Made cupcakes for the Sports Relief charity bakesale last Friday, and here's how that turned out. They tasted pretty good, and I think sold out. As another passion is sewing, I had a quick look to see if there was any matching fabric available, and found some by Robert Kaufman, as well as some available from allthingscupcake.com. Also a cute project in Sally Southern's new bag book.

Hi there

With all the bohemian 70s patterns, nature references and bird motifs around at the moment in crafts, it was interesting to see the latest album and persona from one of my favourite bands, Goldfrapp. They've done glam rock and ethereal in the past, and have always incorporated motifs such as trees, wolves and horses. Now they have a real back to nature feel. I love the video for the current single, A&E, and the imagery they're using for their promo material. The music on this new album is really beautiful too - very relaxing and just the thing for crafting along to and feeling creative.

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I love owls as a motif, and there is plenty around at the moment, so take your pick! Check out cool owl rubber stamps like the one below at sideshowstamps.com, and Sassafras' brilliant Owl Pals collection, including the pink and chocolate double sided paper below.

If anyone's got any groovy 'owl craft' let's see it.

Bye for now

Jen x

ps just had to show you the new front page pic for Sassfras which features another current motif - a fawn - I picked it up as a poster at CHA and have it over my desk now!