Tuesday 28 February 2012

Button Love

Hurray! My crafting area is now tidy and ready for action - my supplies are arriving in dribs and drabs, and not always to my complete satisfaction :/ The things I'm waiting for are only small inexpensive items but I don't know if you've ever tried to purchase a previous item, but can't quite get exactly what you had before - aaaaaargh! Never mind, these buttons arrived on Saturday. . .

. . . they're EXACTLY what I wanted, and I love the grain in the wood - I'm itching to use them with my Harris Tweed, but I'm holding fire until I get all the CORRECT supplies. I need the same supplies to make my Kindle sleeves, which I hope to start on soon.

I spent the weekend making a little pressie for a blogging friend - it involved crochet and softie-making, deep joy! - I can't show it as it would spoil the surprise. It inspired me to combine my crochet skills with my 'tweedie'-making though, so I'll show a pic of that once the gift has been received. I'm being very careful to put a 'Sender's address' on the back of the parcel - one of my X-mas gifts went astray and I didn't put my address on the back, I was gutted!

It's a little grey here today . . .

. . . the sea is a pretty pale aqua colour though.

Ssssshhhh, I hear the Postie Van outside - please bring my crafty supplies today! . . . . :)

Speak soon :D

Alison x

2 comments:

june at noon said...

Gorgeous buttons, and beautiful surroundings. So inspiring!

Claire said...

What a shame the Chrissy present went astray......

Crochet and softie making sounds very interesting .

I hope the postie delivered the things you needed, so you can get cracking with your sewing. You soundskeen as......

Claire x