All things festive....

A Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone here at Petals, Pins and Purls.

We have had our creative heads on these past few weeks making lots of festive gifts and attending lovely Christmas fair's and events.

We have really enjoyed meeting up with old friends and making new one's too.

Rufus the Reindeer

Rufus was made for our annual family 'raffle' when we all gathered together for a pre-Christmas lunch.

Hand knitted fairy mice.

These make cute little handmade gift's for special friends and family.

Gingerbread star tree....

yum, yum

These were just a few of the handmade items that we have showcased over the past few weeks.

A special big thank you to all our family and friends who have encouraged and supported us over the last year, we couldn't do this without you.

The Petals, Pins and Purls stall will be attending many events over the next year and we will keep you updated of where they will be and of course of any great Rock 'n' Roll events too.

Already booked for the Brighton Jukebox and Retro fair in April 2012, the Wildest Cats in Town Xmas 2012 Weekender and many more.

We look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Children in Need

We like to support charity events whenever possible at Petals, Pins and Purls,

so i have been busy this week creating a hand knitted Pudsey bear for Children in Need, which has been donated to the fundraising event in our local Asda store in Chelmsford.

Go along and get your raffle tickets, ask for Emma the local Community Colleague. 

(Also our daughter)

Good luck Emma, raise lots of money for a good cause.

Petals, Pins and Purls will keep you updated on how much the Pudsey raffle makes.

Busy weekend ahead

Well here at Petals, Pins and Purls we have a pretty busy weekend ahead.

The Petals, Pins and Purls stall will be at the following events:

Friday 11th November 2011 @ 7.30pm

 

Fever with DJ Cruisin' Record Hop

The Paddocks 

Canvey Island 

Essex SS8 0JA

Admission £6.00 for adult members, 

under 16's members are free and 

£8.00 for non members, non member under 16's are £1.00. Free Parking.

Saturday 12th November

Armistice Day 1940s Style Dance

(Dress the part if you wish)

THE JEFF SHORT SWING BAND

(A sixteen piece band in Glen Miller AAf style uniforms)

www.jeffshort.co.uk

Grand Raffle - in aid of THe Royal British Legion

Members £15.00 - Non Members £18.00 - on the door £20.00

reserve tickets with Fiona 07729 189 410

Record Hop 6.30pm / Band 8 - 11.30pm

Parking: You may park in Tesco's Car Park by registering your car lincence plate number at the Cigarette Counter from 6pm & before 10pm (when the store closes).

You must register or you could receive a £70.00 fine

Please do not park in Tesco's

Come along for a great night out.

And don't forget to come and say hello to the 

Petals, Pins and Purls stall too.

Crafting spending spree

Well I must say sorry I haven't blogged in a while, here at Petals, Pins and Purls I have been busy spending the past few weekends out and about buying lots of crafting bits and bobs to help me create some lovely vintage inspired goodies for the Petals, Pins and Purls stall.

 A recent visit with my sister Christine to Alexandra Palace in London for the Knitting and Stitching show, was the perfect day out to pick up not only some lovely crafting supplies but for some inspiration too..  Well worth the visit.

 I love the vast range of fabrics I have picked up while we have been out and about, I enjoy hunting out little fabric and wool shops, usually with hubby Darren in tow driving me around Essex and beyond. Why not let me know where your favorite haberdashery shop is.

Rummaging though buttons, ribbons and threads my idea of heaven.

Flowers, flowers and more flowers, here are just a selection of fabulous silk flowers waiting to be made into gorgeous hair accessories.    Displayed in my lovely new jug, brought especially for this photo !

And talking of photo's Emma's new iPhone takes great pictures.  Thank you Emma x

Great Night Out

Ever at a loose end on a Sunday evening ?

 

If so then pop along to the Castle pub, Southend on Sea, on a Sunday night and see some great live Rock 'n' Roll bands organised by Spike and Linette every week.

We went along last night to see our good mate Theo with his new band -
'The Dog Gone Honkabilly band',

I have put a link on for their website.

Good luck Theo in your new venture.

Enjoy Hemsby.

