Just a very quick post today to show you this embroidered beauty. I forgot to mention this as one of my purchases from the antiques fair! I’m not quite sure what it’s meant to function as – a tea cosy? … Continue reading
Category Archives: pretty things
in chains
I have been experimenting with vintage fabric buttons again. Because I love ’em. I fancied something a bit pretty. And delicate. These pendants are the result of my experiments…. They are silver plated, on a silver plated chain. And I’ve … Continue reading
made to order
I like custom orders. Firstly, you know the thing you are making is wanted. You’re not just making what you like, then putting it out there into the ether and hoping for the best. No: someone has actually chosen the … Continue reading
extended frills
As I mentioned yesterday, I am off on holiday camping in France in a few weeks. We went last summer. The place we are going to is blissful, situated on the river Sioule in the Allier, Auvergne. It can be … Continue reading
at last!
Woo-hoo! The final few of my current batch of pendants are finally finished! After all the glue traumas, I finally found some suitably sticky-enough sticky stuff! And then I ran out of ribbon ends for the strings! But all that’s … Continue reading
dangly bits!
As you can probably tell from yesterday’s post, I do love cover buttons. And because I love them, I keep looking for new ways to use them. I also love more or less anything flower-shaped. So when I spotted these tiny … Continue reading