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Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Golden Wood Nymph Hair Wreath

Lately I've been making hair wreaths.

This is something very new and exciting for me as, even though they've been on my to-make list forever, I'd never attempted them before.

These hair wreaths are an all glitzy-and-glamorous gold admixture of leaves and pine cones which conjures up images of festivities and revels to me.

The pictures are admitedly not the best but I'm hoping that when I shoot them on a model they will reveal all their grecian godess potential.

(Anyone out there who would like to model this for me?)

But for now this is all you get and I'm hoping you can see them through my eyes....

If you look closely at the photos you can see that there's a hint of shabby-chic about the leaves -that I particularly like.

Each wreath is unique and distinct.

No two are identical.

I've posted one in Fairytale Flower already.

Linked to:
Homework, Today's Creative Blog, Chase The Star, I Should Be Mopping The Floor, The Gunny Sack

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Giveaway Day! Vintage Laces And Trims

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY

Here's the second giveaway I promised for Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway Day -which I'm sure you all know by now is actualy a whole week and not one day at all.

(You can find my other giveaway HERE.)

So between 9-13 December you can browse through literaly hundreds of giveaways at Sew, Mama, Sew! and win all sorts of goodies as well as discover new and wonderful blogs.

Now, if you were looking for some vintage sewing supplies and had a soft spot for laces and trims, look no further....

The package you will receive contains the following vintage -but unused- items:

-2.49 metres or just over 2.70 yards of extra large lace trim on white satin with triangular and floral motif (by 18cm or 7 inches)

-2.49 metres or just over 2.70 yards of extra large lace trim on white satin with leaf motif (by 20cm or 7.8 inches)

-27 cm or 10.5 inch by extra wide white lace (by 13cm or 5.10 inches)

-95 cm or 1 yard of large white cotton lace trim (by 2.7cm or 1 inch)

-83 cm or 32.5 inches of off white lace trim (by 1.5cm or 0.6 inches)

-two pieces of delicate white cotton lace trim:

one piece measures 1.47metres or 1.60 yards

the other piece measures 1.07 metres or 1.17 yards.

To be in the running all you have to do is leave a comment on this post, telling me what you love to sew or what you are working on right now or even what the next project you dream of tackling is.

It's as easy as that!

If, however, you would like an extra entry or two, continue reading past the picture....

Any or all of the following will give you an extra entry :

(Just be sure to leave a seperate comment for each one you do, as the comments themselves are your entries.)

1. Follow OnePerfectDay blog

2. Like OnePerfectDay shop on etsy

3. Heart any One PerfectDay shop item

4. Like Fairytale Flower on etsy

5. Heart any FairytaleFlower shop item

6. Follow OnePerfectDay on Pinterest

7. Follow OnePerfectDay on twitter

Good luck!

Monday, 9 December 2013

Giveaway Day! Mini Fabric Storage Boxes

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY

Yes, it's finally Giveaway Day at Sew, Mama,Sew! and it's time for some December giveaways here at OnePerfectDay as well.

First up is this set of 2 fabric boxes:

These little boxes are very versatile and can be very helpful around the house for storing all sorts of things from cosmetics, to toys, to sewing or desk supplies, even certain food and produce.

We have a version of these little boxes in every room of the house.

They are made from natural cotton canvas on the outside, both unprinted and printed with a heart motif.

The inside is lined with a delicately striped red and white cotton.

To be in the draw for these little fabric buckets, just leave a comment below until December 13 letting me know what you would use these for in your house.

Would you like an extra entry?

You can do any or all of the below and each will count as a seperate entry.

Just make sure you leave a seperate comment so that each extra entry counts.

1. Follow OnePerfectDay blog

2. Like OnePerfectDay shop on etsy

3. Heart any item in the shop above

4. Like Fairytale Flower on etsy

5. Heart any item in the shop above

6. Follow OnePerfectDay on Pinterest

7. Follow OnePerfectDay on twitter

I will be posting another giveaway later today -or tomorrow at the latest.

Come on back and have a look!

UPDATE:
For the new giveaway click HERE

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Paper To Petal Flower Inspiration

Lately my imagination has been captivated by images from this book, Paper To Petal by Rebecca Thuss and Patrick Farrell.

Have you seen it?

I've never made a paper flower even though I admire them tremendously -enough to put them on my (never-ending) to-do list.

This book makes me want to go and start right now.

I've already put it on my Christmas wish list.....

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Tilly's Stitcher's Dream Giveaway

Tilly And The Buttons Stitcher's Dream Giveaway

Yes, I have been MIA lately with updates being few and far between - even though I have so many lovely things to share....

I will be back soon with all sorts of updates.

In the meantime, there's a great giveaway over at Tilly And The Buttons that any sewer/crafter would hate to miss.

And next week is Giveaway Day at Sew, Mama, Sew. This will be the third year I'll be taking part in it and I'm planning a couple of giveaways, so be sure to check back for that on Monday.

Sunday, 17 November 2013

In trying to show the different hues of my white flowers, I grouped some of my white flowers together, threw in some other, mostly white, objects for referrence and made a mini white collection. Then I took pictures.

Linked to:

Annemarie's Haakblog, Homework

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Etsy Front Page!

One of my absolute favourite flowers made it to the front page of Etsy today, in an amazing treasury curated by the girls behind one of my very favourite etsy shops: Pemberly Pond.

Thank you Lala and Louise!

Flamingo Pink Organza Flower Hair Clip by Fairytale Flower

So here is the flower that made it to the front page.

The bold flamingo pink of this flower is actually produced by a riotous mix of coral, red, tangerine, neon pink and fuchsia petals.

The photo above has very accurately captured the colour.

Mother-Daughter Set of 2 Flamingo Pink Organza Flower Hair Clip - Corsages

While this photo above hasn't captured the colour well at all, it's great for showing the scale. These are pretty big flowers that can be worn as a corsage or a hair clip.

Here it is on the front page of Etsy.

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

GIVEAWAY - Coral Flower Hair Clips

It's been a while since I've had a giveaway on this blog, despite my good intentions....

So I'm very happy to send you over to EfZin Creations for a chance to win a set of 2 coral hair clips / corsages.

GIVEAWAY!!

If you remember seeing these pictures and longing for a coral flower of your very own to wear in your hair and traipse through a fairytale forest, well, here is your chance to win not one but two coral flowers of your very own.

Fairytale Flower - Coral Organza flower Corsage Hair Clip

Pictured above is exactly what will go into a bubble wrap envelope and make its way to the winner: two different sized coral organza flowers in the little box that will keep them safe on their journey.

Coral Organza Flower Hair Clip Corsage - Fairytale Flower

These flowers have a dual pin back/hair clip finding so they can be worn as a hair clip or as a brooch / pin.

Coral Organza Flower Giveaway

Head over to EfZin's Creations for a chance to win the two flowers.

The giveaway will run until November 19 and is open to everyone, worldwide

I will happily ship anywhere.

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Marilyn in Pink

The incomparable Marilyn Monroe in a stunning 1950s pink dress.

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