This is where I enter, stage left.
All the items for sale below are made by me. Any foody things have been grown in my garden wherever possible, and all grown without recourse to any nasty things like weedkiller etc (mostly because I can't work out how to use it without potentially devastating effect on the froggy population - see blog on frog sex above). The craft stuff is pretty much all one-offs - I have an inCREDibly low boredom threshold, to be honest, so I tend not to make the same thing twice. That said, if you absolutely love something which I've already sold, I can make you something which is, at the very least, VERY similar. Fair enough?
I'll also do anything (within reason) (stop it!) to order. So if you have a niece who loves fishing and DIY, I will happily make her a bracelet, necklace or earrings consisting entirely of fish and hammers. I'm not snobby like that.
iPad, iPod and phone covers are also entirely personaliseable (spellcheck doesn't like that word. I don't blame it - I don't like it either. Going to change that sentence, hang on... *thinks*). I am also happy to custom-make iPad, iPod and phone covers to your requirements (much better!). Kindle covers, too. Or little tiny bags just big enough to hold your phone and your door keys while you walk the dog. Whatever. Seriously. Bring me your requirements, and I will bring you a product!
So, grab a cup of tea / glass of wine / large gin (time of day, degree of dipsomania and personal preference depending), and come shopping with me!
Jewellery first!
Green frosted glass - £8.50
Pink frosted glass - £8.50
Iridescent glass, silvered on one side (see below) with silver star drops - £10.00
(turned to show silvering)
Turquoise cubes - I know they look purple, but they're not! - £8.50
Again, turquoise cubes, not purple as they appear in the photo, with silver star drops - £10.00
Crystal clear glass with freshwater pearl drops - £12.00
£10.00 (also available in burgundy)
Mermaid and Dolphin with turquoise and blue rocailles - £10.00
Terrarium - a mini garden around your neck! Self sustaining. Fang shaped £12.00
Terrarium - a mini garden around your neck! Self sustaining. Pointed Teardrop £12.00
Other shapes are available, but haven't been photographed yet! Watch this space, or spaces nearby.
Passport and flip-flops with turquoise rocailles - have a nice holiday! £13.95
Silver stars - £6.00
Crystal clear glass with flying hearts - £10.00
Gorgeous matte gold polymer beads on blue waxed linen thread with mother of pearl button - £7.95
Articulated binoculars and dolphin with iridescent rocailles and mother of pearl bead - £14.95
Warm green glass cubes with green rocailles and hearts - £10.00
White waxed cord with mother of pearl beads and gorgeous matte gold polymer bead - £3.00
Green waxed cord with gorgeous matte gold polymer bead and natural green shell - £3.00
Pink waxed cord with dark and moss green handmade frosted glass beads - £2.50
Baby Boy charm bracelet with stars, feet, pram, heart, nappy pin on blue waxed linen cord - £7.95
(also available in pink for baby girl. NB - these are intended for mummies - not safe for under 3s)
Gorgeous matte gold polymer beads on forest green waxed linen cord with golden mother-of-pearl button
Green waxed cord with green glass beads and amber (the colour, not the stone!) crystal - £3.00
Blue waxed cord with "Delft" bead - £2.50
Baby Girl charm bracelet with baby feet, hearts, stars, buggy, nappy pin etc - £7.95
(also available in blue for baby boys - NB: these are intended for mummies - not safe for under 3s)
Celestial charm bracelet with handmade frosted glass beads, semi-precious stones and mother of pearl beads, heart and star charms, large blue mother of pearl button all on blue waxed linen cord - £8.95
Gardener's bracelet.
Forest green waxed cord with gardening charms, semi precious stones and glorious purple mother of pearl button - £8.95
(detail pictures below - yes, I do particularly love this one, so maybe snap it up quick if you want it, before I do!)
Gardener's bracelet, secateur and snail detail
Gardener's bracelet, trowel detail
Holiday bracelet with flip-flops, seahorse, sunglasses, semi precious fluorite beads, on blue waxed linen cord - £8.95
PHONE BLING! These plug into the headphone socket of your phone, adding instant stylish bling to the plainest phone, and protecting your headphone socket from getting filled with pocket lint. Genius. And a total bargain. Add one to your list, no?
Rocailles & bugles in golds and greens, mother of pearl beads and clear blue handmade glass bead finials - £4.00
Sequins, rocailles and handmade glass - multi-coloured - £3.00
Dark purple/green iridescent beads - three strands - £4.00
Sequins, rocailles and handmade glass - blues & purples - £3.00
Sequins, rocailles and handmade glass - multi-coloured - £3.00
Sequins, rocailles and handmade glass - blues & greens - £3.00
Single strand bling - mother of pearl bead with moonstone drop - classy! - £4.00
Sequins, rocailles and handmade glass - greens, pinks & purples - £3.00
Sequins, rocailles and handmade glass - greens & blues with frosted finials - £3.00
Bottle necklaces - more to follow.
