Valentine’s Day will be here before you know it! Order a unique gift for your sweetheart or for yourself. Here are some wonderful ideas from Fiber Fancies, with a range of prices.
Here is my first Flip-out Book, inspired by Natasa of Treasure Books. I used tea-dyed and beet-dyed papers, ready-made stationary with the butterflies, an envelope and a notepad in the center. The pages are attached to the back of the base, so they lie flat when opened, and the entire back is covered with a scrap of mat board which has color on one side, white on the reverse. I may decide to decorate the back cover, not sure yet. What do you think? EnJoy!
Hey there! I’ve added a section to my boutique, Fabric Art, and I’m now selling some beautiful potholders that I made! Each one is made of 100% cotton or wool, and all are made from recycled garments or fabrics. Go here to order; you can choose your favorite color from the list and view each one you select. They make great stocking stuffers and other gifts!
All Potholders
In my last post I showed the Firebird ballerina I created about a week ago. I decided she needed a stage to dance on, so I coated a used canvas with gesso, then added a curtain made from russet velvet and pressed camilia leaves. I discovered that one business envelope had a wood-grain pattern inside, so I colored it with a brown pencil and turned it to become the floor. I’m so thrilled with how this turned out! I decided to keep her for my own wall. Let me know what you think of “Firebird”! EnJoy!
Firebird
Firebird
The other day I boiled up some beets for my salad and saved the cooking water. Later I strained the ruby water into a glass baking pan, then dipped individual sheets of paper in to dye them. I layered the papers in baking pans and left them out in the sun to dry.
I am SO in love with how these came out! Used beet pieces to stamp one page and my hands to print another. The last is a piece of tan letterhead paper, didn’t come out as nicely as the rest.
Beet juice on fabric, when dried, tends to look brownish, like blood. Not so on paper. The papers are a lovely raspberry pink darker in some places, lighter in others. Just gorgeous! I cannot wait to create with these. EnJoy!
Even though I don’t usually make multiples of any project, I’ve gotten rather hooked on making these little pouch-pockets! I used newspaper for the Princess and Woodland pouches, and a small paper bag to make the Follow Your Dreams pouch. Which one is your favorite? EnJoy!
I made these two little pouches from magazine and newspaper pages, inspired by Natasa of Treasure Books. I simply love pouches and pockets!
I used magazine pages for the Cherries Pouch, along with some papers from the Graphic 45 “Life’s a Bowl of Cherries” collection. The checked purse on the front was cut from a magazine ad, and the back side was a page that featured fancy laundry baskets. I fussy cut a whole bunch of cherries and arranged them to fill up the basket on the left.
The newspaper pouch is decorated and loaded with various bits in my stash, including the striped fabric and the grey card made with the inside of a business envelope. The blue tag is something I made some time ago; the floral tag is an image cut from an outdated Victorian ephemera calendar. EnJoy!
Here is another pretty journal I made from a greeting card. I covered up the messages inside and out so the receiver can add her own messages, as well as the printed information on the back of the card. I used scraps from the gorgeous Hortensia papers from Stamperia and some lovely stickers that I’ve had for years. EnJoy!
