The shop in the square

This is the shop in the square. It's located right in the center of Wolverhampton and it's well worth a visit. The whole shop is run by one very lovely manager called Charlotte and a team of dedicated volunteers and sellers. It is made up of 33(ish) local start up businesses and the stock includes candles soaps, woodwork, stationary, wire work, jewellary and of course sewn items and machine embroidery. There is even a supplies section where you can buy kits, beads, fabric and haberdashery. It's totally amazing how it fits all under one little roof. The quality of the work at is sold through the shop is amazing and because it is all handmade it is unique. I will be doing tons of my Christmas shopping here this year. I love buying and receiving handmade things. I find that I look after them more knowing the love and care that went in to each item and I get a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that I have helped another artist/ crafter/ small business make a bit of money and give them confidence to carry on being creative. Not everyone appreciates handmade things but it would be awesome if we could all buy or make at least one crafted item this Christmas and the shop in the square is a good place to start! 

The shop in the square

Queens square

Wolverhampton 

(Opposite the man on the horse) 

Some hair accessories made by me and scrabble rings by Katie at the oldskooleretrokitsch boutique.

Lovely memo boards and cushions by oldskooleretrokitsch boutique, glasses cases by minty pink custard and sock monkeys by cuddles and snuggles

A bit of haberdashery by me and wood work by crafty owls creations.

Embroidery samplers and some lovely jewellary 

There is tons more including soaps, chocolates, fascinations and even stained glass! 

Visit he facebook page for info on events and special shopping evenings

www.facebook.com/shopinthesquare

The Sew Cool Sewing School

 

 

New Years Workshops

 

Saturday 11th January 2014 to Saturday 1st February 2014

 

Learn to love your machine beginners workshops.

 

Group 1:- 9.30am to 11.30am

 

Group 2:- 12.30pm to 2.30pm

 

these workshops will be run every Saturday for 4 weeks.

 

you will learn maintenance, troubleshooting, stitch types and lots of techniques to help you produce a pin cushion, a drawstring pouch, a cushion cover and applique bunting.

please visit the workshop info page for more workshops, prices and information

 

The cost of the workshop will be £60 per person for the 4 week course, that's a saving of £5 per lesson. you will also receive a cute little sewing kit to put in your drawstring pouch.

all materials, tutorial printouts and refreshments are provided and i have lots of fabrics and haberdashery to choose from.

 

if you would like to book a space on any of the workshops please email me at becci@beccibunnymakes

places are limited to 4 people per session.

 

or contact me on my facebook page

 

Becci Bunny Makes

Lollipop Christmas decoration tutorial.

Morning bunnies, hope you are all ok, I've done a quick tutorial for you. These lollipop decorations look super cute on a Christmas tree or hung in a window. You can make them from fabric scraps so they are a brilliant stash buster and they are super easy to make.

This is my first tutorial for this blog so if it's rubbish let me know. Also I do have it saved as a PDF so if you would like a copy I can email you one. I can't figure out how to post a PDF from my iPad so the screen shot shoud do for now until I can figure out how to work it properly. I hope you have fun making these as much as I do. 

Lots of lovely things

Hi all, wow it's been a loooong time again hasn't it? I have an app for my iPad now so I hope these blog posts will be easier and quicker and more frequent.......I just have to figure out how to use it properly! 

Anyway if you guys are interested here is what I've been up to.

I now have a website, it's www.beccibunnymakes.co.uk most of the things are on there, events, products etc.

I also have a facebook page it's www.facebook.com/Beccibunnymakes

And a twitter. Becbecbunbun.

And an Instagram it's beccibunnymakes. I love instagram at the moment. My news feed is just full of very talented bag makers, bow makers, jewellary makers and artists. I love how easy it is to edit your crappy photos to make them look good. 

 

I mean look at this photo. I took it on my dining room table at 9pm! Awesome sauce! 

This is just one of the amazing embroidery designs from urban threads. I stitched it out on my (fairly new) embroidery machine, her name is big bad Bertha. She is a beast of a machine and I am utterly in love with her. I know a lot of people think embroidery machines is sort of cheering but I don't care. You still need a bit of creativity about you to make it work and to come up with ideas such as glue gunning pom-poms to your work.

