tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57102488147363022092024-03-21T17:44:27.462+00:00Silver Birch CraftsSilver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-42814101727145880092012-06-04T21:39:00.002+01:002012-06-04T21:39:51.008+01:00Welcome To Womanhood!A few weeks ago i was chatting to the lovely Samantha from <a href="http://www.funkygoddess.ie/">Funky Goddess</a> and a few friends on twitter about my Daughter, who is 12 years old. <br />
<br />A little bit background info! My daughter is hearing impaired, she has moderate sensorineural hearing loss which was undiagnosed until she was 7 1/2 years old. Now due to the late diagnosis she is not as developed mentally as a "normal" 12 year old. So one evening i was chatting and had got a bit upset at the difficulties she faces.<br />
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I get a lovely message from Samantha at Funky Goddess saying about her "Welcome to Womanhood" and she was so lovely she sent my daughter a gift box!<br />
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We have been quite busy over the last week or so with the end of the term but tonight we managed to have a sit down in her room and have a look!!<br />
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We had a lovely little chat and she tried to read the booklet but have told her if she wants to ask any questions she can. I think it will be a great help when she starts her periods. Her favourite was the Eyemask as you can see. </div>
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She said to say thank you to Samantha she absolutely loves it! </div>
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If you have a little girl who is 11-12 years old Gabrielle and I both highly recommend this fantastic gift box. She also does lots of other gift boxes including welcome to motherhood, so head on over and get yourself a fantastic gift box!</div>
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<br />Silver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-48883248076293243892012-04-04T14:58:00.002+01:002012-04-04T14:58:45.907+01:00When Silver Birch Crafts Met Theo PaphitisHaving done my press release i thought i would share with you the amazing day Maryann from <a href="http://www.onestoppampershop.co.uk/">One Stop Pamper Shop</a> and I had.<br />
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When we arrived at the Small Business Sunday (#SBS) Inaugural Event at Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham, we were welcomed by the lovely people at <a href="http://www.ryman.co.uk/">Ryman's Stationery</a> who sponsored the event and immediately felt at home. We were given our name tags and went straight up to the Meeting Room where there hundreds of businesses all chatting and networking. The buzz in the air can not be easily described, it was electric! Not only were we going to be having a speech by <a href="http://www.theopaphitis.com/">Theo Paphitis</a> himself but to meet the Ladies and Gents that we chat to on Twitter was just as exciting. I quickly found Kelly And Kev from <a href="http://www.piddleypix.co.uk/">Piddley Pix</a> who i have chatted to for a long time and have had quite a few of their artwork on display at home. After having a quick chat with them, we walked round trying to find other people we chat to. Next meeting was with a lovely lady called Martina from <a href="http://www.sparrowprimitives.co.uk/">Sparrow Primitives</a> which was lovely as i have spoken to Martina for a while now on Twitter. While in the meeting room we managed to meet up with Fiona from <a href="http://www.coombemill.com/">Coombe Mill</a> and met some very lovely local people too which was amazing!<br />
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While we were milling around and chatting the man himself, Theo Paphitis arrived and was very luckily able to say Hi and shake hands with Theo.<br />
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At 1.30pm we were all invited to go through to the conference room where we were busy tweeting and still trying to find people. We are all still very surprised we didn't crash Theo's twitter page and twitter itself!</div>
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After a quick introduction by Kypros from <a href="http://www.ryman.co.uk/">Ryman's Stationery</a>, Theo Paphitis arrived on stage to a huge round of applause.
