Bee happy ..... birthday giveaway winners and monthly subscriptions

At Bee happy home and accessories we have started monthly subscriptions to treat yourself or a friend to either stationery or home accessories products.

 

You can sign up to just one month or 3 months at the moment and each month you will receive a surprise gift.

 

At the moment the products included are Sass and Belle.

 

 

 

Anyway, onto the blog birthday ribbon giveaway ......

 

 

 

Thank to you everyone who entered, 2 names have now been picked out of the hat and I have added a couple of extra items to the giveaway but this is a surprise for the winners.

 

The ribbons are black, red and white mixed with several meters included so the winners will be able to make great use of them :)

 

I would love to see how the ribbons have been used when you get crafting!

 

So the winners of the ribbon packs are :

 

Mary Jane's Tearoom

 

Crafty Gifts and Cards

 

If you could both email me your details and I will get your ribbons posted out to you :)

 

beehappyhomeandaccessories@gmail.com

 

Thanks again to all that entered.

 

Bee happy x

Bee happy ....... birthday giveaway

I had been so busy up to Christmas last year I didn't realise it was my blog's birthday in November!

 

To celebrate another year blogging I will be having a ribbon giveaway :)

 

 

I have 2 bags of mixed ribbons in red/white/black in different patterns.

 

Imagine what you can do with all of this ribbon!

 

There are 2 bags to win so I will be picking 2 names out of the hat on Monday 20th January.

 

To win a bag full of ribbons all you need to do is-

 

1. Be a follower of this blog

 

For extra entries-

 

1. Follow www.beehappyhomedesign.blogspot.com or if you

do already leave a comment to tell me :)

 

2. Follow me on Facebook www.facebook.com/BeeHappyHomeAndAccessories

and leave a comment telling me

 

Good luck :)

 

Bee happy x

Bee happy ...... upcycle a tweed jacket

Do you remember this jacket in the Country Living magazine?

 

 

Well now I have finished customising my grey tweed jacket.

 

Hope you like it.

 

Lace and ribbon detail on the pocket and cuff.

 

Ribbon detail on cuff and bottom of the pocket.

 

A secret Union Jack inside the jacket.

 

My own brooch I made with beads, bee, ribbon and crown.

 

Plus a Cath Kidston crown brooch too.

 

Ribbon and lace detail on the back too.

 

The floral ribbon is from my Tilda stash and the grey lace is French vintage.

 

I love the changes to my new jacket.

 

Perfect for wearing now there is a chill to the air.

 

What do you think?

 

Bee happy x

Bee happy ..... bee number 1

I have been making some fabric rosettes.

 

I tore all of the pink fabric instead of cutting as I love this look.

 

Matching pink ribbons finished off the look I think.

 

I also wrote with the sewing machine using free hand embroidery.

 

 

These pretty rosettes are now hanging in my office to remind me I am number 1!

 

Bee happy x

Bee happy ..... vintage buys

I wanted to share my vintage buys with you from the open day held at Welbeck at the weekend.

 

Most buys were from Hope and Elvis' studio, loved it in here.

 

Vintage blue ribbon

Couple of pieces of pretty fabric

Packets of lace and fabric scraps

Cute vintage paisley scarf

Gorgeous vintage paisley eiderdown

Scraps of wool pieces

 

I was wondered what the best way to clean the eiderdown was, dry clean or use the washing machine on a wool/hand wash cycle, what do you recommend?

 

There is also a tear in the fabric, any suggestions from you wonderful people out there for a repair?

 

Bee happy x

Bee happy .... make Christmas decorations

I have been making some Christmas decorations over the last couple of days with some wooden hearts, stars, rusty bells and wooden bobbins.

 

 

For the wooden shapes I used Mod Podge and my French newspapers and stuck over both sides of the shapes.

 

One when side was dry I did the other side.

 

For the shapes with no holes in I used some ribbon and glued that down first under the newspaper for hanging with.

 

When each side was completely dry and hard I used my knife to cut off the excess paper.

 

When both sides were completed I then put glue all around the edges and rolled in red glitter.

 

My little Christmas tree is now decorated.

 

I used lace, ribbon and rusty bells for the large hearts.

 

For the wooden bobbins I wrapped a small amount of ribbon around and then for the hanger threaded some through the hole and knotted at the bottom to keep the ribbon holder in place.

 

My first felted pudding.

 

I used my Jane Means ribbon stash.

 

My little snowman and Christmas pudding were my first attempt at felting, I think they turned out quite well :)

 

What have you been making for Christmas?

 

Bee happy x

Bee happy .... Jane Means ribbon giveaway

Don't forget my Jane Means ribbon giveaway closes tomorrow, enter today if you haven't already to win some gorgeous ribbons.

Included is some wonderful Union Jack ribbon.

Good luck.

Bee happy x

Bee happy ..... give a basket a good home

Out and about a little while ago we spotted a wire shopping basket dumped at the side of the road.

I decided I wanted it and gave it a good home.

It has been sat in the garage for a while but inspiration struck yesterday!

I got out my white spray paint and sprayed the basket to make it cleaner and prettier.

I then got out my trusty glue gun as I wanted to wrap the handles with pretty ribbon.

I used the glue to secure the ribbon so it didn't unravel when it was being carried.

All finished and with only one hurty on my thumb where the hot glue burnt me :(

Lots of uses for my lovely new basket.

Bee happy x