Favourite Autumn Reds And Browns

This is a headband-sash I made for a friend lately.

I was itching to make something in a riot of fall reds and russets and caramels 

and this was the outcome.

I was pretty happy with it

and it was well received -accompanied by a rusted orange lavender loveheart brooch, in a girly cotton pouch.

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My Creative Space - Wristlet Pouches

Amongst a million other things that seem to be on my worktable, I finally made my first ever pouches!

They've been on my list of things to do for ever....

So it was fortuitous that someone ordered one and of course I got carried away and got to make more.

Maybe you noticed the heart stolen from the Lavender-filled Heart Brooch.

They were lots of fun to make and I'll definately be making more when this Christmas rush is over and I have the time to breathe...

The litttle handles were actualy cut up from hanles I had made for the kid's Duck Bags a while ago.

This one is mine and as large as a pencil case but I use it for the little bag I carry around when I don't want to carry a bag. I put my keys, purse and mobile in it and I'm good to go. The handle makes it extremely practical as it dangles on your wrist and you have free hands!

 I've also made a smaller one I use as a mini make-up case in my bag.

And this one is the same size made to the specifications of my sister who -I'm happy to say- adored them on sight.....

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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.

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Tickle Me Tuesdays - Approaching Fall

I know that Autumn is officially well and truly underway, but around here we're still in the last throes of summer. Only now that the air is chilling slightly but gradualy can we begin to think of the approaching cooler weather.

These are the images that are putting me in the mood for the season:

1.This perfect depiction of Snow White by PalePreoccupation.

2.This 'I Love Autumn In New York' print by Raceytay.

3.Aah! The Haute Couture issue by Paolo Roversi , September 2011 for Vogue Italia.

(via Abundance)

4.Another favourite photographer on etsy, TCapone and this perfect fallen leaf! I can't get over these colours and the crispness of the image.

5.A capelet in deep red burgundy.

Just what this season requires -by Threadrare.

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My Creative Space - Red Lavender Heart Brooch

My workspace is full of little hearts in red, pink and caramel tones these days.

The puffy red heart in the picture is my own little brooch and it is filled with a bit of fragrant lavender and spices.

It came about once I was making lavender sachets -which is, I think, a bit more than is normal.

I was trying to make a little red heart brooch but I just wasn't happy with the results. It resisted all my attempts of improvement and completion and persisted in looking somehow flat and lacking.

Untill I plumped it up with some of the lavender mix from my near-by sachets that is.

I love how it swells and dips and looks three-dimensional and I sure love how it smells!

I've been getting requests for it, so I'm making a batch with this pretty fabric in rich, warm autumn tones.

This is how big it is and how it looks worn.

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