My first post

My name’s Becky and as it’s the first day of 2014 I have decided to begin to write my blog. I love all things crafty, particularly needle felting and cross stitch and I am crazy about bunnies- I have bunny jewellery, woolly jumpers with pictures of bunnies on and best of all my housebunny Sooty.

I am hoping to set up an online shop to sell the handmade items that me and my best friend Briony make from our home in Birmingham and am trying to work our which selling platform is the best for us. I’ve heard of Etsy, Folksy and Giggling Hedgehogs but am not sure which one I should open my shop with so if anyone has any advice I’d really appreciate it.

I am 20 and live with my best friend Briony (22) in a 2 bedroom flat in Birmingham with our bunny. Although his name is Sooty, he is very rarely called this. As he is our baby we refer to him as ‘the baby’ with me being his ‘Mummy Becky’ and Briony his ‘Mama Bee’. Anyone who has a bunny will know how cheeky they are and we often find the baby nibbling at our handcrafted cards and patterns that we have spent ages working on, or chewing on the laptop charger so we can no longer connect with the outside world! However, his cute little face and little bunny licks outweigh these flaws and we have him loose in the flat most of the time, sitting on his favourite chair and doing bunny hops around the lounge

I am hoping to use this blog to talk about my current craft projects and to do weekly tutorials to show how to make things. I love buying from charity shops as you get the best finds there- vintage materials, boxes and plates are at the top of my list as I’m a huge fan of upcycling.

I also believe it’s really important to give to charity, and doing so makes you feel good. On Tuesdays I am hoping to write a post every week to say what we have done for charity this week and to suggest ideas to those looking to help but are not sure how to (particularly if there’s a way you can help craftily)

Thanks for reading – hope you’ll come back and read more about my crafty ventures and what my cute little bunny has been up to

-Becky-