You can also do things like this to dresses.

And this to skirts. Yes it's fair to say I 💚💜❤️💙💛 Bertha. I will share tons of things from her with you soon.

Right I'm off to write a tutorial and hopefully share it with y'all soon.

Bunny x

Buying handmade for Christmas

Hello lovelies, I'm slacking in the blogging department again. I'm super busy with Xmas orders so ill try my bestest to blog when I can.

I recently did a brilliant vintage and craft fair, the atmosphere was great, the stall holders  were awesome, it was the best one ever. Over 1500 people came through the doors on the day and I was in between my two fave vendors the first was Katie at http://oldskoolretrokitschboutique.co.uk/ she is mega ace and I love working next to her, 

she always has a pen which is usefull as I always forget or loose mine and her cushions and 

cake stands are super lush! The second was Zoe At http://www.deliciousinspiration.co.uk/ her cake is amazing and she always makes me a breakfast

Peanut and bacon muffin. 

I'm not sure about fairs for next year, I love doing them but I've not got any booked in.

I'd love to run one from my own house/ garden, is it doable? Have any of you

Ever done it? Advice on this would be amazing. 

Right I'm off, I'm hoping I will have more time to blog in the future but untill then happy

Christmas and a merry new year x x x

craft fairs and treasuries

Hello there, how are you all? im ok, ive been a busy bunny on etsy this week and ive made some fab treasuries

 

This is my shop link:- http://www.etsy.com/shop/Beccibunnymakes

 

and here are the links to my treasuries:- 

 

my moustache treasury:-

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/Nzk0MTM0MHwyNzIwNjkyMjA5/moustache-heaven?index=2

 

my Haloween treasury:-

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/Nzk0MTM0MHwyNzIzNDEzMDg4/tis-the-season-to-be-spooky?index=1

 

and my bag treasury:-

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/Nzk0MTM0MHwyNzIzNDUzMDIw/bloomin-brilliant-bags?index=0

 

i am a bit obsessed with them at the mo, i think they are a brilliant way to showcase yours and other talented makers items.

 

in other news, i recently did this fair, it is run by two fab ladies called Ellen and Dawn they work really hard and it always pays off i just love doing their fairs

 

   

 

                                

and this is me manning my stall

 

and these are my next two events, im soooooo looking forward to them if you are in the midlands please pop over

 

right im off to bed i hope you are all well

x Becci x

 



Tis the season to be spooky

Autumn is here, it is my most favorite time of year, the smells, the colours, the feeling of the frost in the morning (although i could totally do without the effin rain).

 

My workshop/dining room/ conservatory is getting very cold which is a shame as i love to spend time in there, i have to put 3 pairs of socks on to stop my toes getting frostbite on the tiled floor whilst im sewing! i think its time to get on at hubby again about underfloor heating and some blinds, do you think i could write it off as a business expence?

 

 

as the nights have been drawing in i have been thinking about Halloween, its my daughters birthday on the 27th of october so halloween has always been fun and i love love love to dress up. what should i be this year? She wants to go in to birmingham and spend lots of money on trendy clothing and eat at a posh restarant (she is only 13!) and i want to get dressed up and take her trick or treating but apparently that is lame!. They grow up far to fast

 

 

this is my spooky halloween etsy treasury, its got some of my favorite halloween items on it all made by a crafty bunch of people.

 

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/Nzk0MTM0MHwyNzIzNDEzMDg4/tis-the-season-to-be-spooky

have a little peek and maybe buy something handmade this halloween, sometimes all the mass produced crap just gets a bit to much.

 

 

 

 

and this is my handmade halloween contribution so far:-

 

 

Its mostly bags to be honnest but i love to make them, im really trying to buy more handmade items this year, i love getting handmade things you can see all the love and hardwork that goes in to them and its ace to support small businesses.

 

in other news, ive started my dressmaking course, its going ok. we have covered seams and this week is zips and i got to use the overlocker so im getting there.

 

hope you are all well, im off to bed, night night

Becci x