Yarn Fetish

Sunday - Coffee and Cake
weekly musings, articles and mostly babble...


Yarn Fetish I think I need to be chained down or something when it comes to buying my weekly groceries. There just happens to be a HUGE Hobbycraft store on my way to my local Sainsburys and since my first trip there and the discovery of the 2 AILSES of yarn, I have been ahem... hooked hohoho!!!! (pun totally inteded lol). I have the excuse at least that I can buy yarn for work in my new store, and each piece that I now have is designated to new ideas that I have swimming through my brain... but I seem to find myself in there weekly and my supply is growing faster than my little hands can create LOL! But it's nice that I have a passion at least for something besides photography. I feel a little more intergrated into the crafting scene since opening my new shop BabaMoon even though I have been knitting and crocheting now for about 5 years. The realisation of that has made me wonder why i didn't separate my original photography store from my textile stuff to begin with, as my original store actually had both going on in there, including leather goods! But I'm glad for the exclusivity of my time being given to my photography as without that I wouldn't be planning my business outside of Etsy so soon!

Now I have found that I'm not so pushed (or more like pulled!) to find the time to create, I have nice flow going in all aspects of my day including the start of homeschooling my little boy. My next challenge will be a new dynamic to my "professional" life as my Fiancé will take over the keeping of the house and children on his days off whilst I start self employment outdoors... as some of you know I'm hoping to get a portraiture business going soon. Only on his days off mind you... I don't know if I could cope with his dishwashing more than a few times a week... it's atrocious LOL! So in all this yarn wallowing and flowing ideas, I am enjoying what seems like a great early success for my new store. I have managed to secure at least a sale a week since listing items now, and finding that the more i renew items and list new ones, I have been getting more enquiries for custom orders and have already completed a few for some parent's babies around the world! I am loving it, I find it so rewarding being able to make clothes for my kids and it's really nice to be able to expand on that a little and do the same for others :) It'd be lovely if i found myself making a sale a day for Babamoon! And I'm confident that sometime there will be that opportunity given :)

Recent Altered Photography And Baby Accessories
Posted to moonangelnay.etsy.com and babamoon.etsy.com...

Lust 5x7 Inch Fine Art Photo

Solar Skies 8x12 or 8x10 Inch Fine Art Photo

Cold Heart 5x7 Inch Fine Art Photo

Newborn Baby 0-3m Knitted Vanilla and Pink Sun Disk Roll Brim Hat

Newborn Baby 3-6m Red and Charcoal Big Flower Chunky Newsboy Cap Hat

Baby 3-6m Crochet Black Spooky Pointy Shell Lace Little Witch Hat

That's it for now. Have a great weekend all!


moonangelnay x

Folk Festival

Sunday - Coffee and Cake
weekly musings, articles and mostly babble...


Folk Festival It's been a couple of years since I have really had a break without having to watch my kids, and yesterday my partner took them both for the day whilst I got to spend some time with a close friend enjoying a local Folk Festival. My goodness I needed it! And what a fab day I had too! I got to listen to some great music from the likes of Donovan, Spider John Koerner, Dan Walsh and Will Pound to name a few. I brought along a small picnic for myself and spent the day knitting and taking pictures whilst drinking a few beers.

Part of the way through the day they decided to throw giant balloons into the audience which was great fun! All the kids that were there literally jumped and dived there way through all the people to get a hand on one of the balloons to keep them flowing in the air. But unfortunately they popped on by one at different points, which drew large heavy sighs from us audience members lol! We enjoyed them too much I think lol!

But yes, it was great, and today I get to go again but this time with my children in tow which I think I'll enjoy more. I'll probably be made to get my son's face painted, and I know that he's going to look forward to the story telling pirates, the trampettes, tight rope walking for kids, and the hand powered fair ground :) And with my daughter more alert it'll bring a whole new dynamic to the day! This has been a great week so far. As well as this Festival, on Thursday I got to spend the day in a training seminar with Mark Cleghorn and his team from PhotoTraining4U. I found it to be an inspirational day and I am finally confident about where I want to be with my out of house photography business when I get it going. More on that next week :)

Recent Altered Photography Posted to moonangelnay.etsy.com Warmth...


That's it for now. Have a great weekend all!


moonangelnay x