Creative brain at work!

I have been having a ball thinking about and creating some new items for my etsy shop.  My ideas always start with something I wish I had, something I've not been able to find, something I would die to wear.  Forever I have been thinking about cuffs.  I've been drooling over this one from cgwhitfield on etsy for a long time.  A perfect, simple accessory to throw on with that little black dress to instantly change the look from okay to stunning.  I love wide and chunky, whether it be rings or cuff bracelets.  And I'm so into vintagey-recycley-repurposey projects.  I get a kick out of turning some bit of someone else's castaway into something beautiful.  So, while I don't have any finished pictures to show you as the work is still in progress, here is a taste of what I've been up to.

Oodles of tea-dyed lace...





Tea-dyed muslin on the right compared to undyed muslin and lace on the left!

Oooh the buttons, buttons, buttons and lucious embroidery thread (all scored at the Reuse Centre!)



And one last hint of things to come!