how fast they grow up!

pin-cushion

one of my new years resolutions was
to regularly stock my shops
i'd got a bit slack by the end of last year
so yesterday i had a photography and listing session

singed flower hair grips

singed and stacked fabric flower grips

you can find the hair flowers in my etsy shop

ETSY SHOP

i was very pleased to find the pin-cushion sold already :)
i'll be making more very soon

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in other news
the boy lost his first tooth yesterday
*sigh*
how fast they grow up

ready to put it under the pillow for the tooth fairy

gappy boy!

i think i need to make a little purse for teeth now
i have the design in my head
it will be cute!

little shop update

mother-of-pearl buttons
random mix of fifty
$7.50

rug making tools
$5.00

super cute cotton bobbins
$3.00

all available in my Etsy shop

http://www.etsy.com/shop/VINTAGEhaberdashery

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sorry for lack of blogging lately
i seem to have mislaid my mojo
it's probably hiding
under a pile of
buttons.

matryoshka sewing kit!

i cannot resist russian doll sets
and went really crazy buying them
like they were going out of fashion a year or so ago
i have sold a few sets in my Etsy shops
but i also have quite a few sets who have sadly lost members of their families
:o(

poor Mama here has lost her littlest baby,
her other daughters are growing up and getting underfoot
what they all need is a vocation in life . . . .

Mama gets to be pin-cushion

big sister the spool keeper and
little sister is in charge of buttons!

no matryoshka were hurt to create this set and
they are very simply reverted to a stacking doll set

Mama and her girls are heading off to Etsy
to find a new craft room to live in
:o)

buy handmade!

i was just mooching about on flickr minding my own business when i found this gorgeous and totally appropriate doll made by imagingermonkey http://www.imagingermonkey.blogspot.com/
i say totally appropriate because it was my bestest friends baby daughters first birthday a couple of days later and her extremely cute little girl is called "Holly" as was said dolly!
and it has no buttons or bits baby Holly will chew off - yeah!! Well i HAD to buy her, didn't i?


i think she got here just in time - you can see in these photo's she arrived to beautiful sunshine - yeah it's cold but if you look on her creators blog they had SNOW i'm pretty jealous actually we don't get snow maybe 'cause of the salt air?


it was lovely to see one of gingermonkeys creations in the flesh/fabric!
the whole family loved her
especially my son who said "oooohh she is really coot if you bought me one of dem it would sleep in my bed"
hmmmmm d'ya think that's a subtle hint?
anyhow i'd highly recommend one of these cute dollies
BUY HANDMADE
it feels good!

ETSY shop updated

my new etsy shop has had a really great start - six sales already - i'm so pleased!


If only i could time-travel and buy more of this braid as it has sold out already. I've kept a bit for myself as it is so cute!



today i have added this BIG & GIRLY pink and white selection of buttons and trims, there is a mixture of vintage and modern in this set - i think it would be great for scrapbooking or sewing projects.

i've also added a few more sets of buttons and a vintage brooch.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6279583