its been a while!

i have been super busy recently :)

i started a new part time job last week!

something to keep me and my brain active,

and to keep money coming in regularly enough

so i can carry on enjoying making :)

i'm really enjoying it, 

i can fit in crafting time as well as exercise and me time :)

i have been busy making special orders for my Not on the High St customers

such as cards like this one...

with a lovely reading inside...

it really was a pleasure to make :)

i've got some flower cards on their way to my website very soon, 

with a lovely choice of coloured threads

oh and i bought myself some flowers the other day!

gorgeous tulips :) i love them!

you'll be pleased to know my other flowers (of the felt variety) 

are multiplying!

i am busy preparing them for my display at our market on saturday

i really hope people love them as much as i do! :)

this is the board i painted this weekend ready for saturday's market,

i really loved doing it, well, as soon as i'd got started, 

and stopped faffing about what to put where!

i just let it flow :)

i hope it will make a great welcome for our visitors

it adds some of our personality to the already gorgeous village hall :)

(i will remember to take some photos this time!)

we're really looking forward to saturday, we've got some lovely stalls lined up

and i can tell i'm going to be spending some of my new wages before i've even been paid!

if you're local, please pop by,

and if you're not, dont worry, i'll post plenty of piccies, 

and links to sellers websites so you can still see all the gorgeous goodies yourself :)

catch you soon

love & buttons

xxx

needle felting...

i have to admit, i am obsessed!

is there a "crafters anonymous"?.....

"hello i'm michelle and i'm addicted to buttons & now needle felting" !! lol!

i didn't really imagine i would get this into it, this quickly! :D

Deanne showed me last week - round her house, sat on the floor watching tv, 

after we'd had a chinese(dodgy!) and a glass of vino! 

She'd been taught by her friend at her crop the week before, 

and she couldn't wait to spread the love & knowledge of felting!

while i was learning, my mind was ticking over and over, 

thinking...  "how can i make this fit with "button it"?!"............

it was when i started playing about with a flower shape a few days later, 

that i suddenly had a light bulb moment!

i've been thinking about making flowers on wire for such a long time... 

flowers that you can stick in a plant pot, to brighten up the place 

- esp when orchids have no flowers on and look all sad!

crocheted or knitted flowers never looked quite right, but now these were perfect! :)

i've even attempted making a butterfly! 

which was pretty difficult, but looks so pretty! :) 

with little pins for its antenna's!

the next evening was time to try hearts....

and then i dreamt up an idea for making letters....

(literally while i was drifting off last night in bed!)

into keyrings!

but then i broke my small needle, so i can't quite finish it off, 

and i have to wait til i go to the craft shop tomorrow to replenish!

can't wait to look at all the pretty coloured wool roving i can buy too! 

watch this space for lots more pretties coming soon! :)

busy busy busy! :)

just want to say a massive thank you to all of you for your lovely comments re my website! :)

i am so glad you love it!

i think you'll all agree, if you saw my last site, it's a massive improvement! lol!

if it wasn't enough to launch a website this week, i am also dreaming up some new products, ready for mothers day, fathers day, the wedding season, 

and albeit rather wearily, i'm starting to think about Christmas again! argh! 

fathers day cuff links

wedding albums

 

 

 

i have just acquired a new skill - needle felting! and i'm addicted already after only a week!

i will do a post about it soon, and show you what i've been making...

i have some great ideas of what i can make, still on the button theme,

and hopefully in time for mothers day :)

better get busy with my needle then! 

(note to self: watch the fingers, them needles are SHARP!)