Purple Infusion

I`m on fire this week ! lol

Got another treasury with some GORGEOUS purple items !


Purple Infusion Treasury

Featured Artists
1 SeeJayneKnitYarns with Hand Painted Soft Washable Worsted -- Eggplant Explosion
2 Binageyer with Amethyst Cluster Earrings
3 loop with BEAUTYBERRIES- Bamboo/Alpaca/Corriedale/Kid Mohair Drum Carded Batts (3 oz.)
4 jenis1321 with Waiting on a Wire - Original Acrylic on Canvas
5 fringe with Twilight Capelet
6 ZebraLilly with Zig-Zag Flowers
7 Jenalynscreations with Grape Cluster Necklace
8 historicallydetash with 2 Yards Quilting Fabric
9 adri33 with Fizz Violet Bracelet
10 pinkytoast with Electric Purple Mouse-Robot Girl--Pinkytoast Pocket Mirror
11 emilyfrances with Eggplant - Kimono Booties
12 dharmarn with Magic - hand dyed superwash merino sock yarn

Alternates
1 clevergirl with Industrial Lilacs. Necklace
2 Jume with Violet Heart ELITE COLLECTION
3 reclaim2fame with PURPLE POM POM PILLOW
4 Berniolie with Fuzzy purple capelet with a satin ribbon

So why not hop over to Etsy and take a look ^_^ comments and clicks always appreciated too !

Balloon Tree Set

I`ve completed the first drawing in my Balloon Tree Set !

I`ve been meaning to do this set for quite a while now and I`m nearly there, I`ve got rough ideas of what the rest of the set will look like but I couldn`t wait for them all to be complete before I put this one on Etsy !

And here it is, My original drawing, digitally coloured in Photoshop.

Balloon Trees 1


Available Here
4x6 = $10
5x5 = $10
5x7 = $10
6x9 = $15
8x8 = $15
8x10 = $15
8x12 = $15
11x14 = $25
12x12 = $25
12x18 = $25
(Other sizes available inc. larger sizes)

Or you can email me talli@tallisdesigns.co.uk

CoffBerry Made the Front Page !

WooHoo !

My very first FP treasury, I`m so proud ! Congratulations to all featured artists ! Theres been 4 sales already !

Nights in Black Satin

Nights in Black Satin
Originally uploaded by borealnz

Another Entry for WE (Weekend Exposure)

Participate Here !


This Weeks Question was, Whats your most indulgent texture ?

CoffBerry Treasury

Phew ! I finally got a treasury, I thought I`d lost the knack for a while then !

Anyhoo, This time I`ve gone for colour coordination with gorgeous scrummy coffee and raspberry tones.

COFFBERRY TREASURY

Featured Artists,
1: naiad with Naked Coffee Bean Soap
2: hobbledehoy with Queen Carnie-- handspun yarn
3: silverminejewelry with Yellow Candy Chalcedony
4: thepebblecollection with Berry Ring - Gold Filled and Garnet
5: tracychong with i Love U Pop-Up Card
6: ossgirlzjewelz with Chocolate Raspberry...Earrings
7: gdoodle with Faded Romance Dangle Earrings
8: bossybootsdesign with Biggy - Hot (skinny style)
9: pillowhead with coffee sachets (set of 2)
10: ModRocks with RASPBERRY brass
11: BubblesUpByBethieB with Rustic Coffee and Cream Bar
12: BINAGEYER with Pink Tourmaline and Vintage Rose Darkened Necklace

Alternates,
1: papermoth with Chocolate Raspberry Moth - 8x10
2: Kiwii with Coffee Lover Brooch
3: BeadsBySam with Raspberry Sorbet earrings
4: ajewelgift with Cream and Coffee Fused Glass Barrette-Large

Enjoy !
(and Take a Look at my Store teehee)

New Pattern !

Woot ^_^

I finally got around to writing down a new pattern ! It`s another pair of fingerless gloves but this time a bit more girly and romantic whilst still being lovely and warm.

Piccies for your pleasure,






The Pattern will be $5 and I think I will be charging $20 for a pair of gloves, I just haven`t done my sums yet.

It`s available at my Etsy Store and on Ravelry

Hope You Like Them ! ^_^

Now Offering Custom Made Gloves !

I`ve had so many people commenting on my Crochet Ribbit Fingerless Gloves Pattern and quite a few requesting pairs that I`ve decided to start completing custom orders for them and also trying to make some pre-made pairs to add to the shop (I`m also in the process of writing some new patterns but I`ll blog about this later)

They will be $20 each plus shipping, which I think is fairly reasonable !

Here`s my first pre-made pair !


