did I mention .....

..... I'm a winner?

well, just in case you didn't know, this week I won a prize in a blog giveaway that the bagladee  was running.  I was thrilled to win and even more thrilled when the tissue wrapped prize arrived!  Here it is, waiting for me to unwrap it (I impressed myself with the restraint it took for me to take a photo before I unwrapped it):

and what did this lovely parcel contain ... well, a lovely flamingo zip-up bag (with, note, diamante details - how fab is that?):

and a fantastic felt brooch:

Thank you so much bagladee!  I'm so thrilled ..... I can't wait to start using them both!

Button it ....

I've been playing with my buttons this week ... much as I love just looking at them now that they are all sorted into colours I decided that it was about time I used some of them. I've been making button badges and I am absolutely hooked .... so quick, so easy and so utterly fabulous!!

I'm planning to make loads more but I do need a little bit more practice using superglue first .... I'm not the neatest of people and still haven't quite worked out not to wipe up superglue dribbles with my finger ....

Decorated pegs - definitely the way forward!! They are so cute, and a great way of using up all the "must have" embellishments that it turns out I didn't really want after all. Of course, no creation would be complete without some lovely Prima flowers.!! I put magnets on the back so that they can be used as memo holders on fridges etc .... and, what a relief, you don't need superglue to make them!!

I'm looking forward to making a whole lot more!

I got felt ....

.... so I made felt brooches! I've been wanting to play with felt for ages, here's what I've made so far:


I'm off to make more .... if only I'd realised sooner that my sizzix cut through felt!