Christmas Crafting

Well I have been very busy at Kelly's Enchanted Castle HQ getting ready for my upcoming Christmas events.

I have been busy working on a number of new products from cards to decorations and more, so I thought I would share with you all what I have been busy doing over the past few days and weeks, and with another crafty session planned with my close friend and fellow small business owner, so it is all go go go at the minute.

Firstly I have some lovely stocking fillers for the kiddies and adults too 

here we have some 

Reindeer Noses 

Santa Kisses 

Elf Kisses

Another of my new products for this year is 

Magic Santa Keys

I also thought of doing some Handmade Christmas Decorations again as they were popular last year but wanted something different so here they are, I have done 4 different ones so far with more to do 

I have personalised Santa letters also available on my Facebook page these were very popular last year as well so I have done them again this year but with new designs, not only have I done the letters but also done good boy and girl certificates,agreement with Santa and even Nice List certificates.

I wanted to do something special for all the angel mummies and daddies too and I am donating £1 from each sale of these to Staffordshire Sands

In Memory Of Your Baby

These all consist of a poem, a feather either in pink,blue or white and a snowflake decoration in pink,blue and silver, these will make lovely little keepsakes.

So there you have it, and I'm still not close to being done as I still have some more cards,decorations,Santa keys,stocking fillers,hair accessories to do and I will post these up once they are complete 

All of the above can be purchased through my Facebook page 

Kelly's Enchanted Castle

Kelly 

xxx

Facing My Fear

On 31st October 2013 at around 4pm, I faced my Fear of Spiders I did this as a sponsored event to raise money for Staffordshire Sands, Not your typical face your fear, the spider (Fluffy) was going on my FACE!!!

I know not everyone has heard of Sands so here is a little about what Sands is Staffordshire Sands are a local support group who can offer emotional support and practical help if your baby has died during pregnancy, at birth or shortly afterwards.

Sands three main aims are:

Support: Support for anyone affected by the death of a baby.Improving Care: Information for professionals caring for bereaved families.Prevention and Research: Working to reduce stillbirths and neonatal deaths.

I had been building up to this important event for weeks, and as the days got closer the more nervous I got as I HATE spiders lol, so the day came and with the help of Dale who owns and runs Critterish Allsorts, he helped me to make this happen along with Fluffy.

A little about Dale and his wonderful critters at Critterish Allsorts, Dale offers a number of different things from attending children's Birthday parties with his critters too pet therapy and much more, the work and commitment Dale puts into all this is superb. Dale also owns 2 beautiful Skunks who are Stoosh and Skittles, I have had the pleasure to meet both of these beautiful girls and all of his other critters. You can find Critterish Allsorts on Facebook and if you click on the Critterish Allsorts pic above it will take you to the website.

So my goal was to overcome my fear of spiders, with the help of Fluffy a Chile Rose Tarantula

Meet Fluffy

Dale advised me to hold Fluffy first to see how I felt and to see if I was comfortable enough, so I went ahead with it and here I am holding Fluffy

So after a couple of minutes Dale asked if I was ok to go on and of cause I said YES!! So the next stage and the main ultimate goal was to have Fluffy on my face. 

So here we go she is on my face.

I DID IT I FACED MY FEAR!!!

You can also watch it for yourself  Face My Fear

I even got a lovely surprise and treat, Dale not only come along with Fluffy but he had Skittles with him so I got lovely Skunky Cuddles after YAY!!

Dale even took the time to do me a certificate for doing it and I couldn't have been more happy and proud, 

Dale, The Mayor Of Kidsgrove Kyle and Me 

If it wasn't for Dale talking to me to keep me calm and making the odd little joke along the way I don't know what I would have done Thank You So Much to everyone for the sponsors and support and to those who could make it and see it in person. A very big thank you to Dale for all his help and encouragement, Thank you to Fluffy for being kind to me lol!! and Thankies to Skittles for the much needed cuddles.

