A Red Sachet

After my sisters bought all the lavender sachets I had in my shop, one of them asked me to make three more. The first one was all white and you can see it here.  This red one is the second one.  

I used the corner of a vintage hankie that had this embroidered flower attached to it.  I added french knots and vintage mother of pearl buttons.

I also added french knots to the point of each scallop.  I like how that gave the scallop a little more definition.

I really like how this sachet turned out.  It's bright and cheery and makes me happy to look at it!  I'll be sad to see this one go.  I've started on the third one.  It's pink, my favorite color!

What kind of craftiness are you up to?

Blogtoberfest ~ Day Eight ~ Black White and Red

This is my newest lavender sachet.  It's a little quite a bit different from the other sachets but I think I like it.  I used part of a vintage hankie, a vintage button, beads, lace, tulle, decorative red machine stitching and red hand embroidery.  The back is a black and white print.  It's still growing on me.  What do you think, honestly?

I hope you have a fabulous Friday!!!



Going Red and Being Thankful

A friend on Facebook suggested we start each day this month with "Today I'm thankful for....."    I really like this idea and I've decided to start each blog post with what I'm thankful for!  I think starting the day this way will help me focus on what is good and positive instead of the bad and negative.   Today I'm thankful for my family!  I love you all!

Thank you all for your input in the outline color of the letters on this apron.  I went with the red to add more color and oomph!  I also found red lip shaped buttons that I'll sew on the left side of the design since it's kind of off center!

I forgot to mention that this design is machine embroidered, but I'm doing the outline by hand.  I may have inadvertently made it sound like I did it by hand and I'm sorry if I have misled anyone. 

I'm getting closer to re-opening my Etsy shop and I'm so excited!