Delilah Peppersnout

After showing Binky Stumbleweed to the world the other day, I received a custom order for one of my new little softies in pink .. Please welcome "Delilah Peppersnout!" She is made with nice fluffy polar fleece and finished with some beautiful fashionable locks!

.. Each softie I make will be orginal with its own unique name! .. I wanted to share her with you as she will not be listed on my shop and I am just so fond of her!

The Tooth Fairy

Yesterday Joshua lost a tooth and normally he puts it under his pillow for the tooth fairy to visit. Its been a while since he has lost one as he is 11 now, so this tooth was rather impressive to him! At bed time I asked him where his tooth was and he said "Im going to hide it, because I want to keep this one. I will leave it out for the Tooth Fairy tomorrow night after I have showed all my friends at school tomorrow" I proceeded to tell him that the Tooth Fairy doesnt make deals to my knowledge and that if it wasnt left out tonight, I am sure that it would be unlikely that she would return for it.

When I went to find his tooth after he was sound asleep, I found a little note he had written to the Tooth Fairy! It was sooooo cute it made me melt, and I just wanted to share it with you:

Dear Tooth Fairy, I want to show my friends my tooth and put it under my pillow tomorrow If you dont get the money for it take it, its under my patch in this pillow. p.s. can you plz right underneath just so i know if you took it or not p.s.s. I did not mean to be greedy or rude
love Joshua

Heres a SNEAKY PEAK

For all of you lovelies that like to see a sneak peak of new and upcoming products, here is a special treat! I have had my tinned delights in the woodwork for a while. I found it very difficult to find just the right tins, but I am delighted with the end result - I am hoping you are too!

I have just ordered some gorgeous Japanese fabrics in little cupcake and russian doll prints (along with a bundle of other cute deigns) and will be eager to start making some really cute little tinned delights with those when they arrive. I find it very difficult to find nice prints in pure cotton that have little pictures small enough to fit on the 23mm buttons I use, so I was delighted to find some of these nice little prints today.

This gorgeous "ROSE" set (pictured above top) is the first set to be made in my new "tinned delights range" and will become available shortly. I hope to offer a huge selection of colour choices for both young and the young at heart... what are your favourite colours at the moment?

Introducing .. Binky Stumbleweed

I set about to make some of my litttle dream characters today, and came up with this little fellow "Binky Stumbleweed", bit of a serious looking fellow isnt he?

Although he needs a little bit of polishing here and there, I am quite happy with the outcome .. what do you think?

PSSSSSTTTTTT!!! Theres a secret I want to tell you!

Last night I had the strangest dream! I had some lovely little bright coloured characters running around doing wierd and wacky things in my house! giggling and playing hide and seek!

As a result, I have decided to make some little cute soft cuddlies that represent these friendly little characters! .... stay tuned for futher details!

Happiness is Bright Fabrics!

After alot of spring fever in my house last week, I decided to clean out my work studio and get organised a little better. I am the type of person that needs to have a a clean, tidy and organised work area to have a clear head for designing new products and thought I would have a spruce up of my studio work room.

I came across some lovely bright fabrics that I purchased some time ago for a large single quilt, and decided I had better start using them to enjoy them. At this point I am not sure of whether it will be a quilt for Joshua or an item for my shop!

When I quilt, I always spend most of my time designing what blocks to make and put together, and what the features will be. I very rarely use pre made patterns as I like to design the quilts myself and make them original. .. so with this fun bubbly fabric I decided to be a bit random - cut, sew and put it together!.

I just love the little alien print .. its so happy and fun! Arent the colours just so fun and delightful?

Flowering Tree Botanicals Feature + Giveaway

Remember when I was looking for a nice gift for my mother in law recently? I ran into Layla from Flowering Tree Botanicals on etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=3293 and decided to place an order with her to see what her products were like... they look good enough to eat! .. well, my order arrived last week and i was delighted! (although they looked so good Lola my mother in law pinched one of mine to add to her birthday present I had already given her!)

Layla makes gorgeous soaps, bath bombs and beauty products. I ordered a few different soaps (my favourite being the coconut ice soap, but i also adore the shower steam discs!)

"Flowering Tree Botanicals carries over 600 delicious herbs and spices, fragrant teas and all natural bath and beauty products to soothe and relax your body and soul. We have over 100 varieties of fizzing bath bombs in stock! "

What I particularly like about Layla's shop is the fact that Flowering Tree botanicals is proud to donate a healthy portion of every purchase to It's Meow or Never Animal Rescue & Sanctuary, a non-profit, no-kill animal rescue organization. The products are never tested on animals ... only happy humans!"

As a special bonus to my blog readers Layla has offered a $10 shopping spree to giveaway to one lucky reader. To enter this competition please:

1. Follow this blog

2. Write your answer to this question on the comments section here on this post - what is your favourite product and why in Layla's etsy shop http://floweringtreebotanicals.etsy.com/

3. Extra points are added to your entry for those that follow both Berrylicious Buttons and Layla on face book or Laylas blog - here are the links: http://floweringtreebotanicals.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/floweringtreebotanicals

The lovely $10 spree will be drawn on 5th September and will be announced here on my blog. You have to be in it to win it, so make sure you put your entry in!

*For those of you that are fascinated by the world of the Twilight Series, Layla makes a range of Twilight inspired products too! check them out at her etsy shop!

http://www.etsy.com/search_results_shop.php?search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_3293&search_query=twilight