A Little Mishap ..

Hello my dear friends,

firstly have you ever done this? ... clicked on the publish button when a post wasn't ready to be published? Well, that is what happened with me on Sunday. I was not paying attention and not feeling well when I started to write a post which now is this post. I only had a few lines done with some photos and hit the publish button instead of the preview button and of course some of you saw this mishap too ~ sorry!

 

But now to me sharing a few new photos that I took on sometime over the weekend.

 

Since the sun is coming out more and more every day ...

 

 

... the wild doves are returning into our neighbourhood. They are so lovely to watch when the are being so very affectionate to each other.

 

And remember our cat Iris?

 

 

She has a thing about boxes ~ no matter how small the box is she will always try and fit into it some how just like she did here ~ a small tomato box that I brought home from my grocery shopping.

I am still unwell but trying to stay busy. Tomorrow I will have more to share with you lovely bloggers.

I hope you are well and life is treating you kind my dear friends.

Have a peaceful and creative day,


Karen B. 

 

Busy And Unwell ..

Hello my dear friends,

after both of my daughters being sick with a nasty cough and cold and especially my daughter Ashleigh being unwell on her birthday ~ I am the one sick now and I can tell you it isn't nice. One minute hot the next cold and always coughing and feeling unwell... something I could really do without.

 

I did do a tiny bit of creative work though ~ I made a few seam binding roses on pieces of vintage doilies to try out as embellishment for my daughters wedding shoes.

 

 

The first rose in made from oatmeal colored seam binding and a piece of an old doily that was tea stained ...

 

 

... and the second one is made from violet seam binding onto a piece of old doily.

 

I am going to work on another combination maybe tomorrow depending how I feel using oatmeal seam binding onto a piece of old doily and then we will see which one is the right one for the wedding. 

 

I also made the ring pillow from the dark red fabric my daughter chose and she has now made her choice and I will share with you very soon which one she has picked for her big day.

 

And last but not least ...

 

  

... the invites for the wedding have been mailed!

Now things are really getting into motion and I need to get busy hopefully soon.

 

It would be so nice if you would visit me soon again here at Todolwen and until then ...
 

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

 

Have a peaceful and creative day,

 

 

Karen B.

 

Ashleigh's Pickings ..

Hello my dear friends,

my daughter Ashleigh has picked some bits and pieces that I am going to use in my next ring pillow creation which will be in the accent colors for her wedding which are dark red, lilac and ivory ~ the color of her dress.

And this is what she has chosen so far ...

 

 

... vintage tattered doilies, lilac seam binding, a vintage broach she found at the antique store, some old lace and last but not least vintage millinery violets. She would also like me to make a few of my seam binding roses to see how they would work out in lilac.

 

 

Remember my old ballgown in that beautiful dark red?
 ... that is the fabric she has chosen for the actual ring pillow and now I can start working on my latest design and maybe my last ring pillow and I will share it once it is done.

On another note ...

I have had some of you ask me if I would make a tutorial on how I make my seam binding roses and I am putting some thought into it and I will let you know soon if I am.

And last but not least ...

I thought that we had seen the last snow two days ago when the sun came out and it all melted ...
but I was wrong!

 

This was what my garden looked like when I woke up yesterday morning.

And finally ...

... another little feathered creature came to visit ~ I never get bored with watching the wildlife in our backyard.

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day,


Karen B.
 

Yesterday Twenty Three Years Ago ..

Hello my dear friends,

today I am sharing one of the best ~ of two creations ~ of my life so far ... yesterday twenty three years ago my daughter Ashleigh was born.

 She is all grown up now and a beautiful young lady who has graduated from university last year and now is getting ready to be married.

I am so proud of her.

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!
Love you!

I just had to share this photo with you  ~  they are the little roses we gave my daughter yesterday. I love the color combination of them pink and peach ~ so beautiful.

I wish you all a little beauty in your life!

I hope you are well and life is treating you kind my dear friends.

Have a peaceful and creative day,


Karen B.
 

A Vintage Feel ..

Hello my dear friends,

I truly hope I don't bore you with my latest creations that have to do with seam binding roses and weddings but that is what I need to work on this moment in time and I just love sharing my creations with all you lovely bloggers.

 

Saying that, I would love to share my latest ring pillow with you today.

 

 

I used my seam binding that I coffee stained and turned it into vintage looking roses and along with an old doily, vintage pearls and natural osnaburg fabric for the actual ring pillow ~ nothing else was needed to complete this creation.

 

 And this is it ...

 

 

 

... my latest ring pillow.

 

 

A little 'free' extra bonus for this creation was that because I had to pull the seam binding threw the thread spiderweb for the roses over and over again it started to fray on the edges a little which just enhanced the vintage feel and look. This hasn't happened with any of my other roses so I think it might have something to do with the ribbon being placed in hot coffee the day before.

 

 

I really like these seam binding roses and all because of the coffee stain which gave them the perfect vintage feel for this making.

 

I had a lot of fun creating my latest ring pillow and I hope you have enjoyed it. What am I going to make next? ... I am not sure yet but if you would like to know ... it would be so nice if you were to visit me here at Todolwen soon again.

 

 

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

 

Have a peaceful and creative day,

 

 

Karen B. 

All In White ..

Hello my dear friends,

with our weather being a bit topsy turnsy or just plain mixed up ... (one day snow then sun and after that rain and snow again) I spent the most of my day yesterday working on another ring pillow design.

 

For this one I used some vintage white linen and a small doily. The embellishment consists of winter white seam binding roses with white pearls and the final touch was a vintage button with for a little sparkle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I gave the back a tiny sweet detail in the shape of a little white heart button.

 

 

As simple as this design might be it still tends to look so beautiful and elegant.

 

Apart from this ring pillow I have already completed another one too and for that design I used the coffee stained seam binding I had made a little while ago. I will share it with you tomorrow so if you have a spare moment you can visit me here at Todolwen and take a look at it.

 

And last but not least ...

 

 

... one of my little critters.

 

This little squirrel had so much fun chewing away on one of the branches of our maple tree and taking in a little sunshine.

 

As much as I love the snow we get here in Ontario, I am also very much looking forward to the spring sunshine.

 

See you all back here tomorrow hopefully!

 

I hope you are well and life is treating you kind my dear friends.

 

Have a peaceful and creative day,

 

 

Karen B. 

 

Some New Goodies..

Hello my dear friends,

a girl just can't have enough supplies when it comes to creating things and it doesn't really have to be something special, anything will do really. I went out for a few hours to just have a little 'me~time' outside the house and found a few bits and pieces.

At Michaels I found this ...

 

 

... A Jim Holtz piece on sale at 60 % off!

 

I found this lovely Daisy yarn at the Salvation Army store ...

 

... and at 49 cents it was a steal!

 

At second hand store I found ...

 

... these old embroidery hoops and they were exactly what I was looking for and needed too.

 

And last but not least ...

 

... more beautiful doilies.

 

All in all a very nice time out and some nice findings too.

Now I am back working on more ring pillow designs and I am also working on some designs for my daughters bridals shoes too. I will sure to be sharing them with you once I am ready to.

 

Until then my dear friends ...

 

... I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.

 

Have a peaceful and creative day,

 

 

Karen B.