Thursday, September 7

Fall Flames and Plum Pudding....the fall mushroom collections

All the mushrooms are in my Etsy Shop this morning. My favorite collections~ Ghost, Earth, Acid Green and Plum Pudding. Might just take myself out to lunch to celebrate!

I have been working on several fall color collections and custom orders.  So happy with how they have all turned out!
Here are a few~


These are the fall flames.   And this collection of earth mushrooms, love the deep bronze.  The tallest mushroom has such cool variations in the velvet colors.


I call this collection Plum Pudding.  Those two mushrooms on the right look downright tasty...no?


This group is the blushing neutrals with a little bit of rose gold, shitake mushroom and nude blush.


Love these aqua and red silk velvet mushrooms.  That light aqua one in the middle is huge!  love the wonderful bell shaped cap.  Until next time, enjoy these woodland beauties, Julie

Saturday, June 24

mushroom land....


hello from mushroom land...
all these lovelies along with a fairy ring of pink mushrooms will be in the shop Monday.




 I have had so many custom orders for pink mushrooms that I ended up taking a break from mushroom making just to dye a new batch of pink silk velvet. 
somehow I got a hole in my glove and my hand turned PINK!  luckily it was mostly my pinky,
but what a pink pinky it was!
small price to pay as the velvets turned out gorgeous and now I have a great collection of gorgeous pinks to choose from although already I am feeling drawn to the colors of an autumn woodland~
copper, moss, saffron, grey, and teal.  can't wait to make some more darkest black ones again...
they are positively spooky!
here is some of the pink velvet I dyed~
see you in the shop on Monday,
Julie



Saturday, May 27

silk velvet mushrooms in the shop~



in my fairy garden, the velvety mushrooms and the furry leaves of the violets, my favorite.
Just listed this whole group of silk velvet mushrooms in the shop today.




all lined up waiting for photographs...


This set of blue, silver and aqua is so lovely together.


 needle felted stems and mossy tips.


Thursday, May 18

The BIG crepe paper ruffle sale 20% off !!


The BIG crepe paper ruffle sale starts Friday, May 19th  Every single crepe paper ruffle in the shop is on sale until its gone...

hand dyed ruffles, vintage ruffles, tiny little 3/4 inch ruffles, wide 2 inch frothy ruffles, polka dot ruffles, everything is on sale for 20% off.

in this photo the tiny little painting is a water color my daughter Marina made for me.  the spun cotton mushroom is by FilaSophie.  tiny vintage jewelry box holds my hand sewn garlands and vintage silk spools of thread. 




Thursday, February 16

oh my sweet heart...


I have loved making these needle felted wool hearts this year.  It seems I am always drawn to the soft pinks and cream wools with the vintage blossoms.  This little box is one of my favorites.


A few of these hearts were custom requests, the rest went in the shop today.  This little blue heart with the vintage glass garland beads turned out so sweet. 





this collection of pinks was so fun to make and send out.  One of the pink ones went to a customers mother that loved making things by hand and is now living in a care center.


Sometimes there is a little heart that is so sweet I decide to keep I for a while.  These cream hearts just looked so beautiful in my little milk glass bowl.





It was such a lovely Valentines day at our house.  Sweet little notes for the girls, some dark chocolates and a lovely pink bouquet with wild thistle stems.


 Always there is a bit of red, so heavenly!


 and then this new palette, cream and taupe.  The large vintage cherry blossom from Japan is so very unusual!


February you have been so very lovely.
Julie