Button Jewellery Swap.

A little while ago I signed up for the Button Jewellery Swap run by Sam of IncyWincyStitches and was teamed up with Jo from Australia. Neither Jo or I have ever made jewellery before but both decided it would be fun!

Yesterday I received my parcel from Jo, it really cheered me up as I've had a nasty bug for the last week, so was in bed feeling really sorry for myself.

Jo has made me a lovely button bracelet, 2 rings (I particularly like the blue one) and a lovely pendent. Jo has been so clever with the pendent, she has used a buckle as the base to put the buttons on - I love it.

Now I know Jo has received my parcel, I can show you what I made. I found instructions on how to make a button necklace, but it didn't go according to plan, the first version didn't work as the thread I used was too thin, on the second version, the cord was too thick. The third version really worked, but only by accident! I had gone into my study to find some ribbon to try, but came across some wire instead.

I'm really pleased with the wire as you can bend it so the necklace sits exactly as you want. I also made a little button ring.

I then parceled it all up with some spare buttons including some with Union Jacks on, some ribbon, mint Aero (Jo loves mint chocolate) and other sweets. I hope Jo liked it.

Thank you Jo for all my goodies and for making the swap such fun. Thank you Sam for organising the swap. xxx

A birthday, 2 cakes and a party!

I can't believe it but my darling daughter has reached the age of 2!

I was able to get the day off work so we had a girly day, just the 2 of us. I took her to a local children's farm as she loves all animals. However she wasn't too convinced by the man in the rabbit suit!!!

We organised a party for her as she didn't get one for her 1st birthday as I wasn't well. So the last few weeks have been busy preparing for it. Issy loves Timmy Time on cbeebes so I decorated her cake with 3 characters from the show.

The party was a great success and Issy was so excited when she saw all her friends. We hired a local scout hut and organised for a soft play group to come alone. They also brought along a bouncy castle which went down really well with all the kids. It was nice to have all the family there too.

It was my birthday the day after the party so I got a nice surprise when, just after we had blown out Issy's candles, the other half brought out a cake for me!

Another Swap & Dressing up!

I promised myself that I would leave the swaps for a bit as I've got a few work things to get sorted at the moment. That was of course until Sam at IncyWincyStitches decided to host a button jewellery swap.

I've given button bracelets as presents and fancied the idea of getting something similar myself. What better way to get some button jewellery than joining this swap! I have to make some sort of button jewellery to send to my partner along with some craft suppliers and a sweet treat. I've not really made any jewellery before so this swap should be interesting!

If you fancy joining up, visit Sam's blog for the details. Closing date is 1st September.

Before I sign off for today, I just thought I'd show you a photo of my darling daughter looking lovely! Issy had a dressing up day at nursery yesterday, she had to go dressed up as a Disney character, can you guess who she is meant to be?

Anyway Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to work I go!!!!

More Pages

I'm not sure if I have just picked some easy topics recently or if I'm actually getting better at scrapping but I've finished several pages without too many problems!

This first page is about the other half's birthday, he decided he would have a good day if Issy had fun, so we took her to a local farm. She wasn't took keen on the goats but she loved the chickens and the sheep.

I think this is the page that I'm most pleased with, usually I'm a perfectionist so never think my own stuff is any good. I'm always looking at other people's work and picking faults with mine. However this page of Issy standing in a flower pot isn't too bad, if I do say so myself!!! There's no really story to it, just that I thought she looked really funny standing in it and it reminded me of the old Flower Pot Men show!

I won!!!

Crafteroo ran a competition to celebrate their 1st birthday and I won, all I had to do was persuade more people to join Crafteroo than anyone else!

My prize is fantastic

£20 Amazon voucher

£35 Dichro-findings.co.uk voucher

Fused Glass Bangle from Glass Kanvas

Button cover kit from Incywincy Stitches

I've been browsing the websites to decide what to spend my vouchers on but there is so much to choose from. I shall post some pictures of all my goodies when I've made my mind up.

New Job & Birthday Invites

Life has been really busy recently what with one thing and another but I had some good news a couple of weeks ago. I have been offered a new job, I'm really looking forward to it, I'm in need of a new challenge.

I've found a bit of time to do some crafting. My darling daughter turns 2 next month so I've been making lots of party invites.

Bake Swap Recieved

I received my bake swap goodies from Nicky of nickynackynoo this week. She sent me some lovely blackcurrant cup cakes with gorgeous pink icing, a lovely felt cupcake which is now decorating my pin board in my study/craft room and two wonderful recipe cards. The first one is a felt cupcake with the recipe for the cupcakes written on the back and the second one was a felt lemon with a recipe for lemon polenta cake on the back.

Isabelle loved the cupcakes, I wasn't allowed one until I had given her one first!

I'm looking forward to trying the recipes. Thank you Nicky xxx