Valentine's Day Best 8

  Every Valentine's Day, the egst team on etsy celebrates another birthday. This year it turns eight, so to honour the occassion, here are 8 of my favourite etsy shop related items in one photo: one of my favourite flowers and the items that are needed to make and send it.

So, in the photo you can see:

- my favourite Valentine's Day red flower hair clips

- the red fabric needed to make the flower petals

- pins (to hold together everything that needs holding together)

- a tea-light (which is necessary to singe the fabric)

- matches (to light the tea-light)

- the gold stamen I add to the centre of the flowers

- an array of backings for the flower to choose from (there's a comb, a plain pin or brooch back,a dual pin-and-alligator clip back and an extra large alligator clip)

- a pretty box to pack it in and send it on its way

Linked to:
The Silly Pearl

February Seas

Boxed Boutonnieres

Simple Fairytale Flower box with chocolate brown grossgrain ribbon for men's flower boutonnieres. 

As I've mentioned before, my FairytaleFlower accessories are always boxed when sent, so that the flowers arrive at their destination in perfect shape.
For the men's accessories I try to dial it down a bit, for a more muted, masculine look.

You can see some of my boxed Fairytale Flowers the for ladies here, here, here, here, here and here.

Engagement Boutonniere

One of the highlights of making things that people can wear and enjoy is that what you make gets to be part of the memories that these people will cherish for years to come. Especially when they are destined for a special day.

I just love getting pictures of my Fairytale Flower accessories worn by the fabulous people who buy them!

So thank you so much Jamel and Christie for sharing your wonderful engagement pictures!!

Don't they look amazing?

Jamele is wearing a burnt orange flower boutonierre found here.

Caramel and Lilac Flowers

Flower brooch/hair clip in caramel and lilac with hints of brown.

I love the mix of colours in these and I love the different textures of the petals as well as the fiber filament centre. It's the very first time I've tried a centre of this type and I'm quite taken with the result.

In the photo above you can see the dual backing of the flower that is both a brooch and an alligator clip, which makes it possible to wear the flower in a number of ways.

 They're not all quite the same size. The bigger ones measure about 8 cm or 3 inches across and the smaller one about 7 cm or 2.5 inches.
They are a limited edition. Only six made. 

Of which I've kept one for myself......and given one to a friend...

So now there's just four.

Linked to:
Claire Justin, Annemarie's Haakblog, The Silly Pearl

Etsy Favourites - Amethyst

SilverandFoxShop

FoxLark

ChristinaRoseJewelry

BeijoFlor

GoldDubai

Valentine's Inspiration

Marsha Hunt with an amazing 1940s heart-shaped bag in what looks like shiny gold leather.

The stuff that Valentine's dreams are made of....

Etsy Favourites - What a Kewpie!!

VintageSupplyCo

VintageShoppingSpree

OldWestTradingPost

QUIVERreclaimed

Lawdedas

Happy New Year!!!

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Wishing you all a wonderful new year!

May it be a good year - definately a whole lot better than the last one!

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Boxed

A quick snap of a flower hair clip, gift boxed and sent off a few days ago.....

Etsy Favourites - Merry Christmas!

by ModernPrintedMatter

by AlpineElephant

by Sophie0610Designs

by WhiteEarsDesign

by UrbanBlue

More Santa Snow Globes

Men's Flower Boutonnieres in Purples and Browns

Handmade flower lapel pins in a mix of purple, brown and grey.

You can find them here.

1930s Collars

I never used to like the large, exaggerated collars so characteristic of the 1930s.

So it's kind of funny now that I find them absolutely fascinating!

Making Citrus Stars

 We started making citrus stars a couple of days ago and it was unanimously declared one of the best crafts we've done in a while. We absolutely loved it!

It was quick and it was fun and the aroma of the fragrant peel makes it a thoroughly pleasant and very festive diy. 

We had pink grapefruit and oranges on hand so that's what we used to make ours.

Can you tell which is which?

  

The ones above are from orange peel and you can probably tell that they're only half dried. The ones below are the pink grapefruit ones and they are thoroughly dried out. I adore the amazing, delicate, pink-orange hues!!

They're so fragrant and beautiful you just feel like making them again and again.

The inspiration for the citrus stars -and how to make them- came from here.


Linked to:
The Dedicated House

Christmas Pop Up This Weekend!

Today and for this weekend -and just in time for Christmas!- the greek etsy team (egst) is having a pop up shop in the centre of Athens, just below the Acropolis.
I'm happy to be part of it this year with some of my latest Fairytale Flower headbands, hair clips and keyrings!

The dates are Friday 16 to Sunday 18 December from 12pm to 10pm and the address is Veikou 6, Koukaki.
There will also be a giveaway for shoppers with all sorts of handmade goodies from the egst team.
To find out more details, click here.