Dark Cherry Red Flower Pin and Bobby Pin

I made these dark cerise flowers a couple of days ago. I love this red fabric for its intense vivid colour as well as its discreet subtle sheen.

The beads in the middle are quite interesting, with an exceptional luster with shimmery hues of a variety of colours, including gold and a sort of beetle green. That probably doesn't sound very appealing and it sure isn't captured well in the photos but in reality it's very pretty and rather alluring.

For the flower brooch I attached the simple spoil-proof pin that I favour for brooches (aka pins). The kind that doesn't have the little 'wheel' that sometimes comes off.

Etsy Favourites - Butterflies

Butterfly Sewing Pattern Turtorial by Willowynn

Ultra Violet Butterfly Crown by VivaDelfina

Butterfly Photo Baby Girl Wall Art by SusannahTucker

Tiger Moth Statement Fiber Art Brooch by BlueTerracotta

Silk Butterfly Hair Pins by AnnaMarguerite

GIVEAWAY - Red Poppy Pin

-THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED-

-YOU WILL FIND THE WINNER HERE-

I made these big, bold, red poppy brooches last week for a school performance.

They're about 3 inches or 7.5cm across and they were worn on white shirts, so they really stood out, I can tell you!

In my humble opinion, they were wonderful and the girls seemed to love them.

They loved taking them home with them too...

As this is as good an excuse for a giveaway as any, I'll make and send their very own poppy pin to the person who can guess the number of the poppies made in this batch.

I'll keep this giveaway open till Friday 27 May and if more than one people guess the correct number of poppy pins made, I'll make a mini rafflecopter draw.

Just leave a comment with your guess and you're in the running. As simple as that!

Small Print:

 If no-one guesses the correct number I'll give it to the one who comes closest to it.

Linked to:
 Annemarie's Haakblog, I Heart Naptime

Red Poppy Pin

This red poppy pin was a custom order.

The black stones in the centre are onyx.

The customer loved it and he chose to attach it to the long lapel stick pin as a boutonniere.

That would have been my choice too. It turned out really nice. 

Linked to: Annemarie's Haakblog

Magenta And Burgundy Flowers

These are some new fabric flowers I've been working on lately.

They're really a version of this flower but much smaller in scale and I've been trying to make them closed tighter, more like a bud than a fully open flower.

The fabric is new and I adore it! Not only is it in two shades of purple, magenta and burgundy, but it also singes like a dream and makes wonderful petals which in turn can make all sorts of wonderful flowers.

I made these into men's boutonnieres but I'm sure they will also make the cutest floral bobby pins.

And a brooch for the lapel of my winter coat....

Linked to:

I Heart Naptime, Annemarie's Haakblog, The Silly Pearl

Fabulous 50s Frocks Brooch

I just had to share these wonderful 50s fashion brooches made by Tasmanian artist Grace Gladdish for her trees4thewood etsy shop.

I'm such a big fan of all that she makes but these little brooches have for some time now caught my eye and stolen my heart...

Fabulous 50s fashion to wear on your lapel!

Each one is a little gem of sartorial splendor.

The great news is that some of these brooches are 25% off regular price right now.

You will find them in the shop's sale section but my guess is that you'll have to hurry to get one before they're gone....

Be sure to check out Grace's amazing original artwork (you'll be glad you did) and her wonderful handmade pencils and notebooks.

My Creative Space - Pale Grey

These are my very latest flowers. 

Though they are a very definite grey -or gray if you prefer- they look more pale blue in the pictures.

I've been meaning to make this smaller, simpler version of my flowers for a long time, but -it's been scientifically proven that- there's only so much one person can keep up with.....

I have an endless list of things I want to make, of versions of flowers that I have floating in my head.

Unfortunately, it's getting longer rather than shorter....

These flowers are specifically designed to be ultra light, so they can become bobby pins, but as you can see from the various findings displayed in the photos above and below, they can still be a number of things.

( Findings above: shoe clips, hair clip with attached pin/brooch , ring, bobby pin, baby hair clip, hair clip, brooch - pin back, extra large hair clip.)

I really like the lace in the centre and how it goes with the pearls.

And here are the finished bobby pins.

