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Mothers Day is my best saeson for sales. I am not having any stalls before the big day but am already making away for my regular customers who come back year after year for a Mothers Day card.

We have a halloween/firework party and all dress up. We dont trick or treat though but I would imagine I will be going when Tom gets older. I dont like the vandals and yobs that come with halloween but think it's not fair to stop the genuine kids from enjoying it so always answer my door with sweets...

I buy polka dot ribbon and organza ribbon by the reel and use it on almost everything. Anything I like for smaller projects I buy by the metre

Well done. I'm yet to sell a thing!

Thanks all. I was thinking about

I have to say I'm secretly sooooo pleased with this that I almost didn't send it off to my customer LOL!

As a guide, what would you charge someone to make one of these? I did it for

I use my KandiKane on almost every card I make and love it. I buy my crystals from a lady on Ebay and they are really reasonable if you get a good selection as she will combine postage.

I do have pinking sheers, but I'm not good at cutting circles, hence why I thought of the nesties for ease!

Will have a play with a few options and let you know how I get on

I would have thought they would if it was stiffened as it would be strong then.

We are using lids yes, but want to make the tops look pretty

I'll have a try with nothing and let you know how it goes. Will fabric cut on a nestie then without being stiffened?

They are lovely Carole. You could add a few hotfix diamantes onto the flourish for added bling.

How about turning the square ones into cufflinks?

As we are going to be taking our jam to the community market I want the jars to look pretty. I have sooooo much fabric that I thought it would be nice to make scallopped circles from it with my nesties and elastic band them over the lids. How would you recommend I stiffen the fabric so that once it'...

whats early season for blackberries! I have loads picked now but can see lots more to come in the following weeks

I'm freezing all my fruit as I pick it as I'm getting about a punnet a day of blackberries and there is still loads and loads more to ripen yet. My elderberries are ripening slowly but I'm picking as and when to avoid birds eating them so again it's into the freezer until we are ready to have a go a...

Thanks so much sheila, that was a very helpfull post. I think I'll look for that book on amazon/ebay/bootsales

I'm just harvesting lots of fruit at the moment and will wait till Mums free to supervise our first cook off LOL!!