stuffed - and a wee favour...

I've been working on a new flock of toys. While I was working on this giraffe yesterday, I realised I hadn't mentioned that I am using wool stuffing now - since my motherload of polyfill finally dried up earlier this year. The wool is LOVELY. It's more pricey and takes longer to work with than the polyfill (although that could just be me), but is so worth it. I get mine form Winterwood. The toys feel less 'bouncy' but have a beautiful warmth to them that the synthetic stuff just can't achieve. And while you have indulged me to crap on about stuffing for a paragraph, I am dying to try this, too. It's so good to have some sustainable alternatives to polyester.

On a completely different note, can I ask a favour? My lovely bloke suffered the humiliation of entering himself in a 'dad joke' competition so that we might have the chance of winning a holiday. Little did he know that all shortlisted entries needed to be voted on in the public domain. Ha! If you have a moment, you can see him make a dork of himself here (Matt is the 3rd one across in the second row) - please vote so his humiliation is not in vain - you get a 20% off book voucher! Thankyou!! xx