Teeny Weeny Spotty Buttons and 'Heart Felt' Make.....

Let me show you something sooooo cute I can hardly believe my eyes........

Teeny tiny spotty buttons in an abundance of beautiful colours- AHHHHH! These are the things that dreams are truly made of......well mine anyway!

 

I actually didn't think it was possible to get spotty buttons that would give me even more crafty pleasures than the spotty buttons in my last blog post......bit of a rambling sentence there but it makes sense to me in my crafty fuddled head!

They're for sale now and listed on Etsy and I have named them Teeny Weeny Spotty Buttons......of course! They come in a variety of seven gorgeous colours and there are 30 of each colour, they are pricey- sorry folks! This takes into consideration the counting out of these teeny thingies but they are no more expensive than their R.R.P.

 Of course I have kept some for myself and during last Friday when every body was 'loved up' I decided to make my 'Heart Felt' brooches. 

I started with a hearty template......collected oodles of my lovely felt in an array of sumptuous colours....then basically started cutting! Wah! Hey!

 I cut two heart pieces for each brooch then sewed them together but leaving a small gap- this is so that I am able to sew the brooch back on and then stuff the heart with wadding. This part is very fiddley but after much experimenting I have never found an easy way to sew the brooch backs on, if I sew them on first there comes a point where they get in the way of my sewing machine!

 After a good stuffing I sewed the gap up! THEN after much thought and lengthy discussion with my other half I chose to glue the teeny buttons onto the felt. I used a very strong Gutermann textile glue and if I didn't have this glue I would have been in no doubt but to sew the buttons on.  Once again I have kept one of these brooches for myself, but only so that I can give it a good 'bashing'- product testing you could call it. HA! HA!

 Here we have a few finished wholesome heart products. I intend to sell them next week at a vintage wedding fair ( I will do a blog post with info by the end of the week) I have been asked to take part in. I'm a little worried as this is very new to me but I'm sure I will enjoy myself. I may also make some kits up so people can make their lovely brooches. I will also be selling my buttons and pins etc.

Ok.....off to make a few bags.