Fabric Finds (& Ribbon)

These past few days have just been horrific for millions of Australians (esp. Queenslanders). My house is fine, but my aunty&uncle's house has been completely submerged under water. They have lost a lot but at least they are all still alive. I am still working (someone's gotta sell the supplies) and yesterday on my lunch break I went down to pick up some more fabric. I'm not sure what I will be making with this fabric yet, but I know I want to make a bunting for my 2 yr old cousin's room (once she moves back in) - a lot of her belongings have been wrecked in the floods and something cute and pink will put a smile on her face :)

And check out this cute ribbon that arrived on Tuesday - it has tiny buttons printed on it! It came in white,

 and pink.

Heather Ross Giveaway

My love for fabric will never cease, and Angela over at Fussy Cut is doing a fabulous giveaway of 8 Heather Ross FQ's!!! I have died and gone to heaven, it would make my year if I were to win this. So head on over to the Fussy Cut blog and enter the marvelous giveaway!

Ribbon + Ranting

Good morning bloggers :) I thought I would type out a quick blog before I am off to work this afternoon.

1. Ribbon!

 

Excuse the mess in the background! I received a shipment of ribbon on friday, and I can't wait to start making more hairclips. 

2. The ruby&lo Facebook Giveaway

With the fear of having my facebook page deleted, I decided to relocate the $30 giveaway to this blog. You can enter the giveaway here & the rules are mostly the same. Entries close Thursday 20th Jan, so make sure you get in before it's too late!

Giveaway Time! $30 ruby&lo pack

Hi all, after learning that Facebook does not allow giveaways, I have needed to relocate the competition over to our blog.

To celebrate the beginning of a new year, ruby&lo is giving one of you the chance to win this ruby&lo pack to the value of $30! All you need to do is 'like' our fan page here on Facebook, and comment on this blog post - telling us what it is that you want to accomplish most in 2011! Your entry will only be valid if you 'like' our page AND comment on this post. The winner will be selected in a random number generator and notified via a Facebook/Blog post. Only one entry per person, and is open to anyone in the world! Entries close on Thursday 20th Jan 2011 at midnight AEDST. Good luck! Feel free to email us at rubyandlo@gmail.com or send us an @reply at our Twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/rubyandlo 

HOW TO EARN A BONUS ENTRY! If you reblog/retweet or tell your friends about this competition & they enter, you will have your name added into the draw twice. If more than 10 of your friends enter, your name will be added three times! (Make sure you write who you were referred by). 

(Giveaway) Pay It Forward 2011!!

 

A picture says a thousand words. I hope enough people comment on this. I love crafting and I love bringing happiness into people's lives. So please comment & leave your email address in the comment so I can contact you :) 

Look what I made! Tomato Fabric Place Mats

This morning I set out to complete a sewing project that I have been wanting to do for weeks - placemats! I cut out 6 27x37 cm rectangles of the tomato fabric ($9/m) and the same of the red cotton backing material ($3/m). I couldn't believe how fast they were to make, less than 2 hours, and that is including photographing! If anyone is interested I could make up a tutorial, but they are so simple even the newest of sewers could manage.

 sewing sewing sewing

The finished product(s)!

Looking great on my kitchen table (Once my grandmother's)

Perfect size for the dinner plates

So there you have it! I can't wait to make more of these: so easy & affordable. I should make a new set every month!

Button Collections

I have always been a collector and an organizer, but it was only recently that I had such a powerful desire to collect buttons. Seeing beautiful images of glass jars filled to the brim with colour-coordinated buttons made me envy the owner. I have my big jar filled with mixed buttons, but today I took the plunge and bought bulk lots of all different colours - $91 to be exact! I am so excited for my order to arrive and to start my own rainbow collection! But for now here are some button collections to die for.

DharmaLemon @ Flickr

gemgirlart @ Flickr

rachel in ak @ Flickr

tea pea vintage @ Flickr