Festive Faire in Red and Blue

We love seeing things that have been made with supplies we stock and were delighted to receive a photo of these festive party hats.  We're big fans of red and blue together and love the mix of flowers used.  You can see more festive faire HERE in the Prop Shop Boutique.

Fall Decorating: Cone Cornucopias

One of my absolute favorite things in our shop is the millinery.  I love sorting it, photographing it and, of course, doing things with it.  Above are a couple of my top picks -- a spray of autumn colored maple leaves, vintage white cherries and vintage button mushrooms.  They mixed in perfectly with other seasonal fruits and leaves to top off a few handmade paper cones.

Much like the treat buckets, we used pretty Italian papers, ribbons and Dresden trims to create these cones.  Plus a scrap of a girl holding a cornucopia.  I'm very into the large turkey Dresdens -- we just got them in today so they'll be in the shop and on the website first thing tomorrow.

We made each cone unique but kept it pretty cohesive color-wise.  Left to right we have a velvet leaf/nut and vintage exotic fruit cone, an autumn floral cone with both vintage and contemporary flowers and, last but not least, a fruit cone with all vintage Japanese and German berries, fruits and chili.

Have you started thinking Thanksgiving crafting? Or is Thanksgiving more of a cooking holiday for you? It's definitely a time for baking around here.  And for... mmm... turkey sandwiches!

Halloween Crafting & Decorating

Have you started thinking about your Halloween crafting yet? We've been gathering lots of fall supplies and decorations for the past several weeks and what follows is just a quick sampling.

We found several rolls of vintage crepe paper streamers with pumpkin and cat faces. They're flanked above by two styles of black Dresdens.

We also have a wide selection of orange and fall colored paper flowers.

You can find all of these items here in our etsy shop. Including the orange seashells and inky black glass prisms above.

White Wednesday: Sheep & Flowers

It's easy to find ways to use my favorite cake stand even when I'm not baking. This one, from France, used to be my mom's. At Easter time I like to use it as a stand for an egg display. The rest of the year, I change it up for the seasons.

Here an old cast iron child's toy sheep stands next to a Victorian glass rose bowl filled with paper flowers. Below is a close up of the pretty white flowers from the painting in the background.


Be sure to stop by Faded Charm for more pretties in white.

White Wednesday: Treasures at Home

Seashells, wooden boxes, millinery flowers and embroidered runners - all mementos and projects that feather my nest and stir happy memories of days gone by...

I've filled this seashell box with old fashioned flocked paper forget me not millinery flowers.

At Christmas, the flowers will be replaced with greenery, berries and tinsel spikes with beads - an easy way to fit everyday items into the holiday decorating.

This is the time of year when we gear up for the next four months to get all of our ornaments made and ready by September. It's all glitter all the time around here!

I'm linking up with White Wednesday over at Faded Charm. Be sure to stop by to see more pretty ways to use white.

New Shop Additions: Paper Flowers

This week we're adding a vast selection of new paper flower styles to our etsy shop. Each bud, blossom, pip and leaf is handmade with careful attention to detail. Here's a small sampling:

Above are country roses in ivory, pink mix and red. They have two-tone leaves and gorgeous curly petals.

Next we have two shades of old fashioned roses and a bouquet of forget me nots in all ivory.

Above are beautiful lilies in navy blue and a pink/white mix. We stock these in several other colors. On the right is an extra large rose in ivory, also available in six other colors.

And last but not least, we're very excited about these ruffled pom poms. The orange and yellow ones remind me of marigolds. We're stocking eleven different shades of these.

Be sure to keep an eye to the shop, as we'll be adding even more over the next few days.