Showing posts with label rustic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rustic. Show all posts

Sunday, October 7, 2012

~making fabric pumpkins~


Well, our unseasonably warm and dry fall continues up north, and as much as I am enjoying my beachy coastal decor, it’s time for some pumpkins don’t you think?
Or "punkins" as our Grade Ones insist on calling them
"pump" as in "jump"
~pumpkin~
yes, they say, punkin!
sigh, they are so cute!!



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This year I have enjoyed making some fabric pumpkins, they are not very difficult to make and are a really fun project. 

What I love is that you can pretty much use the supplies you have on hand : fabric, stuffing, bits of lace and ribbon and a glue gun. 
{Hint: you also need a good, strong needle to stitch the bottom up.}

And there is something very fallish about going out looking for the perfect sticks to make pumpkin stalks!

I used a tan chenille for this pumpkin, prettied it up with lace and wrinkly seam binding ribbon, jute and a vintage earring. 


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Isn’t this such pretty vintage lace! This pumpkin has a pearl earring glued on.


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I love the rustic touch the twig stalk gives the pumpkin.


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I also made some smaller pumpkins out of natural osnaburg. Really you can be as creative as you like decorating these pumpkins. This one I “segmented" with jute.


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Added a few pretty pearls…


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Give it a try! If you don't find a clear enough tutorial let me know and I'll post some directions. 

Right, I’m off to make pecan pie ready for our Thanksgiving dinner! 

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian readers!

Tracey

linking up at these fun parties:
 We did it! Wednesday @ Sew Much Ado
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm
Primp your Stuff Wednesday @ Primp 
The Inspiration Board @ Homework 
Whatever Goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts 
the 36th Ave party 
Show and Tell Friday @ My Romantic Home 
Fabulously Creative Friday @ Jennifer Rizzo 
Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage 
Air your laundry Friday @ Freckled Laundry
SNS @ Funky Junk Interiors




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Friday, June 1, 2012

~flowers in a cup~


Just popping in today to show you a little pretty. May is birthday month for me, and one of the gifts I received was this sweet oversized rustic cup, with an osteo inside. 


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I had the perfect spot for it on my mantel and it works so well there, especially as I do have a few red accents in my living room. Currently. 

You know how it is, next week it could be different! But for now it’s red accents. 


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The golden osteo flowers pick out the gold in the mirror frame, and I love the pop of color this brings to my very neutral mantel!


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Simple and pretty….

Have a lovely weekend!


Tracey

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

~simple gestures~

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Mr RGV found this for me down by the river.
It’s just perfect!

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Hope you feel treasured this Valentine’s Day.

Hugs,
Tracey

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

shabby, ruffly, lineny white wednesday


just love having an excuse to celebrate white pretties!



love this rustic white bench with the glass cloches, pillows in the wicker basket, wildflowers in a jar, breezy sheer drapes...




romantic white picnic, complete with vintage picnic basket and binoculars, and of course a straw hat (personally I look awful in hats)...



mmmmm, don't you just swoon over a pile of vintage linens piled on a chippy white chair...



stunning tall white pitchers filled with flowers, isn't the abundance of satin ribbon a nice touch...



my favorite - isn't this tablecloth incredible! I have to find one of these! I guess I could make one but that is an awful lot of ruffles...


I'm linking to White Wednesday at Faded Charm, be sure to stop by and see lots more white treasures!

Happy days,
Tracey
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