Folksy Friday - Devonshire Delights

Right, now I'm getting back into the swing of blogging... back to doing my Folksy Fridays again!

For those not in the know a 'Folksy Friday' is a weekly selection of items found on the UK handmade sellers website Folksy which usually pops up in sellers blogs, Facebook pages etc to showcase some favourite items from other sellers in line with a theme, colour scheme, occasion and so on.  If you sell on Folksy there is a little feature on the basics of how to make your own on the Folksy blog and the all important (and highly acclaimed!) Haptree Mini Treasury Template which helps us bloggers make sense of the html stuff needed to make one!

Anyhooooo.... I thought I'd get some inspiration from a little closer to home this week and find some picks local to me in sunny ol' Devon. Enjoy!









1. Dice Drop Earrings by Joie de Vivre
2. Sock Cupcake by Devonly Crafts
3. Tattoo Heart Brooch by Lucky Lulu
4. Bride and Groom Wine Glass Charms by Seaspray
5. Organic Tea Tree and Fresh Mint Soap by Original Soap Co.
6. Chicken and Egg Tea Cosy by Ruby Ruby

Competition time!

Well it's about time I got back into blogging... it's been far too long!


Since I last posted, my Not On The High Street shop has opened and has done amazingly well and I've smashed through the 1500 sales mark on Etsy and the 500 mark on Folksy (as well as having over 1000 'likers' on Facebook!)  So all in, things are going really well in Skull and Cross Buns land and I'm thrilled.  Thanks so much for all your support so far, it means so much to me!


Anyway, I thought it's time I paid it back a bit so while I'm sat inside in the rain during this long bank holiday weekend, I'd get a little competition up and running!


For this giveaway I'll be sending the lucky winner 1 x Wool and Needles stamp, 1 x Sweet Three Button Set and 1 x Keep Calm and Craft On stamp, perfect stamps if you are so craftily inclined! Prize is worth a whopping £23.75 GBP and I'll ship worldwide!

To enter, simply visit my Etsy shop or my Folksy shop and leave a comment below to tell me what your favourite stamp is!


Giveaway rules:

~The giveaway will end 23.59 GMT on Tues 3rd May 2011.

~Anyone can enter, I will ship them worldwide!

~Again, to enter, simply visit my Etsy shop or my Folksy shop and leave a comment below to tell me what your favourite stamp is.
~ IMPORTANT: If you don't have a Blogger profile, please leave me some way of getting in contact with you on the comment (email address, Twitter username etc.) so I can notify you if you win :-)

~ I will use http://www.random.org/ to determine the winner, the winner will be chosen at random by their corresponding comment number.

Good Luck, everybody!

Just don't look at the date on the previous post...

Oh dear, it's been far too long since I last updated :-S

Anyway, I'm here now so I'll get typing! It's been fantastic since I opened my Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/skullandcrossbuns; it's really gone from strength to strength, especially the past couple of weeks. Less than a fortnight ago I was eagerly awaiting my 100th sale and now I'm not far off my 150th!

My bestselling item so far is the Tweet, tweet - pair of mini Birdie stamps and the same design in the midi size as well as plenty of cupcakes, skulls, swallows, owls, toadstools and much more besides.

Further to my attempt for (craft) world domination I have opened my Folksy shop today, which is like Etsy but UK based and in £GBP, http://folksy.com/shops/skullandcrossbuns.

I'm also into a bit of social networking (aka procrastinating!) so you can track me down on Twitter http://twitter.com/skullncrossbuns and on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Skull-and-Cross-Buns-Hand-Carved-Rubber-Stamps/245453522738.

Right back to order fulfilment, I've been so busy tonight I didn't even realise I've watched Match of the Day from beginning to end!