Button Fayre loves having lots of fun with designing and sewing and loves even more to be able to give something back to all the loyal followers.
So, here's the end of October giveaway to win a gorgeous custom designed ' Button Fayre Street ' house decoration.
So many people love to share and spread the word and so a massive thank you to all for the wonderful support so far and the giveaway will run until Sunday 2nd November with the winner being announced shortly after 8pm.
Best of luck to all!
Lucy x
I was recently asked to design and make a ' rainbow ' themed item for a joint giveaway which was fantastic for Button Fayre but at the time I was going through some turbulence at home with one of my daughter's being poorly.
I already have one daughter with severe Crohn's disease which isn't at all easy and so when another one became poorly in February, and remained poorly since, it was quite stressful to say the least and all came to a head a few weeks ago with a stand off battle between my GP and I. He repeated that it was simple anxiety and I repeated that it was more....I know my daughter and so insisted on having blood tests and a scan for starters.
When they found a congenital kidney abnormality ( nothing serious but just needs monitoring ) it was such a huge relief after all of those months of knowing that something was wrong and being told it was nothing, but I found my head spinning with it all, especially after a two day hospital admission for further tests which threw me off course in family life and with Button Fayre and orders of course. These things can't be helped though and so I let everyone know what was going on work wise and had a ' mini holiday ' ( this is what I've come to call the hospital stays since my other daughter with Crohn's was diagnosed 4 years ago at aged 9 ) in hospital, purchasing girly magazines, sitting and playing Hangman and Scrabble and getting on with the necessaries.
My time in hospital was very anxious as a parent of course but it also gave me some time to think about the future of Button Fayre, organising which kinds of Christmas gifts I'd like to sew, and for the rainbow giveaway. So, sitting at the large window, looking at the outside world ( it's very pretty and green, orange and red around here right now ) it gave my muddled thoughts inspiration and I love nothing better than these moments in life because they're actually the best times to find inspiration, when your mind surpasses the ' norm ' and you can float off into a make believe world where the clouds are fluffy pink candy floss, the sea turns into green jelly and you realise that life is actually there for the taking and that you must appreciate every single second of it, taking every single opportunity that comes your way and loving all of those amazing people around you......family, friends and the folk that give the world some colour.
When I got home I set to work on my rainbow themed giveaway prize, a pretty textile art piece and nothing extraordinarily extravagent but something a little special because as an artist it was so close and personal to me.
I decided to do a little house with a beautiful rainbow above it but already being the kind of artist that loves the abstract side of life, and with the recent anxiety as a parent, my rainbow became all muddled up. This wasn't an unhappy muddled, to the contrary, it was me, the happy person that I am, the person that loves to fill the world with colour and just so happened to feel all topsy turvy at the time, hence this gorgeous rainbow that may not be conventional but it was my little escape from reality, I hope you like it.
This is now on it's way to it's new home, and owner, and I hope she loves it.
If you would like your own Button Fayre textile art piece, representing some of me and maybe some of your own input too, then please do get in touch with me on Facebook, it's always a pleasure.
I hope you enjoyed the story behind my recent piece and I'd love to hear about your inspiration and thoughts too.
Lucy x
