Those Boots...

I didn't realise people would want to see the BOOTS too!
I do have a habit of writing Blog Posts and attaching photographs that only tell half the story...
I am wearing them around the house and patio, scuffing and softening in an attempt to 'break them in' for the evening of Barn Dancing and 'dosey doe-ing' on Saturady Night.
Readers and Blog commenters (you know who you are!) I told you... which looks best? Cute shoe and customised leggings? Or hideous Boot of the Cowboy variety????
I had to include the last random shoe photo (taken by the 4yr old) because no blog post would be complete from me, if it didn't have the strange picture xOh, P.S .... YYYyyeeeeehhhhhhhaaaaaaaH!

No fan of the High Street....

I am no real lover of High Street shopping - but the Charity / thrift shops having FAILED me in my search for cowboy boots, i went off in the dreaded ... Milton Keynes (sorry to the locals of that soul-less sea of commercialism)

Please.... i need cowboy boots for a Saturday night fancy dress 'Barn Dance' NOT because a mum of 33 looks 'gooood' in them!

Anyway, walking back through John Lewis i saw this GORGEOUS tin with a mug inside. I collect lovely mugs and tins (who doesn't!?) and this was £5. Yummy DECOLE in it's style and what a price. That will make a great Christmas Gift for someone....

Yeh, right..... it was MINE as soon as i walked through my back door. Wrapper off and used as a prop in a photo right there and then. Nice though hey?Even the fantastic cardboard packaging shouts out "CRAFT PROJECT" to me!
Chat soon blog peoples x and fellow High Street groaners x

Today is a Tuesday...

Today is a Tuesday.
Tuesday is my only real work day in the whole of the seven day week. I rush around doing all the big bits and try to make the most of my daughter free day. I had a strange day on this Tuesday... slightly manic with lots of rushing and feeling stressed. I don't like feeling pressured, it doesn't suit me so... i had to go get some chocolate and run a bath to put things back into a managable perspective.
BUTTON MIX - a new mix called 'Prom Night' - it is a yummy collection of Pastels / Peacock / Pearls and Polka dots ...

Then i made this .... the cutest little Button Wreath in a 'Shaker style' to match my Shaker Hearts in the SnowFish etsy shop. I made a huge colourful button wreath for my house last year, so this is a mini version of it in reds and whites and pearls.
I cut a few more Shaker Hearts ..... (see above)

Me, getting my arse into gear and getting down to the Post Office. I am lucky that my Post Office is soooo freindly because i had about 20 parcels (gulp) they have 2 'windows / counters' and i avoided the lunch rush - they appreciate my consideration x
Boxes to send and boxes arriving .... it has been chaotic. Now i need to finish a large box going off to CANADA!!! In time for Christmas x

My Friend Lu Summers

NO! That isn't Lu (she pretty lady) THAT horror is me....Having trouble sleeping at the moment. Worries about this and that.
Too many late nights sat at the laptop surfing etsy, flickr, etc...

But ooh la la ... LU SUMMERS! A new friend of mine. I feel honoured - look at me rubbing cyber-shoulders with a proper artist person.....
And how lush is this fabric?
And her photos are always so staged and spectacular and enviable ,,, yet so simple and heart warming... go see for yourselves because my stealing her photos doesn't give you the full LU Summers experience -
Lovely Lu sent me these ACE badges that i would love to keep! But hurrah for you guys because i am giving them away in my 'Freebie Bags' when you purchase from the BigFish store x

MMMMMmmmmm Button badges
MMmmmmmm Lu Summers x

I gave my 4yr old the camera...

PIC.1. Headless mummy hanging out the washing.

Welllll...... that isn't strictly true! She wants to be like Mummy - she thinks she IS mummy. It is a case of "Mummy does that so i can do better". I had to admit it but i think her photos are better than mine. She has an 'eye' for it. Her photos tell stories...


PIC.2. Mummys red car (can you see her reflection ever so slightly in he shiny door?)

My personal favourite ..... PIC.3. Her own little red car
PIC.4. Mummy.... SEWING! What else!!?
PIC.5. Huge head sits under the kitchen table.
PIC.6. Favourite Hello Kitty shoes
Not bad huh? She'll have her own blog soon. What this space for the ToddleFish diaries x

More Button Loving...

I have got so many great things to tell you about and show you... Especially as Christmas Craft fairs officially start for me in 2 weeks time.

I have about 7weeks intense CraftFair-ing and then i settle into my own long list of Christmas preparations...

What has Christmas got to do with buttons???... Nothing!

I'm just posting alot of pretty button photos because - Literally - buttons make me happy. Crafting friends, you never need a reason to look at / play with / roll in buttons x

If i didn't sell buttons i would still own a HUGE number of them.

Drink in their beauty - Alice in ButtonLand x

Gingerbread Life x

Christmas is seriously underway in my house!
I confess... some decorations never really get taken down (My man rolls his eyes in disapproval) Christmas is an all year crafting marathon and NOT because i am a work-a-holic. I do genuinely get so much pleasure from it.
The ETSY SnowFish shop was a natural progression for me. I already had 'Paper' and 'Big' but the strange thing is, i was making Christmas decorations 'to sell' a loooong time before all the other stuff.
I love going to all the Christmas Craft Fairs - the slog of dragging in the bags from the car and setting up the display.... meeting my customers FACE to face (the internet is lovely but not quite as personal)

But, really ...... i wanted to tell you about the moment i sat sewing the Gingerbread Men on Monday and i thought "I love these men but they are all so different. I hope people don't mind which one they get sent if they buy from SnowFish" etc... i got to thinking that people might want to decorate their own little man????

So i listed (in the etsy store) a man to 'decorate for yourself' - what do you think????
It might be nice to give people that option? I make a blank body - send some buttons with him - and the crafty customer can go crazy with their own Ginger design??

As long as they don't sell them on etsy afterward (a CLAUSE in the adoption process) all should go well?
It is a Gingerbread Life - where the 'Crunch' in our house is all biscuit and no 'Credit' X