Button Wednesday : Leaves

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

I love all those colored leaves appearing here; red, yellow, brown, gold, etc. So, leaves and buttons this week. 

(hoover over the pictures and click to go to their original links)

And this is another version of button and leaves:

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 !!

Featured !!

I was thrilled when I saw my denim hat with leaves featured on Julie Marie's beautiful blog ! And even more when I read her comment :))) Have a look !



And have a look at Julie Marie's Etsy shop too; she makes the most lovely bags and aprons !

Button Wednesday : Leaves

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


It is really becoming autumn again here..... The leaves start falling from the trees already. So, this Button Wednesday, some gorgeous leaf buttons seen on Etsy.

1. juppa, 2. OddCatButtons, 3. ejrbeads, 4. Overspill, 5. SkeeterBitz, 6. valstreasures, 7. blackmudstudio, 8. sewlovelysupplies, 9. SandrasShop.



I made no leaf buttons myself, but button leaves .....
Soon to come in my shop.



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 !!

Challenge: Leaves

Yeahhhhh !!!!! I won the European Street Team Challenge, organized by Fishes Make Wishes with the theme "Beautiful Geometry" !!!!

Now, I am the challenge queen for this week and the theme will be ................

Leaves

Inspired by nature and autumn/fall coming, we must prepare ourselves for autumn markets and the after-summer season on Etsy, so LEAVES it is !

Some inspirational pics from some of our European Street Team members on Etsy:

1. PatternsbyMarianneS; 2. lePetitFoyer;3. bysweetmom; 4. galafilc; 5. eljuks; 6. EarthLab; 7. lilabelledesign; 8. JurgitaMi; 9. DUEALBERI.

I am eagerly waiting for all your challenge entries !
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Challenge ends 5 Sepbtember at 21:00 German time.


And here's the 1st entry by staroftheeast: Peacock Leaves Earrings


The 2nd entry is this "canopy of a dense forest shawl" by ingermaaike:


The 3rd entry is a whimsical Autumn Leaves jewelry pouch by artenini:


The 4th entry are these two mini canvas Leaves Boxes by oneperfectday:


The 5th entry is this Autumn leaves silk scarf by ColoursandTextures:


The 6th entry are these Leaf ear plugs by dinafragola:


The 7th entry is this Green leaf necklace by FishesMakesWishes:


The 8th entry is this Autumn journal cover by Rita alias alatvian:


The 9th entry are these Golden and rust leaves by AnnukCreations:


The 10th entry is this Remember spring brooch by ERGANweaving:



The 11th entry are these Red leave earrings by amoronia:


The 12th entry is this Embroidered leaf necklace by Akamatra:


The 13th entry are these Green fingerless gloves by baahar:


The 14th entry is this Red butterfly bib by lovisetto:


The 15th entry is this journal page by Rita alias alatvian:


The 16th entry is this knitted leaf baby dress by tenderblue:



And the challenge is closed now.... Thanks you all for your lovely entries !!!
My hubby choose the winner (he don't know any of you, so I thought that was honest).
And the winner is ........ Entry 8 of Rita !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeahhhhh Congrats Rita !!!!!!!

Tidbits : Skirt, Balance and Swap

OK, this was again not my best week.... After the flu from last week I got terrible balance problems. In the hospital they found out that I have Morbus Ménière and Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Got some medicines and I have to perform some special head maneuvers during the day. Very sad about all this, and I have not registered any improvement yet.
Last Sunday I managed to finish the skirt for my friend Anne, just before the balance problems started. Hubby took some lovely pics of her yesterday.


And the end of this week was a bit happier too because of the secret winter swap from the European Street Team on Etsy. I received it yesterday and was so happy with it. The nauli sisters were my swap partners, and they sent me a lovely book and some gorgeous buttons. Thanks Eva-Dewi and Johanna ! I decided I am going to use the book as a portfolio for my button art, when my balance is right again.....

Tidbits : Flickr Favourites

Today it really looks like autumn; rain and strong wind, colder and falling leaves already .....
For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. Ring-A-Day #1, 01/06/2010, 2. Organic Knitting & Crochet, 3. Hand Knitted Leaf and button brooch, 4. Autumnal Leaf made from a spoon

Tidbits : Flickr Favourites

My flickr favourites of today are about ornaments, very suitable for this time of the year.....
For more flickr favourites see here.

1. Handmade Felt Leaves, 2. Holiday07 Ornament Swap - detail, 3. ornament #15, 4. acorn mushrooms

Hats : New Creations

I am pretty proud of my last two hat creations; experimented a bit with velvet and heavy wool felt. The turquoise velvet one was made for the European Street Team challenge of last week: AQUA. Especially the wool felt I love to work with; it feels thick and strong, does not fray and is lovely for making decorations like flowers and leaves. Got myself a lot more of this woollen felt,also a bit thinner which is a bit better for my sewing machine who had some difficulties with the thick magenta I used now.