Handmade Ceramic Buttons – What’s your button craft idea?

COMPETITION HAS ENDED. You could win $20 to spend on ceramic handmade buttons by FULTON & CO. Details below. I’m having lots of fun decorating our new pad in Hayes Valley, San Francisco. This means furniture shopping, stocking up on kitsch nick nacks at thrift stores and of course, making soft furnishings! My pink Brother XL2610 Free-Arm Sewing Machine  just arrived from Amazon so I am planning all the things I’m going to sew to decorate our new home. I plan to make a room divider curtain to separate the kitchen from the living room, maybe using button curtain tabs. In Japan, this type of curtain is called a “Noren”; you may have seen it in Japanese restaurant doorways. (Image sources L to R clockwise: curbly.com, sandgasa.exblog.jp and bellemaison.jp x 3) Speaking of buttons, Sarah from FULTON & CO has kindly offered a giveaway to Sew in Love readers. Her Etsy store sells beautiful ceramic handmade buttons. I think they are wonderfully understated and elegant. Their natural colours would be perfect for my apartment’s colour scheme. Being handmade, the buttons have lots of rustic character too. Sarah is giving away $20 to spend on your favourite button style from her Etsy store.

How to enter the giveaway

For your chance to win $20 to spend at FULTON & CO, simply leave a comment on this blog post on how you would use these lovely ceramic buttons.

• For 1 bonus entry: Like Sew in Love on Facebook and post your comment on the Facebook page.
• For 1 more bonus entry: Like FULTON & CO on Facebook and post your comment on the Facebook page.

Winner will be selected after midnight Monday 18 February 2013. Good luck! Check out Sarah’s shop to get inspired for your next project using buttons, (my current favourite is the English Garden buttons) and you can follow me on Twitter @SewinLove to get the latest updates on the giveaway. If you own an Etsy store and would like to do a giveaway on Sew in Love, I’d love for you to contact me via Twitter or Facebook.