Sentimental Stitches

I made this hair clip for my little sister's birthday. Her birthday was on the 7th but shhh whatever.

I was trying out new techniques- which by the way this weekend I got crazy with some new carnation style fabric flowers- photos to come soon!

I love the colors in this piece!

Not only will this be a gift of fashion for my sis it will also be a gift of sentiment. My nephew Oliver picked the flower I used in the center piece when they were out for a visit last summer so it will be extra special for his mommy ;)

Happy (late) birthday sister!

Is it only Wednesday? Hmm.

I got off of work a little early today so to take advantage of the extra time I decided to work on some product photos. A few that had not yet been photographed and some that needed some serious re-photographing.

I just worked on these the other night- they will probably be used as center pieces for more of my brooches mentioned here. I absolutely LOVE working with the pressed flowers/leaves again. I'm almost out so I picked some more flowers and leaves to press yesterday while out on a walk :)

I had actually forgotten about this pendant I made earlier this spring I believe. Its an earth made with white, blue, and green polymer clay attached to a circular glass tile. I didn't have my new camera at the time I made it so the photos needed an upgrade!

I made this wood burning semi recently and originally attached a hair comb to the back to wear in your hair but it just didn't quite work out the way I had hoped so I removed it and experimented around a bit and ended up taking a small strip of fabric and drilling tiny screws to secure it. Quite fun actually!

Anyway now it can be more versatile:

(click this one to see it enlarged for better detail!)

And around the neck:

Goodnight!

-Julie

materializing an idea

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I often have ideas that come to me that I forget about before I get a chance to create them- but when I thought of this one last night I didn't wait to put it into action.

I wanted to incorporate my earth theme by bringing back some of my pressed flowers/leaves that I originally started out working with last year. For example, this piece.

 So I had the idea to put a pressed flower behind a circular glass tile to use as the center piece of the new line of brooches I've been working on.

A close up view of the pressed flower:

I got the creme colored embroidered fabric yesterday at Joanns. I love the vintage style of it. It reminded me of the fabric that I wore as a little girl.

Me :)

It also looked great on the waist line of the interesting vintage romper I got a few months ago and finally decided to wear today!

What do ya think about the pressed flower center piece?

Cheers,

Julie