Remember Crabby? GIVE-AWAY!

Crabby came back from his holiday in the US and skipped gratefully back into his shell which i had dusted weekly in his absence ... well ok, maybe not weekly!

Anyway Crabby wants you to look at this book and go 'ooooh, that looks good' ... you can peep inside it HERE!

And see dear crabby, spread completely naked across the pages, he is obviously really pleased to be back in his shell of course! And in this lovely book you can find out how you make your very own crustacean! I can sign copies for you and will have some at my open studio event this year, but how about a free e-book for you now?

If you want to enter the give-away for the e-book leave a comment below, and tell me what's the most interesting thing you have found on the beach? For further chances to win, share on facebook and twitter and leave another post letting me and Crabby know of course. We will do the draw on Sunday. See you then! xxxx

If you make Bunting with rectangles ....

...Instead of triangles ...


Are you Flagging?

This Blog in Popular Crafts Magazine!

popular crafts magazine ... got my copy yesterday ... looks good!

Cat on the bottom?

who is this with a cat on their bottom?



why, it's a rather cheeky button-wheeled mouse!



and there is only one way, well you can up your chances a bit of course - but sign up to the Plushteam, Raggy Rat, Mouse-Giveaway!!!



say that before your coffee!

Something for you ... New Mouse Design GIVE-AWAY!

sometimes, when away from home, and my sewing machine, I take a small work-bag of bits and create something by hand ...



and here, based on an old wooden toy i have had for a few years, is Button Mouse, made from wool fabrics with glass-bead eyes and vintage buttons for faux wheels ... after a bit of tweeking, there will be more of these mice available! But for now, to thank you for your friendship and support i want to give this one to you ...


So what do you need to to to get your hands on this little fella?
Just visit the Raggy Rat Etsy Shop. and leave a comment on this post with your favorite item. Be sure to include an e-mail address so we can contact you if you win! Try looking in the sales section too, some old favourites of mine are in there ...

You can get even MORE chances to win!

Become a Raggy Rat blog follower. If you're a new follower, leave another comment and let us know that you joined. If you're already following us, you can let us know that too and score one extra entry!

Follow the RaggyRat on Facebook and/or Twitter. Again, let us know in your comment if you're a new follower or an old friend and you'll receive one extra entry for each follow. Leave me a link you your twitter as I might like to follow you ... http://twitter.com/raggyrat
(Raggy Rat's Facebook Page).

Tweet this giveaway. Make sure to give us a link to your tweet in the comments to get one extra entry.

Blog this giveaway. For an extra TWO entries, tell folks about this giveaway in your blog. Please make sure to use one or two of the New Button Mouse photos in your post and leave us a link to see your story.

Good Luck, and thanks again for voting for Ganesha - i will do the draw on my birthday, 12th May XXXXX

been framed !

i have just got this beautiful piece back from my local framers, a collage made for me by viv, of hen'steeth.

it is coming up to the 10th aniversary of my fathers death, and this piece features images of him with some of his siblings, a letter he wrote to me when i was a teenager, and flowers, a big passion of his.

getting about on the blogs ..... yay for shimmer fish!

did i ever show you my shimmery fish and all the other plush foods in this great etsy plush team competition ?

although there's no official 'winners post' on the plush team blog, there is a lovely post here on cuteable featuring very cute work from each of the 5 winners in the secret ingredients categories ... and yes, you will see my dog harris there, as my shimmery fish won the 'mirrors' category!

yay for shimmery fish, and fabric stashes to meddle in, when the challenge pops along ...

blog award - i finally picked it up and am passing it on ...

got this award from the lovely jackie who also put a bit on her blog asking her readers to vote for raggy rat's blog
at the dorset cerials site ...

i now pass this award to caroline who is almost as mutlitalented as me, and her blog is a lively read ...

and also to tantehilde who is a super mummy, of course - just like me- and turns her creative hand to all kinds of sewing. these days i have to translate hr blog but its worth it.

i have work from both bloggers in my house :-)

ok guys, pass it on, and dont forget to vote for me please!

vote for me .... please....

if you enjoy my blog would you vote for it ?
im planning a giveaway soon, so i'm not just asking for things all the time!
i'd love to win the blog of the month award ...



dorset cerials are made on my doorstep, well not actually on my doorstep, i would have trouble getting the buggy out of the house ... and they are very tasty ...

the fourth of the fourth .... (picture in the folder)

the fourth folder is called '000scanner' and looked like baby scans, but also contains 3 awful polaroids of when daisy and matty got measured for first shoes. they had been walking for 4 moths and winter was coming ...
was tempted to post 5th pic as well - but left it propper - the 5th is matty looking equaly non plussed !

so now, having been tagged by bunny (when life hands you scraps) im going to tag only 2 people, because i come and go from the pc all the time and sometimes cane fiddle with lists and html ...

both of these peoples blogs need a kick up the bum, so come on silver seams and molly chicken - show us your 4th of the 4th ! but only if its not rude
these are also two bloggers i admire, just in case they think i am too rude...