Glued and Glittered-UtterRubbish

For this weeks glued and glittered I found UtterRubbish on Etsy. I found this little shop last night and loved all the mini portrait brooches in there. They are so refreshing with lots of humor but there is also sentiment and nostalgia from the days when they used to rely on mini portraits instead of photographs. In the old days they used to have mini portraits created to send to potential suitors or sailors would carry them of loved ones whilst traveling.

I love UtterRubbish's modern twist by using vivid colours and shapes. The charms also add personality to each portrait, giving you a little story to work with, who they are, what they like. Their little painted faces are just a picture too!

Yep, I really love these!

All that glitters

Ok so i'm a bit late doing my all that glitters, and I did forgot to do "glued & glittered" this week, and I know i've only just started these regular blogs, but I hope that next week i'll be right on top of it.

So here is my "all that glitters". I bought Elle decoration magazine yesterday and I was really delighted when I saw a page of all illustrated items. This made me feel confident about my work as I had a not so good craft fair on Friday and was beginning to think my items weren't very salable. However I am really pleased to see people like illustrations and are willing to spare a few spaces in their homes for some drawn love. I loved this page from Elle  magazine, looks fun and exciting and I have come across some of the designers before. I am currently in the motions of getting some homeware items into my shops, like tea towels, cups and mugs and tote bags are currently being printed with my cake stand, bird cage and luxury cupcake drawings on then. I think they are going to look super but i'm scared i'll want them all to myself. 

Inspired by this Elle page I have put a page together will all my black and white illustrations on.

P.S. The giveaway going on at Tea for Joy's blog has bought some fantastic comments with creative ideas on what they'd do with my buttons if they had some. Some of the ideas have been putting them on their camera bag, jazzing up some cardigan sleeves and my favourite putting them on a plain pair of ballet pumps. As my buttons have been flying off that shelves I am wondering what you guys have been doing with them all and would like you to send me some pictures so I can post them on my blog and my website to give others some ideas. Thankyou!

Tea time swap!

I did my third swap at the end of March. It was a tea time swap and I just had to get involved. I am tea mad, I love most teas and many of my makes have been tea related so this was right up my street. Vonnie put me with Annie B who was also tea mad, and we seemed like a perfect match. Infact these swaps sometimes are a bit like blind date! 

Well this date/swap went really well and I made some nice things for Annie. I custom made a coaster with a paper cut out of tea cups and spoons. There was some slight spoil from the resin soaking into the paper but I really liked the way it turned out and some coasters are in my factory waiting to be put on Folksy. I also made her some tea time buttons and sent her some prints of my tea time illustrations. Unfortunately due to some morons at the Royal 

Mail Annie B didn't received everything I sent! I am upset for her.

Anyway to the best bit, she send me some amazing things. A soya candle in a vintage tea cup with saucer which was fab, and I light it each night. Just a really nice gift. She also custom made me a tea cosy for my tea pot and it fits perfectly so teapot is very happy and my BF loves it too. I also received lots of nice tea and wrap so I am very grateful it was a brilliant swap.

Go go go!

Giveaway reminder on tea for joy's blog! Get yourselves over there now, leave a comment and you will be in with a chance to win win win! You can win a tree necklace and a set of buttons from my collection. Winner will be drawn on Monday. 

Quick you still have time!

Show me your shoes-Mine!

Here is a picture of my shoes to start off one of my new regular topics. I have lots of shoes, probably like most girls but I chose these ones to show you because they are the ones I have been wearing the most recently. 

They are from Clarks and are a metallic berry purple. I was unsure about the colour of these at first, I usually go for red, but they were in the sale and I swear by Clarks and Jones the Bootmakers shoes. I also think they make my feet look like a size 8 (i'm a size 6 and i've got over that now!). I really like these shoes now and are almost perfect for most task feet have to do. They are brilliant for driving in and are comfortable enough to go for a walk. They are also sparkly enough to jazz up a boring outfit and will always look quirky!

After all this description of reasoning for wearing them, what do you think they say about me?

For next weeks "Show me your shoes" I would like you guys to get involved so please send me a pic of your shoes and why you chose them to show us and why do you like them, or not perhaps? Any shoes will dooo. You can email me at Laura@glueandglitter.co.uk. I will add a link button to my blog soon so you can always see where you send your pics too. 

Giveaway with Tea for Joy

I forgot to post this last night, but I am currently having a giveaway via Tea for Joy's blog! I am giving away a tree necklace and a set of camera buttons for one lucky winner who will be picked at random early next week. Lynne at Tea for Joy has a really nice blog, with lots of interior inspiration and an amazing dose of colour on all her posts and so it's definitely worth a look. 

I must say a big thanks to Lynne for giving me the chance to have a giveaway on her blog and to write such a nice little blurb about me and if you could like to be in with a chance to win, then go over to her blog and comment on what your favourite item of mine is. It is as easy as that! I hope you like the items and they are currently available in my shop if you can't wait. hehe.

Good evening.

Good evening everyone, I thought I would do a quick blog about my new blogging plans. I love reading other peoples blog, especially when they have regular feeds about yummy designs so I thought I would give it ago, and atleast I would have something interesting for you to read!

Ok so these are m plans. I have 3 topics which I would like to cover each week.

1.Glued and glittered-Handmade pick of the week, there is so much talent out there it's only fair! I might even make a little award.

2.Show me your shoes-For everyone to get involved. I want you to email pictures of your shoes, why you like them and what you think they might say about you! I think this could throw up some really interesting characters! I will start off tomorrow blogging about my shoes.

3. All that Glitters-I will probably do this at the end of the week, just a pick and anything I like that I have seen that week, from vintage to print design etc. etc.

In between all of these I will be posting about my making progress, but I hope that these fun topics will inspire you, and especially me as sometimes you can lead yourself down the wrong path.

Thanking you all for your time and I hope to see you tomorrow!