Etsy Favourites - Art Deco Dream

star crown - EricaElizabethDesign

Art Deco wallpaper stencil - royaldesignstencil

Art Deco earring findings - TheBeadDreamer

fixation mixed media print - StellaireStudio

1930s art deco wedding dress - GoldBanana

Large White Organza Hair Clip

Made with delicate, slightly off-white organza, bridal white tulle and gently shimmering golden glass beads in the centre, this flower hair clip was a custom order for a June bride. 

It's quite large as it measures about 10cm across but, despite its size, it's as light as a feather.

Coral Summer Earrings

There's been a flurry of creative activity in these parts lately and I've been making all sorts of things, including bags, pouches, necklaces and earrings.

These are the coral organza earrings I made the other day and I have already given them to a friend. The colour is so very bright and cheery and just perfect for summer.

 Now I want to make some blue and yellow ones....

Linked to:
Ginger Snaps

Glorious Summer

Teal Hair Flower brooch

Summertime

Time to go to the beach!

Summer Skies

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Getting my summer reading list together....

What kind of a summer reading list would it be without some wild, romantic adventures and daring, swashbuckling heroes?

Etsy Favourites - Wandering

Cotton Sun Hat by VictoriaGraceClothes

Rare Soviet Alarm Clock by WforWatches

Japan Photography by ImagesByMichaelEvans

Rugged Icelandic Coastline Print by DanscapePhoto

Audubon Birds Print by BarbaryPress

Red Flower Accessories

I recently made these large red rose flowers and attached them to this very soft but sturdy black cotton ribbon. The durable, heavy-weight ribbon means that they can be tied and un-tied repeatedly without showing wear.

The flowers themselves measure about 10cm across but are very light-weight and easy to wear in a multitude of ways.

I can easily see them used in the more usual ways: tied around the waist as a sash or belt, tied around the head as a headband or tie-back, the wrist as a floral wrist corsage or even around an ankle for a more bohemian, free spirited look.

Another way of using these is tied around the handles of a bag like a bag charm or accessory. I do it all the time as it's an easy -and inexpensive- way to change a bag's look and brighten your mood in the process.

Another way I've seen them used is as a floral touch in home decor, wrapped around a vase or favourite object in the house. A flower accessory for the home.
I know I'd love to see these as nursery decor for a little girl! 
Perhaps tied around a bed post or chair.

Linked to:

Annemarie's Haakblog, SkipToMyLou

Brilliant Bags

I recently came across my old copy of Brilliant Bags by Deena Beverly. I bought it back in 2006 -its year of publication- and it's the book I made my very first bag from a pattern from more than 10 years ago.

I didn't follow the pattern entirely and I added pockets all over because that was my original reason for making a bag myself, to customize it to my needs. I also embellished it differently, with lots of hanging leaves and made it fully reversible. 

I loved that bag so much I wore it threadbare but unfortunately I don't think I have a picture of it to show.

When making this bag all those many years ago I learnt a bag-making trick that I used on almost all of the bags that followed that very first one, so this book and that bag will always hold a special place in my heart.

Leafing through the book now, it's still a great book to start making bags with and you can actually still find the book here if you're interested in a copy. 

Teal Ponytail Holders

May Sea

Etsy Favourites - The Simple Things

misty forest print - GreenLifePrints

oversized grey linen dress - SeaSideTones

enamel camping mug - nokkvalley

set of plant pots - PotsbyNives

hand dyed silk fabric - thepoetryofsilk

Magical Fairytale - Mini Red Flowers

Petite red rose flower brooches. 

In my -as yet unannounced- new etsy shop Magical Fairytale .

I wanted a shop that would exclusively cater to the magic of childhood and capture that feeling of awe and wonder at all things fairytale. A shop with all sorts of 'props' that would furnish the world of an imagination bent on merging the fairydust of magical tales with life as we know it.

Thus Magical Fairytale was born.

I have big plans for this little shop that is at this point, basically, still under construction and -as all etsy shops are-always a labour of love.

Linked to:

Annemarie's Haakblog, Strawberry Butterscotch, Our Mini Family, SweetThings

Happy Mother's Day!

Australian artist Edith Rewa's botanical print with native flowers

 A beautiful bouquet of the loveliest flowers I could find, for all mothers today.

And a little treat for your eyes and ears with the artist of the print above, working her magic, accompanied by the sweetest of music:

Sweet Pink Flower Bobby Pin

Bridal Flower Headpiece

This is a custom order, oversized flower headpiece I did just last week for a bride who loves her flowers - and is no shrinking violet! You need to have confidence to wear a floral crown of this magnitude. And just look at the size of these flowers! They are enornmous!

I adore oversized flower headdresses! The bigger the better, I say. They remind me of flower fairies and other romanticized creatures that populate fairytales and legends.

 There are 8 flowers in total attached to the ribbon but they are of varying sizes. The organza I used was selected in a white and ivory mix and there's some silver thrown in there as well, in the centres of most flowers.

 I thoroughly enjoyed making this flower wreath and I hope that she loves wearing it on her wedding day.

Etsy Favourites - The Empire State Building

Empire State Buiding photo by EdgingtonFineArt

NYC Skyline by PausePicture

New York Travel Photography by EyePoetryPhotography

New York City by YouAreHereStudios

New York City photo by WhatleyPhotography