I know I shouldn't be here but...........

...........I am in need of some crafty help urgently. My current supplier is out of stock of some of the plain coloured cottons that I use for lining and I am in desperate need of some fast. Do any of you know of somewhere in the UK (that can deliver) that stocks a wide variety of colours. Only 2 weeks until Handmade in Britain and I've run out of lining fabric.

All I can say is that I would like to give myself a right good kick up the a**e for not checking stock sooner!!!!!

I would really appreciate any suggestions.....many thanks.

:) xx

Prices

Going out on a limb here.........

How do you price your items in your shop? Do you have a method, eg. time + materials = £. I've always wondered about the value of handmade items, me personally I would pay more for something that's handmade and that little bit different. But I some times worry that people think because its handmade it should be cheap???? Surely not???

I've spent many an hour pondering how much to price an item in my shop....resulting in total confusion, then panic, then doubt and finally changing my mind about 50 times!! I'm still doing it now!! Then there is the topic of wholesale......*big gasp* this really does mash my brain cells.

Any words of wisdom out there???

Earth needs our help!!!

If you are a reader in the UK did you see Dame Vivienne Westwood on Johnathan Ross on Friday night?

Vivienne is definitely one of my favourite 'designers' and has always been an inspiration to me throughout my time at college and University. I love the creativity and 'no holds barred' to her designs....at early times for being very controversial and others for just being 'Out there!'.

In her new manifesto she encourages people to stop spending money on all these clothes to 'look like everyone else' and start saving your money, give new life to old clothes....ironic I know coming from a fashion designer who has built her life and career on people buying her products.

What amazes me is her passion for getting the message across that the world needs our help and that if we don't do something soon then its going to start a fast chain reaction and our world will be past the point of it being 'fixable'. The more I think about what she said the more saddened and scared I feel. We're all guilty of contributing to it.....so if it is as bad as this then why isn't the government stepping in and passing a bill??? Even if only half the worlds countries got involved surely that would make a difference?? I know that we are a consumer world but I just think that we are too obsessed with money and its become more important than the planet we live on.

I know a lot of people will criticise Vivienne for being a little hypocritical, the fact that her business is built on consumerism and that she jets off on aeroplanes to different cities on a weekly basis....but you have to give her credit for caring, that's got to be the starting point right?

I want to live in a world where I know that my future generations aren't going to suffer from climate change....and that we wont have to witness the extinction of the rain forests or polar bears. A bit heavy for a Sunday I know, but if this was something that the government took control of we could all change the way we live....stop being so obsessed with what we've got and focus on quality of life and the life on earth.

She made me think about it.....so if she made 1 person in every household also think about it then that's a pretty commendable accomplishment on her part.