Kelly 

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Sponsored Face My Fear

Hello all again

As promised a post about what I have been busy organising, well here goes as some of you know I am the Fundraiser for Staffordshire Sands which is a Stillbirth and Neonatal death charity. I decided to raise some funds for this wonderful charity by facing my fear!!!

So what is my fear????

Well my fear is of them 8 legged freaks...... Yes you guessed it SPIDERS!!!! ewwwww.

I must be mad!!! Not only am I going to do this to raise funds but I am going one step further than just holding the Chile Rose Tarantula called Fluffy, she is going on my face!!! OMG!!!!. This was my decision to have her on my face as I hope it will bring in plenty of sponsors.

My fear is that bad I can't even stand a money spider how silly is that lol, I freeze when I see them, Even though I have seen Fluffy before even looking at her in her Viv it makes me feel sick and I feel itchy and generally YUCK!!!.

So with the help of Dale, from Critterish Allsorts I am going to FACE MY FEAR!!! I am so determined to do this, I don't know if I'm excited to do it or nervous lol.

This is taking place on Thursday 31st October 2013 Yes Halloween lol.

Pictures will be taken on the day of me doing this and I will once again blog about it and share the pictures on here and Facebook.

If you would like to sponsor me then please do let me know and I can tell you how you can do this, all sponsors will be really appreciated, on behalf of all the committee members for Staffordshire Sands THANK YOU!!!

Kelly 

xxx

Crafting In My Crafty Corner

Hello all 

Well I have been very busy this past week or so, with making new products for events and my business page, along with driving lessons, and wedding planning so it has been a little hectic.

 Firstly I attended a Revival List not just a Vintage Fair last week with my stall this event was set up by the Mayor of Kidsgrove Kyle, and was all in aid of Staffordshire Sands. I am very pleased to say it was a brillint day and the amount raised on the day was £392.47p which is fantastic.

Here are a few pictures of my stall on the day 

I  also wanted to share with you all a few new makes I have done and some past makes that have been edited.

These were made for customers the princess and tatty teddy one were made for friends as a favour :)

More Christmas Cards

A Mixture of different occassion cards

 Twin's Bookatrix Keepsake, Boy and Girl's First Birthday Bookatrix 

An Angelversary Bookatrix and memorial frame, I made these for my close friend who is also my maid of honour

 Baby Loss Memorial Keepsake Card

Christmas The Snowman Bookatrix and Cards 

Girl's Christening Bookatrix Keepsake

A Birthday Bookatrix Keepsake I made for my Dad's Birthday

So as you can see it is all go go go at Castle HQ, now don't forget you can order any of these cards either by emailing me at kellysenchantedcastle@live.co.uk or by in-boxing me on facebook at Kelly's Enchanted Castle. All cards can be made to your requirements no matter what the occasion 

Thank you for looking please do feel free to leave a comment 

Kelly 

xxx

Event in aid of Staffordshire Sands

Hello everyone,well we are all set for a lovely event tomorrow all in aid of a brilliant cause Staffordshire Sands there will be lots of lovely stalls a raffle and much more. So if you are free tomorrow why not pop along to see us with our unique handmade cards hair accessories and much more. We will even be taking orders on the day for any custom makes. It is being held at Kidsgrove Town Hall 10am-5pm and it is free entry so i hope to see you there.

Kelly xxx

Very Special Baby Loss Keepsake

Hello all me again :) 

Well I wanted to share with you all my latest make, which is one of many to come for this range of keepsakes. It is a Baby Loss memorial Bookatrix Keepsake for a little girl.

I am also donating 50% of sales from each sale made of these direct to Staffordshire Sands which is a Neonatal and Death Charity which supports parents and families who have been through such a sad time of loosing a child either through born sleeping,miscarriage or neonatal. I am also a fundraiser for the charity and very proud to be apart of such a excellent charity. This charity is also very close to my heart and I will do what ever I can to help to raise much needed awareness and funds for this cause, so many parents go through the loss of a child and don't know about Staffordshire Sands until they are told by somebody else, so myself and the committee members want to get the word out as much as possible. Staffordshire Sands is apart of UK-Sands, to know more you can check out the websites which are:

Staffordshire Sands

UK- Sands

Loosing a child can be very devastating not just for the parents but also for other family members, hence why I have done this new range so that parents etc can remember there Angel Babies in a special way with a unique and one of a kind keepsake.

