Smokey

This smouldering grey organza flower brooch was made as a little thank you for a friend.

I'm pleased to say that it was warmly received.

Linked to:

Annemarie's Crochet Blog, Petite Hermine, I Heart NapTime

Electrifying Blue - November Trend Report

The November 2011 Trend report is out and it's all about the new blues that took the runway by storm.



Fendi-Gucci-Stella MacCartney-Alberta Ferretti
all images via style.com



In the most vibrant of hues: electric, metalic, petrol, royal, navy and midnight ,to name but a few, and in an endless array of styles, blue is sure to be a big hit this season.

1.Fleufatale

2.Ayca

3.EvisHandmade

4.LovelyCrochet

For the full report with lots of beautiful blues, click: Europe Handmade-November Trend Report.

Monday MoodBoard - Midnight Blue

1.Varm

2.BlueTerracotta

3.AdaSuzanne

4.LeelaBijou

Monday Mooodboard is a game played by the members of the European Etsy Team every Monday.   The moodboard is a selection of items from the team that reflect your mood on that particular day. Anyone in the team can join in. Just link your very own moodboard to the host of the game Star Of The East.

Canvas Leaf Brooches/Pins - New Listings!

Yes, I finally listed the leaf brooches in the shop!

In a single leaf listing and in a listing with a set of three.

I still wear mine a lot. Two at a time usually, but sometimes three.

They've  frayed to perfection and I love how they look.

I'll have to remember to take some pictures of them to show.

Linked to: Homework, Annemarie's Crochet Blog, Grosgrain Handmade Holiday Guide, Petite Hermine, I Heart Naptime

Give-Away: Black Shantung Silk Ruffle Cuff

There's a give-away of my Black Shantung Silk Ruffles Cuff over at Moderna Staxtopouta.

It runs till the 11th of November and it's terribly easy to enter. All you have to do is leave a comment HERE stating your favourite item in the OnePerfectDay shop.

All the details of the cuff: HERE.

I spy..... Good Food Pear Recipes

A wonderful autumn treat, you can enjoy pears raw or maybe you'd like to try them in one of these wonderful recipes:




Chickory, Bacon and Pear Salad with Honey Dressing




Roquefort,Pancetta and Pear Salad





Toffee Pear Galettes





Baked Pear Dumplings




Pear and Mincemeat Crumble Cake




Sticky Pear and Ginger Cake



All recipes from BBC Good Food. Pear Recipe Collection.







My Creative Space - Golden Flowers

These are my latest organza flowers, and I'm really excited about them....

The deep golden colour of the flower is actualy the result of quite a few layers of different colours -in both organza and tulle.

The pairing of it with the black leaves and purple thread was just a happy accident.

Perhaps I was influenced by the Halloween frenzy going on around me...

In any case, I'll definately be making more of these.

For more Creative Spaces just hop along to Our Creative Spaces, Annemarie'sCrochetBlog,

Homework,

I Heart NapTime,

Petite Hermine

Tickle Me Tuesdays! - Super Sweet

I'm so excited to be putting together another Tickle Me edition! I've missed a couple and Tuesdays just aren't the same without one!

So here are some of my favourite, girlie etsy items with an extra large dose of candy pink.

1. The millinery section in The Gilded Bee is full of perfect little posies of beautiful flowers like these that make my heart go pitter-patter.

2. The Dragon House Of Yuen has a whole -extended- family of these fetching little bunnies.

3. ScrapunzelPixie has some of my all-time favourite brooches. I love those hearts....and the birds....and the trees.....

4. Abigail Brown makes a whole array of  unbelievable textile art birds. The only appropriate word I can think of is: awesome!

5.I can't resist anything circus, so add vintage and pink on top of that and Altered Artifacts really got me with this one!

For more Tickle me Tueday posts or for a chance to play along visit  Yes, Teacher!

Monday Moodboard - Moody Blues

1.ZsBcreations

2.Quercus Silver

3.JennyKarlsson

4.Maroulina

Monday Mooodboard is a game played by the members of the European Etsy Team every Monday.   The moodboard is a selection of items from the team that reflect your mood on that particular day. Anyone in the team can join in. Just link your very own moodboard to the host of the game Star Of The East.

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

My Creative Space - Children's Duck Bags

This is what I've been up to lately...

These are a selection of little bags made as party favours for a kid's birthday party.

Each one is different -even if the duck is the same.

There are boys' and girls' versions.

You can tell by the shape, colours and size (not so much in the photos though...)

But overall, I tried to make most of them suitable for either boys or girls.

Packaged in a rather hasty manner ......

I'll have to work on that next time...

Linked to:

Our Creative Spaces, Homework, Today's Creative Blog, Annemarie'sCrochetBlog

Monday Moodboard - Woodland Creatures

1.StrangewoodArt

2.Kaleda

3.Schalle

4.Psyboom

Monday Mooodboard is a game played by the members of the European Etsy Team every Monday.   The moodboard is a selection of items from the team that reflect your mood on that particular day. Anyone in the team can join in. Just link your very own moodboard to the host of the game Star Of The East.

I spy.....Gucci Teals F/W 2011

Surely Gucci's  ready-to-wear collection for Fall 2011 must be one of this season's most stunning collections.
Not only is it bold and bright but it's also terribly elegant and chic -not to mention vampishly sexy.
While the colours are breath-taking in themselves, their combination in the collections are  nothing short of explosive.

Having said that, I'm sharing  some of the vibrant teal pieces -because, sadly, I just couldn't fit all 50 masterpieces of the complete collection in one post.....

If you want to see more, click on style.com, Gucci Fall 2011.