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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Just for me!

I took some very good advice from my friend Tara Orr. She once told me that "sometimes you just need to craft for yourself, no DT deadline, no specified product to use... just something for you". That's what I did! I actually made 5 of these pretties for my Christmas tree. I have a "thing" about ornaments being in sets of 5, 7 or 9 - all exactly the same.
The round crochet doilies and foam balls I had bought on clearance from Michaels last Winter and the cameos are The Girl's Paperie. The cameos are actually buttons, so I threaded the seam binding through (2 strips) and tied a bow - no glue required! I bought the seam binding off Etsy at http://www.etsy.com/shop/Bluebirdlane because I was too lazy to tint and crinkle some myself, LOL. I love them and since I got really good sales on all the materials, they didn't cost me much more than $3 each to make. I'm, thinking these would look pretty with Bo Bunny or Prima Trinkets too! Hmm, now to find more doilies :)


6 comments:

Shona said...

ooooooo gorgeous....I get my doilys from the church thrift shop actually hehe.......they cost me 25 cents each :) I have to try one of these :)

Debbie said...

Beautiful. Definitely going to try this.

Di Garling said...

These are beautiful Vicky. Di xx

ANUPAMA CHOUDARY said...

How sweet! Don't forget to post a pic of your Christmas tree once you put up all the handmade goodies.
Good to see your old 'look' back!

joydee1963 said...

so pretty! joydee1963

Eila Sandberg said...

Clever you Vicky! this is just sooo pretty! have to echo Anupama, pls do post a pic of your tree! bet it's every bit as beautiful and scrummylicious as all of your work. You have such an impeccable eye for gorgeous details! xoxoxo