An Angel Opened The Book Of Life

To Record A Baby’s Birth

And Whispered As She Closed The Book,

Too Beautiful For Earth’

Every part of these unique keepsakes are handmade with love and care the image on this one has been hand coloured using Promarkers

These can be made to suit your requirements for both boy and girl or in neutral colours to remember your Angel in anyway you would like, You can even have a picture of your Angel added to the keepsake and have it personalised in anyway you would like.

To order just visit my facebook page 

Kelly's Enchanted Castle

and message me through there with your requirements or you can email me at 

kellysenchantedcastle@live.co.uk

I hope you like what I have done and help to spread the word of SANDS and what we do 

Kelly 

xxxx

Crafty Session

Hello all :), I hope you are all well, I have had a few good days the pain hasn't been too bad YAY!!

So yesterday I had my usual crafty session with my partner in crime and close friend Laura, we have a craft session once to twice a week, so yesterday was a bit of a productive day with making some new designs of cards including three Christmas cards :O yes I said Christmas lol, We both seemed to go on a little hypo by insulting each other and just pure randomness hehe.

Well here are the new Christmas Cards for this year so far 

I also did some other occasion cards including Birthday and Thank You and here they are

And lastly I made a new Thank You card

I hope you like the new creations I have done, These can be found on my Facebook page Kelly's Enchanted Castle and are ready to be purchased.

I have also been busy with paper work for Staffordshire SANDS as we have a committee meeting on Monday and me and Laura have quite a few things to discuss with the rest of the committee to do with a family fun day, ways to improve the support meetings and so on.

I am also attending Midsummer Mayhem at Lyme Valley on Sunday with the Staffordshire SANDS information stall so we can get the word out that we are here to help grieving parents. I hope that if you are local to Stoke-On-Trent and Newcastle-Under-Lyme that I will see you there for a brilliant family day out.

Kelly 

xxx

A day in Blackpool

Hello all well, yesterday was a bit of a surprise was not expecting it at all, the other half decided to take me on a random drive to Blackpool for the day YAY!!!, Now we have just recently celebrated our 5 year anniversary and I am so happy to say we are also FINALLY planning our wedding YIPEEEE!!! were looking at August 2015 and I can honestly say I can not wait.

Anyways while in Blackpool we decided to take a look at Madame Tussauds while we were there and make use of the merlin annual passes lol, so here are a few piccies of us in Blackpool

After Tussauds we took a walk along the promenade, onto North pier and back down again on the beach 

I was really proud of myself and so was my partner as we did quite a bit of walking and I managed to do it, but we did have a few sit down's now and then and I made sure I took my medication with me this time, we even stopped off for some tea at a outstanding place called New Yorker Restaurant which is on the promenade, the food was OMG!!! delicious we both really enjoyed our meal we even sat outside to eat, We are defo going to go and eat there again.

By the time we made our way back to the car I was exhausted but can honestly say had a brilliant day was a lovely surprise, I was so glad to be in the car though and on our way home, but there was one more thing we had to do on the way home and that was stop off at a service station and grab a Starbucks lol.

We finally arrived home just after 11pm to a lovely little surprise a cute little hedgehog was walking up our driveway so I just had to get the little guy in a blanket and move him out of the way, we also had a lovely welcome home from our Staffordshire bull terrier Prince who seemed really glad to have us home with lots of talking to us cuddles and kisses, but as always he was sooooo gentle with me he must have known I was a little achy and sore.

Prince wanted to say Hi!! (Woof)

 So after just relaxing for a bit on the sofa, we then went bed I must have died when my head hit the pillow, but was then woken up by a wonderful storm NOT!!!

I hope you all had a lovely day, and keep your eyes open over the next few days for a few more updates on what I have been busy doing with regards to new creations, challenge pieces, Staffordshire SANDS news, and event news

Kelly 

xxx