Folksy Listing Club - Day 2

For my Folksy Listing Club entry for today,

I have chosen one of my bag charms.

A pretty pink bag charm made from glass beads,

with a silver plated dragonfly and finished with a pink crochet ball.

It would also be ideal, if you fancied it as a keyring instead.

Happy Easter to you all.

Folksy Friday

Over on Folksy, a few of the crafters have got together to form

the Folksy Listing Club.

What is that I hear you ask.

We have all agreed to attempt to list a new item

each day for the month of April.

So this week for my Folksy Friday,

I have chosen items listed by the club so far,

with pink as the theme.

Pink Lavender Pyramid by Country Home Designs

Funky White Flower Wall Art by 100percentdelicate

Girls pink kitty bracelet by FairlyGirly

I heart cake brooch by Kitty Eden

3 pack of butterfly birthday cards by Card Making Princess

One World One Heart gift

Back in January I took part in One World One Heart,

organised by Lisa Swifka of A Whimsical Bohemian

to find out more take a look at her blog and my earlier posts.

I was lucky to win a few prizes and one of them was a surprise

handmade gift by Lisa of Lydia's Treasures.

This is what has arrived in the post this morning.

Firstly, my apologise for the dark photos, the weather is not kind

at the moment for taking photos but I didn't want to delay

in sharing with you.

This gorgeous bag has been embroidered with birds, within a heart.





and this is what it contained............
a cute little bird, red gingham one side and floral the other,
a red rosette keyring,
and a notepad shaped as a handbag with a beaded handle.



A big thank you to Lisa for such a wonderful gift.
It has certainly brighten up a dull day!

Sunshine Blog Award

I have been lucky to be nominated for the Sunshine blog award,

by Ley, the very talented lady behind Vintage Beadery on Folksy.

As I have received this award before,

this time instead of passing it on,

I will tell you some more about the person who nominated me.

Like me she lives on the coast of North Devon

and uses her finds of sea glass and ceramics from the local beaches,

and mounts them in vintage and modern beads.

Here is a couple of the amazing pieces to be found in her shop.

Red cabochon necklace, the colours in this are so vibrant

This Peacock's Eye Pendant is gorgeous, I love the colours.



If you would like to find out more about Ley and her work,
you can see more over at her blog.

In the small glimpse of sunshine.....

In the small glimpse of sunshine we have had today,

between all the pouring rain,

I was able to take a photo of my latest earrings.

These are made using lovely blue ceramic butteflys,

fluttering above some spring flowers.

It has now gone really dark again,

so no more photos today.

Just a chance for some more crafting,

before schools out time!

Folksy Friday

Following on from my flower swap yesterday, here is my Flower Folksy Friday.

Abstract flowers art print by Sascalia

Vintage blue flower fabric, retro look, soft toy horse,

by the Whistling Cowgirl

Handmade garden daisy flower soap by Soaps by Laura

Happy Flower Gift Tags by Little Bird Too

Flower jug by Caroline Green Pottery

Flower Swap

I recently took part in the Flower Swap

organised by Lousie of SewScrumptious.

I was given the swap partner of Emma from Em's Shabby Shack.

Here is the wonderful gifts that I have received.

It arrived all packaged up in this lovely bag, with a heart and flower in my favourite colour purple. The middle of the flower is a wonderful pansy button.

and this is what the bag contained................

an amazing selection of gifts,

including these lavender bags, perfect in purple

some handmade soap, which smells divine in the bathroom

some pansies for the garden,
the rain will have to stop first!

a chocolate bunny, someone else in my house spied this one,

and has eaten his ears tonight!

a fat quarter of fabric, and some more of those wonderful buttons.

A very big thank you to Emma, for a great selection of gifts.

Now you may be wondering what I sent to Emma.

Before I packaged everything up I took some photos.

Here is the lavender bag,

I had to confess I didn't make it but it is handmade

I knew Emma liked duck egg blue, so when I saw this mug

covered in flowers I thought it was ideal

here is the fat quarter of material, covered in beautiful blue flowers,

a longer dangly necklace, with a silver flower and mother of pearl flower button

and a pair of teal silver foiled earrings with antique flower beads

the flower seeds I sent was sweet peas,

for an endless amount of flowers if you keep picking them.

Thank you for being a wonderful swap partner Emma.