I know, I know, it’s still August. But in a crafter/maker’s world, Christmas has to start early to get stock together. I’m hoping to book a table at a local Christmas Fayre in November at the same time as the town Christmas Lights are turned on. Hopefully, that will mean a good footfall. But it also means I’ve started making tree decorations and spent the last three days doing not much else!

For those that wish to buy some before the fayre, they are £1,50 each – just drop me a line. P&P will be £1 for those that can’t collect.

Left to right in the pic above, diameters of the buttons are 30mm, 35mm 20mm and 25mm. A set of 6 takes an hour to create, mainly waiting on the laser cutter to do the engraving. A quick dab of gesso blends away the surface char and emphasises the deeper burning. Then it’s just a matter of threading onto tiger tail wire and adding a bit of bling.