Happy Turkey Day and by the way, I am having a sale

Hope everyone had a great turkey day, if they celebrated. Right now I have my Black Friday thru Cyber Monday sale going on. FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING come take a peek http://www.flirtbuttons.etsy.com/

NEW PRODUCT!!!! scarf clips!!!!

These are so much fun. You just slide it up both ends of your scarf and squeeze the clip together. Such a fun little addition to your wardrobe. Pick from any of my pocket mirror or bottle opener designs and I will make you a scarf clip. Only $9.

2.25 inches fabric or paper covered with mylar on top.

feedback from wholesale order: "Way cool! I've been playing around with them. What fun! Love it with jeans & a turtleneck. It's pretty cool as a sash belt over a boyfriend blazer as well. Can't wait to see everyone's reaction to this accessory! Thank you!"

BRACELETS

Hey There,

I am on a serious bracelet kick lately!!! I found some new supplies that make my bracelets easier to make, so I am going to town. My list so far:

poodles

gnomes

Alice in Wonderland

pandas

hamsters

sock monkeys

pin up girls

hedgehogs

elephants

geishas

peacock feather

turtles

squirrels

snowmen

owls

lil birds on yellow

birds on blue

ballet

mushrooms

shoes

Write "free mirror" in message to seller and receive a free matching pocket mirror with your bracelet purchase!

wordless wednesday

GLUTEN FREE PUMPKIN WALNUT CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

If you know my household, you know that we love to cook and bake and eat. We are definitely "foodies". Recently we found out that my Mother in Law is no longer able to eat gluten. It has been a difficult period of adjustment for her. It is especially hard because she is Italian and lives in the Northeast. How is she suppose to go without her breads, pastries and pasta? I have made it part of my mission to find tasty alternatives. You don't have to eat cardboard just because they stole your gluten! Soooo, I decided to take one of my all time favorite recipes, that I made up years ago, and make it gluten free. I figured the pumpkin in these muffins would cover up any of the funky flavors that the gluten free flour has. Pumpkin is earthy, yet super yummy. A healthy dose of chocolate chips doesn't hurt either.

Gluten Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe

3 1/3 cups Bob’s Red Mill gluten free, dairy free all purpose baking flour
2 cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 15oz can Pumpkin
4 eggs
7 oz oil
5 oz water
1 ½ tsp vanilla
1 small bag semi sweet chocolate chips
½ cup walnuts

Put all the ingredients into one huge bowl and with a large spoon mix until no more flour lumps.
Oven temperature should be 350F, preheat if you have time.
Grease 2 muffin pans and pour in batter until each muffin well is almost full. Bake for 20 minutes and then check to see if they are done. Make sure the sides are not burning and that a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
When they are done take them carefully out of the pans and let them cool on racks. Do not get over zealous and burn your mouth on molten chocolate chips.

NEW NEW NEW

I am in one of my super creative modes and have started designing a million things. No, I don't sleep, if you are asking when I find the time. Sooo, I was going to open a new store on Etsy with all my new stuff. I was concerned about mixing and mingling in Flirtbuttons. But, when I went to get my domain name that I wanted it was already taken. So, I bought 4 domain names of flirtbuttons. I am stuck with it now!!! That's fine, I have built enough of a clientele that people know me by Flirtbuttons and I am hoping they like all my new stuff! You can now get to me by http://www.flirtbuttons.com/, .net, .info and .I don't remember lol. They all just take you to my Etsy shop. For now, not sure if/when I will open up shop on just my url.

I have started to design my own fabrics. Some of the fabrics are just to replace some that are out of print/vintage and have become popular in my shop. Other fabric designs are based on drawings that I have done and wanted to put on mirrors and bottle openers etc.... I will be designing coordinating fabrics for people to purchase in fat quarters and possibly by the yard if they ask nicely!!! The fabrics are printed here in the USA. I am actually originally a textile designer. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and also a Masters of Science in Textile Design (wovens) I used to work in the corporate world of area rug and carpet design. I also freelanced for years. Now I am putting all of that to my own use. Take a look at the fabrics I have had printed so far. I just love them. More to come!!!!!

Buckles and more buckles!!!

Hey there,

Sorry I was away for so long!!! I have been super busy with the whole summer vacation and then school started back up and so on and so forth. Just got carried away from my blog.

I had promised one of my customers to make her a whole bunch of assorted belt buckles when I returned from my vacation. Well, I finally put them in the mail to her today. They turned out super fun and fantastic! I also scored a Treasury today on Etsy, so I made it into a belt buckle treasury, how fun is that? Here is the link: http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=64557

I have been listing lots of new pocket mirrors also, some come take a peek around the shop!

www.flirtbuttons.etsy.com