craft swaps

i've signed up for a couple of swaps lately

the first is MeridianAriel's 1980's fantasy movie craft swap
today is the last day for sign ups - i meant to blogg this earlier {sorry Meri} but time has been just zooming by this summer

http://meridianariel.blogspot.com/2009/08/1980s-fantasy-movie-craft-swap.html

i can't wait to get started on this one i love all those movies but i think Labyrinth really was my all time favourite David Bowie in thoose oh so very tight trousers *swoon*

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next is incywincystitches button jewellery swap
well how could i resist that?

http://incywincytogs.blogspot.com/2009/08/button-jewellery-swap-sign-up.html

i definately have plenty of supplies for this swap!

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both swaps have a nice long completion date
so i have no worries about getting these out before their deadlines {ha ha ha}
plus i need something to fill my time now my lovely boy is starting at school - i'm really going to miss him and feel quite sad about him going
but i know he's ready for it and he will love school and being with his friends everyday

so bring on the swaps!

amazing button mosiac!

look what i found on flickr this morning
an amazing button mosiac!
i LOVE it
and i can imagine how long i must've taken to glue down all those buttons!
see all the photo's here
and read all about it here buttoncandy and here Lucky Pony

{i can't get LuckyPony's link to work have tried and tried - grrr - but you can find her blog via buttoncandy's post}

i'd love to do a large mosiac like this with buttons
but seem to have a real problem actually using any of my collection!

but maybe i can win some buttons to use here? BUTTON GIVEAWAY
go leave a comment for you chance to win!

"buckle porn"

it's been a long time since i posted some button porn
but you are in for a real treat today!
strictly speaking it is buckle porn
but there are a few buttons thrown in to the mix too
enjoy!

so i found someone selling a load of fantastic mother-of-pearl buckles
i had no idea how big these were going to be and they had been listed
as buttons so i thought they maybe teeny but they are a good size. . . .

i love the cards these are on
they are so pretty and the buckles
are really shiny and vibrant and also in two sizes
i shall feel bad removing these from their packaging but i will need to sell some of these!

pretty and shiny mmmm.....

really cute little buckles

love the texture

some buttons for you die hard button fans!!

can brown be pretty?
oh yes it can if it is mother-of-pearl!

tawny

gorgeousness

pearly lips!

a big pile of beautiful

irridescent - shiny- beauty

oh my just look at these FANTASTIC 20's/30's childrens novelty buttons
there is a mix of glass and plastic
owls - terriers - pelicans - swallows
i actually bought these for the swallows thinking they would be the same as the bakelite ones that i used on the button christmas tree - they weren't but they are really sweet anyway!

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hope you enjoyed your vintage haberdashery porn fix!!
stayed tuned for more!!

christmas button tree

Last week i made this button tree - i'm sooooooooo pleased with it!
and just in case you didn't know - you can click on any of my photo's to see them BIGGER!!!

vintage button tree in mother-of-pearl button snow

vintage button tree - wooden spool tree - thimble tree & knitting nancy!

as it has many of my favourite buttons on i have only pinned them on with pearl-headed pins - so it can be dismantled after christmas.

{Incywincy says they look like fairy lights!}


It is made with a styrofoam cone shape re-cycled from a previous decoration i made years ago, i wrapped a piece of black felt{which was being thrown out by a friend of MIL's} around it and pinned this in place , then i covered the shape with a layer of green buttons with a few red ones and then started layering it up with lots of floral buttons and the three bakelite swallows and four gorgeous "bambi" buttons - i mainly stuck to green, red & black buttons but i can see me repeating this idea in candy colours for easter and i think it would look great as a hallow'een tree in purple, orange, green & black colourway too.

{This project is made with completely re-cycled supples the only thing i bought new were the pins and i'd bought them to go in the cupcake pincushion and had only used a few.}

unfortunately the photo's aren't as good as i'd of liked because the light quality has been awfull lately it's either been grey and overcast or the sunshine has been pouring through the window bleaching all the colours out!! I'm thinking about going on a basic photography course as i'd love to improve my photo's , i really need to force myself out of the house in the winter though as it's so nice and cosy indoors.

i went shopping today and went to the shop i used to work at {for sixteen years} http://www.bluegallery.co.uk/ and bought more styrofoam shapes - i might actually run out of suitable coloured buttons - i feel eBay calling!!! I was supposed to be making a start on christmas shopping today but was pretty much unsuccessful - if i only had to buy for little kids i'd do fine there are so many nice toys and books and clothes - grown ups are really hard to buy for especially MEN.

right i'm off to put more photo's on flickr, then an early-ish night as i'm working tomorrow - that's two days this week - i'm out of practice and will be exhausted by tea-time!!

more button porn

so are you ready for more gratuitous button titillation?



ooohhh hello , so sweet and innocent. . . .





undressing





peeling away the layers





oh my . . . .




all that glitters . . . . . . .





tease





full frontal




what a HUGE pair





whoah there Nelly





show us your vest buttons - missus





more big beautiful girls





huge centre

coming to a close now

end shot . . . .

well i hope you liked it - i think i might make button porn a regular feature!