Beautiful Buntings..................

I love the look of strands of Bunting decorations - they always look wonderful in magazine shoots & people's blog photos! ..........soooooooooo, I decided that I want to make some of my own to decorate with at Christmas this year.  Last Christmas I created a stash of turquoise, pink & red fabrics & found a pattern on the net, but never had the time to pin out the pattern, cut out the pieces & sew them together.


This year, being time poor & a tad lazy, I'm planning ahead............. after I found some fabulous Bunting panels that take the stress out of sourcing fabrics & pinning them out.  The red Bunting is from Spotlight - it has no maker's name, etc on the side, so no idea of its' origins - I went back for more but they'd sold out - hopefully theyll get more in stock soon.  The bright one is called "Delighted!" by Riley Blake - I found it on Etsy & it arrived in the post today *squee*

Stay tuned for an update on their progress soon................

A Jewelbrite kind of day.....

 

Hmm........... OK, I know it's only October but when christmas decorations, cards & trees start creeping into corners of the local stores, I start thinking about christmas decorations & trawling eBay & Etsy to see what I can find.  I've been fascinated for a couple of years now by the sheer retro kitschiness of vintage jewelbrite ornaments.

I don't know a lot about them but suspect that they were only available in the USA when new - I still have the decorations that my mum bought in the UK in the 50s & 60s & she never had anything like these - I'm sure she would have bought some if they were around, as she was as crazy about christmas trees & decorations as me.  I don't see them in Australia either in antique or  second-hand shops, so pounced on a couple of boxes that I found on eBay, whose shipping to Oz was reasonable.............

They arrived this morning & I can't stop staring at them - they are fascinating in both their construction & their themes........... holly, reindeer, santa & what I can only guess to be white poinsettias.  I've already ditched their grubby wire hooks in favour of some silver thread, that matches the glitter specks in their centres & should be much more kind on their aging plastic loops, than the wire hangers ever would be.

 Now to find where in storage I put Mum's old 60's silver tree before the start of December..............