Under the Sea - The Sequel

Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea

Still singing I hope! Once I have done Part II, I am going to banish this song from my head at last. So, here it is the second part of the showcase of talent from my fellow crafters on Folksy, as its not Friday I cant call it Folksy Friday now, so please just welcome from the rest of the list of volunteers to show off their wondeful works with the sea theme. As last time, simply 'click' on the photo which will take you to the shops of wonders for sale from the talented, hard working Folksiers.

First from bluedaisy glass, is the turtle - a fabulous fused glass pendant



I think maybe we should be afraid now, here is a shark! From Molly Moo designs, can be personalised with any name or age



Artwork by Charlotte Hupfield Ceramics features this Cermaic ACEO of the Oceon itself



TheCraftyBridge, shows off this wonderful sea inspired crochet scarf. Here is a seller I already have the pleasure of owning both a hat and a scarf from, well recommended.



Blue Forest jewellery, shows off this stunning Faraway seas Amazonite and freshwater pearl necklace



From Raddington, is this very attractive Seaglass fish pendant



Silent Theatre has this fabulous Seaside Mixed Media Canvas Art



Lastly, a fabulous charm bracelet from Putting on the Charms, that contains some wondeful sea themes, Mermaid, Seahorse and Starfish




Hope you enjoyed today's selection, Bags of Swank by SimJaTa will be deep in thought all week trying to come up with a new idea for next weeks Folksy Friday. Have a Great Week.

Folksy Friday - Under the Sea

"All together now" First start singing the song

Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea

Welcome to this weeks Folksy Friday, for today we are going to visit under the sea. I asked my fellow talented crafters on Folksy to join in the theme of 'Under the Sea' I had a large response. So this is actually part I, Under the sea sequal will be on Sunday. Here are some fabulous items, which you can purchase by simply clicking the picture which will take you to the shop, dont forget to take a look at the rest of the fabulous items in each shop while you are there!

First in the sea we find a turtle from Wellydoggallery, very artistic piece of work an ACEO




At Leopard Print Bee, these fabulous Penguin Earrings




From Boy in Park, a Limited Edition print of the British Seaside



From Shoogly Beads, Teal purple Nautilus - most attractive bracelet



From Craft Star, this rock pool cushion - showing the seaweed from the sea,



A Deegan, would like to show off this Exclusive Sea Urchin print



At Hannah's handknits, she wanted to show off this child eating fish hat? Well, the desciption does say child's hat, gives the 'impression' of fish eating child!



Awwwwwwww, a Puffin. From Mosiac Garden, this Puffin Coaster



For the fish fan child, Cheerymishmash has this lovely t-shirt



This one has me singing again, well in the sea is this super print of Sharks swimming in the sea from tonart photography



Still singing, Coral and Obsidian bracelet from Ivy Dean Designs




Lasty for this time from Bags of Swank by SimJaTa is this tote bag featuring the dolphins and whales, which is were all this singing and the topic was inspired from



I hope you have enjoyed today's folksy Friday, there will be another trip under the sea in a day or so as was too many for me to include them all today.

thank you for your visit, hope there is no seasickness


~Bags of Swank by SimJaTa~

Happy Tuesday From SimJaTa

Hope you are all having a happy Tuesday, weather is kind to us here, a bit cooler but dry and bright. Bit dismal yesterday, which forced me to search for new happy bright fabrics for some Spring Time bags from Bags of Swank by SimJaTa.
My new destash shop is storming ahead, great bargains and happy customers, at the same time slowly clearing my boxes to make way for new fabric, hurray!
Glad you all enjoyed Folksy Fridays trip to Safari land, busy trying to think of a new theme for this week, which this time I will try to announce a bit earlier, and sort out the blog in the afternoon in order to give each item the time it deserves.

I have managed to create 3 new tote bags for this week to list on Folksy, the first one is my vintage Teddy Bear shown above. Rest of the week I am trying to build up a bit of stock for my Mere Sands Nature shop, due a visit. Whilst awaiting new fabric for a possible new venture in town, fingers crossed.

Have a happy rest of Tuesday, and a super successful week.

~Bags of Swank by SimJaTa~

Folksy Friday - Folksy on Safari

Welcome to my new Folksy Friday slot. Today we are going on safari with Folksy, which is to showcase the superb talented Folksy Crafters with Safari theme items in their shops, simply 'click' on the photograph to be taken to the shop of the seller, were you can also view the rest of their fabulous items available to purchase.