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After chatting to us for nearly 2 and a half hours (was supposed to be 1 and a half hours) and enduring lots of banter and laughter, it included a question and answer session with Theo, where he was very open and honest about where he started and how he achieved the success he has had with <a href="http://www.ryman.co.uk/">Ryman's Stationery</a> and lots of the other businesses he is involved in, some through Dragons Den!</div>
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We were also introduced to Chris from <a href="http://www.metalfrog.co.uk/">Metal Frog</a> who has created a fantastic website especially for #SBS Winners which can be found here <a href="http://www.theopaphitissbs.com/">Theo Paphitis sbs</a>. It gives all the past winners and a few tips from Theo himself about entering #SBS</div>
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After all the chatting we had the chance to have a Official Photograph with Theo, which considering there were 300 businesses in attendance at the Event it was no mean feat! We managed to catch up with a few other lovely twitterers while we were waiting, including Susan from <a href="http://www.dottiedesigns.co.uk/">Dottie Designs</a>, Sam from <a href="http://www.funkygoddess.ie/">Funky Goddess</a> who if you have a girl coming up to an age of periods is a fantastic idea and gift!</div>
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<br /></div>Silver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-88561873106228192082012-04-04T11:49:00.000+01:002012-04-04T11:49:36.785+01:00Press Release - Leighton Buzzard Based Small Business meets Theo Paphitis!<br />
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Sunday’, an initiative set up by Theo that runs weekly. As a result of this
Sarah was one of the 300 business who went up Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham
to meet the Dragon’s Den Star. Sarah
Said “It was a absolutely amazing day, not only did we have a inspiring talk by
Theo, which was only meant to last an hour and a half, he chatted to us for
nearly 2 and a half hours and answered questions from us with humour and
inspiration, we also got to have a quick chat and a photo taken with the
Star. I was very lucky to be accompanied
up to Birmingham with my friend Maryann who is also a Small Business Owner and
runs a company called </span><a href="http://www.onestoppampershop.co.uk/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">www.onestoppampershop.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> in Colchester, Essex.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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re‐tweeted Sarah’s message to his 230,000 followers and as a result, </span><a href="http://www.silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">www.silverbirchcrafts.co.uk</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">has gained a considerable
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my bags and personalised gifts in a spare room is very hard work. It is great to have support from Theo because
it’s been tough trying to raise our profile and Theo has recognised the hard
work and helped spread the word about what we do to his followers.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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5 PM and 7.30 PM and include the hashtag #SBS. Six lucky businesses are
retweeted every week and then invited to enter their profile on the new
website. This is done free of charge and the new website is sponsored by Ryman
Stationery, where Theo is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I entered March with lots of enthusiasm the Yellow Spotty Bags were still selling well. A friend of mine asked if I would be able to create a recorder bag for his Daughters Recorder and wanted it personalised. A week or so later I created just a small <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=1_99&products_id=283" target="_blank"> Recorder Bag</a> so that she was able to take her Recorder to school and not loose it!!<p>
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March continued with a great pace with new additions to the Yellow Spotty Range including these great little <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=123_124&products_id=397" target="_blank"> Party Bags</a> which not only are great for party's but for just putting little tiny special things in! I speak to a lot of people on twitter who are huge fans of my Spotty Range, and I knew one lovely lady was looking for party bags for her little ones birthday party. So what better way to help a great friend, who owns/designs and runs with her husband <a href="http://www.piddleypix.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Piddley Pix</a>, but also to help little me out with a review of my Spotty Party Bags! So off they went and I was so happy to receive a fantastic <a href="http://writingsramblingsandreviews.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/spotty-party-bags-review/" target="_blank"> Review</a> from Kev and Kelly. So with March ending and my Daughters 11th Birthday approaching very quickly, I created the lovely and tactile <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=123_132&products_id=407" target="_blank">Cushion Covers</a>. On the eve of my daughters birthday up went her <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=82&products_id=222" target="_blank">Personalised Birthday Bunting</a> and she had a great day!<p>
