDUv9040fiM-viUEu5AzRHoh_HmZ8aIyZ3WXMLFd3se4DNFsTWRYBiVvYi8b0-XA1JYDz84ArQxZi4QLpResvwXCb79B4Hdp0oWY7YYqxPwpYSKspzhDDEWRoK0BIon-/s1600/bobbins+destashavatar.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-41608684618212160922011-03-30T12:48:00.001+01:002011-03-30T12:57:35.672+01:00Sherfield on Loddon Spring Fair<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We attended the Sherfield on Loddon Spring Fair on Saturday - and what a lovely venue it was. We had a brilliant day, it was really busy and we met some lovely people. Emma and Cat @Seasonal Sales who organise the fair had done a really good job of getting high quality stalls to attend and the whole layout looked fab. Our sales weren't too shabby either! It was a real scramble to get ready for, we had sold items online in the run up so I was up to the wee hours making Birdie Lavender Cushions, Hoppity Bunnies and a new Tree and Bunting Appliqué - but it was definitely worth it! Here are some photos of the day:</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-78631168670806158422011-03-14T00:33:00.000+00:002011-03-14T00:33:27.635+00:00Spring Sewing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm flat out sewing at the moment, so just a quick post to share with you some of the things I have been making for the craft fair (just to prove that I am actually sewing and not just swanning about like a lady of leisure!)</span><br />
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</span>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-46769001995846172692011-03-10T22:54:00.000+00:002011-03-10T22:54:12.340+00:00That day, for no particular reason, we decided to go for a little walk.....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It would seem that Winter is finally on it's way out! It seems to have been such a long one, and I am really glad that the sun is starting to make an appearance. We are starting to venture outside more, I took the little Bobbin's on a long walk through the farm fields on Monday morning and they had a ball. We had only meant to walk to the park which is literally 30 seconds away, but like Forrest Gump we just kept right on going! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They wanted to go in all directions but I thought it best to look it all up on a map before we head off next time as I can imagine getting lost with a 2.5 and 4 year old wouldn't be fun, so we stuck to the trodden path!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was quite impressed with Isabel, who is 2 and a half, walking at a good pace for an hour solid, no complaints. We haven't used the pushchair since we went to Cornwall in June last year, it became easier to let them walk than fight them into it, but I wasn't sure how she would fair on a proper adventure! I'm now tempted to sell it, though I do miss having somewhere to hang my shopping bags! I didn't have my camera on me unfortunately but I shall remember for next time. I did take some spring pictures on our trip to Winchester though, it was a lovely sunny day:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">A really interesting selection of books - I was quite tempted by the Rob Ryan & Carol Ann Duffy book the Gift - but I resisted!</span><br />
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</tbody></table>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-14944286089603958592011-03-02T15:13:00.000+00:002011-03-02T15:13:47.562+00:00Craft Fair Prep - I will surface eventually!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With our 1st Craft Fair of the year fast approaching I have been putting the pedal to the metal on the sewing front! I am building my stock up again after a really successful Christmas and it does takes time. I thought I would share a few of my makes with you over the next few weeks. It does mean that I have been neglectful of my Feb Monthly Make but I plan to catch up with that as soon as I have the bulk of my craft fair stock completed. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-91440810038093121842011-01-28T11:14:00.000+00:002011-01-28T11:14:14.725+00:00All Change!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have had really a rather frustrating week as I have been without my car, I hate being stuck in, it usually leads to all sorts of crazy things in my house! Cabin Fever this week led to me deciding to put the two little Bobbins into the same bedroom and turning the now empty bedroom into a Playroom.I had this brilliant theory about all the toys being confined to one room, less tidying, more imaginative play (think it may have just been semi-lucid ramblings of a mad woman now though!!).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div></div>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-31378870256918734112011-01-21T14:43:00.001+00:002011-01-21T14:45:31.572+00:00Little Give Away Winner<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Winner of the Sew Darn Cute Book is....Drumroll......</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-20202951984870208342011-01-18T22:01:00.000+00:002011-01-18T22:01:14.986+00:00Sweet Valentine Day Printables<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now my lovelies, aside from fabric, my other weakspot is giftwrap and cards. Beautiful wrappings, tags and invitations, thank-you's etc all make me go slightly weak at the knees! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There are some very talented designers out there who are also very generous and share some of their work to be downloaded. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was only 5 years ago that I got married but the wealth of (free!) invitations, favour tags, etc that are now available makes me want to do it all over again (to Mr.Bobbin again of course...ahem!!)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, to kick us off:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">* Sweet Valentine Day Printables *</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> They both have an extensive and up-to-date range, I could spend all day shopping there!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The next task is to get my creative hat on and start making!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Don't forget if you haven't done so, enter the Give-Away on my earlier post to win a copy of "Sew Darn Cute" by Jenny Ryan*</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Bella Bobbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672144078207668651noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819634431032699580.post-25572923473438112392011-01-15T17:08:00.000+00:002011-01-15T17:08:17.268+00:00A Little Give-Away!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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