Red Nose Day!!!

Hellooo everybody - Happy Red Nose Day!!

Don't forget to pop over to the Crafter...oo Comic Relief Shop over on Folksy where all proceeds are going towards Comic Relief!!! There are some great things for sale over there including some of my buttons of course! How about this great corsage made by Cloudhopping

or maybe these cute little slippers from Blonde Design...

and don't forget there's still time to put in a bid for the challenge necklace....

just send an e-mail to me with your bid!!! Winner will be announced this evening and all proceeds will of course go to Comic Relief!!!!

March Snow and Challenge Necklace Auction

Yes we have yet more snow this morning! The poor mini daffs that were doing their best to flower in our garden look a bit weighed down don't they!? I don't think the snow will last long, the sun has been out a couple of times but we do have heavy snow showers forecast for during today so maybe we will get even more.

On a different note....Incy and I have decided to auction off the necklace we made to raise a bit more cash for Comic Relief. So we are taking e-mails for bids over £20!! Come on folks...it's a gorgeous bright necklace and will look great in the spring and summer months!! It's also a one of a kind...what with the lovely embroidery done by Incy and the handmade lampwork beads that I made there is a lot of value in it!! But best of all it will mean more money for Comic Relief so all proceeds will be going to a really good cause!!! I will even pay the p&p myself so no extras to pay. Send an e-mail to either myself (see my profile page) or Incy with your bid and we'll announce the winner on Comic Relief day!!!

Combined medium challenge!

Over on the Crafter...oo forum we decided to do a different sort of challenge where we worked together in pairs so that we could make something using the mediums of both people. We could make anything we like but it was to be in vibrant colours!

I had Sam from Incy Wincy Stitches as my partner which was great and we decided we would make a piece of jewellery combining felt beads which she would decorate and glass beads that I would make. Sam also stitched a great little pouch to put the finished piece in.

So, this is what we came up with...

We will be selling the necklace to raise money for Comic Relief!

Yet more buttons!!

Still playing with the polymer clay and have a couple of new sets that will be going up for sale in the Crafteroo Folksy shop for Comic relief as all the other sets have now sold!

I'm also hoping to make a pendant and earring set with these 3 pieces below. If they still look ok after baking then I will sand and polish them and then add findings to make the pendant earring set.

Polymer clay buttons

I spent all day yesterday making more buttons to put in the Crafteroo Folksy Shop for Comic Relief. I ended up with 3 sets so not bad! 2 of the sets I sanded and polished to a lovely shiny finish so they look extra smart. They'll all be on sale here later today!

Owl Swap, parcel received!! And Buttons for Comic Relief!

Wow, what a fantastic parcel full of goodies I received in the post this morning! Meridian organised an owl swap and my swap partner was Katy of I'm a Ginger Monkey fame . Katy's parcel to me contained all these owly goodies!!...
Actually to take this picture I had to gather everything up together again as I was wearing the owl brooch, had already hung the quilted wallhanging up on the wall, the eggs were chilling in the fridge for this evening's treat and I was using the notepad and pen at my desk. So, a big thank you!! to Katy - I love all my owl goodies!! I really hope she likes all the things I am sending her but I will have to wait to find out as Katy is away on her hols now for 2 weeks!!

As well as playing with my owly things I've also been having another go with my polymer clay. I made some buttons this time and have donated them to the Crafteroo folksy shop to help raise money for Comic Relief. These were the first ones I made - special red nose buttons - and they have already sold to Incywincy!
Then I made some purple gingham buttons...Hmm now what should I make next...?

Comic Relief, Folksy shop

With Comic Relief day fast approaching (friday 13th March) the members of Crafter...oo craft forum have decided to start a Folksy shop to sell things and raise money for the charity. There are some fantastic things being donated and new things will be added often so pop along and help us raise loads of money by buying something great for yourself or a present for someone else! Also because the forum is for all sorts of crafts there's a wide variety of goodies up for grabs! Come and take a look!