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Now April is always a funny month for me but 2011 saw me reach the grand old age of 35 (eeeeeek) I never thought for one minute that at 35 I would be running my own business let alone loving every single minute of it and feeling such a warmth from all the fantastic <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/reviews.php" target="_blank"> Reviews</a> that I receive, makes every sleepless night (dreaming up new ideas) so worthwhile! So sales were going really well on the Yellow Spotty Bag side, and I was developing more and more of my Unique Bags, was asked on twitter by a friend for a custom Messenger Bag! well I couldn't say no!! The lady choose the fantastic Robert Kaufman Playday Spring fabric and when I sent her pictures of this <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=1_91&products_id=516" target="_blank">Unique Messenger Bag</a> she was thrilled with it! I also added more <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/index.php?cPath=28" target="_blank"> Facecloth's</a> to the personalised range, including a very lovely Yellow Spotty Facecloth. Since the original Yellow Spotty facecloth I have added a pink and blue version. I also added another item to the Yellow Spotty Range <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=123_135&products_id=420" target="_blank"> Spotty Bunting!</a>
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SarahSilver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-88913832706227981102012-01-03T18:33:00.002+00:002012-01-03T19:19:51.061+00:00A Year in Silver Birch Crafts Life - 2011One of my New Years Goals this year is to blog more! So I thought a great way to start is to tell you what has happened with Silver Birch Crafts over the past year.<p>
<p><b>January to March</b><p>
<p>Hopefully over the next few days I will be covering the year but Part 1 is January to March<p>
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So January arrived, very quickly, in itself it is not usually a very busy month business wise, but for Silver Birch Crafts started off the year with such a boost it was a shock! With 24 Sales in total, mostly because of the <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=123_128&products_id=331" target="_blank">Yellow Spotty Bags</a> which I had launched at the end of October. The very First Yellow Spotty Bag was done as a custom order for a very good friend of mine called Dannie who has a fantastic range of crocheted goodies over at <a href="http://bootiesbydannie.com/" target="_blank">Booties By Dannie</a> who if it was not for Dannie I would never have made the bag let alone listed it on my website. Also in January I emailed a lovely lady called Louise who owns and runs <a href="http://www.babysigningmummy.com/" target="_blank">Baby Signing Mummy</a> to ask if she would review my Yellow Spotty Bag! She agreed and on the 13th January did this fantastic <a href="http://www.babysigningmummy.com/news/2011/01/mr-tumbles-sliverbirch-bag/" target="_blank">review of my Yellow Spotty Bag</a>. So January ended up being a really fantastic month!<p>
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February arrived and with it the snow! The Yellow Spotty Bag sales continued and the thought was to widen the range. So after being emailed by a gentleman about a <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=123_125&products_id=394" target="_blank">personalised spotty bag</a>. I thought fantastic this will be a great addition and created a bag especially for "Zaki". I also designed and created the <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=123_128&products_id=363" target="_blank">Yellow Spotty Gym Bag</a> which is great for small things, I already had the range of Gym Bags and added this to it. By now I was making Spotty Bags by the batch, now when I say batch it doesn't mean that I was making huge batch's but small ones and taking care to make sure each and every Spotty Bag are unique. When making the bags the flap and under the flap are the same colour sequences, but the back and both sides are as different as I can make them. When putting the spots on I tend to "chuck" them on and see where they land! <p>
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When March arrived I wanted to develop the some of my other ranges further, so I added the <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/index.php?cPath=144" target="_blank">Make Up Bags and Brush Rolls</a> to my Website, these are a lovely little addition which I am hoping to develop further in 2012. The sales of Yellow Spotty Bag continued even though I thought they would slow down. During March I added the <a href="http://silverbirchcrafts.co.uk/index.php?cPath=123_129" target="_blank">Toy Bag</a> to the Yellow Spotty Range.
