Little Cotton Rabbits

when you're down and troubled...

... you could do a hell of a lot worse than going blog surfing! Seriously, it's good for the soul (and a lot better on the bank balance than retail therapy!). I get some of my best laughs these days from reading other people's blogs. There are some incredibly talented wordsmiths out there who write insightful, witty posts and some who have true comedy skills.

I love to visit  The Gallery of Kitschy Stitches by Stitchy McYarnpants which never fails to please big time! and another of my favourites - as yet a largely undiscovered gem is Monkee Maker. You're in luck if you visit at the moment as she's giving away this cute monkey backpack - if you need a giggle or a new backpack pop over and take a look!

Happy birthday to my little brother..

Sorry I threw your lollipop in the pond, put soap on your toothbrush and made you eat dried chillis (amongst other mean & nasty big sister stuff).

Love you though! Have a great day!

376 thank yous!

I am completely gobsmacked that so many of you left me a comment on the last posts and I'm still not able to fit through doorways very easily on account of how big my head has grown at all the compliments you heaped upon me! I'm just glad that I made it a random prize draw rather than a prize for the nicest comment otherwise I'd have to be making you all one! I shall float gently back down to earth and get on with the business of knitting up some more toys for the shop as there seem to be plenty of you wanting them!

This seems a good time to mention that I'm not taking on any more special orders. Not that I have an easy time saying no (something that's landed me in plenty of trouble in the past, but that's another story!) and especially as I've had some requests from some very deserving and lovely people. It's just that demand has now way exceeded my capacity to supply and so it seems fairer to turn everyone down rather than selecting a few people at random. I've put some details on a new page called things I get asked a lot... and hope that this explains things.

So, I suppose you'll be wanting to know who won my prize draw? Well, I'm afraid I chickened out of sitting up night after night with my scissors snipping 376 comments into a bowl and instead resorted to a random number generator (thanks to those of you who suggested that).

The number was 121 and the winner is...

...Kerflop. Conratulations to you Jessica and to everyone else many, many, many thanks for taking the time to leave such kind comments.

I've hit the small time!

Firstly, thanks SO much for all of the wonderful comments on the 100th post, I am chuffed to bits and a little flabbergasted that there are so many people who visit here!

I'm also chuffed to bits that I've just had a mention in SMALL which is a fab on-line magazine:

"Small is a magazine of creative work on a small scale and for the small sized. Although primarily for children’s products and designs it is also about small-scale productions. We are looking for people that are interested in play, children, childhood and the child within and who produce high quality work and independent products and design on a small-scale."

It's definitely worth a look as they have great recipies, ideas, fashion, books and in this issue a link to some brilliant free furniture you can make with your kids. And my rabbit is in very good company too, if you get a chance pop over and take a look!

I don't have any finished toys to show you at the moment, so I'll show you a 'before' shot of some bunnies hopefully the 'after' picture will follow soon!

The competition will stay open until Sunday, so leave a comment on the previous post if you want to enter. We'll draw the winner on monday after school and I'll post about it on tuesday.

Have a great weekend everyone!

competition overspill

Hi everyone - flippin'heck!!! How many comments??!!

My blog appears to be struggling to keep up and I know that some of you have had trouble leaving a comment on the previous post so leave one here instead and you can still be entered for the competition. What have I done? There's a week of snipping and folding bits of paper ahead of me!!!
Seriously, thanks for all of your lovely coments.

My competition is now closed to new entries, I'll be drawing the winner shortly and will post tomorrow, thanks!