Birthday cards

The front of both of these birthday cards started out with a piece of wallpaper. For the first one I used various pens to highlight the bird. The rest of the decoration is made from flower sticker, flower gems and a tag made using a Jessie Chorley printed image. The inside of the card has flowers cut from the wallpaper I used for the second card.

For the second card I added some glitter to highlight the butterfly on the wallpaper and flowers cut from a roll of vintage wallpaper. The happy birthday sentiment is my own design. Inside the card there's another vintage wallpaper flower.

Both of these cards were for the same person and I'm happy to take orders for bespoke birthday cards if you'd like something similar, just email me at elsiemayandbertha@virginmedia.com (prices are between £3 and £7 pound depending on the size and design).

TTFN
Louise

A vintage chocolate box

I already have a vintage chocolate box that I was given as a present a few years ago (there's a blog post about it), and I've been keeping a look out to find another one. 

I found this one on Ebay a couple of weeks ago for the really good price of 99p (I don't usually bid more than 99p for items on Ebay) plus the £2.80 postage. I was surprised that no-one else was after it, though the colours may have put some people off.

The top of the box is covered in a beautifully coloured bark cloth that is edged with green and cream braid. The bottom of the box is gold on the base and just plain on the inside. The piece of protective paper on the inside has art deco designs printed on it, so perhaps the box is from the 1930s/1940s?

I'm going to use the paper for crafting with, and I'm going to keep some of my white vintage lace in the box. It's definitely a bit of a treasure.

TTFN
Louise

Blue and white pincushion

The start of this pin pillow was the butterfly fabric that has been designed by Geninne, a fantastic artist who lives in New Mexico, USA. I then chose the other two fabrics to compliment it. I have high-lighted five of the butterflies with beads and embroidery.

The edges where the fabrics are joined are decorated with lace, buttonhole lace, blue cross grain ribbon and stab stitch.

I have also tied on three 1940s buttons, along with some flower lace in the section on the left.

This pin pillow is now available in my Etsy store .

TTFN
Louise

Works in progress

 

I've finished the embroidery on a couple of pin pillows, these are being damp-stretched.  I'll show you pictures of them when they're finished.

I've nearly the stitching on the blue pin pillow. The grey chain-stitch on linen is a for a present so I can only show you this bit. The bottom piece is my slow stitching piece.  Eventually the running stitch will cover the whole piece of fabric ready for further embellishment.

You can find more about the slow stitching movement here https://theslowstitchingmovement.wordpress.com

TTFN
Louise

A blue heart, with a bow, brooch and a pink tweed house brooch

A couple more of my recently completed brooches. The heart brooch has a bow covered with running stitch, attached with a vintage mother of pearl button.

The house brooch is made from Abraham Moon tweed, with a little linen fabric.

These two are currently available in my Etsy store.

TTFN
Louise