Top Hat Kits!

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Our Laura's been busy creating the super cute and beautifully presented Top Hat Kit!
Read all about it on her blog, follow link above. 
We have them for sale in our shop, and soon on the website too.

                                                                                   

Today I tried out the Gillian Gladrag felt corsage making kit and I chose the 'Plum Pudding' to try and make. Felt is sometimes really tricky to make but this kit wrote out the instructions in such a way it seems possible. It takes some hard work to make the felt but the end results are great. Even putting the corsage together was simple.

We are getting ready for Christmas at Flo-Jo Boutique, I have been given the job of making little Christmas decorations which will hang in the window. The decorations are made out of Riley Bake material, there are small decorations and large. The small ones each have an individual picture printed on them that resembles Christmas and the large ones spell 'Holiday cheer' when put together. There was a lot of sewing and stuffing involved but it was worth it.

Day One Ruby's Work Experience!

My work experience; when I first thought about work experience Flo-Jo Boutique popped into mind because of the variation of things I could do related to textiles and design. My first day went well, just helped around the shop, sorted out orders, and got asked to make a button necklace and cuff. The instructions were extremely easy to follow and the kit provided you with everything you needed. The kit gave you a good selection of buttons and threads to create your necklace and cuff.     

The Button Bag craft kit is being sold at Flo-Jo Boutique for £14.

Nowhere Island

Goodbye NOWHEREISLAND

I went down to the docks in Bristol to wave goodbye to Nowhereisland, the worlds newest nation.

The actual island is made up from a collection of rocks taken from a new uncharted island that appeared from the effects of global warming in the Artic. Rocks were collected and made into an island that has been towed around the coast of England by a tug. 

The Island was declared a Nation and citizenship open to all. The count above being from yesterday. It will exist as a nation for one year.

It has the word's first open access constitution which boasts propositions as, Free ice cream on fridays, and we shall eat together regularly.

The actual island was on its last journey to be broken up at Avonmouth yesterday, when i photographed it.

You can sign up at;

www.nowhereisland.org

Tattoo?

Feeling like a mid-life crisis tattoo? ... well look no further than this! We love these and if you want to go a stage further to embarrass your kids get the nail stickers too! 
Yes Kate Broughton has been our latest shop crush, come in and see her stylish cards and bags.