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SarahSilver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-6686987475133234512011-04-24T10:18:00.002+01:002011-04-24T10:25:49.483+01:00Creating a Sewing Room Part 6<div>Happy Easter Everyone! </div><div><br /></div><div>Well the sewing room has been on a bit of a hold until i get the wood for the sewing table. But had a bit of a inspiration, there was a hook on my wall that used to house a picture, I needed somewhere to put odd bits of paper and notes! </div><div><br /></div><div>So to tie in with the fabric in the room, i covered a cork board with a bit of the same fabric to create a functional but fun pin board.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNXaXuuher588wcngyhRq10UfI3Zt2rX0Q4z-ImlhUE2DOjT280T-0-3p1yw-QQSeDTaAHnfZdta79DLyMTIQctmmVaOP6Lhph3BlumDVQzijz2uKNqVMFz84JVWnTpuQFNhvMI6b24w/s200/pin+board.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599077445112757826" />As the original photos were done when it was dark outside, i thought i would take some more, to see the difference<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_580KNkHMUzk5dda76JfP8GoeYOXt7gEIdLg_tpZlNAsyrVTNv2IOmb5ojTWkSlgcBOqeb_4j_WD-h3iKAHyUV1edPfFQfDedBrUa5TW9JgLLz18gbGBjp56xYBuHKE3CYFCiiywa3Q/s1600/room+at+night+%25283%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_nPmVwEp2exWxvRhy-IVyt2NFFw-VDQHj2KlqQ6Lik-YtqLr1M-44javxV0wsSk3RZfafd1wjUC1SRWHOxsDKyeZ6zK25nret2Ljbb_CpHFsZnxmxC0RBxB1WPf0xVleX6fQVDQqPf4/s200/room+at+night.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599077444650735266" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_580KNkHMUzk5dda76JfP8GoeYOXt7gEIdLg_tpZlNAsyrVTNv2IOmb5ojTWkSlgcBOqeb_4j_WD-h3iKAHyUV1edPfFQfDedBrUa5TW9JgLLz18gbGBjp56xYBuHKE3CYFCiiywa3Q/s1600/room+at+night+%25283%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_580KNkHMUzk5dda76JfP8GoeYOXt7gEIdLg_tpZlNAsyrVTNv2IOmb5ojTWkSlgcBOqeb_4j_WD-h3iKAHyUV1edPfFQfDedBrUa5TW9JgLLz18gbGBjp56xYBuHKE3CYFCiiywa3Q/s200/room+at+night+%25283%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599077449718985586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-q0RbJQ8RORkzk6JKZQDOMf-SORU1byj30olZXTsCIXu9EubbGIRgFrYLX5E0o2xMxS0i_jrv838XblVTAiqLrfLZUTK8tiqmiQDR7vxq8HraHmQLoTIGZdBdCgM6VIoa0XowTPyFC8/s1600/room+at+night+%25282%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh-q0RbJQ8RORkzk6JKZQDOMf-SORU1byj30olZXTsCIXu9EubbGIRgFrYLX5E0o2xMxS0i_jrv838XblVTAiqLrfLZUTK8tiqmiQDR7vxq8HraHmQLoTIGZdBdCgM6VIoa0XowTPyFC8/s200/room+at+night+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599077450955589938" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It is so much brighter and airy in there that i really can't wait to get in!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Silver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-13792916014924823012011-04-21T22:26:00.002+01:002011-04-21T22:32:01.834+01:00Creating a Sewing Room Part 5<div>I wanted something simple at the window because it will also be a spare room, and its a very sunny room, i wanted it to be something that would block a bit of light out but not totally!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb1aKtQJxzt44m02uc2dWX-pFS1XXdu_khZS91xkO5CPbqzXLgPA2p_vkOlhB3k1ZJqmnPc959VHXOL2CyRo3VjgHrM_gz8Fnacolf5DMJJoC-oD0HO83VObzNB6BdtFu-8_2aeMMYD4/s200/blind+%25282%2529.