Tiny, tiny shells in a tiny, tiny bottle on a waxed linen cord.
Ideal for that surfy, beachy, relaxed feel.
£12.00
Needle-felted bird brooch in pure merino wool - £5.00
Needle-felted heart brooch in pure merino wool - £4.00
Needle-felted planet brooch in pure merino wool with embellishments - £5.00
Winged heart, needle-felted in pure merino wool with sequin and bead embellishments.
Looks bloody PROPER on a denim jacket. Snap it up because I'm seriously considering giving it to myself for Christmas and I will not be making another one! £7.50
Hot air balloon miniature picture brooch in pure merino wool - £5.00
Frosted glass beads with Tibetan silver spacers - £9.95
Dark green/purple iridescent beads with Tibetan silver spacers - £9.95
Dark green/purple iridescent beads with silver spacers - 7.95
I love you postcard and Love/Heart charm on waxed linen cord - £11.95
Dream necklace with palm-tree charm on waxed linen cord - £11.95
Happiness necklace, with heart charm on waxed linen cord - £11.95
Matte glass iridescent beads with silver spacers - £7.95
Pincushion in grey felt with "PINS" embroidered in iridescent thread wot shows up rubbish in photographs! - £6.50
Detail of the above. Just to show it really IS hard to get a decent photo
Heart brooch, needle-felted in pure merino wool on swivel-set hat-pin - £5.00
Body Scrub
Salt scrub for hands and body made of pure extra virgin olive oil, gently cold-infused with home-grown rosemary. Ingredients of such high quality you could actually eat it - if it wasn't so gitting salty. I mean, yuck! But take a spoonful (using the hand carved coca-wood spoon which is very pleasingly smooth and tactile) and rub it into your hands and/or body, rinse off and pat dry to leave your skin silky soft and supple. And very clean. Even if you've been gardening. £7.50 for a tall jar.
Pennington's Fine Preserves - the edibles!
No preservatives in these preserves, other than British sugar. All other ingredients, wherever possible and unless otherwise specified, grown in my garden, veg patch or greenhouse. Just fruit and sugar with herbs and spices. Simply delicious.
A small selection of the very apples used in the preserves.
Small jars - £3.00
Tall jars - £5.00
The flavours:
Mint Jelly - tall & small - outrageous with roast lamb, in lamb sandwiches, or add a spoonful to your gravy.
Chili Jelly - tall - a delight with cheese or in chicken sandwiches, or a lovely surprise on toast.
Blackberry & Apple Compote - tall - great on toast, in porridge or rice pudding, or mix with apples and top with crumble for instant bramble crumble.
Blackberry & Apple Jelly - small - keep it simple, slap it on your toast. Or in your rice pud. Or - stop me now.
Spiced Jelly - small - delicious Christmassy jelly with cinnamon, ginger, allspice and the barest hint of cloves. I didn't, I must confess, grow the spices.
Sage & Apple Jelly - small - VERY grown up in a sausage sandwich, or with pork of any description. Really adds some oomph to your gravy with roast pork.
Apple & Ginger Jelly (ginger not grown by me) - small - I could eat this all day. Mainly on toast.
Rosemary & Red Wine Vinegar Jelly - small - another cracking one to serve with roast lamb. Either on the side, in your sandwiches the next day, or liberally spooned into your gravy. And I didn't, I'm afraid, make the vinegar. Something to think about, though, if I can ever spare the wine...
Crabapple Jelly - small - Crabapples locally sourced (thank you, Rachel)
Oh, and cordials in lovely tall bottles - photos to follow - £3.00 each
Lavender - great on ice-cream or in cocktails
Mint - likewise
Blackberry & Apple
Rhubarb & Apple
Rosehip - seriously FABULOUS source of vitamin C
Spiced Elderberry - delicious as a hot drink and soothing for sore throats
More things will follow in the next couple of days. I just need to photograph them! There will be hats, loads of necklaces, baby shoes, the much-mentioned and henceforth unseen iPad sleeves and phone covers... loads more to come. But if you've seen something and you think you'd like it, please let me know sooner rather than later. As I say, there's pretty much only one of anything, so if you wait until the rest of the available crafty things appear here, someone else may snap it up in the meantime.
email me on maz.pennington@gmail.com.
Payment, you say?! Ah, yes! Well, cash or cheque if you're close by, or PayPal if you're not.
Postage will entirely vary. I just couldn't charge as much to post a bracelet as to post 40 jars of jam, so I'll have to weigh your orders and let you know, but I can assure you that I will not be taking the Michael on the postage. We will just have to trust Her Majesty's Most Royal of Males - er - Mails - not to overcharge us, me old love pops.
Hope you've enjoyed shopping and you'll come back in the next couple of days for another squizz!
Lovely!
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