What I've Been Up To

 Hi everyone! It's been almost three weeks since my last post. Been busy finishing up orders and lazing about after Raya. Above are 25+1 pieces of cotton roses.

 25 pieces of small roses.

 5 pieces each of XL & L roses.

 And 50 pieces of leaves. All ordered by Sus, a lovely and very talented girl. She makes the most amazing felt crafts. An example is the hydrangea brooch below.

 As soon as I saw it on her Facebook page, I ordered one. And she graciously made a smaller one for Hazel as well. The lovely yarns were swapped on Swap Workshop.

 Look at Hazel posing with her brooch.

 And mine looks perfect on my new green blouse. Do visit her store for ready made products here and her craft supplies here.

 These 10 pieces of small roses were ordered by Yana a few days ago and since I was in the mood to make roses, they were finished in a day's time. If you look closely, they are slightly different from the small roses above(second pic). I accidentally added ch2 in between the petals and the petals closes instead of opening up. How come I never noticed that??

 And I tried out three different patterns as well during my 'hiatus'.

 I just can't get enough of buttons! And I ordered 100 pieces of wooden buttons recently. Anyone interested in buying some? Do send me an email.

Hazel on the second day of Hari Raya.  We didn't take many photos so I can't show more. Sorry!

New Yarns, Hooks, Tapes & Buttons

 Hi! I'm taking some time off crocheting and things to show you some of my newest yarns that arrived yesterday from Scotland(the purple ones) and Belgium which I swapped for on Swap Workshop. I'm still figuring out what to make out of the fancy yarns. Perhaps a shawl would be nice, no? See the hooks?

 These are KnitPro colorful wood crochet hooks(which I swapped for, too). They're just beautiful! I'm keeping them as a collection for now :) I can't bear to use them! I'm still waiting for more yarns and hooks to arrive from Scotland :p

 And just to show you my new deco and fabric tapes in my newly bought container. I just love collecting them!

And my buttons collection. Hazel helped me to sort all of them by color yesterday. She loves playing with them! I still need more! Are you crazy about buttons, too? 

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So, I'm leaving you with this pic.

Have a fun, fun day!

New Yarns, Fabrics & Buttons

 Great mail day today! My cotton crochet threads arrived! I ordered some plain ones..

 and some multicolored ones. The colors are beautiful! 

 And three half-meter fabrics from Nana. Aren't they gorgeous?? And knitting needles? I finally decided to learn knitting so I ordered a pair of bamboo knitting needles from Ery. When Hazel saw them, she was so excited and wanted to learn, too! From me. Who had just tried knitting for a day. I taught her what I knew and so, one pair of needles wasn't enough. Incidentally, my husband went to mainland and I asked him to buy another pair. Everyone's happy! I've mastered casting on but not the knit stitches. Anybody willing to teach me? Here, by my side? I really need help. 

 Aren't these buttons lovely? I just love the owl ones and ordered them as soon as they were uploaded on Button Planet. The wooded ones are from Nana as well. The ones on cards were swapped on Swap Workshop and some more are coming soon. I just love buttons! And I found two blogs that are all about buttons : Button Floozies and Bonkers About Buttons. 

I'm drowning in flowers at the moment. They will be finished by today and hopefully by tomorrow, all the ends  will be weaved in, too. And I still have more orders pending, so I won't be posting anytime soon. 

Have a lovely week!

Embroidery Hoop Buttons Display

This is my version of the Button Art. Instead of using a frame, I used an embroidery hoop that I bought recently. I didn't realize that my buttons were mostly yellow, orange and red until I sorted them out! I stitched them on a canvas/linen sort of material. I really like this material. And apparently, there is a group dedicated to embroidery hoop wall art on Flickr! Check them out! You'll be inspired to make one,too.
And lastly, I'll be offering the above Embroidery Hoop Button Display as my first giveaway when my followers reach 100 person, which is only 2 person away! So, check back here often!

Daily DIY

BUTTONS AND WIRE BROOCH

Today I'd like to share with you DIYs with buttons. Let's get button crazy! The one above is by Crafty Pod. I'd like to try this someday. It seems easy enough if you have all the materials. Click here for the instructions.

BUTTON LETTER

This is another one from Crafty Pod. The DIY is here. 

And how about making a cool Button Pendant? Click here.

Would you like to make a button bouquet? This is from WhiMSy love. The tutorial is here.

And this assorted bouquet of button flowers is from FaveCrafts. Click here.

Would you like to embellish your note book with buttons? It's from CraftStylish and if you'd like to dress up your notebook, click here.

OK, that's all for button crafts for now. Have fun!