Second Post in One Day, But These Pictures Came Out O.K.

So....i thought i would have a go on the camera despite it being dark and they came out O.K. so Ive decided to put them up for approval. What do you guys think?? I think that my favorite ones are the green ones at the top, the colors seem to go really well.
And just because i took a picture of these too....here are all of the packages so far to send up to Alison (i really like the envelopes i made for these, Ive had the paper lying around for ages so its good to finally use it!)
Right....that really is it!!!
Night Night
xx

My Fingers Hurt But I'm Proud!

Hi everyone! thanks for the comments about the buttons, I'm loathe to use them so at the moment i just keep getting them out every now and then to look at them!!

We had Coco and Croissants for breakfast today...in bowls. it was yummy and warmed me up because it was cold outside...and inside (surprise surprise)

Then i played about with some wire, buttons and ear ring pieces and made three lovely pairs of earrings, here i am making them (please excuse my bad hair!)

By the time i had finished it was a bit dark and i want to put good pictures up so you properly see what they look like, so i didn't bother taking any pictures. I'm going to put some of the earrings up in folksy and send some to Alison's school, so watch this space.

Right...I'm off to buy some sausages (I'm hungry!!)

Take Care Everyone

xxx

I'm still alive (just) after the weekend!!

Thanks for the well wishes for a good weekend, they worked because the weekend was ace. it was so lovely to see Amy and lots of good things happened when she was here 1) Amy was here so that was good 2) i found 20 pounds in the street 3)i brought a pretty dress with the money 4) i found two massive jars of old buttons in a charity shop for 5 pounds (but was too excited about them to take a picture before i sorted them into my collection) 5) El's party on Saturday was amazing i had sooo much fun!!! on the down side.....i drank far far far far too much on Saturday and as a result couldn't move at all yesterday (and i mean at all!!) but ho hum!!!

I had some more button luck this morning when i wondered into a charity shop before work a bag of real old buttons still on the original cards. LOOK!!

including these three beauties!! the burgundy ones at the bottom are glass and they say made in Czechoslovakia so that shows their age, the ones on the far left are shell ones and have a lovely backing card and the ones on the left are cute little flower ones in a coral colour!!
i couldn't believe my luck!!
Right I'm off to eat curry (its a joy to be able to eat again after Sunday!!) I'll post a more crafty post tomorrow!!
Take Care
P.S. (Lady Vanishes is on at cineworld tonight!!! lovely Monday classic!)
xx

I Can Hear the Weekend Calling From Here!!!

So no surprise......MORE SNOW!!! It really does look lovely here in Cheltenham, snow everywhere and more due to fall as well. Which is good but it means that Amy's train journey here could be cancelled or at the least delayed, so she has jumped on an earlier train to deal with the delays! But fingers crossed she will be here about half two!! I'm sooooo excited to see her and to have some time off!!


I walked into town early today so that i could get a few bits and pieces for tea tonight and also a duvet for Amy to use because it gets bloody freezing in our flat ( we have 3 duvets on our bed upstairs.....3!!!) On my way into town i found this little fella on a wall.

I like his wonky smile and antenna's.

Well im off to go and play with some buttons in my newly arranged sewing corner...i tried to take pictures but the camera didn't want to play.

Be Back Soon

xx

Hello Brian.

Psssstttt....i'll tell you a secret....i'll have to whisper though....theres a lodger in our house...hes called Brian and hes a retired dragon.I made Brian for a swap i organised with a friend at work, he draws these fantastically detailed pictures and i asked him if he would swap me a postcard sized one for one of my monsters and he kindly said yes....so welcome to the world Brian. Hes a retired dragon who's wings don't work anymore and who's hobbies include bird watching, eating cheese and crackers and falling asleep to ELO or the Squeeze.

i really enjoy doing stuff like this, although my technical abilities aren't amazing, and so i cant make 3D monsters, i love to come up with the expressions on their faces and dreaming up their stories. i hope chris likes him.

Well...the buttons are calling

P.S im going to take this chance to shamlessly plug mine and el's little buisness. Stuffed Nonsense, born out of our frustration from working in the cinema and not being able to the creative jobs which we day dream about doing, has offically opened its doors. Check out our blog at www.stuffed-nonsense.blogspot.com, there you will find the first two items we have put up for sale, we decided to stick them on my folksy shop so we can see how they go on the internet. What do you think?
xx

Brrrr (again)

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend and none of you suffered from frost bite!! i was really lucky yesterday, it was my first day off in a while and (just like everywhere else) it snowed non stop!!!i can normally take or leave snow...i think it looks pretty and everything but i hate being cold (i think I'm in some way related to a lizard...it takes me ages to heat up and the slightest decrease in temperature and I'm shivering!) Anyway...i really really enjoyed all of the snow!! in the morning Arthur and i went to the art gallery in the morning to look at some print works they had on display. i think my favorite ones were by Lucy Orchard she had a collection called the Chronicles of Eliza Rowles VIII

http://www.modernartistsgallery.com/artistdetails/26_LucyOrchard.php

After the gallery we came home and made carrot and coriander soup, which was yummy but i ate it too quick and forgot to take a picture.

THEN i made some gift envelopes for the jewellery i have been making to send up to Alison's school (Arthur's mum) She has brought lots of bits from me and she says that everyone at her school likes them and she kindly offered to sell some for me. The envelopes went really well and I'm really pleased with them, i don't do too much with paper normally so i was quite surprised when they came out well.

To finish the day off we went to a lovely pub in Cheltenham called the Beehive where i probably (....definitely) drank too much and had drunken snow ball fights on the way home!

What a wonderful day off!!

Only two more days of work then I've got 4 WHOLE DAYS OFF!!! that's right, my best pal is coming up from Manchester and i cant wait!!!

Thanks for the button pictures!!

Take Care

xx

BUTTONS! BUTTONS! BUTTONS!

As the name on my blog probably suggests i like buttons lots. I thought id put up some pictures of my collection because I had them out today as I'm making some jewellery out of them.Buttons on a plate.
Buttons in a yellow tray.
Buttons in a clear tray.

Buttons in jars.

I've was thinking that it was fun to see every ones pictures of their crockery after kirstyfish asked people to put pictures up sooooo.....does anyone fancy putting pictures up of their buttons??its just a bit of fun!!!!

Right I'm off to play with them some more!!!!

I hope everyone has had a good weekend so far.

xx