This is Buttons! My first attempt at making something from a pattern I had created myself. I'm really pleased at how he came out - here's a picture of him enjoying the garden with me!

Loving the sunshine!

I have been enjoying making things in my garden lately and have just put them all onto Folksy.com - a great site that encourages individual crafters to share, sell, buy and chat. Take a look at my shop at http://www.folksy.com/shops/anniefloribunda

E A S T E R E G G S

I hand colored some easter eggs for the charity shop windows display and put them in a basket with large chiffon scarf inside. The yellow bow was from a bouquet that I had, containing the most beautiful velvet red roses!

Take a look at the photos - they really are beautiful and so velvety to the touch.

Fabric Flower Garland

I created some pretty flower garlands, using up crisp bright cotton fabric.

These look great in a children's room or outside in the garden - a lovely way to invite Spring into your home!

Really simple to make:You will need an assortment of scrap fabrics, a sheet of iron-on bonding fabric, few buttons/beads & embroidery cotton/twine for stringing.

1. Bond the fabric pieces together as per instructions. This way you will have a pattern on both sides of each flower.
2. Cut a flower template from stiff card and draw around it onto the bonded fabric.
3. Cut flower shapes out.
4. Lay the flowers out in desired order and pierce the centre of the first one with the threaded cotton/twine.
5. Add buttons and beads to either side of the flower and knot so that the flower does not slide along the twine.
6. Tie a loop at each end of the garland and hang!

Try some variations on this basic pattern - cut different shapes or sizes of flowers or experiement with different fabrcs and styles.

Gorgeous Sunny Daffodils

I love daffodils - maybe its the tiny bit of Welsh in me! They just epitomise Spring for me - so sunny and cheerful looking after all the gloomy grey days! Roll on Spring!

Bring on the Spring!

The florist across the road put out some daffodils today in aluminium buckets - wanted to buy a cart load and decorate the house with them - Spring MUST be on it's way now... Made some fabric flowers today to celebrate!

Well... OK ... maybe not - BUT the snow did make the garden look really magical!

What's AnnieFloribunda?

Well.. it's a kind of therapy...a way of getting back my creative side...a way of indulging myself in all things flowery and vintage!
Found this gorgeous antique lace in a charity shop today and need to find a project to use it in - so delicate - lovely.