Sweet and Slightly Sassy Denim and Lace Cuff - Jewelry Recycle

Did you see my corsage post from yesterday? After I "modeled" my corsage, I noticed I showed off the cuff I was wearing.

Denim and vintage lace wrist cuff

I do love wearing bracelets but I find hard bangles to be annoying. I am a huge fan of cuffs, ever since I saw my first one on Red Neck Chic. I wish I could find a photo of hers but I cannot. It was back in 2009 that I saw it........ Anyway, here is what I came up with:

Denim and vintage lace wrist cuff - jewelry recycle

I love using denim for my cuffs. It's appropriately casual and I don't have to use interfacing. One of these days when I am not so lazy I will make some interfaced fabric ones again.

Denim and vintage lace wrist cuff - jewelry recycle

I am a big fan of tattered and frayed denim. Paired with the sweet lace and the pretty rose color, it's the right blend of sugar and sass. I felt that this combo needed the snap on jeans button.

Denim and vintage lace wrist cuff - jewelry recycle

Denim and vintage lace wrist cuff - jewelry recycle

I have other stuff in mind for this lace. The lace is from an outfit I found recently. It was handmade in the 80s and includes a tiered skirt in this rose and off white colored lace, two tops and two belts. I have lots of lace, haha! Love it.

Fabric and Vintage Lace Flower Corsage Upcycle

I've been experimenting with fabric and some fantastic vintage lace that I picked up recently. I do enjoy making fabric flowers as embellishments and of course, I know that people don't always want them attached. I picked up some pins at the craft store and then just had fun with flowers.
I took a long strip of torn cotton sheet fabric, 37-ish inches by 1 1/2 inches and a piece of scalloped edge lace fabric cut to the same length and zig zag stitched them together along one side only. I then hand sewed a running stitch along that edge so that I could rouche and tighten the strips. (My sewing machine set to ruffle didn't work well and I still have trouble with my ruffling foot). Then I just pulled, wrapped and sewed the flower. I added a cute vintage button to the middle of the flower and the pin to the back. Quick and cute :)

Vintage lace and fabric corsage upcycle

The scalloped edge lace, when rouched just so, makes a nice, sweet flower. It took me at least four tries but I got it!

Vintage lace and fabric corsage upcycle

Here is the pin nestled into the back.

Vintage lace and fabric corsage upcycle

And here I am, *ahem* modeling the pin. Do you see the cuff that I'm wearing? More vintage lace, from the same skirt I cut up. I will show that one closer tomorrow. So come back and check it out!

Vintage lace and fabric corsage upcycle

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Crochet Over Silver Stacking Bangle Bracelets

Remember Madonna, back in the 80s, when she wore the armful of bracelets? Even if you're not old enough, you know what I'm talking about.

Madonna

All of us tweens / teens wore big bows in our hair and arm loads of bracelets, lol! So I was tickled to find a big stack of silver bangles at the thrift store recently. Ummm, 39 of them! They look similar to these:

Sterling stacking bangles by Scape on Etsy

These are gorgeous. Mine are tarnished and dull. So I crocheted over mine with cotton thread.

Crocheted stacking bangles

Crocheted stacking bangles

Crocheted stacking bangles

Crocheted stacking bangles

Crocheted stacking bangles

Some of them had cute sparklies on them. I just added hooks to them, I think they make adorable over sized earrings.

Over sized hoop earrings

Over sized hoop earrings

Over sized hoop earrings

So that makes 10 bracelet upcycles. 29 more to go! Yay!!

Vintage Bohemie Fashions!

Wow, is it windy here! California is taking some pounding winds today. It sounds like thunder claps when it gusts. You know this Gemini is happy, hehe.

I've been perusing current fashions on Wanelo and Pinterest today (when I should be working or cleaning house or something...) and I am so tickled that styles I grew up with are appearing on the younger set today!
For example, I graduated high school in 1987. Okay, I know I just dated myself. I wore a prairie style soft denim button up dress with a lace hem. Haha, no one was wearing these! Until the next year. Then EVERYONE was. I am so excited that the prairie style is back!! I pinned some of my favorites on my Pinterest. All photo captions link back to seller.

Prairie style dress

Lacy prairie style top 

Now, let me take you a bit further back. All of my older cousins were wearing these back in the 1970s.

Crocheted halter top

I'm diggin' those cut offs too.

Crocheted fringed tank

Crocheted top

This one just makes me think of Woodstock. Of course, even I was too young for this. Love this photo too!!!!!

Crocheted fringed bikini top

Oh, and this one is completely current. But so cute! I love skull fashions right now. 

Skull cut out top

Aren't these fun?

New Boot Toppers!