So, hats on and come aboard the Landy were we have our first stop at this tiger by the lovely Natalie at NofkantsCurious



Wait!! Here's another one, this one from Leopard Print Bee



Oh noooooooooo, Lilac Elephant seems to be surrounded by animals here



"Over here" says Dash Crafts, she has found the Giraffes,



Millie and Milliebeads warns us all to take care not to step on the Lizards




Looks like Bee Bears has found the bears..



Careford Creations has found another Giraffe, but back at her shop she also has an Elephant, Snake and Lion to keep him company



Looks like the Giraffe may have shedded, back at My Excess Stock, here are some beads that look just like it



Here at Lisa-Maries handmade jewellery, she has managed to find a Gecko



Dab and a dash, has found a very sunny looking lion



As our surroundings become more tropical, we might need the shade of a palm tree, I think Gimme that thing may have found one for us to shelter




Whilst still in the tropical oasis, beneath the bushes are hiding some butterflies found by LouLousLuxuries



..and then SimJaTa found the Gorilla's, hiding amoungst the bags at Bags of Swank



As everyone on Safari was wilting from the heat, right there in the tropics was suddenly found very cool waters, and in them were Penguins from Wellydog gallery




I hope you have enjoyed this selection of super talent, and there are not too many to choose from. Thank you for reading this far, and thank you to the wonderful Folksy Crafters for taking part in today's Safari.

~Bags of Swank by SimJaTa~

New Destash Shop

I decided there just must be some extra spare hours in the day, so along with my other 2 shops on Folksy I have opened a destash shop, currently selling beads and jewellery supplies but will soon have card stock and items for card makers and maybe even some fabric. This came about after a much needed sort out of the craft room to make space for the extra fabric arriving, all neatly boxed up now. Unearthed in far corners of the room was the remains of my jewellery days, I sold a lot of it years back and hadnt realised there was so much left. It is being sold at very reasonable prices, in the hope it will go to my fellow Folksy crafters and help them make some funds.
Here is one of my latest listings, just click on the photo and it will take you to the new shop..



Must admit I am finding 3 shops pretty difficult to keep on top of, and still find the time to do what I enjoy the most, which is the Bags of Swank by SimJaTa side of things making bags, I did manage to finish off another messenger bag toward the end of last week, but only just found a moment to list it on Folksy today.




I really dont know were this weekend got too, I think somebody stole it from me, most of today has been spent awaiting the arrival of new washing machine, and tonight will be catching up on the weeks worth of washing that has also been waiting.

Still, at least I now have a wonderful spacious craft room to work in, all neat and tidy, polished and waiting for me... all I need now is some time to get in there..

~Bags of Swank by SimJaTa~

My First Folksy Friday - The Birds

Ok, here goes - my very first Folksy Friday. Folksy Friday is a popular topic for the sellers on Folksy to showcase their wonderful crafts, so this time my blog is not just about me, but also to feature some of the other fabulous talent you can view and purchase on Folksy.
As this is my first one it will not be so long, I hope to improve.

First of course is ME, from Bags of Swank at SimJaTa you can purchase this wonderful tote bag with garden birds and bird houses - simply click on the photo's to go visit the shops below (hopefully)



Next is one of my favorite sellers Bessieloves (I bought one of her wonderful necklaces for my Mum for Christmas) just look at this lovely jewellery




From Imogens Imagination, a lovely bird fascinator



From Buttercup Boutique (another great seller, I bought Mum a robin from here for Christmas)



Artwork from Moppsie Floppsie




and last but not least, as I said not many this time as this is all new to me.
Embroidery by Clootielugs




Hoping you enjoyed this weeks bird theme, look forward to next weeks Folksy Friday for a new theme and new talent featured here by me at Bags of Swank by SimJaTa.

Happy New Year from Bags of Swank by SimJaTa

Monty is helping me to wish everyone a Happy New Year, and all the very best for 2011. Monty was a visiter at my Aunties on New Years Day were we had our family lunch, he does make me laugh, just looking at him makes me laugh so thought I would share him.

Just a quick blog to wish everyone well, and hope all the crafters here are doing better than I at getting back at it, I seem to be a little on the slow side and rather too easily distracted of late, perhaps things will be easier when the rest of the family are back at work.
I have however, managed to master my new year resolution of linking photo's to Folksy shops! Hurray, so soon you will be able to see my fellow Folksy crafters and their many talents, something I have wanted to share for a long time (assuming I can still do this by tomorrow LOL).

Whoops, nearly forgot - the other of today's photographs is my Calico Cats Messenger Bag that I finally managed to get finished today, this will be available in my Folksy shop tomorrow.

Have a great bank holiday.

~Bags of Swank by SimJaTa~