Folksy Friday

1. Monty the Fox by Sara Carr, 2. Vintage Flora Pin Card by Daisy Florence Design, 3. Flared Bunting Mug by 1000degrees Art Studio , 4. Seedheads 114 by Zebedee, 5. Assorted Loveheart Buttons by Lilly?s, 6. Regatta 2 by Kirsty Elson Designs.

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As promised here is a small selection of your favourite Folksy finds from last weeks ff & giveaway - I especially love the driftwood regatta with it's teeny tiny bunting! Such lovely finds guys :)
Happy ff x
Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway, I?ve added so many new shops to my favourites this week from looking at all your links ;) Tomorrow I will be making a Folksy Friday mosaic from some of your chosen favourites, but for now I should let you know who the BIG button giveaway winner is and show you there Folksy find ?
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I had intended to get Em to draw a name from a hat, but I hadn?t expected so many people to leave a comment! So with the help of random.org the winner is ?
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Number 5 - Pukka Pinnies
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And here's her favourite Folksy find ...


Sunflowers 107 by Zebedee

I am loving Zoe's work (aka Zebedee). I find it difficult to choose just one item from her collection, but I really like this one - http://www.folksy.com/items/350657-Sunflowers-107?shop=yes She inspires me - .p.s I would also quite like some lovely buttons!!!
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Well done Pukka Pinnies! x
Popular Crafts magazine - Issue 2
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I was asked if I would like to do a embroidery tutorial for Popular Crafts magazine, so thought I?d write a ?how to? on crayon tinting with a variation of my Little Red as the pattern.
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Here?s a quick snap of the article ?

Very happy :)

After finding myself in a few beautiful mosaics over the past few weeks (thank you!) I thought it was time to start my own Folksy Friday posts. So every Friday I will be blogging some great Folksy finds and for my very first ff mosaic I've selected a few pieces from my saved favourites page ...


www.folksy.com



1. new home card by Design Rocks, 2. Ceramic cup cake candle holders by Lauren Ceramics, 3. Linen Cat in Pink Russian Doll Print Dress by The Linen Cat, 4. Spotty Toadstool Hand carved rubber stamp by Skull and Cross Buns , 5. Wren brooch by kate broughton , 6. cavebear by Treaclezoo



Share some Folksy love - please link to these shops and add them to your favourites, they're all super fantastic!
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BUTTON GIVEAWAY!!

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Who fancies winning 200+ buttons? ... Me and my little helper (above) sat on the front room floor this afternoon and put together roughly 230+ (150g) buttons in some super cool colours! Em was in charge of choosing the bright ones and I chose some beautiful pastel shade buttons. The mix includes a few vintage, but mostly shiny new buttons ... some of which you will find in my Folksy shop ;)

eek! Yes, all these buttons could be yours! :)

Mmmm...
Plus the winner will also receive a few extra treats! ...


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What you need to do --- As it's Folksy Friday I'd like you to leave a comment below & link me to one of your favourite Folksy finds!
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Post your comment before Thursday (6th may), 12 noon to be entered. Em will pull the winner from a hat, then the winner will be announced here on Thursday evening. Good luck!
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very small print -- there will be only one winner / only one entry per person / please leave a contact email address or blog link so I can contact you if you're the winner / feel free to link my giveaway on twitter :p x
Stacked button rings

-- Fabric button earrings
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I've booked a craft fair in Lichfield for the end of next month so I've been making a few accessories for my table. My craft fair box is actually looking pretty empty at the moment as I've not done one for some time, so I'm hoping to have some busy crafting nights over the next few weeks or my table will be looking rather bare!
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If you're in the area I will be at the Guild Hall, Lichfield on the 29th May. -- I will add more details nearer the event.
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Rainbow Bright!

I've added a few new button bag mixes and button sets to my Folksy and Misi shops - this gingham and spotty set comes in 7 bright rainbow colours and measure 1cm - so very sweet! ___

Freebie & Folksy Friday!

If you love buttons (new & vintage) you're going to love my giveaway tomorrow ... plus I will be doing my first ever 'Folksy Friday' post so be sure to pop back and don?t miss out!

Puerto Pollensa, Mallorca
2nd - 9th April 2010
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... well, Easter weekend was beautiful sunshine but then we saw quite a lot of cloud for the second half of the week, but at least it was warm ... and luckily we got back before the volcanic ash arrived!
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Em feeding the fish by the harbour

I've added a few more pics over on Flickr - link
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Easter bunnies for Emma ...

flickr favourites - easter bunny
1. love at first sight, 2. eggbunny, 3. bunny for Emma, 4. Rabbit, rabbit, 5. osterhasen_basteln_wip, 6. Macro-Bunny ____

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Easter makes for George & Ruby ...

egg cosies

Egg cosies with personalised fabric buttons - link here for a super easy egg cosy tutorial!

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Happy Easter x

I got so excited with what we received from Anna in the Alice swap that I forgot to post about what I sent! So a little late, but here?s a few photos of what I made ?
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Kilt pin with wonderland charms
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'eat me' glass bottle with mini smarties
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And you?ve probably seen this one before but I?ll add it again anyway! -

?Drink Me? embroidery

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Emma playing with my old Fashion Wheel
Did anyone else have this as a child? Wasn't it great!
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The digital wheel of fashion -
I did a 'Fashion Wheel' google search the other day just to see if you could still buy them and came across this blog post ... and then lost about 2 hours creating outfits on Looklet - Love it!
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Easter Egg Hunt! ? pop over to Popular Crafts this week (until the 5/04/10) and check out there Easter egg hunt to win lots of crafty goodies! & if you find the hidden egg on Saturday you could win a set of my Little Red Riding Hood fabric buttons plus a "Make Your Own" button kit! ? link
I?m working with these colours (plus a few others) in my Falling Alice embroidery, so I was very excited not only to find this beautiful mosaic, as I love teal and red together, but to find my french knot sheep in it too!
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I adore the stacking ring set underneath my little sheep ...

Stacking Set by ThirtySixTen
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Still stitching Alice?
Yes, I'm still stitching my Falling Alice piece and hope to reveal both my embroidery and the pattern very soon! I just had to put that piece on hold for a little while, as I?ve spent the past few weeks stitching a variation of my Little Red for a magazine tutorial, which is quite exciting!

Aren?t Flickr mosaics great?! I love searching through my Flickr groups and favourites to make them and I love being in them too (obviously!). And it wasn't till the other day that I realised if you search 'fd's Flickr Toys' and your 'user name' you can find mosaics that people have added you to!

Thanks to Kiirey for adding me to her 'Color Combo of the month' mosaic x

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French Knot Fabric Button Tutorial ... 

I originally put this tutorial together for the Feeling Stitchy embroidered button swap  -
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Here?s a tutorial for using Prym cover buttons, which you might find useful if stitching French knots, or any other delicate stitches that you don?t fancy squashing in a button mould!
It took me a while to get the hang of this type of cover button, but the nice thing with these is that you can take the back off and reposition the fabric is needed.
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If anyone has any tips they'd like to share for this type of cover button then please feel free to add a comment below.
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This example shows how to make a little French knot sheep button ... (click 'full' to enlarge tutorial)

How To: French Knot Sheep Button
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