On the Make!

Dark days and cold weather ...... January and February are not the best months of the year for outdoor activities .......... and there's only so much reading about sheep and listening to Harry Secombe one can stomach before you start to go a little stir crazy ........

........ but the lull of events in my social calendar have given me some spare time to make 'stuffs' to sell in my little CHARLIE FOX MISSION Etsy Craft Shop!

I started out with a bit of evening crochet .......

Having to share the sofa with the cat!

Amazing what you can make by just knotting some coloured yarn together .....

I put my blanket in my little Etsy shop and was dead chuffed to learn that it had been bought by fellow artist Ciara Healy .......

This is Ciara's website http://www.ciarahealy.com

She makes wonderful art books full of beautiful illustrations ...... here is her 'bird' book .....

...... and here's sneaky peak at an illustration from Ciara's latest book about her little white dog .......

Next up, what to do with my old tin of vintage buttons ........... 

Invented a fun game of 'hide and sniff' - a foxy variation of hide and seek, plant sweets in the tin, shake it up and then sniff them out ....... but that soon got boring and I started to feel a bit sick after the tenth go! 

Time for something a bit more creative!

Vinage button valentines love hearts ..........

Each one different ...... a must for every home!

I've already sold a few in my little Etsy shop ...... check it out as there still may be some available .........

I always try to send a card with my orders ...... it's only polite to say thanks and let people know how much their purchases are appreciated!

I'm in the middle of making some more foxy stuff to sell ....... but that will have to wait until my next blog, as I've not quite finished.

In the mean time ....... I'll leave you with a few snaps of my journey down to Ciara's house to deliver the blanket ...........

Nice sunny day, but these country lanes are a bit bumpy .....
I can feel myself slipping off the dash!

Whaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!
No one open the side window or I'm a goner!

A quick stop off at the petrol garage ...........

Hmmm ...... that looks interesting!

I'm going in !!!!!!!!!!!!

And finally ....... a bit of news about our latest casualty down at The Fox Project.

This poor fella came in the same day as I delivered the blanket ......... he's got an injured back leg and a nasty wound on his side.  We are not sure how he came to get these injuries but he does have one puncture wound on his side, so he may have been bitten by a dog ........ a bit dehydrated and disorientated ....... Fox Project are doing all they can to get this poor chap back on the road to recovery!

Thanks for reading ...... Love Charlie Fox  xx