WildKittens Giveaway!

This month over on The World of WildCat Designs (my main blog), I'm hosting a month of giveaways, starting with some WildKittens goodies!

Here's what you can win:

One of my PDF knitting patterns for making a sweet pair of Mary Jane style baby shoes - perfect for a newborn baby gift. Sizes available are from 0 to 18 months. (You'll find the different sizes listed in my WildKittens etsy shop.)

...OR this cute patchwork-style handmade baby blanket.

This blanket was the prototype for a pattern I designed and donated to the charity Bliss as an exclusive pattern for members of the Bliss Loves Crafts Craft Club, so it's a real one-off. I called it the Iced Gem Blanket as the soft cotton colours I used to knit it really reminded me of Iced Gem sweeties!



Check out my blog post >> here << for more information about how to enter the prize draw.

Magpie Market

Tomorrow is market day for me, and this will be the first one I've done this year, so I'm raring to go with lots of lovely handmade things! If you love vintage, art and crafty pieces, be sure to pop along to Magpie Market and say hello - we're at the Hub, just down from Edinburgh Castle from 11am til 5pm.

As well as my usual WildCat Designs woolly wares, I'll also be setting up shop with some WildKittens goodies, such as these cute little pink shoes for little pink feet:

Did I mention it's free entry? Complete with a crafty corner run by Granny Green's Big Night Out, a pop-up cafe (cakes aplenty!) and goodie bags for early birds!

Best of all, it's indoors, so if it rains, no problemo!!

Sugar, Spice and All Things Nice

I just wanted to share the lovely treasury list I've had my WildKittens baby shoes included in. It's curated by Ziggy and Friends on etsy, a fellow member of Team McEtsy!



You can see the treasury here - and the handmade baby shoes are in my WildKittens etsy shop.

Magpie Market

I'm currently making things like a crazy person, either for my shops, bricks & mortar stockists - but this week, mainly for Magpie!

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It's on this Sunday (14th November) and I will be showcasing my latest WildKittens and WildCat Designs creations, along with some knitting books and yarns too.

Do come along, it's the perfect opportunity to see some lovely vintage and handmade pieces with sellers such as Vertiline in Love, Caroline Cloughley and Louise Smurthwaite. The market is free entry and early birds can nab themselves a goodie bag :)

*whispers* Perhaps even a chance to start the dreaded Christmas shopping!

Spice up your Saturday!

I'm busy getting ready, but I thought I'd take a moment to invite y'all down to the Summertime Hop tomorrow! Like any Made in the Shade event, it's sure to be a blast.



Featuring: WildKittens + WildCat Designs, tea, cake, craft, design, vintage goodness, a fun photobooth, goodie bags for early birds, Flora the Tombola, music from The Meat Men and much, much, more!

Little Bruiser

I was more than a little thrilled to discover that one of my WildKittens scarves, the spearmint and chocolate skinny stripe, was recently featured on {KID} Independent, a blog for "your daily dose of indie style for kids."



The story was entitled 'Little Bruiser' - what a great idea for a style challenge! :) That little blue monster guy up in the corner is a sock puppet, (available in pattern form, by the way) from Danger Crafts on etsy - so cute.

Sweet Treats

Tomorrow, I'll be at Dolly Mixtures, a Thursday late night shopping extravaganza. It's sure to be a good one, featuring stalls of handcrafted goodness, clothes swishing, lovely handmade silver jewellery by Alibali Jewellery, gorgeous tasty cakes by Demeter Baking, teapot cocktails, not to mention an Abba live tribute act!



I will be there too, showcasing woolly delights of the WildKittens & WildCat Designs variety :)



Come to join in the fun at Electric Circus, Market Street, Edinburgh on Thursday 4th February, 5pm til late.

Welcome to Wonderland

...and by that, I mean a world filled with wonder. Though I suppose Lewis Carroll's Wonderland kind of fits that description too!

Image via www.victorianweb.org

This is a new venture by me, Cat (of WildCat Designs), and a place where I will tell you what I've been dreaming up for my WildKittens label. It's all about cute, unique, handmade loveliness for your little ones. Your own little wild kittens, if you will.

I plan to share some of the wonderful things out there for kids that have caught my eye too (a love of handmade, colourful things and reading interesting blogs will surely help). I hope you will also enjoy a light sprinkling of ramblings about my creative inspirations.