Ring in a Bubble

Fabulous fabric covered button rings now in store! Check out the awesome packaging! Each ring arrives in a sturdy plastic 'bubble' which keeps it safe during shipping and also makes it ready for giving. More coming soon. :)

Three Faves Friday

Set of 3 Hoops by merriweathercouncil


Identical Twins by Judykaufmann


Paper Bead Earrings by hippiekingdom


Want to play along with Three Faves Friday? Leave a link to your 3 faves blog post in the comments below. :)

... and More Fabric!

Today I dropped by my new local 'thrift' store (op shop, charity shop!) here in Barcelona. Sadly I think they are closing down as they were practically giving everything away. Anyway, I picked up a few vintage shirts and weird sized dresses to use for fabric. With these finds and all the fun fabric from my previous post I couldn't help but spend the afternoon making a whole batch of new button earrings! The worst part is waiting for the adhesive to set to get going with the photos...

Hope to have some of the finished pairs up in the shop tomorrow. :)

Mums Are Great

Aren't they? Today I received this awesome package in the post from my Mum, it was filled with all her quilting fabric scraps. They are perfect for making buttons and button earrings which I am planning to make A LOT more of over the next few weeks and she new my precious fabric supply here in Spain was quickly disappearing. I am lucky to have such a great Mum who is always supporting me no matter how crazy my ideas are.

I'd love to hear some of the little ways your Mums support you too! :)

Gumballs!

Saw these today and thought they were super cute. :)

Delicious Filigree Brooches

Just finished making these beautiful brooches! They use my current favorite material, super thick 4mm felt as well as some beautiful metal filigree jewellery parts I picked up in Seville recently. They are usually used in making the giant, ornate earrings worn by the Spanish flamenco dancers.

These are all now available in my etsy shop. Would love to know what you think. :)

Quack Quack! I mean, Tweet Tweet!

Having a little giveaway over on twitter at the moment. 500th RT wins any item that they would like from my etsy shop. Hop over here to twitter and RT away to win. :)

Window Shopping

A little window shopping in the beautiful Barrio Gotico, Barcelona... now to win lotto and do some REAL shopping! :)

Launch - Hand Embroidered Felt

I'm so excited to announce the launch of my latest range! It is based around a basic hand embroidered blanket stitch onto felt in a range of beautifully matching and contrasting tones. The range includes button stud earrings in 3 sizes, brooches, necklaces and sew on buttons as well!

The felt used is from my (now) local felt shop in Barcelona combined with gorgeous embroidery thread that I collected a few years back while adventuring in Guatemala. The stunning embroidery work there has certainly been part of the inspiration for this range, in combination with crafty hand embroidered designs from the hippie era.

This range, along with other goodness, will be added to my Etsy and Dawanda shops over the coming weeks.

Hola Barcelona + Blog Winners

Hello from Barcelona! Yes, I have moved once again. I loved sleepy Granada but needed to be in a big, crazy, creative city again... so, here I am! I have been wandering the streets and found the most amazing little shops hidden away. I promise to take my camera out soon.

And, the moment you have all (maybe) been waiting for, today I draw the winners of my monthly blog giveaway... this month there are 2 lucky winners due to my slackness last month.

The winners are:

Sophie from Sophie Isobel Designs - a fellow textile and button lover, you can check out some of her gorgeous work and vintage finds over on her flickr page.

Deborah from Denim by Deborah - a designer who works with denim products, repurposing and embellishing them to create funky purses. Find out more on via blog.

Make sure you are following my blog for your chance to win a pair of button earrings or a set of sewing buttons next month! :)