Favourite Things Winter Fair!

Wow, what a weekend! Firstly, a big thank you to everyone who braved the weather and came out to the market on Saturday! It was such a great afternoon with loads of lovely things on sale. I wanted to walk out with something from every stall, everything was amazing. It was a great success and achievement for Heather's Leathers, as it was my first market. Thank you to all who bought brooches - you made my day!

I met some wonderful people at the market, customers and other sellers alike. One of which was Leila from Bow Peep. Such beautiful things she makes! She uses fabric, ribbon and fabric covered buttons to make her creations. And she makes brooches! How cool - brooches AND buttons! Two of my favorite things :) If I had the money, I would have bought everything off her table! I did however, get the most gorgeous brooch made by Leila herself! Make sure you check out her website!

I took a couple of snaps before the market started and the madness ensued :) Here are a couple of my favorites:

Me at my stand

My gorgeous brooch from Bow Peep

Bow Peep Stand

Papilon Belle Butterfly jewellery

Vintage Tea Cup Candles

Baby Rattles made from Felt

Essie Stationary

Jack jewellery

Me with Kerry (the brains behind Favourite Things)

Button Bonanza!

I stumbled upon a little store in Willow Bridge yesterday that sells beads and craft things. I popped in to have a squizz and found that they had bags and bags of assorted buttons! I went crazy and bought 10 bags!

If you didn't know already, I LOVE buttons. They are actually what started off my creations, as I started making button earrings and moved to leather/button brooches from there.

I felt so inspired last night after my button purchase that I had to make a pair of earrings for old times sake :) I haven't made earrings in a while actually - think Im going to make a whole bunch more! So let me know know if you're interested in a pair - will post pics soon.

In the meantime - here's the pair I made last night ... and I'm wearing today :)