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598151941475016098" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBARJeQB1sbkkpy53s9OouZktHyV0-7AYobZaiCBIVJLSb5eaPTEB6DLYmnfAoq4AEprrQSVN5b24bpNFHTs-UPLbGHWaAG3vUnEt1T0772eMYE7FLKD9O7TsR-qco6SiH-53R0f4V6Q/s1600/cushions+%25282%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div>Next are the lovely cushions that will sit on my new sofabed, made with a remanant of the blind fabric </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBARJeQB1sbkkpy53s9OouZktHyV0-7AYobZaiCBIVJLSb5eaPTEB6DLYmnfAoq4AEprrQSVN5b24bpNFHTs-UPLbGHWaAG3vUnEt1T0772eMYE7FLKD9O7TsR-qco6SiH-53R0f4V6Q/s1600/cushions+%25282%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBARJeQB1sbkkpy53s9OouZktHyV0-7AYobZaiCBIVJLSb5eaPTEB6DLYmnfAoq4AEprrQSVN5b24bpNFHTs-UPLbGHWaAG3vUnEt1T0772eMYE7FLKD9O7TsR-qco6SiH-53R0f4V6Q/s200/cushions+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598151949144957810" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4Km9ozD4xNR26FasnRAEPvlKlaDI5kakggRbaiSE1DwoqghVkf-VqjE5387y58Z-2LXYTIDWmsZ7nnkV5auhy9FAS_a8TEos13tz724ZRBiE7e0ZwlZkXelaJcBRpTxx4EEVhBz_pZE/s1600/cushions+%25283%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div>Close up</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4Km9ozD4xNR26FasnRAEPvlKlaDI5kakggRbaiSE1DwoqghVkf-VqjE5387y58Z-2LXYTIDWmsZ7nnkV5auhy9FAS_a8TEos13tz724ZRBiE7e0ZwlZkXelaJcBRpTxx4EEVhBz_pZE/s1600/cushions+%25283%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4Km9ozD4xNR26FasnRAEPvlKlaDI5kakggRbaiSE1DwoqghVkf-VqjE5387y58Z-2LXYTIDWmsZ7nnkV5auhy9FAS_a8TEos13tz724ZRBiE7e0ZwlZkXelaJcBRpTxx4EEVhBz_pZE/s200/cushions+%25283%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598151945761194034" /></a>And placed next to the feature wall<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrl_gE9d1EAeUN2mO38JUuxaByCSqXMyYolV3IpQSIRrhHUbcB2p7Ps4L8onRQApxRah-yhwklQGqb6t048YVG8SLse6Bhyphenhyphenrpw8rY5PNBL62-yjJg2Re9Oh6SdiDvj69r8mL3gDm3TuGM/s1600/005.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrl_gE9d1EAeUN2mO38JUuxaByCSqXMyYolV3IpQSIRrhHUbcB2p7Ps4L8onRQApxRah-yhwklQGqb6t048YVG8SLse6Bhyphenhyphenrpw8rY5PNBL62-yjJg2Re9Oh6SdiDvj69r8mL3gDm3TuGM/s200/005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598151940732095266" /></a><br /><br /></div>Silver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-90485881458630881182011-04-21T22:19:00.002+01:002011-04-21T22:26:22.223+01:00Creating a Sewing Room Part 4<div>Well wallpapering time!! I was absolutely astounded to find this beautiful wallpaper at Homebase so perfect with its Silver Birch Trees. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you to my husband for doing it, i brought 1 roll so there was not much room for error as you can see from the last photo which 1/2 a strip and 3 bits left over!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HT-upL_QQqRSdv8jJeG6_1CmyRz9tLTzMonBxXlsz1XraAEs_k3RbEP6WENAxABCWrqzjTBNNohOUoBmAXI14ELQrKu6FRWRVhtSRF9TTRBnZEzvzUctCZIchPrVQvjZSk0fyH276ZU/s200/001.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598149986617176146" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo0E8ywiKghLOe13NGy1MRLWP0GbLypeut8fk9Dl6cHApGZrm9JszbYv8dXt418QmserBzD01hpyXVBQyKrpMo2ByI2QVar_Jstvk7-eHcVKIQRhxAyvGEPGlTZbufQOVqW7qlXLAUbU/s1600/002.