Sunday 9th October at the Castle -

'The Alleycats'

Upcoming Events

Petals, Pins and Purls will be attending the following events:


Sunday 16th October 
CM2 Jivers Rock ‘n’ Roll Club, Chelmsford


Saturday 29th October 2011
9 Lives Rock ‘n’ Roll Club, Chelmsford


Friday 11th November 2011
Rock-ola Rock ‘n’ Roll Club, Canvey Island


Saturday 12th November 2011
Chelmsford Social Club 1940’s Dance


Saturday 26th November 2011
9 Lives Rock ‘n’ Roll Club, Chelmsford


Friday 2nd December 2011 - Monday 5th December 2011
Richies Gee Xmas Rock ‘n’ Roll Party, Pontin’s Seaside Village, Pakefield


Saturday 10th December 2011
Foxyrock Rock ‘n’ Roll Club, Lawford


Saturday 17th December 2011
9 Lives Rock ‘n’ Roll Club, Chelmsford


I have added some of the club's flyer's.  And some links too.

See you there x

Petals, Pins and Purls are now taking bookings.

Well I have been very busy setting up the Petals, Pins and Purls business, but all my hard work is now coming together very nicely.

We are now up and running and you will be able to contact me to arrange a date if you would like Petals, Pins and Purls to visit your club/event.

Contact Diane on: 

Email: petalspinsandpurls@gmail.com

Tel: 01245 442655

Mobile: 07805 352266

I look forward to seeing you all soon.

Petals, Pins and Purls Stall set out.

Here is a selection of items available to purchase.

Hand Knitted fitted cherry sweater.

Selection of hand stitched key rings.

Hand knitted nautical cardigan.

Hand made orchid and cherry hair flower.

I have to admit these photo's are not my best, I am having camera trouble at the moment.

Another thing on my to do list  !

Sleeping under the stars

With all the lovely weather we have been having just lately, our minds have turned to next summer when we will be spending a lot of time outside and sleeping under the stars.

And of course it had to involve flowers !

This will look great behind our event tent which is having a bit of a face lift at the moment but I promise to post some pictures as soon as it is complete.

We're off to have some fun !

Twinwood here we come........

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The Petals, Pins and Purls family are off on our annual trip

 to probably one of the best music festivals around.

Great Atmosphere, fantastic music, family friendly, also ladies (and gents) unbelievable shopping !

Want to find out more http://www.twinwoodevents.com

Petals, Pins and Purls will be doing our homework and seeing if we will be taking the Petals, Pins and Purls stall there next year.

Rockin' night out.

Rockin' Night Out

Why not come along and see us at the Nine Lives R 'n' R club

held at the Chelmsford Social Club

on Saturday 30th July 2011 at 7.00pm

Two great bands and DJ.

£7.00 on the door.

Weekend Wonders

Well we have just had a very busy weekend at the Jive/Stroll Weekender Party in Mundesley, Norfolk.

What a fantastic line up of bands and such a great party atmosphere.

It is great to catch up with friends and other like minded Rock n Rollers from around the country. 

Thanks to Eddie, Steph and all the team for organising yet another great weekender.

I have added a link to their website.

We took the Petals Pins and Purls stall along to get some feedback on our handmade goodies.

We are pleased to say we had a good response.

Here are some pictures.

 

Hand knitted Brooches.

Nautical Ribbon Brooches.

Cherry Orchid Hair Clips, I also clip these onto a bag or a lapel.

Flowers - All the colours of the rainbow.

Cherry Gingham Brooches and Hair Clips.

New Creations

Well I have been busy creating some adorable accessories.

Two pairs of lovely daisy earrings especially created for my friend Lisa to

match some hair flowers I made recently.

Colourful and fun blue polka dot flower hairslides,

cherry kirby grips and

delicate lemon flower kirby grips.

An adorable black and red anchor and ribbon pin brooch.

This would look great on a summer jacket or maybe even a bag.

Flowers Galore!

Well I have been busy creating some new hair flowers for the summer, these would look great worn with a lovely teadress or your favourite tie front blouse and jeans. These hair flowers are made using artificial silk flowers and cherries they are held in place with either hair combs or clips.

Why not let me know what you think ?

Hello from Petals, Pins and Purls

Welcome, well with the help from my lovely friend Oliva from Liv a Little Bakery, I have finally got round to creating my blog !
Hopefully I will be able to showcase some of my favourite pieces and keep you up to date with the whereabouts of Petals, Pins and Purls. This will include regular updates of upcoming Rockin' gigs and also where I will setting up with my Petals, Pins and Purls stall. 

Here's a little taster of things to come.