Neural Coloured Ribbit Fingerless Gloves

I love these gloves so much ! The only thing that bothers my about them is how difficult they are to photograph ! lol

narcissism

narcissism
Originally uploaded by macropoulos (on vacation)

This is my first entry for the Weekend Exposure Project being run HERE - This weeks theme is Your Favourite Book.

If you`d like to join in just visit the blog and read the rules, theyre super simple !

It`d be really interesting to see what people come up with !

I`m a 'Guest Artist'

Oh yes I am :D

I`ve been discoved (rofl) by a lovely woman from Rayela Arts who invited me to be a guest artist on her blog Fiber Focus. Obviously I jumped at the chance !

She noticed my mohawk hats first,

And then some of my other crochet pieces. It`s so nice for someone to actually appreciate what I do (and to let me know ^_^)

So, thank you very much Rachel ! And if anyone would like to see the article (you know you want to !) please take a look at it on the Fiber Focus Blog And comments are always appreciated !!

Red Stripes Mohawk Hat

Woot !

Ok, I`m trying not to post EVERY time I finish a mohawk hat, but I reckon I can get away with this one as I mentioned it in the previous post ^_^

My Red Stripes Mohawk Hat is available here for $30 (approx £15)

As I said before, each one of these mohawk hats is completly OOAK so If you have a colour scheme in mind drop me a line and I can list a custom item for you ! (How sweet is that !? lol)

Mohawk Hats

I`ve finally found the time to dip my toe back into crochet ! In between finding a job, WAY too many carboots and a ridiculous amount of jam making ! lol

And this is the result, my new collection of Mohawk Hats ! Admittedly theres only 2 of them so far, but trust me, theys WAY more to come !


Green Dino Spikey Mohawk Hat


Purple Tips Mohawk Hat

Each one in the collection is going to be completly OOAK, as I`m not following a pattern.

I`ve already started they next one :D and if it all goes to plan it should be black and red (woot)

All will be available from my Etsy Store or you can e-mail me at talli@tallisdesigns.co.uk for custom orders ^_^

Hope you like em (and if u dont, tuff ! cus I do :P)

Employment

I got a job ^_^

Finally ! lol, well, I`m on a probationary period for up to a month and then it`s mine !

So I guess blogging is going to be a little sparse until I`ve settled in, it was my first day yesterday, I'm only working part-time and I got home and fell asleep for 4 hours ! Meh

I suppose 5 months is a long time to have no job, I do like this part-time lark though, start at 7.30am and finish by dinner time. Plenty of time to get my Etsyness done and my University course when I start in sep/oct (I`m excited ^_^)

Anyhoo, YAY

Flickr Favourites

I decided to do the Flickr Favourites game that I saw a while back and that I was reminded of when I saw it on Trans-craft-indental.

The idea is you:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image. (You can arrange by "Most relevant," "Most recent," or "Most interesting.")
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.

The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you?
12. Your flickr name?

And this is what I came up with ^_^


1. Pout, 2. Red Currant Mini Cakes, 3. Curtain Call, 4. Green on Green, 5. "I'm going to show you a world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you", 6. Caffe splash, 7. blue chevy, 8. Winter had a bad hair day., 9. Mother and Daughter, 10. zero gravity, 11. Eggistentialism III, 12. death of armageddon barbie

Have a go yourself !

Childrens Collection

I`ve decided to dip my toe into the evergrowing Childrens market and I`ve designed a Childrens Prints Collection.

These are all available in my Etsy Store





Each one is cutomisable and can be made in any colour combination ! You can ask for a specific colour combination or give the the room colours and see what I come up with ^_^

You can also request an animal, or have you childs name or a saying added to the print.

Talli x

That`ll be me then ^_^

You Are 50% Boyish and 50% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch. Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes. You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them. You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.

How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

Website Almost Done !

Ok, I`ve been trying to pull my finger out and actually build a website for AGES and I finally got around to starting it today.
Admittedly I`m using templates but that can be changed later.

Only a couple of Prints in the Square Photos section so far but let me know what you think !

Talli's Designs

Thanks !
Talli x

Ribbit Fingerless Gloves Pattern

I`ve finally finished a crochet pattern !

These gorgeous fingerless gloves have a kind of military style that I really love and they are super easy to make !

Useful for driving, playing the guitar, knitting or anything you need the freedom of your fingers for whilst still keeping warm !


Pattern is available in my ETSY Store for only $5 !

Difficulty - EASY
Size - One size, made to fit approx 7" wrist but will easily stretch to accomodate larger wrists.
Hook - 4mm Crochet Hook, US(G/6), UK(8)
Yarn - Any DK yarn

PDF includes pattern and 11 full colour photos over 5 pages.

Or if your not on ETSY, feel free to buy direct using paypal ^_^ $5 and it will be emailed to you within 24 hours of payment being recieved.