Trying some new things

Hello hello, summer holiday is almost over and we're back to normal. How has your summer been? Just before we went on a few weeks trip I had sent out a little package to dear Dorthe. I had been trying new things, expanding my horizon. Like macrame, knitting, and crocheting in thread size mini.

Like the tiny crochet flower above (see the difference with the white flower in a thread size that is commonly used in our days), with an old crochet hook in size mini. My goodness, that's hard! I'm in awe of the ladies of old that made tons of amazingly beautiful projects with hooks like this one...

I finished a fabric and lace booklet that I had been working on some time ago. It has little pockets to hold sweet messages and a tiny notebook.

On pinterest I had found a tutorial by Lia Griffith for macrame, something I had been wanting to try my hands on for a while now. The result is below. It's a tiny macrame, which can be used as a necklace hanger for example, like Lia does in her tutorial.

Also, I tried knitting, with some cotton yarn I had for crocheting. And from my first little test swatch I made a tiny pocket message booklet with an embroidered uplifting message on the inside. This little message can be carried with you in your pocket, or even used as a wrist cuff. The knitting feels so soft, so cuddly. I added a crocheted heart and an embroidered button on the outside.

You are loved. A good reminder I think. It's something we tend to forget, isn't it?

Well, this is it for today, dear friends.

Wishing you a wonderful new week ahead.

xx Wen

Fabric and crochet flowers

Hello dears, I promised to share more of the swap I sent to Odetta. I already shared:
* The swap Odetta made for me
* The card I sent her
* The little fabric book I made
* My lace heart with fabric flower
* And a little gift bag I made and filled with some goodies

So here are a few more things I made for her.

I crocheted a few different flowers.

And one crocheted flower I used on a fabric flower I made.

And everything I wrapped in little packages.

FREEBIES

I also sent her some printed vintage images and a couple of antique French cards.

You can find the scanned French cards HERE for your own use as a freebie.

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Thank you so much Odetta for asking me to swap with you! It was so much fun and you have sent me so many gorgeous creations and goodies!

Thank you all for visiting and wishing you a beautiful day!


Hugs xx
Wen

Little presents - Simply Neutrals #25

Hello dear friends, here's another Simply Neutrals party!
And a nice number too: 25.

This week I'm sharing some of the little gifts I added to the swap for Odetta.
For this, I made a little gift bag with an image I received some time ago from Marie of Lost Bird Studio. You can find her wonderful giveaway (which I won back in 2013, lucky me!) HERE.

I will show a little more goodies of the swap another time.


FEATURES OF LAST PARTY


First of all, I had been posting on my blog a couple of times after our last party and noticed that it might have influenced the number of link ups to last party. Please know that you can ALWAYS link up to the most recent party (except for a few hours before the new party starts), so you can hardly ever be too late to join. Just click on Simply Neutrals in the page section above and you'll see the most recent party on the top.

Second, my week has been a crazy one, so please forgive me if I haven't visited or replied. I will do my best to do this asap.

Here are the features:

Speaking of Marie... She painted a most beautiful vintage suitcase in a beautiful white and made a lovely vignette with it. You can find more photos on her blog Lost Bird Studio HERE.

Then there was this gorgeous card by Suzy of Suziqu's Threadworks:

I was happy to see her back on her blog and creating again after she and her husband moved.

And speaking of houses... I saw this wonderful street art, captured by Jutta of My Digital Wonderland.

I love street art when done respectfully. Especially if it brightens up an otherwise gloomy place.

Gifts, a freebie, and a little hello from the sickbed

Some of the things I sent to my sweet blog friend Ira some while ago.

Along with the fabric collage,

the little gifts

and the wall hanging card

I showed you earlier.

A little vellum gift bag (first photo), stuffed with goodies.

A little notebook for things to remember

or happy creative ideas may be.

A tiny gift tag to adorn the gift wrapping.

A small gift box filled with more goodies.

The goodies I already showed you in an earlier post.
Along with the vellum bag this time.

By the way, I edited these photos in picmonkey,

using "cinema" (without the box)

and "dark edges".

Also added some brightness.

A very fun online free editing program!

Of course I can't help but share one of the photos I used.

I love this photo with the lady on the street.

Not edited by me this time.

Free for you to use in your personal creations.

Well, this is it for today.

Back to bed, because I still have a most nasty flu.

Thank you so much for your well wishes!

I will visit you all as soon as I'm fully recovered!

xx Wen

Little presents

 Little presents...

made with love

antique French postcards

and little papers for crafting 

a little fabric heart

with a piece of old lace

gathered in a box of treasures for a dear blog friend.

Wishing you a beautiful day!

xx Wen

Dreams of bygone eras

The local thrift store was whispering to me

"Come dear, come...

I have a dream find for you..."

I hushed the still small voice the day before.

But this day I knew it was now or never.

So I obeyed and went.

Oh my oh my, what a magnificent find...

An antique typewriter!!

I'd wished for it for long

but never dared dream one would actually find its way to me!

What stories, letters, or documents have been typed on it...

I would love to know.

To have a sneaky peek in its past.

I dream of bygone eras.

I've always had a passion for the old and vintage.

It started with the stored treasures and stories of old by my grandma.

The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt...
A vintage novel in pictures by Caroline Preston.

This book plus trailer video (below)
is how my adventure in arts and crafts took off.

Combined with my love for old stuff.

My new antique typewriter awakens in me a renewed passion

for the vintage arts and crafts.

It inspires me to go on along this winding road

with exciting new adventures ahead.

Now this altered matchbox / little shadow box

was made after seeing the inspiring Christmas tutorials by

Nancy at Sugar Lump Studios.

She's having a most wonderful

vintage Christmas event.

Every day a new tutorial, a week long.

A petit keepsake box
(recycled empty matchbox)

with an adorable shadow box inside...

I used some silver and sparkling.

And some grey and greige goodies love.

Linking my silver greige love to Grey Dey Thursdey :)

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Last but not least...

HELP NEEDED...

Dear Karen of the blog Todolwen
needs our help!

If you have been a follower of her beautiful blog
then please be sure to read on!

Karen had the shock of her life when she wanted to change some settings on her blog like the url of the blog and saw that by doing so her dear blog friends had lost access to her blog....

So...
1) please go to her blog by clicking on the image below

2) become a follower again

3) don't you ever try this url-changing stuff at home!!!

And if you happened to follow her on Bloglovin then please go to her blog and hit the Bloglovin button. If you happen to know that some of your followers are following Todolwen too, then please spread the word!

Thank you...


Wishing you a sweet day!

xx Wen