A bat and a ghostie

This cute little fella arrived at my door on Saturday morning:



He now resides in my living room with the other spooky guys:



He was made by by Half an Acre, purveyor of hand-painted wooden loveliness, and creator of the brilliant Widget the Sock Bunny concept (read about the ideas behind Widget here - very clever.).

In other news, my Small Ghostie (click the image below to go to the listing) has been featured in a couple of places. He was on Cuteable on Friday in their Flickr Friday feature, and today he's in the Autumn issue of UK Handmade magazine (check him out on page 83 in the Trick or Treat feature).



Thanks folks! x

Happy Autumn!

It's officially autumn now (the TNBC calendar says "Autumn Equinox" so it must be so), and I can therefore stop feeling a bit premature for talking about Halloween :) So, with only five and a half weeks, or 38 days, to go until the big day, I've been adding lots more spooky goodies to the Etsy shop.

After buying some wonderful Halloween-themed supplies, I created a little collection of beaded dangles:

The little bells I bought were used in creating these three pieces:





My favourite is this one, because the large orange bead looks like a big chunk of candy :)



I'd also bought some glow-in-the-dark beads, both round and bat-shaped, which went into the making of these:





Pop into the Halloween section of my shop for all of the above and more!

I've also been working on a commission for four silver pieces:



You can't tell from this picture, but the bat on the bottom right is huge! 16 inches wide in fact, double the size of my usual bats. Was awkward but fun to make :)

Sneddonia Designs at The Starkeeper

I visited a shop in Stourbridge with some of my work today, and they've taken some :) This shop is called The Starkeeper, and sells lovely gifts, jewellery, suncatchers, candles and other things. It even has a fairy section!

The items I've given them include:



Plus items similar to these:

Get your Halloween goodies early ...

I know it's a bit early to start thinking about Halloween, but ... What am I saying? It's never too early to start thinking about Halloween!

For some great decorations, check out the new Halloween section in my Etsy shop:



My cobweb necklaces would also be great for Halloween:



And so would this bat-winged t-shirt:



Happy Halloween!