Christmas cards & crafts for charity

This year I'm making Christmas cards & crafts to raise money for Mind. 

All Christmas cards can be personalised with alternative sentiments, so please contact me via email to order:

I am also including current stock of birthday and other greetings cards. Plus there are a few other items including Christmas fabric masks (adult medium size - 3 layer with pocket for filter if wearing all day), Christmas earrings and Christmas wine glass charms. Whilst stocks last.

Christmas themed adult masks (medium size) - £7

Christmas painted pebbles - great for stocking fillers, Christmas crackers or just as a memento - please get in touch if interested as there are more designs in progress and these can be personalised or have a short message included on the back:

Suggested donation £2 - 1 week order time to allow for personalisation and sealing.

Christmas earrings - £4

Pack of 6 wine glass charms - £6
Note that charms will vary 

Finally, why not adopt a Pebble Pet.

Adopt a pebble pet for charity

The pebble pets have taken over - but it's all in the aid of charity and specifically mind.org.uk. I had hoped to host a crafternoon but instead thought best to keep things socially distanced for now.

Each pet comes with a little card:

Get in touch for current pets available, although I have also been creating specific requests as well.

Please note that most pets can be posted within the UK - normal standard postage applies.

Creating for charity, supporting mental health

This lockdown life means I'm bursting with creative ideas and have not many places to put them! When I saw that Mind was offering a Crafternoon kit to help with organising a virtual craft event and raise some much needed money for the charity, I wanted to do something. 

So many people suffer, or don't even realise they are suffering with their mental health. 

Crafting and being creative has always helped me balance my mind back when life is difficult and of course I just love it and everything that I can do that involves being creative... even if I'm not very good at something!

It doesn't matter if your are not creative, the enjoyment of just doing something creative always helps with improving your mood. When I used to hold card making classes, people came along and gave it a try and they loved it too. 

I haven't really determined if I can find the time do a virtual Crafternoon event, particularly as this involves sitting in front of a pc (which I do far too much of at work!) but I've certainly been creating enough items that will hopefully, help raise a bit of money for Mind.

Christmas cards are the obvious choice at this time of year. Any I make/sell, will be for charity... and the other bits and bobs will include something from my new hobby - painted rocks/pebbles! 

Everyone has been asking me about these and a few people have suggested I sell them as they would be willing to pay (!), but I've just been painting and hiding them for people to find until now.

More to follow another day - but here's a sneak preview...

I think I will just set a minimum donation amount. They would make great stocking fillers so maybe a couple of quid and if I have time, I'll paint requests as well?

Painting rocks replaces travelling... for now

It's a sad case of not being able to travel this year and my travel blog really isn't motivating me to post, so clearly I've been trying to replace the blogging hole with a bit of creative stuff at home instead. The painted rock craze really is taking over the card making as I've not really seen anyone to sell my cards to... 

Here's a bunch of hiders that I put out in Wimbledon Common earlier today: