Put salt on its tail

The way to catch a wild bird is to put salt on its tail. That's what my dad told me, anyway. So I put salt on the tail of this one...

and look what happened....
The moral of this story is, leave wild birds alone!

Thanks to Samara for featuring me as this week's Dusty Diva http://maddabling.blogspot.com/

Paper bird

Who saw the article in Melbourne's Herald Sun last Saturday, featuring Carol's paper birds? Well, lo and behold, there she was at Healesville market on Sunday. We had a good chat (surprise, surprise!) about etsy and MEST and DUST, and I bought a kit. Carol even gave me a 'fellow crafter' discount!   My kit has Japanese paper, but what a nice way to make an invitation, a thank you, a music teacher's gift, or even a house warming memento made with the appropriate page from the Melways.

Carol and her husband said they are so busy they need more time to stock up their etsy shop, Itchy Bird.

Melbourne MESTup!!!

There were so many exclamation marks used yesterday at the Melbourne Etsy Street Team meetup, some spilled over into my blog title!!!

 

 Kate from BigDreamsEmbroidery

 Andria, from shagpile

 Leeanne, from thecabbagepatch                                                                        Sylvana from bsylvar

                                          
Oh yes, and couple of us were actual football tragics;
 Kass from made'n'found  (Kass established MEST) and Jan from jskipcreations

       Kate's embroidery makes a great banner.... Turn around, Jo!

                                        
There's Jo from ruby-jo finally looking at the camera!
See more pics here.

PDF what's that? a new line? Free to DUSTers?

Anyone can make their own DIY button bracelet or button flowers by following my photographs and instructions! It's a new line in my shops: button tutorials delivered through cyberspace!

The first two DUSTers who ask me, will get them free!

My UK pupil

A lovely etsy customer, who now calls herself my UK pupil, bought a bracelet kit from me. She was so pleased with it that she went on to make a necklace and another bracelet.  I gave her a mark of 11 out of 10 for this stunner! Well done, Bev!

Scrap bookers, card makers, who wants Noddy?

... and what did you think of Mr Plod?

My friend didn't know what to do with her damaged children's books. When I told her that lots of people crave them for their craft, she happily handed them all over. I've listed some in my craftumi shop and also on etsy. Now there are only three more boxes of books waiting!

Glam button cuff

These button cuff bracelets are a new line for me and I'm pretty pleased with them. I think they're very glam!

Black and white button cuff by hundredsofbuttons on etsy

It's a new price range for me, too. (What are your thoughts at $60 USD?)