New Beginnings...

I made a big big decision a couple of weeks ago, I decided I was finally ready to quit my day job... you might have seen my facebook and twitter announcements in the past couple of days.
I guess the driving force behind this was moving home, we moved into our lovely new nest with a nice big room for me to work in and since then I haven't managed to make anything. I was starting to feel a little sad... here was a nice shiny studio and I wasn't using it, except as a dumping ground... my day job was really starting to get in the way!
I had tried to quit last year in September but I realised that I wasn't emotionally ready... I've never left a job where I wanted to go but still liked the place I worked and the people I worked with... the only problem with my job in a book store was how much head space it took up, I'm not one of those people who can just turn up for work and then switch off the second I leave the door... and it's hard to be creative with a head full of all the things I needed to do at work the next day!
So I have 2 weeks left to work out my notice which is very scary... soon I shall be a full time self employed craft worker and will have to get my head down and felt like the wind ... I have so many ideas, I hope I have time for them! My next big thing is I really want to reopen Feltanomicon because it is so much fun to make little monsters... and hopefully I'll be getting up and running on Dawanda too... squeeeeeeeeeee.... I can't wait for my big scary adventure!

And the winners are...

Phew what a week... lots of fun for my house warming and you all brought such lovely things to the party too!

We've had a great party with lots of birds, 2 cats (probably not the best idea... the mess ,oh the mess!) ,disco balls and dressing up... lots of 80's music (I totally back combed and hairsprayed the hell outta my hair did you notice?)... sooooooo much food ...cupcakes, flans, chocolates, candy, brownies, cakes (knitted and sponge!), champers, pimms, lambrini and a whole cocktail bars worth of booze... and some mac a cheese too... so all that's left to do is to sweep up the glitter, wash up the glasses and announce the winners of the party prizes.

1st prize Green Pixey

2nd Prize Anji

3rd prize Stephanie/Pandacub
Thanks guys... I'll be washing up for a week here and just so you all don't feel left out I have some party favours for everyone too... if you didn't win then here's a code for both Inkmeup and Feltmeupdesigns to get 25% off your order just enter PARTYON at checkout to get your discount... phew... I'm never moving again!

I'm off to settle down with a glass of left over champers before I tackle the tidying up... thanks guys it's been a blast! I'm also off to think big scary thoughts about my direction for my business in the coming year... oh yeah and maybe do my accounts too...
x
mel

The New Nest Housewarming Party Giveaway...

I'm all settled down in my new home... I've nearly found the floor of the studio and am ready to start making some new designs especially some Inkmeup lovelies... but wait... I feel I should share this momentous occasion with someone special... you guys!!! I've hung up the bunting and laid out some snacks and treats and now you're all invited to my house warming party...No house warming is complete without games and no games are good games without PRIZES!!! I have decided to pick 3 lucky winners because my lovely facebook followers decided they would like more chances to win rather than one huge prize stash.

1st Prize... a hoot of your choice and a nice bag of Inkmeup goodies including a lavender bag, print and a note book!
2nd Prize... a tweet or pet or real bird of your choice and some Inkmeup goodies including a lavender bag and a print!
3rd Prize... a teeny tweet and, of course, some inky goodies including a lavender bag!

All winners will receive loads of postcards and goodies too.To enter simply first leave a comment on my blog telling me what your favourite item in my shop is and what you are going to bring to my housewarming party... it could be a special cake, an interesting guest... a great party CD...a pink unicorn... just help me get my party started... this is all you need to do to be entered once...For extra entries then if you can leave a Twitter comment mentioning this blog post with link @feltmeupdesigns or become a fan at facebook ... and if you want an extra chance you can become an Inkmeup facebook fan too... If you do all 3 you get 3 bonus entries. Just make sure you come back here and tell me in a separate comment that you have twittered and facebooked, if you are already a facebook fan just let me know to get your extra entry!The winners will be picked at random using a random number generator... I do read all your comments and they are moderated for naughty words so they won't appear immediately. Winner will be contacted within 3 days of close of competition so don't forget to leave me a way to contact you a facebook, etsy or twitter username will do... don't leave an email unless it is in the form of myname(at)hotmaildotcom... this is so spam bots don't get your email address and spam you!

Above Us Only Sky...

So the move... I'm sure you're wondering how the new nest is coming along, well, it's great thanks!We're settling in but there's still alot to do before the studio is usable as such, so far we have just sorted out the kitchen and a cosy bit of living room to let us collapse in at the end of those hard days at work. As such the rest of the new flat is a bit of a tip and as much as I would love to show it to you it's all just slightly embarrassing!
I will however show you the thing that really sold the flat to us... forget the squeaky floorboards (the nightingale floor as I rather poetically dubbed it!), wobbly walls and the queer smell that comes up from the flat below every time they cook... look at those views!
I can safely say I now have no reason not to know what time it is... and there is even a teensy triangle of sea we can see... bliss eh?

Bye Bye Old Nest... Hello New Nest

We're moving!

The Menagerie has found a lovely new nest high up in the sky and have closed all the shops while we orchestrate the biggest tweet migration in the Northern Hemisphere. All the tweets are gathering on the roof top ready to start the migration, they are flapping their wings and warming up in preparation for the short flight to a much bigger nest with a room of their own for me to use as a studio.We'll be back after the 30th March but will be around to answer convos in the meantime it just may take a few days so please be patient. When we return we'll be having a nice big house warming party with (yes you've guessed it) a giveaway and maybe even some discount codes too.
I'll show you around the new nest once we are settled... it really does have some amazing views... we can even see the sea! (if you stand on a chair to look out of the window!)Back soon
xx
Mel and the Tweets

Heading to the New Nest and a Discount Code

We got the keys to our new nest today and I'm very excited... although it looks like I will have to close the shop for a few days after the 19th as our internet access may be a little hit and miss for a week or so. If you need tweets then you might want to order now as normal service may be interrupted for some time!

So until the if you enter the code NEWNEST at checkout you can get 25% off your order.I'm really looking forward to the new home, especially as it will have my studio in it! I can't wait to show you my pictures of the flat and some of the best views in Scarborough... we can see the sea if we stand on a chair from one room!

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In Which The Feltmaker Is distracted...

Hi Guys... no blogs for a while peeps and I am sorry about that. All my energy and attention has been focussed on moving house and on friday we get the keys to our new nest!
The the tweets and hoots are very excited, mostly because the will be getting their own room in a big flat high, high up in the sky. That is to say I shall be getting my own space to use as a studio/office... I really can't wait.