So Many Thank You's!

Earlier this week I recieved my button swap parcel from the lovely Maria of Dinky Dots.  I was delighted with what I found in there.

Maria makes and sells these little covered buttons in her Folksy Shop and I was lucky enough to receive some magnets and pins all dainty and perfect! 

Lovely little cards with the most delightful little treasures sewn on

A beautiful handmade lavender bag with button embellishments

and a penny blossom :)

Sweet little drawstring bag with my favourite large wooden buttons inside

And last but not least some Chocolate Buttons!

Thanks again Maria, I am delighted with it all, this was Maria's first ever Blog Swap isn't she just great?

Big thanks to Lemonade Kitty for organising this what a fab idea!

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Also need to say big thanks to our Annie the Felt Fairy, I won one of her 15 recent giveaways!  Feast your eyes on my goodies;

Thanks again honey!

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Yet more thanks need to go to my lovely Lynda over at Hookin' with Laalaa, who is not well at the minute, she has had surgery earlier this week and is a little battered and bruised, please keep her in your thoughts.

I received some lovely delights from her also, how amazing is this little cup?

And I can't wait to crack on with some of these doilies

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And last but not least thanks to Amanda for my lovely cups, these will no doubt turn into candles in the near future!

 Thanks Chick

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Can I just say I'm really sorry that I've not been commenting much, I have been trying and it works sometimes and other times not!  You only find out after you type in a long message that it's not working!  Come on Blogger sort it out ~ we rely on you more than you know :0)

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I'm gonna put together a little giveaway tomorrow too, once I find all the bits I have put away in a safe place :0)

 What plans have you got for this lovely long weekend?

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Little Vintage Linen Revamp and Gifts

I found the sweetest embriodered cloth at the boot sale a few weeks ago and snaffled it up for pennies!

When I got it home and gently hand washed it I found it was a bit ravaged right in the middle, so I took the scissors to it.  I salvaged three of the four corners and turned them into little stuffed lavender hearts. 

I think these will hang next to my bed to see me off into dreamland.

I love making stuff from otherwise useless stuff ~ many a mortal would have chucked that cloth, that makes me smile.

This last week or so I have been making buttony stuff as I took part in Lemonade Kitty's Button Swap.

I really enjoyed making for this one as I love buttons.  I was paired with a lovely lady Maria of Dinky Dots .  This was Maria's first ever Blog swap and she was a bit unsure as to do so we agreed I would make and post my stuff off first to give her an idea of the sort of things we send to each other. 

 
I really enjoyed making for Maria as our tastes differ, it is good to come out of your comfort zone sometimes. The hardest thing about this swap was giving away a bag of chocolate buttons ;0)

 Maria has blogged about it here, pop over and have a look she makes some fab stuff.

Yesterday I got a lovely gift from a kind lady who follows my blog, Chrissie aka Ziggy2407.

 

The softest pink notebook and matching pen with the most adorable necklace

Isn't it adorable, and it's just the perfect length for me too.  I was wearing this all day yesterday and whilst eating my dinner a garden pea escaped my fork skimmed the boobage and popped right into this cage.  I spent a good few minutes shaking it out :)

Thanks very much lovely lady x

p.s. Still planning my giveaway ~ will be back with it soon.

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