New Webpage about my Etsy shop!

Posted on January 11, 2026 Posted in Badge, Etsy, Etsy, UpdateTagged about me, Apple Pencil, art, badge, badge making, badges, craft, custom, custom made, customisable, design, digital art, drawing, esty, etsy, For sale, fyp, hand made, handmade, inspiration, iPad, make your own, meme, photos, procreate, shop, update, updated, updates, welshLeave a comment

I’ve just added a new page to my website all about my Etsy shop!

Check it out Here!

I made a silly Tiktok which has tickled me

Posted on August 14, 2025August 15, 2025 Posted in Badge, Etsy, Tiktok, UpdateTagged badge, badges, craft, design, etsy, fun, hand made, handmade, make your own, shop, update, updates1 Comment

Over on my Tiktok

The Badge Cave is Open!

Posted on August 10, 2025 Posted in Badge, craft, Etsy, UpdateTagged art, badge, badges, craft, craftivism, custom, cymraeg, design, etsy, hand made, handmade, make do and mend, make your own, News, personalised, selling, shop, updatesLeave a comment

I’ve reopened my Etsy shop The Badge Cave!

I’ve got lots of 25mm pin badges available as well as customisable badges. I will make your your badge designs for you ❤️

I stopped my shop while I was doing my degree but I’m back and will be uploading new designs soon.

Back to my EPP

Posted on May 26, 2025 Posted in craft, sewing, UpdateTagged art, cotton, craft, design, embroidery, English paper piecing, EPP, Fabric, fun, hand made, handmade, journal, make do and mend, mindfulness, pattern, photos, quilting, reflection, Sewing, tracker, tracking, update, updatesLeave a comment

It’s been a while! It’s a great project for when we’re away in the caravan. It’s been 5 years since I started this project in lockdown and it’s still toddling along.

Like I’ve said before, I don’t mind how long it takes, it’s more about the process than the end result.

I’ve still got quite a few chunks of cut hexis ready to prep.

This is what I’ve sewn together so far…

It’s been hanging on my wall for a while now

I’m not sure if I want to continue this pattern or to make it more random and less calico plain hexis. Not sure yet… we’ll see!

When I get my physical copy of my new crafty journal, I’m looking forward to putting my EPP project into it! It’ll definitely help me come up with some more design and layout ideas for my EPP quilt ❤️🐝

Babi wearing 2 Mami made items today

Posted on April 4, 2025 Posted in crochet, sewing, storiesTagged baby, cotton, craft, crochet, Fabric, Family, hand made, handmade, make do and mend, SewingLeave a comment

My little model wearing her cute red polka dot red dress I made and a crochet cardigan. She loved doing twirls and showing off in her little outfit.

I do have another blog post about the little red dress so I hope to post that soon!

Free Crochet pattern “Flower child sweater” by Double Stitch Twins, from Yarnspirations.com

Ceirios

Posted on March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 Posted in craft, drawing, UpdateTagged acrylic markers, art, cherry, craft, cymraeg, dare valley, design, Family, forest school, fun, hand made, handmade, home, make do and mend, painting, Parenting, welsh, wood cookiesLeave a comment

My son wanted me to help him this evening to fix a drawing he’d done on a wood cookie at forest school. And of course my 2yo daughter wanted to try too…well since everyone was doing it I wanted to play too!

So we got out our acrylic paint markers we’ve used for painting on pebbles and did some awesome art on our wood cookies!

My son did his name and some cool designs in purple (his favourite colour), my daughter made an incredible, multicoloured surreal extravaganza. And I did some cherries 🍒 Ceirios is my daughters name, it’s Cymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for Cherry.

At forest school they make awesome things from wood cookies, as well as name “badges/lanyards”. They’re awesome so I made one for Ceirios too.

We go to our AMAZING local forest school at Dare Valley community woodland, situated in the Dare Valley Country Park. A massive area of reclaimed land previously used for coal mining.

Can’t recommend enough!

4 years of EPP

Posted on March 19, 2024 Posted in sewing, UpdateTagged beginners, cotton, craft, design, English paper piecing, EPP, Fabric, Family, fun, hand made, handmade, Lifestyle, make do and mend, make your own, News, pattern, photos, quilting, Sewing, updatesLeave a comment

Can’t believe I started my EPP quilt four years ago, right at the start of the first Covid lockdown down. seems like an actual lifetime ago!

Since then I’ve:

Finished my degree (with a 1st) *smug*
Got a job
Had a baby 😱
Continued my EPP whenever I’ve got a spare hour or so…

Little anniversaries make you reflect on what you’ve achieved (or not) in the time that’s past.

Wonder what we’ll be doing in four years time? 🤔

I wonder how far I’ll have got with my EPP! Will I ever finish it?!

Honestly, I don’t actually mind. I know this is a long term project, it doesn’t matter how long it takes. It’s more about the process than the finished product.