Carousel Inspiration

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Solid Gold Sunday Inspiration

Some glorious gold Sunday inspiration.

(Just click on the image to go to the link.)

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Candy Cane Inspired Organza Flower

The approach of Christmas always make me think of red and white and candy cane stripes.

Red and white is a combination I'm particularly fond of, so I  just had to try  my hand at it.

This is what I came up with:

Bridal white organza  petals and layers of delicate white tulle.

Bright red, large and luscious-looking  glass beads in the centre.

The leaves are also tulle with one of my favourite appropriately bright and festive red threads.

These can be worn as a hair clip or corsage.

And not just for Christmas. 

 I will definately be making a headband - wrist corsage out of this particular flower as well.

What do you think?

It's already listed in the shop.

Linked to:

I Heart Naptime, The Gunny Sack, Craft-O-Maniac, Sew Many Ways, The Dedicated House, Homemaker On A Dime, Debbiedoo's

Top 10 Women's Vintage Scarf Inspiration

Fabulous scarf inspiration from the past. 
Here are some wonderful scarves from the 1930s,1940s, 1950s and 1960s -in random order.
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1965

1950s

1950s

1967

1976

1965

1960s

1945

1950s

1930s

For lots more scarf inspiration, vintage or otherwise, as well as lots of diys, click on: Ring Your Neck Inspiration Motherboard.

The Ring Your Neck scarf challenge can be found at Ricochet and Away blog.

For scarf inspiration that is not vintage, you might like to see my Top 10 Women's Scarf Inspiration.

Homework Inspiration

This week I was happy to find my little pink organza flower featured in Carolyn's beautiful blog Homework.

If there's any chance you're not familiar with Homework, then you must, most definately, check it out.

 It's full of meticulously executed crafty goodness that inspires.

Here are some of the  lovelies in this week's Inspiration Board:

CraftberryBush



Little Lovlies

That's My Letter



NiftyThrifty


 ....plus.....

OnePerfectDay

Every Tuesday there's a link party on Homework were you can find all sorts of inspiration, be it sewing, cooking, photography or any number of other artistic and crafty pursuits as well join in.

I spy....Grosgrain Handmade Holiday Guide

Grosgrain has put together a wonderful handmade gift guide for 2011 -with a twist. Not only do you go there for inspiration, you can also link up your own handmade goodies to inspire others.

I picked just three of the  wonderful links you can browse through to be inspired.

Decoupaged Bangles

Mason Jar Sewing Kit

Sugar Scrubs

For the rest you'll have to go to: Grosgrain Handmade Gift Guide 2011.