Hip Hop Happy Birf-day...

Saturday was my birthday.

I was spoilt.

Flowers.

Chocolates.

A wooden bicycle from lovehate.com.au

Gardening gloves.

Books.

Max Brenner chocolate, cup and saucer (thanks Mr. S for eating the chocolate and then asking what it was for!)

A framed picture of my grandparents on their wedding day (tears followed soon after opening this one).

Homemade cup cakes.

Caramel tarts.

An address book.

A handmade present from one of those people that just pop into your life without warning.

Oh my was I spoilt. I had all my birthday wishes comes true.

Local Craft Hero...watch out Donnatella...

I received an email from Allison over at Lark this evening.

She is looking for local makers to interview for Lost magazine which is a local tourist/event magazine.

I love Lost. It is a great little book filled with info about what is happening around the Daylesford/Hepburn Springs area.

Allison is looking for local crafters who have stalls at the Maker's Market.

You can imagine my excitement.

I ran around the house squealing a little (Ok a lot. There may have also been arms flapping and legs kicking). The cat ran away and Mr. S looked at me like I was a crazy woman. (I am a crazy woman).

I may have to delay the questionairre until after tomorrow nights Yoga class.

Tonight I am much too sleepy to think logically and public humiliation is not on my to do list at the moment.

To market, to market

I am off to the Market with this little angel. Hopefully she stays an angel while we are there...

New range...yipee!

For a while now I have been trialing a lot of different things for the Bottone range. (I talk like I'm friggin' Stella McCartney)

It is hard.

I have also come to the conclusion that I hate glue.

Especially glue that promises to stick to any surface and doesn't.

Liars.

So last night I went on a Ebay hunt to find new things I could make...with buttons.

I have found them. They are not new for the world of button craft or button jewellery, but they are new to me.

Hopefully next weekend brings a whole world of button making.

I have applied for the March and April Maker's Market here is Daylesford.

Hopefully I am successful...otherwise I'm gonna have a heap of new pretties with no one to show!

Stay tuned!

Community Appeal

Here are some photos from Dennis's last trip to Vietnam.

I have always wanted to spend 3 months volunteering in an orphange however

I think I would want to bring them all home.

It would be lovely if everyone could spread the word about this appeal.

Leonie from Raglan Guld has been an absolute super trooper. Check out her blog and all the great work she is doing to try and gather as many undies as she possibly can.

Thank-you so much Leonie.

On Monday I picked up a big box of goodies from Allison @ Lark.

I hear Dennis was quite overwhelmed by all the support.

This is a swing set that Dennis and his army friends built during the war.

It still remains at the orphange after nearly 40 years!

If you are interested in blogging, donating money or purchasing items for this appeal then please contact me so I can send you further information.

thereisabuttonmissing@hotmail.com

Leonie's Undie Run was a fantastic idea.

Maybe someone could have a baby singlet run....or a dummy run...