I have been in a huge craft slump for what seems like a very long time. I have been wanting to do something new, but inspiration just wouldn’t come. One day last week I did a search on Ravelry for groups and found one called PlayShop. I spent the next day or two reading threads and blogs. Played with a little tea bag folding – I’m out of my comfort zone with paper so this was a good thing. I’ll post pictures of those when I figure out what to do with them.
Anyway the PlayShop group had a tutorial on how to make a Button Fairy, so here are the ones that I made.
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| From July 24, 2011 |
This is a vintage button fairy. I googled vintage lady or women, and selected this image and printed it on photo paper. I happened to have some vintage buttons which I used, and added a seed bead hanger at the top. Here is a close-up of it.
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| From July 24, 2011 |
The next one is an actual fairy.
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| From July 24, 2011 |
A close-up. My camera just did not do this one justice.
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| From July 24, 2011 |
Last but not least I have been wanting to make a fabric journal for the longest time. While watching some videos to get inspiration I found a video on how to make lollipop flowers, so here are mine. The black ones are made from chintz fabric, and the white one is an inexpensive lace. Any fabric that will melt to a flame will work. I got to play with fire and fabric!
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| From July 24, 2011 |
This one I used little gold potato pearls
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| From July 24, 2011 |
This one just some inexpensive little white pearls
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This one I used some pink potato pearls and I think I’ll use it on my crazy quilt that’s been in the making for a few years now.
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| From July 24, 2011 |
All in all a very satisfying weekend. Now to experiment with paper beads!
Very pretty! I especially like your vintage fairy.
Thank you. I like a lot of different things, but vintage is one of my favorites.