How is it that I get so darned busy that I "forget" to post for 6 days?? I actually didn't forget, the days just snuck away from me. I've been so busy with product development, marketing, tracking inventory and photo marathon (do you love the fancy descriptions??) that this blog just kind of fell to the bottom :(
Anyway, here is a little something that I made a couple of days ago.

I love the ribbed cuffs. I will have to try these in cotton and in thinner yarn too, for spring.

Crocheted boot cuffs

I am so into scalloped edges lately.

Crocheted boot cuffs

Crocheted boot cuffs

Do ya love the boots? My dad gave them to me for my 12th birthday. April 3 will be the 10th anniversary of his passing.
They are officially VINTAGE, lol! I will never sell these. My kids might, after I am dead. I hope not, though.

Crocheted boot cuffs

Crocheted boot cuffs

Personally, I prefer these folded over the top of the boot. That's why I make them so long.

Crocheted boot cuffs 

I found this little beauty at a garage sale last weekend. Lemons are compliments of my kids. The neighbor of a family member has a Meyer lemon tree in their front yard and the kids swiped these for me. I do hate when food falls to the ground from trees and goes wasted :(

Meyer lemons in a vintage amber bowl

Ever since my mom passed her Indiana amber thumbprint serving plates to me, I have been super into amber depression glass. I usually only buy the thumbprint by Indiana but this cutie was calling to me. And she was only $1! Can't beat that.......

Meyer lemons in a vintage amber bowl

I love (love, love, love) adding the juice of a meyer to my water. These lemons really are sweeter. I have a Eureka lemon tree in my backyard, those lemons are pucker-ific in water. I've been saving the seeds from these meyers, we'll see if I can make an actual tree from them. Wish me luck! 

Hunger Games Embroidery

Hey, all, I did this last year after I saw the first Hunger Games movie. I made fast work of the printed trilogy but not before I embroidered this on to a vintage denim jacket. 

Hunger Games themed denim jacket

Hunger Games themed denim jacket

Hunger Games themed denim jacket

Hunger Games themed denim jacket

I CAN'T WAIT for the second movie! May the odds ever be in your favor :)

Crocheted Wool Basket

Have I ever told you of my lucky find at the Salvation Army? I don't think I have.... Anyway, I was donating a bunch of stuff in the back area and I saw someone else's donation. Cuz I gotta look, ya know? There was an old chest sitting there, some of the detail had been broken off and the top was peeling a bit. And I was in love. So I bought her for $10, right from the donation area. What I didn't know at the time was that this baby was full of old yarn, rug making supplies and old stationary. Like, 40 years old. There were old bags, notes and receipts in the chest along with the supplies. I sold a lot of the yarn on Ebay last year so that chest more than paid for itself. I still have a bit of yarn that I had planned on re-listing buuuut, I decided to see what I could do with it myself. My first project with the 40 year old yarn is a soft wool basket.

Crocheted wool basket

The yarn was completely raw wool, unprocessed with the exception of weaving it into yarn. Delightfully uneven and nubby.

Crocheted wool basket

I was picking out grass and little foxtail weeds from the yarn. Imagine, old little weeds picked from wool shorn from the sheep 40+ years ago.

Crocheted wool basket

By the time I was done crocheting this basket, my fingers were so shiny and slightly sticky from the lanolin still in the wool. Yes, my fingertips are so soft right now.

Crocheted wool basket

 Isn't the texture of this basket just amazing? I love it.

Crocheted wool basket

Its very soft and won't hold its own shape without something in it. I can fold it up and put it away when I'm not using it. I didn't use an actual pattern, I made a magic circle with 10 sc. I then increased each row by 10 dc until it was the size I wanted. I then just dc all the way around without increasing or decreasing until I was happy with the height. Kind of like a beanie for a very large head, upside down.

Crocheted wool basket

I had lots of "help" taking photos from Beethoven. Until he caught his reflection in my mirror. I know the mirror is dusty, please don't judge
I think he is at least half as gorgeous as he obviously thinks he is. <3 him.

Beethoven

Embroidered Ballerina

I saw this beautiful ballerina on The Graphics Fairy.

The Graphics Fairy

I drew her out on my drawing tablet and printed it out. If you follow Angel Stitch Broderie on Facebook you would have seen my super hi tech transfer method. Here it is again:

Embroidered Ballerina

I like the colors she is wearing so I kept the color palette as it is in the original image.

Embroidered Ballerina

Except I gave her red hair!

Embroidered Ballerina

Embroidered Ballerina

I double wrapped the hoop in ivory tulle. I added a turquiose ribbon to the top for hanging . . . . .

Embroidered Ballerina

. . . . . .and I backed it in this beautiful teal fabric.

Embroidered Ballerina