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Jen Best
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button maker, textile artist, nature lover, hugger of trees, tamer of dragons. beakerbutton.co.uk
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New blog post is up.

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Needlepoint threads and canvas on a table in the sunshine with Frog Island at Whitchurch Silk Mill in the background.
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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The people who do my print out order cards and prints are giving free shipping and 10% off. Today only! Put TAKE10 in at the checkout on the POD Prints and cards website.

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People whale swimming over a stylised landscape pencil drawing
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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New blog post. Brilliant news way of buying your Dorset button necklace kits!

#dorsetbuttons #supportsmallbusiness❤️ #learnsomethingnew
Black and white photo of a Dorset button necklace
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Now on the blog, and our YouTube channel.

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A white, green, and pink Dorset button Christmas tree.
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Teeny tiny mushrooms. They were smaller than my pinky nail.
Close up of delicate and tiny mushrooms, almost translucent.
November 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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On the blog!

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#StashBusting #FreePattern #FinishedProject
Happy me wearing my newly finished, brightly coloured jumper, and holding a ball of yarn in each hand.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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#dorsetbuttons #beakerbutton #happybirthday❤️
The number 14 made out off had stitched Dorset buttons in a variety of colours
November 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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In the grounds of Winchester cathedral.
Tree stump in the form of a circle with autumn leaves through the gap.
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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#WhitchurchSilkMill
#ArtistInResidence #SketchDay #InspiredByTheMill
Pencil sketch of a bobbin winding machine at Whitchurch Silk Mill. Colourful bobbins loaded with silk line the back of the machine, with dyed silk hankie at the bottom.
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Updates and poetry on the blog!

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A temari made in blues and white. Traditional Japanese temari have a long history. Do look them up. They're beautiful.
October 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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New weaving!

#weaver #WomensArt #RigidHeddle
A rigid heddle loom warped up in muted blues, oranges, greens, stretched across a table with a pair of scissors and a threat.
October 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Learning to write poetry.

#poetry
#WomensArt
#ExploringArt
Weird, cut from magazine and glued to a sheet of paper in the shape of branches. Decorated with leaves.
October 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Crow.

#PolychromosPencil #Sketch #Crow
Colour pencil sketch of a fat crow sitting on branches.
October 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Sketching mushrooms and toadstools tonight with Susan Yeates Zoom class.

#PolychromosPencils
#MushroomArt
#Sketching
A selection of mushrooms and toadstools sketched in fine liner pen with colour pencil.
October 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow theme today is #glow

This was the sky on the way home 😀

#NoFilter
A glowing red sunset over the tops of horses and a tree lined hill in the distance.
October 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Yellow butterfly on a yellow flower.
Probably a clouded yellow butterfly on a Bidens aurea 'Hannay's Lemon Drop' flower. Photo taken at the Russell Coates museum today
September 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Water lily at Russell Coates in Bournemouth today.
A close up and softly focused photo of a pale yellow water lily.
September 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Sunset was spectacular this evening. More on the blog.

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Sun setting over an outgoing wave on chesil beach on Portland
September 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Dancing willow trees in Chester
September 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Shrooms

#WomensArt
#PolychromosPencils
#ColourLove
A colourful abstract inspired by mushrooms and toadstools, with tiny yellow eyes leaking out.
September 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Trip of people trees.
Three Dorset button trees made with purple threads
August 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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A little pot of Dorset button flowers.
Colourful flowers made from hand stitched Dorset buttons. They have breaded centres and sit in a grey and red felted pot.
August 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Beautiful leaf.
An autumn leaf in dark orange and red with green veins lies on a tarmac pavement
August 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Seasonal Tree Dorset button workshop @whitchurchsilkmill next year. More details on the website under workshops. Limited places!

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#DorsetButtons
#WhitchurchSilkMill
#LearnSomethingNew
Dorset button trees in winter, sorting, summer, and autumn colours. Made into a hanging on the left.
August 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Dr Seuss tree.

#WomensArt
#DorsetButtons
Colourful textile tree made on a 20cm embroidery hoop, with leaf shaped Dorset buttons in green and blues as leaves, red trunk and branches, and breaded moss at the base.
August 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM