Keeping the pink.....

My enablers must have had me on their minds yesterday!  I was trolling through my favorite thrift store, they buy left overs from yard sales, so this is not an easy thing.  I never expect to find anything and yet I've never left empty handed.  Whether we can chalk that up to my uncontrollable urge to collect or if they actually have good things..I'll leave that up to you to decide.

I always tell myself it's to put on ebay to resell...sigh...but then something like this comes along....

3 yards of Italian pink 35 inch velveteen!!! 

Hanging out with dusty old comforters, ratty cotton throws....I snatched it, looked around to see if anyone had noticed that I was dancing in the aisle...nope...they were all digging in the kids toys...and ran to the cash register...paid the 1.50...gave them the change for the till....leaped into the car like a bad imitation of Luke and Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard and escaped with no one trying to wrestle it from my cold dead hands.

And that is how you KNOW you're not going to list it on Ebay!

Can't you just see pleated fluffy barckcloth pillows with velveteen edges?

Alice in Wonderland Inspired Wrap

Guinevere Bridal Capelet - Tattered Alice in Wonderland- Inspired Wrap

Description

A romantic cape/capelet added to my Guinevere Collection!

Inspired by Alice in Wonderland's tattered gowns, this piece is covered in Georgette tatters, with swirls of handmade hat pin roses and top stitched down in swirls that echo the graceful shape of the wrap.

The base is vintage satin dyed silver and tied with a satin ribbon. These pieces are available as custom orders if you need different colors, sizes, etc. See my store for other options and styles.

This is an average size fits most. They can be ordered in xlarge.

This can be hand soaked or spot cleaned with cold water and soap and hung to dry. If you want to make it even more tattered, throw it in the dryer for a few minutes, it will continue to ravel and fray.

In the last photo you can see the different silhouettes for the wrap and the capelet. These can also be ordered without embellishment for bridesmaids, weddings, party's, or just wear for a romantic night on the town!

These can be made in any color and fabric combination! Goth, Steampunk, Romantic, Classic, etc. Feel free to contact me with any questions!

Custom orders can take up 14 business days.

Who says I don't have helpers?

Holding down the printer...who knows when that will run away!

And of course, the couch must be protected at all costs!

80's Anyone????

I can't take anymore of the 80's!  I remember it all too well and I refuse to revisit! LOL

So these are going by lots now....I know, I know...I have no patience!

Listed on my Ebay page!  All 60 or so of them!

Most of these are all from size l4 to l8.

What will it be???

I love it when inspiration strikes! 

I found this image on the Graphics Fairy's website (free) and it's been calling my name every since!

 So...I printed it off onto muslin, found the perfect background fabric in the stash, backed it with a Moda Robyn Pandolf fabric and tacked it down!

So then it became this!  Probably a wall hanging, even though I had a pillow top in mind first....

 So off I go to the couch to quilt it down....and of course, changed my mind and now it's something completely different again!

More pics soon to come!

 

The robe is leaving home!

The Moonlight and Romance robe is packed and ready to go to it's new owner in Canada.  I'm sure other creators can sympathize with me when I say I'm THRILLED and SAD to see it go, all at the same time!

I create because I love to make things! 

I love to share what I've made and that means selling them. 

Yes, the money is nice to have, more because it seems as though what we creating is being validated that it's worth something to others also.  Seems most designer's struggle between pricing what's it's worth and what it will actually sell for!  I can spend hours making roses and only using one out of the bunch, or totally changing my mind and doing something different!

One of the hardest lessons for me to learn and accept, is that not everyone can do what I do!  And certainly considering the fact that not everyone wants to!  

So when someone buys one of my creations, it's such a rush to know they loved it as much as I did and I hope they have as much fun wearing it and I did making it!

Now....what to make NEXT??? :)

 This innocent looking creature knocked over a glass of water into my keyboard!

So all day yesterday I was without a keyboard, I was typing on a virtual board where you have to click on the letters.  To say it was a tad frustrating is an understatement! LOL

However, today there's a new keyboard and the cat lives another day.