Lupin Handmade is run by me, Laura "Lupin" Howard. I'm a not-quite-grown-up girl living in England who likes to make stuff. I drink a lot of tea, am partial to a nice bit of cake and am completely obsessed with felt.

I've been selling my work online since 2007. I make cute and quirky felt brooches and other accessories, crafty things like pincushions, and silly things like masks and moustache disguises. I hope my work will make people smile!

All my feltworks are 100% handstitched, and all pieces are cut by hand from my own original patterns. No mechanised cutters, no sewing machine and definitely no glue - just me and my scissors and a needle and thread. Oh, and quite a few cups of tea...

I also sell felt squares and other colourful craft supplies and love seeing what my customers make with the supplies they buy from me.

When I'm not busy making things, I'm normally writing about making things! You can keep up with my crafty universe over on my blog. I love to design fun crafty tutorials for my blog readers - you can check out a selection of my free tutorials here. Four of my projects were recently featured in Fa La La La Felt, published as an e-book by Lark Books.