Accessories are everything when you're a crafty creature. Once the craft bug bites you need places to store things, bags to tote things, markers to make things and purses to shove all your bits and bobs in. A solution is needed and flapping to the rescue are the good folks at The Bothered Owl.
Alex and Sarah, the handmade heroes who make up The Bothered Owl, are two Aussie ex-pats crafting their creations over here in London. They check two of the coolest boxes in craft in that their makings heavily involve the wonder that is Lego and they manage to rustle up some of the finest fabrics I've ever seen.
Their Etsy and Folksy shops wave their cute and quirky Lego stitchmarkers and jewellery in your face, wink cheekily at you with brooches and purses adorned with dancing skeletons and wise owls, and tempt you in with more needle rolls, totes and project bags than you can stuff your stuff into.
All sewn items feature fabrics you'd walk over the sharpest bits of Lego barefoot just to get your hands on.
What also sets them apart from the handmaking hoardes is their willingness to listen to your ideas on what you might be missing for your crafty collection. Read their blog, comment on their stuff, tweet them on Twitter.
Definitely crafters to keep your owl eyes on.