Linked to:

My Creative Space, Homework, Annemarie's Haakblog, I Heart Naptime, Mop It Up Monday, Today's Creative Blog, The Gunny Sack

Palest Yellow

Pastel Yellow Bridal Flower Hair Accessory

Palest Yellow Organza Flower with Pearl Centre

Fairytale Flower

Linked to:

I Should Be Mopping The Floor, Homework

Garnet Red Satin Flower Corsage

I came across some deep, garnet red satin that just begged me to try my hand at it.

Garnet Red Satin Flower by FairytaleFlower

So I obliged.

This is the result.

Satin Flower Corsage Hair Clip By FairytaleFlower

I think I like it.

FairytaleFlower Hair Clip Corsage

What do you think?

Linked to:

Annamarie's Crochet Blog, Petite Hermine, I Heart Naptime, Clean&Scentsible, The Gunny Sack, Mop It Up Monday, Today's Creative Blog, Homework, Craft-O-Maniac, So Many Ways, Homemaker On A Dime, Sassy Little Lady

I spy.....Eried Minimal Handsculpted Bell Flower Brooches

This week, I spy Eried's latest addition to her beautiful minimal accessories, namely the fabulous bell flower series of brooches.

Bell Flower with Oxidized Silver Stamen by Eried

First of all, I must disclose the fact that I am a long standing fan of Eri's work....I love the organic form of her accessories that seem to be inspired by the natural world in general and flowers in particular.

Bell Flower Brooch Set by Eried

I'm always impressed by the way she can transform ultra romantic flowers like pansies, roses, tulips and jasmine into undisputably contemporary accessories.

Sand White Polymer Clay Bell Flowers by Eried

This series of bell flower brooches in mostly black and white is no exception and fits right in with the other highly stylized and surprisingly edgy flower accessories in her shop.

Organic Minimal  Flower Brooch by Eried

Look out for the different flowers within the collection and be sure to check out the bell flower earrings as well as the  rest of the shop.

Black Minimal Bell Flower Brooches  by Eried

Monday Moodboard - Flamingo Pink

1.  BarbaraSzepesisucs

2. MyTailorIsFun

3. Dreamzzzz

4. MoonGardenArt

Monday Mooodboard is a game played by the members of the European Etsy Team every Monday. The moodboard is a selection of items from the team that reflect your mood on that particular day. Anyone in the team can join in. Just link your very own moodboard to the host of the game StarOfTheEast.

Sugar & Cloth Fall Wish List!

I was thrilled to find my pink and red Lavender Loveheart Brooches in Sugar and Cloth the other day!

This is Ashley's fall wish list and here is the blog post were you can find the links to the rest of these fabulous items.

Be sure to check out Ashley's blog. It's colourful and fun and filled with lots of diy goodness!

If you want to see some more Lovehearts, just click Lavender-filled Loveheart Brooch.

Dusky Rose Organza Flower

Yes, I have a new flower to show.
It's a dusky pink that has stolen my heart.

I honestly didn't expect to like it so much but as soon as I had a bunch of petals together, I knew it was my new favourite!

This version has soft lilac tulle as well as a baby pink tulle that has holes so much bigger it might be a net.

These change the colour of the flower noticably, to a hue that's much more purple than if the organza was used on its own.

As for the leaves, they were an unexpected hit and now I'm having trouble trying something else....

Vintage red linen so crisp you'd like to work with it for ever.

The beads are a deep burgundy-brown and I think they've also fitted in nicely.

The back.

A clever pin back/ hair clip that allows you to wear it in so many ways.

Linked to:

Eat Make Grow, Homework, My Creative Space, I Heart NapTime, Petite Hermine

Pastel Pink Organza Flower with Metalic Pink Leaves

This is my newest organza flower hair clip / brooch.

I love working with pastel pink organza and this time I mixed it up with all sorts of other lovely organzas as well as tulle -the garden variety white tulle as well as tulle with lace .

I think you can see all the diferent layers in the close-up below.

However, my latest addiction is the pink metalic leaves.

I came across this fabric a while ago and it's been sitting around patiently waiting for its turn to be picked up.

Now I can't wait to make all sorts of flowers with these shiny pastel leaves.

Linked to:

Homework, Today's Creative Blog, I Heart Naptime, My Creative Space on Village Voices, And Sew We Craft Together, Eat Make Grow Thursday, Annemarie's Crochet Blog, ByHand Giveaways