New Patterns

As soon as we move I want to get started on some new felt food pattern. Perhaps you could help me on what to make first.

Pies and cheesecakesm, Key Lime, Cherry and Lemon Meringue and Strawberry and Blueberry Cheesecakes

                                                                       Mini Sushi

 

Mexican Dinners

                                                       
     Stir Fry and Salad

 

Fruit and Chocolate Tarts

 

 

New Home

At last we've found a house we love and our offer has been accepted. Now just a wait of a few weeks till we can move in. Our furniture and boxes should arrive in the country very soon. I've been looking on Etsy for a special feature cushion for our sofa and have to decide which one.

Here is a fun bird and birdcage cushion cover handmade by noveltydoll I love the bright colours

A romantic love bird cushion handmade by honeybeedesign20

I love the quirkiness of these felt red birds handmade by sukanart

They also make a selection of gorgeous felt owl cushions

Unique Bouquets

I love the new trend for wedding bouquets. Instead of flowers you can have a bouquet made up of
brooches, jewellery or buttons. The great thing is they last forever. I've had a look on etsy and found some amazing creations.

Here are some of my favourites

This glamerous bouquet by blingmybouquet features gorgeous statement piece brooches nestled amongst silk flowers.

This traditional looking bouquet is so pretty and is adorned with pearls and brooches. I really love the centrepiece brooch. This has been created by HeartShapedPetals

How about something fun, a bouquet made from buttons. This chocolate sensation bouquet has been created by ditsybride

Back Home

After a busy few months of finishing renovating our house in New Zealand and finally selling it we are back home in the UK. We stopped off in Hong Kong for a week, which was amazing. We've moved back to Hastings where all my family live. It feels so right to be back home again. At the moment we are house and job hunting. Last weekend we had fun on the seafront playing crazy golf. I didn't do too well.

 

 

I've relisted my patterns on Etsy and as soon as we move into a new home I will be busy making
more felt food pattern. Any ideas are welcome. I'm missing sewing, all my supplies are currently sailing towards the UK.  Just before leaving New Zealand I bought some felt doll patterns on etsy, gingermelon I can't wait to have a go when we move, I've made the Mad Hatter so Alice will have to be next

Winner

The winner of the giveaway is post no 9. Well done Holly

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Easy Fun Giveaway Win A Fun Felt Mad Hatter

To celebrate my return from the UK and fun times with family i'm hosting a fun giveaway. As i've just finished sewing my first fun felt fairytale doll from Gingermelon on Etsy  I thought I would give this cute Mad Hatter doll as the prize plus a free pattern of your choice in my shop.

I will choose the winner at random and 2 runners up who can choose any pattern from my Etsy shop Entries will close on August 1st 1.00pm New Zealand time.

You can enter up to seven times as below (please comment each time you enter)

1. Post in the comment section with your favourite Alice In Wonderland character

2  Become a follower of my blog

3'. Check out my Etsy shop lisajhoney sweet things  or Felt shop lisajhoney and let me know your favourite item

4. Follow me on facebook  lisajhoney

5. Twitter about the giveaway

6. Share about the giveaway on your Facebook page or Blog (leave a link so I can follow you)

7. Pin any item from either of  my two shops on Pinterest and share your board

 If you don't feel comfortable leaving your email address please email me on lisajhoney (at) yahoo.com

Incheon Airport The Hub Lounge Review

When travelling to the UK from New Zealand we booked a flight with Korean Air. On the way we had a stopover for the night in a hotel (very nice hotel), but on the way back we had 11 hours waiting at the airport. I had a good look online and found out  some information about The Hub Lounge at the airport for public use. There wasn't a lot of information about it so I thought i'd do a review.

The airport is huge, so i'd first receommend getting an airport map from one of the information desks. Also from looking at the maps online and comparing to the maps from the airport the lounge is now in a different place. The Hub Lounge  is located on the fourth floor of the concourse. There is a lift but you can also use an escalator. On this floor there are also other airline lounges, cultural museum and comfortable chairs where you can have a snooze. The link I have given says that there are 2 lounges, but we only found the one.

The full cost is $35 US my daughter is 15 and paid adult price. If you have a Korean boarding pass it is cheaper at $21 US (we paid in Korean won so was 23000 won each) In the link it says unlimited time but we were told you pay for 5 hours. The lounge is open from 7.00am to 10.00pm. Its says in the link that there are free showers, but the showers we used were outside the lounge so free for everyone, the toilets were also outside of the lounge.

The advantages of the lounge are comfortable chairs with tables (not so good for a snooze) and all you can eat buffet and drink. We had a very nice breakfast, coffee, tea and juice and later grazed on nachos, spring rolls, ice cream and plenty of drinks. There are bottles of water and cans of drink. As I was travelling with my daughter, we did feel safe in the lounge with our bags as we had a little nap.

When you have finished in the lounge just around the corner are the free showers. You do get a small hand towel to use for free. Along from the showers is the free museum and across from them are full body chairs, very comfy for a snooze. As we had another 4 hours till our flight we went back down to the 3rd floor and had a look in some shops and went in the Traditional Cutural Experience Here we had a go at making a traditional craft for free. There are also performances through the day.

Feeling very tired we went along to our gate early and stretched out on the chairs for another nap for a while.