So Long Summer!

 As summer slips away, my garden wall turns this ravishing shade of red and signals that the chill is on its way.  Elsewhere in the world, blossoms are opening and rafts of people are looking forward to feeling their toes in the warm beach sand or an afternoon ice cream.  

While I'm a little bit envious of those folks, it seems that autumn is going to be a very busy time for our fledgling craft business.  The autumn months are the Christmas shopping months and we're trying to get prepared.  We've got to get ourselves signed up for local markets and get our pencils out to design Christmas gifts and decorations.  Then there is our clothing to think about.  Is it suitable for winter?  Our lovely apron dresses can be dressed up warm, but we'd love to add another dress with long sleeves in a cosy fabric for the colder months.  

And what about the new things we've been making that I haven't even mentioned to you yet?  We've got bags and brooches, cosy scarves and cushions.  Details about all of these will follow this week, as I'm making a pledge to you now, patient reader, to blog every night until we're all up to date.  That is assuming, of course, that my own Helter Skelter kids keep their little eyes closed in their beds during the evenings.  

So to those of you pulling on your jumpers and cardigans, enjoy these autumnal days and for those of you enduring spring showers (if you are), you lucky ducks!

xx Helter Skelter Jane