Joe's Gingerbread Man

How cute is this little fella???

He was made from another one of my 'make your own' Gingerbread Men kits. I sent Joe the kit for his 9th birthday and Rachel (my very lovely pal) from over at Contented helped him with the tricky bits. Didn't they do a fab job? I love his cheeky little smile :)

As photos are coming in from the made kits I am going to add a page to my blog and make a collage of them all. So if you've bought a kit, please send me a photo of your decoration so I can add it to my collage.

Hello my lovelies....

OK let me just sit down and take a deep breath in.........and out.

Whilst the dinner is in the oven and I'm sat with Gingerbread men, Houses and Angel kits on the floor in front of me (waiting to be put together) and 10 gingerbread men, 5 stuffed, 5 waiting to be stuffed I thought I'd spend some time here at my blog. Something which is becoming less and less, certainly not through choice but through necessity.

I miss being here and miss reading every ones lovely blogs but at the moment there just aren't enough hours in the day. If I thought that for one minute that all year round could be as busy as this I would most definitely be able to give up the day job and Bagladee myself til my hearts content (if that's possible).

The 'To Make' list is astronomical, normally I would be freaking out on a massive scale but surprisingly I am enjoying the buzz of taking multi tasking to the next level ;) that's how I like to think of it anyway. This week I've been making copious amounts of decorations, bless those Gingerbread mens cotton socks, who knew they would be this popular. The last time I counted I think I was at 74 completed gingers! Phew!

I have also been making a few clutch bags and a very special Changing/Baby bag for my cousin. To be honest its a while since I've used the changing bag pattern and felt a little intimidated by it when I laid it out on the fabric. As soon as I machined the first bit I was motoring my way through it. Just like riding a bike but with the exception of not falling off and grazing your knees :) See even us seasoned Bag makers can be put off by a unfamiliar pattern. The end result, it looks fab and its on its way up North in the post as I type.

Best go and dish up dinner, its been a long day and I'm starving.
See you soon....hugs x

Helen's ginger bread man

Just wanted to stop by and show you the very first finished gingerbread man kit, not made by me but by a very lovely lady called Helen Lay. She won the kit in my giveaway last month and very kindly emailed me a photo.

She also made this necklace from one of Blooming Felt's kits, isn't it pretty! Perfect gifts for Christmas. Thank you Helen, you did a fantastic job, now do you wanna come and make about 150??? Ha ha only kidding ;)

You can get your very own kit from 3 places:

My website

Blooming Felt

My Etsy Shop

I really don't mind which one you buy from as long as you do :D

Want to win one of these?

EDIT: Giveaway now closed

I thought it was about time I had a little giveaway to say thanks for being such lovely readers, there are one each of these kits up for grabs.

 There's the gingerbread man,

 the Christmas Angel......

....and the Gingerbread House kit.

Each kits contains full instructions with illustrations, templates and all the materials needed to make your very own felt Christmas decoration.

To enter simply leave a comment on this post.
Yep that's it, I will post internationally so anyone can enter outside the UK.
Only one entry per person.
The giveaway is open until Tuesday 1st November and the winners will be drawn on Tuesday evening.
Winners will be drawn at random.

I will also be taking entries from my Facebook book page for those no familiar with blogger (again only one entry per person, which ever page you enter the giveaway from).

Good luck!!

Make your own felt decoration kits

The kits are now available to buy here.

Happy Crafting ( ha ha best you thought I was going to say Christmas)!!

Kits in the making

Thought you might like to see some 'in progress' photos of the kits. It felt strange at first with it being totally different from my normal crafty tasks but I thoroughly enjoyed chopping up bits of felt with my new rotary cutter and mat (see I even bought the right tools for the job) and the measuring and counting of ribbon, buttons and brads.

Then there was the task of making 60 little 'clouds' that's balls of stuffing really :D

I even enjoyed making 20 ribbon bows which I've pretty much got it down to a fine art now. Once all the copies of the instructions came back from the printers. C helped me fold them and slot into the already packed cello envelopes.

And then once the tops were folded and stuck down, they were all packed into a huge box and shipped off to Blooming Felt.

Don't forget to give me a shout if you want to pre-order any of them as the remaining kits will be returned to me this week. They'd make great stocking fillers.

At last!

The secret can now come out. For weeks now I have been working on a new side line venture called 'felt creations by Bagladee'. Well this is what it will be called for now, I'm sure there will be more tweaking as I go a long.

There are 3 Christmas kits in the series (so far) the very sought after Gingerbread Man...

The Christmas Angel....

And the new addition to the family Gingerbread house.

The kits contains all the materials, instructions and templates to make your very own decoration for your Christmas tree and they will be making their debut at The Knitting and Stitching Show @ Alexandra Palace. The show starts tomorrow (6th Oct) and ends on Sunday (9th Oct). They are kindly being showcased by the very lovely Sarah from Blooming Felt and she will be there will all her felty goodies on

Stand M13

so if you want to get your hands on them that's where you will find them. If you aren't able to make it to the show you can pre-order them with me so just leave me a comment or contact me at emma@bagladee.com

If they prove to be popular I am hoping to add to the series with different holiday themed kits. Let me know your thoughts on them. Always after a little bloggy feedback :)