Flower Bouquet

These flowers were all part of an order that I sent out a while back.

It's like a bunch of some of my very favourite flowers.

These are huge and fluffy -but light as a feather- and I love the ombre gradation of gold to the palest yellow.

This little coral flower hair clip with the unexpected flecks of gold and yellow is such a joyous pop of colour that it always makes my day.

And these teal hair pins! I just adore the deep teal colour and the curly texture of the petals!

Linked to:
I Heart Naptime

Summer Hair Flowers

Summer hair flowers in a riotous mix of coral, red and pink. 

With a dash of gold in the centre.

These can be worn as either a brooch or a hair clip due to their nifty dual brooch/clip back.

They measure about 8 cm or 3.2 inches across and will be listed shortly in the shop.

Bird Of Paradise

I've been making presents for friends and family lately and it's mostly been flower key-rings.

I love making them and they always seem to be warmly received which encourages me.

Plus I love seeing them on the recipient's keys when it's time for those keys to come out.....

This is the only one I managed to photograph before I gave it away.

It's a wild combination of the brightest, happiest colours that I could find, with some of my favourite golden stamens in the centre.

I usually add beads to the centre because I know they will last longer* but I just couldn't resist the stamens this time.

 The leaves are in one of my favourite shantung silk coppery-golds. It's positively luminous and never fails to put a smile on my face. Unfortunately, this was the last of it.....

I'm happy to say that, yes, it was warmly received.

 * these flower keyrings last in great condition for about a year and then start showing the wear....They can be washed and revived provided that their centres are beaded and they do not have metalic parts. I haven't as yet tried washing flowers with stamens.

Linked to:

The Dedicated House, Annemarie's Haakblog, I Heart Naptime

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Winners

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for participating -and the Sew Mama Sew blog for organizing Giveaway Week -aka Giveaway Day.

One Perfect Day blog fabric and vintage lace giveaway

Beyond having the opportunity to win any of hundreds of giveaway prizes (there were 515 giveaways this May), Giveaway Day is a wonderful opportunity to interact with those manic -or not- crafters out there and visit lots of wonderful blogs you haven't had the chance to see yet.

OnePerfectDay floral mini clutch and Fairytale Flower flower sash giveaway

It's a blogging event that I've come to look forward to every spring and autumn.

fabric and vintage lace giveaway

Anyway, without further ado, here are the winners of my two giveaways.

Fairytale Flower sash and One PerfectDay mini clutch giveaway

The winner of the Fabric and Vintage Lace giveaway was comment number 181.

Congratulations, Dawn!

 The winner of the Fairytale Flower organza flower sash and the OnePerfectDay mini floral clutch is comment number 114.

Congratualtions, lil&#39:monkeysmama!

If for any reason I cannot contact either of the two winners, or if I do not hear from them within the next couple of days -you'd be surprised how often this happens- I'll re-draw a name for a new winner.