The A to Z Collection - Shop Update and Giveaway

I've had a very busy and exciting day, filling my Etsy shop with the first half of my new series of brooches, 'The A-Z Collection'.

There is a little something for everyone in this collection and I will be updating my shop with ten more brooches tomorrow so stay tuned.

Also to celebrate my new collection and the beautiful summer weather we are having in my part of the world, I'm having a little summer giveaway. I've created these three delightful brooches especially to giveaway to three lovely people.

I heart Craft & Coffee, I heart Blogs & Bookshops and I heart Handmade & Home.

To go into the draw to win one of these sweet brooches hot off my sewing machine, just leave a comment on this post and tell me, which brooch would you heart to win...

Two bonus entries if you blog about my little giveaway or join up to follow my blog (please comment and let me know so I can come visit your blog and say hi.)

Thee bonus entries for each item you purchase from my Etsy shop between now next Saturday the 16th of January.

The giveaway will be drawn Saturday the 16th of January at midday Australian time and is open to everyone world wide.

Good luck and wishing you a lovely Friday.
Much Love
xxx

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B is for Brooches... Shop Update!

I'm so excited to give you a little taste of my shop reopening and new collection of 'I heart' brooches. The A to Z collection a whole alphabet of delights to heart.

With so many things to heart, I thought why not put them together! Craft & Cameras, Daisies & Design, Books & Birds just to name a few. You can find these five in my Etsy shop right now.

Over the next two days I will be stocking my shop with many more 'I heart' brooches, all the way through from A to Z. So far I have nothing for X, so if you have any ideas let me know. And make sure you pop over tomorrow to take part in my wee summer giveaway!

Much Love
xxx

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Etsy Anniversary Giveaway and Shop Update!

What an amazing year it has been and how time flies when you're having a fabulous time playing with fabric and buttons! I'm so excited to be celebrating my first Etsy Anniversary and to wish my little shop a Happy Birthday I've created a lovely new range of 'I heart' brooches.

The new collection filled with some of my most favourite things including...

Three brooches inspired by the ever beautiful tale of a girl who tumbled down the rabbit hole..

And to thank you all for you amazing support, kindness and friendship, what celebration would be complete without a giveaway!

I have three lovely prizes to giveaway to three delightful people..

The major prize is very special custom design collection of three brooches to celebrate what you love in the world. Created just for you this custom collection is one of a kind, you even get to name it!

Your very own collection...

I've also created two very sweet brooches for this giveaway, made to wear close to your heart.

'My heart belongs to..' brooches are a special part of my new collection, inspired by vintage book plates and days meandering in Paris.

To go into the draw to win one of these sweet little prizes straight from my studio, just leave a comment on this post and tell me where your heart belongs...

Two bonus entries if you blog or twitter about my little giveaway! (please comment and let me know so I can come visit your blog and say hi.)

Thee bonus entries for each item you purchase from my Etsy shop between now next Saturday the 24th.

The giveaway will be drawn Saturday the 24th of October at midday Australian time and is open to everyone world wide so please join and to celebrate my little shop's first anniversary.

Good luck and wishing you a wonderful weekend.
Much Love
xxx

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Open for Business and a Giveway!

In just a few moments my little Etsy shop will be back open for business and I'm so excited about the new collections I have been busily creating. This first update is only the begin with much more to come over the next month. This Spring, blossoms, beautiful cities and fabulous colours are all dancing together at a delightful high tea party.

High Tea Brooches

Alice - One of my new collection of unique 'Book Blossoms'

Petite Scrap Brooches

The exclusive Thea and Sami - City Collection

To celebrate my re-opening I am having a little GIVEAWAY! I have three brooches to giveaway to three lovely people, one from each of my new collections.

Book Blossom 'Joy', Petite Scrap- Create and from the City collection 'Paris' with exclusive Thea and Sami fabric.

To go into the draw to win one of these lovely brooches straight from my studio, just leave a comment on this post and tell me what is your favourite City in the world and why.

Two bonus entries if you blog or twitter about my little giveaway! (please comment and let me know so I can come visit your blog and say hi.)

Thee bonus entries for each item you purchase from my Etsy shop between now Sunday the 16th.

The giveaway will be drawn Sunday the 16th of August at midday Australian time and is open to everyone world wide so please join and to celebrate my little shop's re-opening.

Good luck and I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday.
Much Love
xxx

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Shop Update - New Brooches...

I have spent the weekend amongst yards of fabric and thread, in a little world all of my own, busily cutting and sewing creating a two new ongoing collections which I'm very excited about. Tonight is a little preview of many more to come over the next week.

My first collection of brooches is a little project I have been working for the past month, something that I truly heart... The Tea Bag Collection.

