Button Wednesday : Marilyn

It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Marilyn... who was Marilyn ? Nobody really knows; she kept her secrets buttoned up ....




Leigh Gordon created this fantastic button portrait of Marilyn, and you can see from her pictures how much work it was... She says you can learn to "stay strong despite the world" from (this buttoned) Marilyn.





Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here in the comments so that everybody can enjoy it !!

Monday Mood Board: It's snowing !

Finally a bit of winter feeling after this very very long autumn weather, because we have a bit of snow ! Some snowy items from four of our European Street Team sellers on Etsy.

For more monday mood boards see Estella and Esther's blog.

1. LaNiqueHOME
2. ShinyJane
3. sunshineartdesign
4. MistyAurora

Button Wednesday : Buttons for Elsa

It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Elsa, who was Elsa ? Elsa Schiaparelli was an extravagant Italian fashion designer in the 1920's and 1930's in Paris. Schiaparelli was very innovative and she had a lot of "firsts" in the fashion industry. Her career began with her introduction of graphic knitwear, this led to her fanciful fabric prints of body parts, food, and many more unusual themes. She was the first to use brightly colored zippers and also the first to have them dyed to match the material used in her garments. And she was the first to create and use fanciful buttons that looked more like brooches. They came in the shapes of peanuts, bees, ram’s heads, etc, etc. She worked with famous artists like Dali and Cocteau, and introduced Dada and Surrealism in her creations. Needless to say that I love the buttons that were made for her, and I show you here a pretty selection with some of them (the last picture comes from Pinterest; all others come from the book "Buttons" by Loïc Allio, Seuil 2001).








And two more from the Victorian and Albert Museum:




Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here in the comments so that everybody can enjoy it !!

Monday Mood Board: Rainy

My first post again after many many weeks. Illness and hospital visits made me very depressed, and left me without energy. I am now gradually crawling out of my dip and thought I will start my Monday Mood Boards again. It is still a bit moody though .... Some rainy items from four of our European Street Team sellers on Etsy.

For more monday mood boards see Estella and Esther's blog.

1. shashamane
2. AnnieJewelry
3. MitzMetals
4. magalerie

Button Wednesday : Spiders

It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Did some garden cleaning this week, because the weather is so nice. Had to scream every two minutes, because of the large amount of spiders .... Yep autumn is spiders. I have no idea why I scream when I see one and why I am afraid; I can handle most animals, but spiders.... brrrr. So irrational too ! Must be something very deeply rooted. So, this Button Wednesday, some scary spider buttons to tell myself that fear for spuders is nonsense.

1. leeettle spider button, 2. Trick or Treat Halloween Buttons, 3. hämähäkkinappi - button with spider, 4. Halloween spider button brooch pin Jewelry, 5. spooky buttons, 6. momshoo- itsy bitsy spider poofy badge, 7. Halloween Acrylic Buttons..Spiders, 8. Spider and Web Buttons, 9. Happy Haunting Handmade Buttons


I make no spider buttons myself, but button spiders .....




Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here in the comments so that everybody can enjoy it !!

My Flickr Favorites: Traditional Costume Terschelling, The Netherlands

Today we move back to the north, to the Wadden or Frisian islands. The islands had all their own costumes, but I only show you the ones of the island of Terschelling because it looks different from the rest of the Frisian costumes. Just as the rich costume of the Zaanstreek, the female costume has a kaper, but a plain back cotton one, and a bit smaller. It is worn over a knitted and crocheted white 'mutske' (bonnet) tightly fitting around the head.

For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. Terschellinger volksdansers., 2. 11 Terschelling- Jet Necklace, 3. Fokke en Sukke op Terschelling,, 4. Folk Dancing Terschelling


And two picture postcards from my own collection.

Monday Mood Board: Gardening

We have such gorgeous weather here in the north of Germany these days; lots of sun, no wind, warm and, above all, no rain !!! So, I had to work in the garden this weekend, and ..... I strained a muscle in my back :( I definitely not become younger in time. Hoping hubby will be home for a couple of hours this week, so that we can do the garden work together :) Here some great gardening items from some of our European Street Team sellers on Etsy.

For more monday mood boards see Estella and Esther's blog.

1. oraber
2. UltimateOrganicSoap
3. sunshineartdesign
4. anek