A Happy Blue Day

Happy Blue Day...To tell you the truth,I don't die and go to havens when I think of blue,but this treasury by JoyAnna proofs me wrong

Great choices of vibrant royal blue does look good and very fashionable and my wrap dress looks not to shabby too Here are some finds I found at JoyAnna's clothet

Short Introduction-

JoyAnna's is a mother and daughter team collaboration.

They love fabric, threads, buttons,trims and figuring out what they can create with them.

"Creating is in our blood and bones,expressions of our souls. God, nature and all things beautiful are our inspirations".
** The mother, Brenda, has sewn for years and must have given some of those sewing genes to daughter, Kristi, as she now has an interior decor sewing business - designing and sewing window treatments, bedroom ensembles, shower curtains, decorator pillows etc.

-Well,what can I say more then wish lots of luck and inspiration to Brenda and Kristi and offering you to check some of JoyAnna's goodies

A Bunch of Buttons

When I found these I immediately thought of my Military style top with Epaulet accentuated shoulders
design -I use 3 different buttons for each epaulet and JoyAnna's buttons will definitely do the drill

The Pink YoYo pillow

HUGE OMGosh to this pillow!

It is made of 64! handmade yoyos ...

You want believe how much work is put into making each piece! (and believe me,I know from my personal experience -see my YoYo dress .HOURS of work are put into making these puppies )

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Silk Ribbon Embroidered Petite Pillow
This pillow is so sweet!

I never heard of ribbon embroidery and find it really BEAUTIFUL

and inspiring (I must try it one day on one of my tops)

Here is a tutorial I found on how to do the trick ^^

Beginners' Silk-Ribbon Embroidery: Five Easy Stitches - Threads

Some more of JoyAnna can be found here-

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Don't throw-Upcycle

A month ago I had a wonderful opportunity to design two wrap dresses for a lovely French Etsy customer.

After I finished sewing one of the dresses,I had left with some fabric scraps I decided to put to use

I had to patch about 5 pieces of leftover fabric scraps together before I could cut the pattern...

To make the design of the dress more interesting,I patched some roses onto one of the panels (the roses were made of fabric scraps as well- yey for up-cycling! )

And here is the results-

Meet Miss Sierra wearing a OOAK Patched Roses Wrap Dress

So DON"T THROW- UPCYCLE!

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