Have a Cool Yule!

Pat Allosaurs is away till the 27th December, so just dropping in here to wish you all a Cool Yule, I hope all your stockings will bulge with festive goodies, and a special thank you to everyone who bought from me this year!

Random Goodness

Is coming soon!

Shop Holiday Posting Dates

Shopping for pressies on Liquorice-Allosaurs? Don’t be dissapointed, check out the shop’s holiday posting dates and make sure you purchase your goodies Before the last posting date for your part of the world. Happy shopping!

Interview on Indie yellow Pages

I gave my first interview recently, to the lovely Angela over at Indie Yellow Pages. Answering ten silly questions about myself and Liquorice-Allosaurs has never been so much fun! Go check it out, and don’t forget to have a look at the rest of this new Indie friendly site while you’re there. There are interviews with crafters, featured products and a craft directory where you can discover new and upcoming indie designers and grab yourself something unique. If you support indie, it’s a must!

Angela also very kindly wrote the above feature about Liquorice-Allosaurs which was a super sweet extra surprise. Thank you Indie yellow pages, I hope you go from strength to strength!

What I did on my holidays…

Oh my, the heavens just opened outside and its raining and stormy here in London right now, but last week I was many miles away from all of that… Read more

Summer Draw Winners!!!

It was fun fun fun on May 31st as you lot dashed in to make purchases in the very last moments, and some of you only just squeaked in there but I am happy to say that there are plenty of names to put in the draw! Corblimey, I think Liquorice-Allosaurs will have to have a competition every month – watch this space!

First Prize of a £20.00 Liquorice-Allosaurs gift voucher will be going to Mia Blackstone of Liverpool – Mia, check your inbox, you have mail!

Second Prize goes to Rach Payne of Dorset who will soon be receiving a free pair of earrings. Hope you like em, Rach!

The Heart Shaped Stone

Last weekend R’s niece found a heart shaped stone in the earth while we were out walking. I was just going to post the picture with no text at all but it struck me as a symbol for something that’s been pecking at my head for some time now. Read more

Chocolate chip cookies

I’ve been baking, hurrah! And here’s the result; yummy chocolate chip cookies. Better not try to eat them though – they are hand sculpted from polymer clay and hand painted too.
These are my new improved nibbled choc chip cookie necklaces. They’ve been selling like hot cakes so I hope you’ll like this design as much as the old one. They are very realistic, and best of all you’ll be sweet enough to eat when you wear one!

Just click on the pics to go there…

Liquorice-Allosaurs first review!

Wow, Liquorice-Allosaurs got its first online review today and what can I say but thank you Mrs Mo’s New Jersey! Apart from the thrill of seeing both Liquorice-Allosaurs Shop and Blog reviewed, it feels pretty sweet to be included in a blog that gives you the low down on the New Jersey area – I’m not exactly in the catchment area so it feels even more special to be included. Check out what the lovely Mrs Mo said about Liquorice-Allosaurs here!

In fact, if you want the skinny on where to shop, eat, drink in some high or low culture or even adopt a homeless kitten in New Jersey, there is a mind boggling array of ideas to be had at Mrs Mo’s. She’ll tell you which indie stores are worth walking in off the street for, and she goes to these places herself so you get a personal shoppers view of what it’s like to shop there. Makes my feet itch to go travelling I can tell you, and even better it makes me want to research what is going on right here in dear old London – if I knew as much about my town as Mrs Mo knows about hers, I’d be in clover.

Eggs at breakfast

This morning I was having a late breakfast when Mrs Blackbird came to her nest. I’ve learned a lot about blackbirds since she chose our window-box as a nursery. One thing I’ve learned is that they only start brooding their eggs (sitting on them) full time once they have laid the whole clutch. The rest of the time, they only visit the nest occasionally, and then usually only for one thing! So I was pretty clued up when she settled deep into the nest and started fidgeting about. I had already checked the nest out this morning – it contained one shiny blue egg. When she left the nest about an hour and a half later, I was delighted but not too surprised to see this…

What makes me especially happy is that I actually saw her laying the new egg! I suspect that I also saw her laying the first egg the day before, I just diddn’t know what I was looking at at the time. lets take a closer look…

I’m filled with anticipation as to how many she will lay. I also look forward to her brooding the eggs full time, as I love working at the kitchen table with her just across from me. We are very companionable together.

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