Piles of softness....

It's been a little while since I last wrote...

*This blog post is coming from the depths of my very messy and unruly craft room*

I have been busy making tulle and organza flowers.
I love making these.
They make me smile.
Even though I burn my fingers quite often.
Which is not that fun.





But once I started I found I couldn't stop...
Hours whizzed by {while the kids and hubby slept!}
Countless cups of coffee were consumed...
40 Flowers later...

Until I had exhausted my organza and tulle supply....

And myself!

and so some will grow up to become hair clips like this one I sported today...




Some will become brooches...

And others yet hair bands.

And so *SIGH* I will have to part with them, but not all of them...
Some will become all mine!

I have a month left before my first market where I will be selling.
The nerves are starting to set in...
But I am excited!
The stock pile is accumulating and soon I will show all the goodies I have been making for the market.

hope you are having a great week!

Etsy shop: NEW 8x8 scrapbooking kits

I love putting together kits for people to use, to preserve their precious memories.

I am in love especially with a more vintage, romantic style for these kits I put together.
I am inspired by Paris, Spring, roses and love.

I have put together two unique scrap booking kits.
Paris in Spring
Consists of:
*10 papers 8x8" (20cmx20cm) printed on high quality card stock

* a pack of trim 1/2 yard each (approx 50cm)

*3 card and fabric sewn tags with lovely seam binding. The fabric on the tags I stamped with various Parisian stamps.

*6 little paper flowers with buttons sewn in the middle. (2 have butterflies I cut from a newspaper I got in Paris!)
* a packet of assorted buttons, a buckle and 2 half pearls.

*3 handmade flowers. 1 large one about 8cm -hand stamped fabric, white tulle and a lovely pearl button. 2 smaller fabric rose flowers with buttons sewn in the middle. You could use the big one as a brooch too, just add a safety pin to the felt at the back!

*2 pieces of A4 size netting in orange and pink

*3 dainty doilies
Everything is sealed and wrapped.
(Click on image for larger view)


Everything you get is not your run-of-the-mill commercial supplies, but a unique, vintage inspired set for your scrap booking projects or card making needs.
Purchase HERE


Kit 2
A Garden in Paris

20x20cm (8" x 8"). 9 papers in total.
Embellishments all handmade by me too and include:
* a pack of 4x trim 1 yard each (approx 100cm)
*3 card and fabric sewn tags with lovely seam binding. The fabric on the tags I stamped with various stamps.
*4 little paper flowers with buttons sewn in the middle.

* a packet of assorted buttons(10)
*4 handmade flowers. 1 large one about 8cm - fabric, orange tulle and a lovely pearl button. 3 smaller fabric yoyo flowers with buttons sewn in the middle. These can be made into a brooch too!

*2 doilies.

Purchase HERE

I have ONE special 10% discount voucher hidden somewhere in this post! You may use it only for purchase of one of these kits (or both of them and other goodies in my shop).Sorry only
one available!

Crochet hat or shower cap?

Hello!
Hope you are doing well...here it is still cold but the days are slowly getting warmer...but I say
S.. L.. O.. W.. L ..Y...

I crocheted this little hat for my daughter. No pattern used, just started with a basic circle and then after a few rows, started with a htcr stitch and then onto dcr stitch.
And finished it off with a little ruffle edging. I kept calling her, much to her irritation, to try it on as I worked so I could get the fitting right.

I think it's cute, but kind of looks like a crocheted shower cap! Anyway she loves it!

Come on...tell me honestly hat or shower cap?

DIY T-Shirt Scarf {tutorial}

hello!
Easy peasy little tutorial to get a funky fringe scarf from an old T-shirt.

Step one
Take an old T you don't wear anymore. I didn't wear this one anymore cos it had misshaped in the wash.
Step Two
Cut the shirt just below the arm holes.
For my one, it had a hole in the middle, so I had to cut about 5cm below the arm holes.
Step three
Along the bottom cut slits through both front and back pieces of fabric about 8-10cm, all the way across. Spacing as evenly as you can.
Step four:
Repeat step 3 on the other side.


Step five
Simply open it up and put the loop of fabric over your head and voila! You have a new fringe scarf that didn't cost a cent! {when I wore this, someone asked where I got my 'shirt' from, cos it was the same color as the shirt I was wearing, it looked like a cool fringe detail on the shirt!}

Rosette Shirt tutorial

Hello!
It's Friday again!
The weeks fly by!

I thought I would share with you a little tutorial.

I love to alter bought shirts, give them the "Bonnie" touch. Make it feel my own.
It's nice to know nobody has the same shirt as you!

Here is what you need for this quick and easy tutorial:

a plain shirt in the color of your choice. (go for the really cheap ones, I picked this one up for R30 or $4.32)

scissors
needle and thread
sewing machine (not necessary, but ideal)
contrasting fabric
little bead pearls (not necessary but a nice touch).


1. The first thing you are going to do is cut strips of your fabric about 2"(5cm) wide and about 30cm in length (11.8"). Cut as many as you are making the rosettes.

2. next fold the fabric in half and then tie a small knot as close to the end as possible.

3. Thread your needle and tie a knot at the end. Sew through the knotted fabric part from the outside in and again from the inside out. You want to almost each time you do this, go in and out right next to the same hole, so that you are not seeing any thread each time.

Now you are going to start twisting the fabric and as you twist you are going to wrap it around the knotted part and sew a stitch to hold it in place. One twist, one stitch and keep going round and round in this manner.




You can see it starting to take shape.

Once it is finished, end off with a knot and cut the thread.
Now arrange all the rosettes on your shirt and see how you want it to look and simply sew on. I just sew in a circle or a square shape with the same color thread.
And here is the finished result!



And here is one I did in turquoise.


I like this one, remind me of sugar coated cookies!




And I finished this one in a trim made from the same fabric I used for the rosettes.

Well I hope you enjoyed that and have a fabulous weekend!

Mish mash pish posh

{some roses from my garden)

I don't know why I wrote that heading, but it caught your attention hey? :)

Today is Tuesday, the 2nd August....where has the year gone? I can't believe that winter is almost over...September marks the beginning of Spring...

I've been in pain the last couple of days, a pinched nerve I think. I went for treatment today. So we will see how that works. It is a kind of pressure point technique (cannot remember the technical name now) but basically she presses you in various points of your body (normally the neck and spine) and it is supposed to "unblock" you. The results normally happen after the session. Some of it was painful, but otherwise not too bad.

So I thought I would share the "mish mash"of pish posh I have been up to lately...

First of all I found this gorgeous set at a antique shop. But me thinks it's not antique, it looked brand-spanking new if you ask me! It now sits proudly on my kitchen window sill.





next up a while ago I made some totally reversable bags for shopping. Cos I like to feel the "posh" part when I shop. It doesn't matter that in the bag is a mixture of cat food, washing powder, toilet paper....I like people to think just by looking at her bags "mmm, I wonder what she bought? a bottle of wine, home decor magazine and some tender steak cuts" (heee hee")



Just kidding!

Yesterday I embraced the last bit of winter we have left and made myself a mini-cowl. I totally love it! It is amazing how such a small piece of crocheted goodness can keep my neck so warm and cozy!



My mission is to aim bigger next winter and make a cuddly one like this:

{she does gorgeous ones here}

Then we had some very sad news about my daughter's teacher. She is resigning due to illness (cancer) and so I made this card for her on the weekend.



And now I have to go do dreaded grocery shopping, toodle-loo!!!