My latest addition to my ETSY shop. Silk ribbon floweretts, I make these form 100% silk ribbon and center them with a crystal bead. They are soft and lustrous. And will add beauty and variety to any art project or clothing accessory.  They come in a variety of colors, Lavender shown here and pink, blue, cream and white, also some hand dyed  in pastel colors

Each flowerett is about 1 1/2 inches across and with 3 to a card are a great buy.

Price $3.99
Shipping $1.25

 A very mini mini altered french style journal. Crafted from a collage of vintage lace, adorned with a handcrafted silk ribbon flower and leaves, and a charming dancing child stamped on a green back ground. There is embroidery, and hand stitching though out the journal.

 The color theme for this tiny journal is cream and green, a bit of spring for these winter days.

Ten pages of ephemera for journaling, adding photos and your own ephemera, perfect for a brag book  or a lovely gift. I created one pocket and added a tag with room on the back for writing or your own art.
This little cutie measures  5 1/2 " by 4 1/2 "
Price $5.50
Ship $2.50

French style mini pouch

Close up of the handcrafted flowers. These were made from gold satin and gold organdy, they were made by holding the petals over a candle to singe and curl the edges, they are held together by a crystal bead. The small flowers are crafted from satin ribbon and the leaves are made from silk ribbon.
You can see the vintage lace used for the trim at the top. I have added a vintage butterfly pin to compliment the flowers.
A full view, the pouch is aprox. 7" by 5" and is fully lined. It would make a fabulous gift bag, but how about an evening bag to hold just the necessity's.

Price $14.95
Shipping $4.75

Felted wool butterfly pincushion

My latest, made from up cycled felted wool. This is my original design, and completely handcrafted by me. The flowers are also made by me, the lavender wired ribbon pansy is one of my favorite flowers to make, the leaves and the yellow flowers are crafted from rayon seam binding, and the tiny lavender roses are made from satin ribbon.
A close up of the butterfly, it is crafted from a double layer of an old felted sweater. I used a lavender embroidery thread to out line the butterfly and hold it together.
You get a full view here, it measures 4 1/2" across and is about 4 1/2" from bottom to the top of the butterfly's wing. The hand dyed velvet strawberry is full of emery to sharpen your needles, it is also hand crafted by me, I used seed beads for the berry seeds and the leaves are velvet. check it out on my ETSY
http://www.etsy.com/listing/85111326/up-cycled-felted-butterfly-pincushion
Price $22.00
shipping $5.50

Art journal blue and yellow

This is the latest art journal, the cover is a collage of vintage linens and handcrafted ribbon flowers, with a bit of embroidery, and plenty of vintage lace. the accent colors are blue and yellow.
Sheet music and other vintage publications make up the 22 pages. I used stamps, clip art and original art, plus more lace, fabric and tags, to decorate the pages.
I like this page on the left, I used a collage paper and a french style stamp to make it.


Th rooster is a stamp from a group of french style stamps, and the pocket holding the decoupaged tags is a great find at the fabric store. This journal 6"x 6" and would make a lovely gift for a dear friend, or spoil yourself and keep it. :)
price $25.00
shipping $6.00

French style wall pockets

This is a close up of the embroidery on one of the pockets, and it is also a pocket, a pocket on a pocket.
The Eiffel tower printed on material and added to this pocket, along with vintage lace and embroidery.

Here are all the pockets each one is different and can hold many treasures, there are 6 pockets with the Paris pocket having a pocket on it ( it is the lower right one ) Measures 15" across and 12" from top to bottom. Price $ 21.50          Sold 1/1/ 12
shipping $6.oo

French style Mini journal

An original hand crafted journal. I learned how to do this on my online art group. This is a journal that can be constructed from all kinds of different papers, pages from books, sheet music, drawings, maps, ledgers, any thing you can find and want to use, I have even made the pages from vintage linens in many other journals in this style. This one is mostly paper from old books.
I made the inside cover from blue dupioni silk and stamped it with a pretty swirl stamp. The first page is from an old farmers almanac with some pretty blue flowers added.
Notice the map on the left pages, you can see a bit of sheet music to the right. You can stamp on these pages, add photos, and even journal.
The cover is constructed from vintage linens and lace, with silk ribbon flowers, and vintage buttons, I added some feather stitching and beads as an added accent. The journal is 6 1/2" high by 5" wide. 11 2011
Price$15.00 Sold 11, 2011
Shipping $3.75