Inspired by my great grandmother's tea cup collection and created especially for those who heart tea these little brooches are hand embroided and the perfect tea loving accessory.

There are four little tea bag brooches in my Etsy shop at the moment with more joining the little collection later in the week.

Also in my little Etsy shop are some new I heart brooches, inspired by all the beautiful things I'm adoring this week.

This is the beginning of a new colourful collection that will include literary and travel inspiration as well as some very cute and quirky suggestions from a very dear friend. Keep an eye out through the week for more I heart brooches and some little petite brooches too.

After a busy little day I'm off to spend a relaxing evening with my hubby by the fire. I hope you have enjoyed a lovely weekend, I very much looking forward to my two weeks of holidays coming up on Friday. Plenty of time to catch up on all my favourite things!

Much love and brooches!
xxx

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Shop Update - The Owl Collection..

Sunday is a day for adventures, for tea parties and for owls.

'The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat..'

There is something very special these wise old birds and I'm delighted share my new little 'Owl Collection'. Each little brooch is unique with its own charming owl from Alexander Henry's beautiful fabric. Do you heart pirate owls, tea cup owls or magic owls? Pop into my Etsy shop now to find the perfect owl for you....

Much love and Owls
xxx

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Sunday Shop Update!

With a new pair of scissors and many pots of tea, I spent a delightful Saturday making a new collection of brooches titled 'Pieces of Nostalgia'.

This series of twelve brooches was created from childhood memories, visiting the museum on weekends, reading books about fairies, collecting stickers and playing board games. Each little brooch is hand made with love and full of delightful stories and memories.

A few of my favourites, I heart garage sales and I heart scrabble.

Available in my little Etsy Shop now.

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday, I'm delighting in the Autumn sunshine and am about to go back to my studio to make a few more little pieces. I also feel an giveaway coming on, so stay tuned.

I will be back later with my weekend adventures including my fabulous finds from my outing to Rose Harvest yesterday afternoon.

Much love and memories
xxx

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A little Shop Update!

At last a free and beautiful Autumn day to sit down create and drink lovely tea. I'm so excited to update my little shop, it has indeed been a few weeks and I've had so many new ideas to share!
First of all due to a change in my brooch back and felt supplier I have had to increase the prices of my 'I heart' brooches a by a few dollars. I'm very happy I was able to keep them under $10 but it got me thinking about a way I could still make cute brooches for cute prices. This was my answer, the petite brooch...

One word can say it all.

These petite brooches measure 5.5cms across and therefore I can fit a whole extra row onto a sheet of felt, use smaller brooch backs and they are just so cute!

Comparison of sizes..

So I am now offering three different size brooches including my scrap brooches, so there really is something for every outfit! I'm already planning a few petite brooches of my own to wear to work.

In my little Etsy shop now are a collection of ten brooches, six petite and four 'I heart', with a little something for everybody.

The petite brooches are all inspired by the things I love to do on a Sunday afternoon..
Read, sew, laugh. My secret favourite 'I heart brooch' is Tap Dancing, because who doesn't love a bit of secret tap dancing whilst cooking dinner or grocery shopping! (I'm known for my supermarket dancing)..

I hope that everyone is having a simply fabulous Saturday. I'm a little excited because day light savings ends at 2am here, so I get a whole extra hour of sleep tonight! Have a wonderful weekend, I will be back tomorrow night to show my day's makeover adventures. We are tackling the garden and adding a new look to the lounge room which means.. Spotlight and Bunnings here I come!

Much love and cute tap shoes!

xxx

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Little Sunday Shop Update

With so much lovely fabric and so many things to heart I just adore sitting down at my desk and creating little brooches filled with love. After a stock up on fabulous fabric yesterday I created a new little collection which is available in my Etsy shop now.

There is a little something for everyone, especially those who love stationary, flea markets and my secret favourite tattoos.

Each brooch is very special and is one of a kind, so make sure you pop in and check them out and celebrate what you love.

I will be back later this afternoon to announce my first anniversary giveaway which will run until next Saturday. I'm so excited that Her Library Adventures is turning one and to celebrate I have an original piece of artwork and a special collection of three custom brooches to giveaway. Pictures and more details to come so stay tuned.

Hope you are having a lovely Sunday indeed!
xxx

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Shop Update

Lots of lovely new brooches in my Etsy shop now and even more to come tomorrow!

I heart, baking, roses, the circus, the library, adventure, ribbon & lace and first editions. A little something for everyone!

I've just returned from a wonderful trip to my favourite little fabric shop and returned with some gorgeous new spring and vintage inspired fabrics. Can't wait to show you, I'm off to start sewing..

xxx

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