Want to Win This?? A Celebration Giveaway from BuntyBarmcake.co.uk

To celebrate the launch of my new shop, I thought it would be nice to have a giveaway . This is an opportunity to win one of my project packs - you could win all the items shown in the photograph:- a vintage postcard; a vintage cuff with lace and ribbon from a very small garment; a length of French edging trim with little boys and girls on it; 2 types of quality ribbon from VV Rouleaux; various other lace bits, a yo-yo with pink bow and 6 vintage buttons.

Here's how you can win!

For 1 chance of winning, leave a comment on this post, then post about my shop (not my blog) on your blog / website and link back to me.

For 2 chances of winning, leave a comment on this post, then post about my shop (not my blog) on your blog / website, link back to me and become a Follower.  {If you are already a follower of this blog, mention it in the post and you will automatically receive a second chance of winning.}

I will draw one lucky winner  in two week's  time (Saturday 6th November at 6:00pm GMT) so please get posting!  Good Luck!

Please note that to take part in this giveaway, you must have either a blog or website plus a valid e-mail address so that I can contact you should you win. 

Introducing BuntyBarmcake.co.uk, My New Online Shop!

I’m very pleased and proud to introduce to you my new website which is now up and running, thanks to many hours of hard toil by Mr V-B to get it all working as it should (and lots of hair pulling out by me due to the steep learning curve involved!).  I am hoping that this will give me greater flexibility with the products I want to sell.  For the moment I will keep my Etsy shop going until the items I have listed expire.

I will still be selling collage sheets and pretty downloadable papers – the download shop is all stocked up and has some new designs too.  In addition, I will be offering one of a kind packs of ephemera, lace, fabric or whatever other pretty things take my fancy whilst I am out and about on my travels, plus occasional quality excess-vintage stash which I no longer have room for in my workroom.   For quite a while now I have had a yearning to make up delicious little project packs with bits of this and bits of that – the kind of thing I have had no luck finding myself.  I hope these will appeal to all you mixed media, altered art, seamstress and collage bloggers out there.  

 

Please pop along to the shop, make yourself a cuppa and sit down and browse through my goodies. The different sections are listed in the left hand side bar of the Shop page.   I really hope you will like what you see – I am hoping to offer some things which are a little bit different.  I would love to know what you think and would value your comments.   BuntyBarmcake.co.uk

Coming Soon ........ Please Keep Watching!/Knitting & Stitching Show

I know I mentioned a few weeks ago that when I got back from my holiday, I would have some exciting news, well, I still will have but things are taking a wee bit longer to finalise so please be patient.  I hope the wait will be worth it.  

I spent yesterday at the fabulous Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace in London - a yearly event which seems to grow bigger every year.  It's a show with exhibitors and textile artists from all over the world and it's so easy to overspend (oh, my groaning credit card!).  But as I see it, you can find things there that you wouldn't find anywhere else (unless you are very lucky) and where I live, shops selling such goodies just don't exist - well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

I also did a workshop there with the talented Gwen Headley called "Take 100 Lines" which basically is to create 100 lines whilst joining several strips of fabric together and working on the strip as a whole to incorporate lines of all kinds eg running stitch, cross stitch, couching, fly stitch, blanket stitch etc., etc.  Unfortunately I did not take my camera to the show and so couldn't take a photo of Gwen's finished works but here is a photo of my strip so far.  This is as far as I have got and although the colours are not what I would choose for myself, I am thinking of maybe doing something incorporating this kind of theme in a paler colour scheme sometime.  I met another blogger at the class - Linda (Blue Eyed Girl) - what a small world!  Her piece is shown on her blog - she has done a lot more than I have!

Back To Normal .....!

We are now back from our little break on the Worcestershire/Shropshire/Hereford borders and what a lovely area it is.  Fabulous countryside and gorgeous local food products - definitely for foodies!  Here are a few photos of our travels:-

From the top:- Lower Brockhampton Estate at Bromyard (absolutely lovely), Burford House Gardens, Bewdley, The Feathers in Ludlow, Ludlow castle, Arley, Kidderminster and a beautiful leopard at the West Midlands Wildlife Park.

Taking a Little Break .....

Just a short break from tomorrow for one week to re-charge the batteries.  This is one of the places we will be visiting:-

When I get back, I hope to share some exciting news with you.  Watch this space and start saving your pennies! Please tell your friends and if I can push my followers up to 100 ie 30 more, then I will be having a super giveaway to celebrate!  Please spread the word!

Etsy Treasury Selection!

Wow!  I am honoured to have been featured in an Etsy Treasury - my very first!  Here is the link:-  MDCardsand Gifts.  Maggie has featured a beautiful collection of chocolate brown art and mixed media items.

She featured my chocolate brown script collage paper:-

Thanks Maggie!

New Flea Market Goodies!

After a very unsuccessful trip to the bric a brac market in Oxford a week or so ago, I so made up for it yesterday - it was certainly my day to buy some lovely stuff. My favourite stallholder was there yesterday and had boxes brimming with stuff from a probate sale which had come from a house which she said was crammed with stuff from the 1920's/30's!

Here are just some of the things I got - I couldn't photograph everything:-