One of my favourite Christmas presents.

I had lots of Christmas presents. Those of you that follow my personal blog "Don't worry be happy" will have already heard all about my lovely new Nikon camera.  It's red!

Our family did a secret Santa this year and my daughter Verity was the person who got me in the draw.  She gave me a gift bag full of lovely things but the best thing in that bag was possibly the thing that cost her the least in money but most in effort.

I LOVE buttons.  All kinds of buttons.  I had mentioned how nice it would be to have some vintage buttons. I have a few but not many.  Verity not only found me some vintage buttons but she also found a wonderful vintage tin for them.  I am so thrilled.

This is the tin.  Don't you just love it?  There is something about that little girl and boy.

These are the buttons.

These are my absolute favourites.

Just have to decide what projects to use them in now!  I do have quite a lot of buttons so I shall take some more photos and show you.  If anyone has any they would like to sell (or donate ;) ) Please get in touch.

Vintage and handmade

Yesterday, I mentioned a post that never got posted.  Well here it is.  This is what I had said, my thoughts on selling vintage alongside handmade. I have removed the previous shop that was being promoted and instead included some links to some lovely vintage shops.  I hope you enjoy browsing.

"I think most people by now have heard of Etsy.  It is bigger and more popular in the USA but still very well known here in the UK. It is known particularly for its handmade arts and crafts.  If you were to ask an average person in the street what do you know about Etsy or what does Etsy sell they would say handmade crafts.

So did you know that Etsy also sell vintage items?  Well they do. To be honest, I find it odd.  The marriage of vintage goods with handcrafted items does not sit well for me.   They do not seem to go together from a selling point of view. Before I started selling on Etsy I would never have thought of it as a place to look for vintage goods. But I am discovering some lovely ones."

Here are the links to some of my Craft Britannia teamies shops. 

Willows Room: For vintage fashion especially childrens.

  

Muntjac Vintage: For lovely housewares.  

Sophies Cupboard: For wonderful china.

Collective MiX: Clothing and vintage knitting patterns.  http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CollectiveMiX?  8ForHeaven: For jewellery and more.  http://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/8ForHeaven  I would really like to hear your thoughts about selling both vintage and handmade goods together in the same place.  Do you think it works?  Do you think the two go together? Please add any thoughts in the comments.

Jilly