I realised that the last 5 posts were all posts for Wen's Simply Neutrals Tuesday party. What happened to all the other things I wanted to post about? Like the absolutely stunning surprise nest from Vicki, which I was lucky to be able to buy, or the wonderful things from Suzy? Or any of the tags I made for Tag Tuesday? No idea, lol. But I am going to show them over the next few days, promise, and I'll start today with the tags. 4 weeks worth.
Four weeks ago, the prompt at Tag Tuesday was 'I remember when.......' ......movies were in black and white was my choice -
The next prompt was Something Old, Something New -
Then came Nature's Bounty -
And this week, the prompt is Pastels. I coloured the background with various pastel Distress Inks, gave a hand tinted little girl a pair of pastel wings and stuck pastel crystals to the background -
Toodlepip xxx
Because we spent so much time in France, I hadn't been to any English boot fairs for a long long time. But last Sunday, I finally managed to get to the last Icklesham boot fair of the season. I did find a few little bits and pieces, but my favourite finds were these, just little bits of salvaged fabrics from garments spanning many decades -
1960s heavy satin embroidered and beaded evening gown fragments -
A beautiful Edwardian battenburg lace collar which the seller had rescued from a tattered dress -
Late 19th Century hand made broderie anglaise trim, most likely from a Victorian undergarment -
Collar from a 1950s wedding dress. The silk is shattered, but the embroidery is salvageable and so pretty -
Also amongst the bits and pieces was this beautiful, large lace motif -
Hop over to Wen's blog and drool over all the other beautiful neutrals!
I bought a couple of other fabricy bits and pieces as well, like this gorgeous piece of a lace flounce from a 1930s Hollywood style evening dress -
but they don't really fit in with this Simply Neutrals post, so I'll leave them for another day.
Haven't been blogging much lately, I have been so busy trying to build up stock in my Etsy shop with lots of gorgeous French treasures from my many collections.
Toodlepip xxx
Oh well, at least it is still in the right week, lol. For this week's Simply Neutrals Tuesday, I wanted to show you some beautifully hand embroidered vintage French hankies. They are so pretty! -
This is another set of sweet little hankies -
Thank you, Wen, for hosting this lovely weekly party for all us neutrals lovers!
Sometimes, when I am at a brocante and searching through old suitcases full of scrunched up fabrics, wools and all kinds of sewing stuff, I come across a screwed up ball of something which I think might be provide a bit of fabric for a tag or a collage. I found this ball of old netting, didn't really look at it, just stuffed it into a little bag with other bits and pieces of fabric, lace and trims, haggled for it :-), and brought it home, thinking it might be ok for a sea themed tag or collage -
Bits of netting are always useful, right? Because they are so easy to manipulate and stretch and pull, especially when the net is as soft and silky as this one was. So I started to untangle it, and look what started to emerge -
only the most gorgeous, most delicate, finest lace! -
This is one of the pieces I rescued -
Ahhhh, such beauty! And all that hidden away in a screwed up little ball.
I am linking this post to Wen's 3rd Simply Neutrals Tuesday over on her blog. Hop over, drool over the beautiful photos, and then join the party yourself :-)!
Toodlepip xxx
I didn't want to miss Wen's second Simply Neutrals Tuesday party , so I took a break from unpacking and took a few quick photos of this absolutely gorgeous 19th Century French Communion bow. It is huge, much bigger than any others I have found, and really beautiful. Made from watered silk fabric, with the prettiest knotted silk fringe, it is a really impressive piece. I wish I could have displayed it better though.
If you love neutrals, why not hop over to Wen's blog and party along?
Toodlepip xxx
I hope this is going to be the first of many! Wen from the beautiful AppleApricot blog has started this wonderful new linky party for all of us who love the beautiful soft neutral colours in our homes and in our creations. I am so happy, I have really missed the Blissful White Wednesdays and Grey Dey Thursdeys parties, so I am super excited about this new one.
I really love the faded beauty of old hydrangea flowers, those soft shades of beige are so gentle and warm, and I always keep some on my little desk, often as a background for new little finds -
And here are a few of those recent finds in delightful neutral colours -
I adore these beautiful old French creamy white crosses
Victorian era French night cap, trimmed with delicate hand made broderie anglaise -
1870s small jardiniere, the silver plate finish long gone and now all grey base metal, but beautiful all the same, filled with some old parcel carry handles from a store in Paris -
I hope lots of you are going to join the party with your beautiful neutrals, I am so looking forward to seeing lots and lots of gorgeous posts.
Toodlepip xxx
