Sweet Pink Flower Bobby Pin

Stelabird

The beautiful Stela of Stelabird blog was the winner of the  OnePerfectDay January give-away . 

Her prize arrived safely and here are the great pictures she posted. Just the brooch, and the brooch worn on her favourite mustard cardigan.

Love those polka dots!

Here is were you can read the post on Stela's blog.

Pink Addiction Update

January (Pale Pink Organza) Give-Away Winner

....and the winner is......Number 23.....Stela.....

Thank you all so very much for taking part in the give-away and also for your wonderful comments.

I'll have to figure out a February give-away for you.

Maybe some fabric this time....?

Maybe something Valentine.....

I'd love to hear any suggestions.

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.

Sweet Treat

A while back, I was the lucky winner of a Petit Plat give-away on Handmade Europe blog.

This is the dainty little package that arrived on my doorstep.

And this is the delicate miniature donut pendant it contained.

It's just the prettiest thing.

The owner of PetitPlat is  Stephanie and she makes the most amazing food art.

If you haven't come across her incredible miniature food, I wholeheartedly reccomend you look it up, right here.

Monday Moodboard - Sugar Kisses

1.La Boom

2. Jumi Felt

3.Freya Toys

4.Printzesa

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 Star Of The East.

New Baby Pink Organza Flower

Here's a new little organza flower brooch in the very pale, very delicate pink organza I've rediscovered lately.

This one has an irridescent centre of translucent, shimmering hearts

-one of my absolute favourite sequins ever.

And leaves made out of a liberty-like floral cotton with dainty pink flowers and a sprinkling of green leaves.

Yes, a favourite also, from my vintage stash.

I decided to opt for the black stitching for some contrast and I'm quite happy with the outcome.

Here's a picture of the whole brooch from the front

and from the back.

Don't forget to enter January's Give-Away for a chance to win a similar but much larger Pale Pink Organza Flower.

Linked to:

Today's Creative Blog, Homework, Our Creative Spaces, AnneMarie's Crochet Blog, Singing Three Little Birds

First New Year Give-Away- Baby Pink Organza Flower

Now, here is the first give-away of the year, as promised.

The palest of pink organza petals with a surprising, black centre that sparkles and, I think, accentuates the delicate pink organza.

It's not on the dainty size as it measures about 11cm/4.5in across.

The two leaves it rests on are combination of an off-white cotton canvas and an antique white, thick jersey with shabby chic, unfinished edges.

I was intending it to be a brooch -as the photo underneath testifies- but the winner can decide it's fate and keep it as a brooch, turn it into a headband or maybe a sash.

I'll happily customize it for its new owner.

To win, all you have to do is leave a comment saying what you'd like to see this flower to be if you won it.

For additional entries you can do any/all of the following.

(But don't forget to  leave a seperate entry telling me you did so, so that it can be counted as an extra entry)

1. Follow One PerfectDay blog (follow button is on the right hand side of the blog)

2. Heart OnePerfectDay shop on etsy

3. Tell me what your favourite item in OnePerfectDay etsy is.

4. Like OnePerfectDay on facebook.

5. Follow OnePerfectDay on Pinterest (button on top right hand side of blog).

6. Tweet about the give-away.

7.Share this give-away on facebook or blog about it.

 

 

The give-away is open to anyone, internationaly.

Open from 15-30 January 2012.

A winner will be announced on January 31.

 

Please make sure there is a way for me to contact you (blogger profile, etsy shop,etc).

If I cannot contact the winner or if the winner fails to respond within a week there will be another draw.

December Give-Away Winner and Happy New Year!!

The winner of the December give-away  is:

Congratulations Amanda!

And thank you to all of you who entered.

Here's a sneak peek of the give-away to follow in January 

 to welcome the New Year.

Wishing you all

a wonderful and bright New Year

full of happiness and success!

Tickle Me Tuesdays! - Christmas Edition

These are the wonderful things that have been making my mood just a little bit more festive these days:

1. ABirdInTheHand

2. HandworkStudio

3.WildPeaceOrganics

4.StrangeWoodArt

5.TheNewtonLabel

For more Tickle Me Tuesdays posts just head over to Yes, Teacher!

Nautical Circle Brooch - Newly Listed

I don't know why these seem a bit Christmas-y to me.....

Maybe it's the red and white.

Or the snow-flakey stitching on this one.

Or maybe it's because I'm feeling the Christmas spirit early this year.

It is, after all,  the most wonderful  time of the year...just like the song says.

In any case, I've got my own set of these and they've been my sole choice of accessory lately.

The pictured set is now listed in the shop.

Lavender Loveheart Brooches

Maybe you've seen the making of these little hearts in a previous post, maybe not.

This is the finished product, modelled and shot and in the shop!

Silky to the touch, sweet-smelling, girlie, lavender-filled lovehearts that you can carry with you all day long, pinned to your top, jacket or even your bag .

The colours: dusty rose pink, bright red, mellow burgundy, rusty orange and caramel brown.

I'm a big fan of lavender as well as lavender sachets.

 I think I was hooked when reading about  the long list of healing and therapeutic properties of the herb.

I've been meaning to make a special post about it for some time -and one of these days I will...

Until then, here's the skinny:

Lavender is well known for it's calming, soothing properties but it's actualy also a tonic and a stimulant and is used against exhaustion .

Anti-stress and anti-depressant, it relieves anxiety and can even help balance mood swings.

There's so many uses that the list seems endless......

......I'll have to make that post soon.

Linked to:

Annemarie'sCrochetBlog, Petite Hermine,Tatertots and Jello, Homework, Today's Creative Blog