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Saturday, 12 May 2012

Umbrella Prints - Trimmings Competition 2012

Umbrella Prints, for those not in the know, is a textile house in South Australia run by Amy Prior and Carly Schwerdt, filled with delightful fabric of colours and design that you can easily fall in love with.

As it happens, Umbrella Prints has been running a Trimmings Competition for a couple of years and it's now time for the Trimmings Competition 2012.

This is my Trimmings Pack with the wonderfully colourful Umbrella Print fabric -which, unfortunately, did not photograph that well in the intense May sun we've been having so you can't quite see how thoroughly delightful and bright and addictive it is in real life.

I've just completed my first project with the neon selections of the pack and I'm terribly excited about it.

I hope to have pictures of it tomorrow to post.

Sunday, 29 January 2012

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.

Saturday, 22 October 2011

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

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Lavender Lovehearts

Lavender sachets are definately a big thing around here.

Not only do you get that fabulous lavender smell but you also get moth protection and the oportunity to play around with fabric, colours and shapes.....

These were from a big batch I'd started months ago but never got finished.

I love the heart shape

and the material is a very particular fabric of purple with an arabesque gold design going through it.

I fill it up with the freshest lavender I can find and then I add all sorts of other aromatic spices with properties that make you feel good and protect your clothes at the same time.

I promise to make a post with the lavender mix recipe soon.

I usualy tie a stick of cinamon under the bow but I was fresh out....

Linked to the super-talented Carolyn's Homework,