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo0E8ywiKghLOe13NGy1MRLWP0GbLypeut8fk9Dl6cHApGZrm9JszbYv8dXt418QmserBzD01hpyXVBQyKrpMo2ByI2QVar_Jstvk7-eHcVKIQRhxAyvGEPGlTZbufQOVqW7qlXLAUbU/s200/002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598149989532535778" /></a><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCY9rI-IQMHMiqHIKCjrG1SZ8zUkA6SwTCQlcWgxskfsgFdaipnCYhiV5wfSq9TYcuLOtaTr0Yz5Wi5qN659_DpX9dg0K7_6uvnlZsEEAgN6gwSvIs9fu9LgQ5wudiZsdUiihf1TRlsQ/s200/003.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598149995051459346" /><div style="text-align: center;">Next is the Roman Blind and cushions</div>Silver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-34634264545631728472011-04-21T22:16:00.003+01:002011-04-21T22:19:06.977+01:00Creating a Sewing Room Part 3<div>Ok after lots of coats of paint 4 to be exact! and 2 coats on the ceiling the room was looking so much nicer and brighter! </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA6r_WzxDy_QTYF5HDwVO0V_QellL9TG42OXfuLIMkLrQBjndQJUax4umsrGJnUBO21bh0x71-t96l7tKaeugr_JdTFLBcAMXibkfrD6BHe4MPhoOwdaeqDDG4ag5Lxdmq-Jvd36nn-s/s1600/ceiling+done+%25283%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA6r_WzxDy_QTYF5HDwVO0V_QellL9TG42OXfuLIMkLrQBjndQJUax4umsrGJnUBO21bh0x71-t96l7tKaeugr_JdTFLBcAMXibkfrD6BHe4MPhoOwdaeqDDG4ag5Lxdmq-Jvd36nn-s/s200/ceiling+done+%25283%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598149202378994050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuqAbbflhvw8X0OdSITmo15b4S-irqXSUK7hEVZT7ToTDmjYqcEdeqy4M2BjUQ8FfIvxNbXYwhYs0XnVOiZbfS-3-63IxkASQmry2KaOrkOOnPaFZR7l9shuANsqhU2Uehoi3nszt6Fw/s1600/ceiling+done.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuqAbbflhvw8X0OdSITmo15b4S-irqXSUK7hEVZT7ToTDmjYqcEdeqy4M2BjUQ8FfIvxNbXYwhYs0XnVOiZbfS-3-63IxkASQmry2KaOrkOOnPaFZR7l9shuANsqhU2Uehoi3nszt6Fw/s200/ceiling+done.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598149200346839938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTOzsjD5I79q-8_JYDK1HhG3fC5wj3PGmNWAFc1xaNOSCt5sYsOvebABTMCC1aUnbk2wQINlWitr3YSgqOA0xntDXja-cbz_eHKOlzwZEp1utUH91URX_vo2gyG_x3W6f0Q1-GDihY9c/s1600/ceiling+done+%25282%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTOzsjD5I79q-8_JYDK1HhG3fC5wj3PGmNWAFc1xaNOSCt5sYsOvebABTMCC1aUnbk2wQINlWitr3YSgqOA0xntDXja-cbz_eHKOlzwZEp1utUH91URX_vo2gyG_x3W6f0Q1-GDihY9c/s200/ceiling+done+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598149194066005362" /></a><br />Next was to hang the wallpaper!Silver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-68524706227819371792011-04-21T22:12:00.005+01:002011-04-21T22:16:34.481+01:00Creating a Sewing Room Part 2<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div>Ok First things first was to get rid of the mint green walls!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66kekSZ85R9LWwjzeWic5Y_6ebjROLO6d3z0SmgWnwrkYfYy89V2pJkUDwkUxoKc2KerZhU1HDvxHYthwuUyH7JvqgpszclngH7ozbKri3_-FMMaf0cvzJ0rx6CIw7NbyqdKChOcToBM/s1600/1st+Coat+%25283%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66kekSZ85R9LWwjzeWic5Y_6ebjROLO6d3z0SmgWnwrkYfYy89V2pJkUDwkUxoKc2KerZhU1HDvxHYthwuUyH7JvqgpszclngH7ozbKri3_-FMMaf0cvzJ0rx6CIw7NbyqdKChOcToBM/s200/1st+Coat+%25283%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598147909327939058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiQ-HZEumPHBOkE4bBi1dQ2oQNtpueT-05vPoe7or2CxV8pd-0vRZsTdbFHTSrUEXG-Pz5-4BG4pngfFpYpOm3yhxT_X6I-1KXbANGLtEtyg0SqNz7Y85x5ShPDD2hrWFRnHoue2gMzI/s1600/1st+Coat+%25282%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiQ-HZEumPHBOkE4bBi1dQ2oQNtpueT-05vPoe7or2CxV8pd-0vRZsTdbFHTSrUEXG-Pz5-4BG4pngfFpYpOm3yhxT_X6I-1KXbANGLtEtyg0SqNz7Y85x5ShPDD2hrWFRnHoue2gMzI/s200/1st+Coat+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598147904396546930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RndeN3DExvbdDakBKs4SGlNGjFXAKQCIT1sX2gG67n2_CsNqu36JbKTH4pe2UteN8MQdvM4LMGnP9jQCKPNUli3OPfWlGYAeL16YgYMfdNGf8Doh8OgpUjOm9CHfvB0k7r87QU4wYl8/s1600/1st+Coat+%25281%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9RndeN3DExvbdDakBKs4SGlNGjFXAKQCIT1sX2gG67n2_CsNqu36JbKTH4pe2UteN8MQdvM4LMGnP9jQCKPNUli3OPfWlGYAeL16YgYMfdNGf8Doh8OgpUjOm9CHfvB0k7r87QU4wYl8/s200/1st+Coat+%25281%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598147896591827890" /></a>This was the room after 1 coat of paint, looking so much better already!<div><br /></div><div>I won't bore you with the 2nd and 3rd coats of paint! Next installment is after 4 coats of white paint and the ceiling having 2 coats of paint!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Silver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-79732645430071443982011-04-21T22:00:00.005+01:002011-04-21T22:10:40.750+01:00Creating a Sewing Room Part 1<div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div>I have been very quiet on here, been so busy with orders that i can not believe its nearly the end of April already!<div><br /></div><div>I have been been keeping people up to date with the progress of my sewing room on Facebook, but thought i would do a progress on here.<div><br />So here goes, this is what the room looked like before i started.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NX6zF0p2dX1oJ2MmLuJ7vJGx6_0R_r32nXlTPmf66TcEzpP2TbIoZcmwNky92WKFB5FhsWn8ToqcFa3VWf36yoDZxcnSAh4ewnAdMaNrBOeZ4wKx51jtzKkvV3WkeDFoqtRv0XWUFAk/s200/004.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598145742637971586" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi87MaAT-AnOoAT_bG2H8WQDVT96AQfQpHQ2PWNXoOjia6fKgS5v50zkT7NAAskJgP16knjOFy5MDE5KEG40vnbhDqfF0L3QUn1ym8h5px2H4yzStL-Z6fuA4Cw1Dbe6DdcMZxge7jEvw/s200/003.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598145741534759666" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGA9UJoIsxNj0p2nHdWaQfrkHX-61bDknD_Iu0UAnRU0Hqp3gvchqBbmYzKHrmF5i9Qu3EIYrxOsTq_I4J8UmhSdEUD-ZoKseNy0Jan-ArxLr4831qDe7nYx7Ys7Cdgbfh3HUR6x17ko/s200/001.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598145558664272162" /><div><div style="text-align: center;">Not very inspiring was it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Silver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710248814736302209.post-89275647004796479422010-12-27T18:09:00.003+00:002010-12-27T18:12:48.120+00:00Hi and WelcomeHi and Welcome to the Silver Birch Crafts Blog.<br /><br />I have decided to delete and start my blog again for the new year.<br />I will try and do a weekly blog update on all the things going on over here at Silver Birch Crafts, to keep you all updated about new items coming.<br /><br />I hope you all like the new blog<br /><br />SarahSilver Birch Craftshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517131462823051511noreply@blogger.com0