'Blue Bleuet' Treasury

'Blue Bleuet' - a fresh summer Treasury by idejukrelles on Etsy featuring our blue cornflower corsage :-)

Enjoy the sunshine!

'Blue Bleuet' by idejukrelles

Cornflower - 8x10 Fine Art P... UnaPhoto $19.00	Cornflower earrings ioulia $15.00	ON SALE Cornflower blue brac... WoodlandHoney $39.00	Leaf Pod Polymer Clay Neckla... KateTractonDes... $40.00
FREE SHIPPING, Blueberry ear... suza $22.00	Blue cornflowers on a white ... MyMonography $15.00	1950s Cornflower Blue Lace W... NESTdesignstud... $86.00	Super Sparklers - Swarovski ... MASHUGANA $16.50
Vintage Corning Ware Cassero... HenriettaFetch $10.00	Cornflowers in the Sun, Flow... GoodFloristDes... $50.00	Silk blue cornflower corsage... PresentPerfect... $45.00	Handmade Recycled Paper Corn... mamacateyes $6.00
Bleuet, Hand Dyed Certified ... SpinSpanSpun $16.00	Real Touch Bridal Bouquet - ... alexisgracedes... $431.00	Cornflower Rosette Hairpins EmergingEm $10.00	Fancy Fleece Quilted Foot Hu... greatquiltatio... $30.00

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

Bluebells

Please be kindly informed that we have moved! To read new blog posts, purchase our floral pieces and learn more about how to make flowers you are welcome to visit out new website.

Another inspiration from one the Japanese flower making tutorials is this stem of fantasy bluebells. I made them in intense blue, but would like to recreate in white and soft pink later on. I think they will look very nice in a bridal or a flower girl's head wreath when made in white (or even pink!). Here is the original piece I made:

And how do you see these bluebells? Maybe as a little corsage? Or...? Please let me know ☺

Tiny silk roses on a stem

I have completed my first creation inspired by Japanese books, and although I am a strong believer that there is always room for perfection, the small roses do look rather cute. I was meaning to use them to decorate girls' headband especially that I need to create one for my little niece. Meanwhile here are some photos of the tiny roses:

What's new?

After having received 3 books on silk flower making by world famous Japanese masters in the post I was thinking with what to start. Well, I must admit, the lack of Japanese does not help when I try to understand sophisticated instructions having just a couple of photos at my disposal. So I decided to start from a stem of tiny little roses or even rosebuds. They seem to be OK to make, and besides i have been approached before by my friends who were interested in very small roses.
So far the petals are ready and they are tiny! Here is a photo of a pile of silk petals featuring Fimbriata our new garden rose as well ☺

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

My dear friends, here I am participationg in another competition and in need of your votes ☺
My project is taking part in FUNDIT! V2.0 Funding Fair.  You can see my video pitch HERE, I start talking within 2 and a half minutes from the beginning of the video. In a few words, I'm trying my best to win the £500 for the camera I need to create a quality portfolio with to be able to merchandise my silk flowers better and wider.
Please vote for me on this LINK
According to Facebook rules you need to belong to the group to be able to vote. Please let me know and I can add you to the group for the time of the voting. Look for voting on the group page (usually one of the top posts). You can vote till 7 June 2012
My project is called Svetlana Faulkner - Developing a Professional Portfolio.
Thanks for all your support!!! ♥♥♥

New Treasuries

Today has been quite a fruitful day full of new Etsy treasuries featuring our flowers. The focus has been on our poppy brooches in CUTE POPPIES, hand painted butterflies in BLUE TO GOLD, BIRDS TO BUTTERFLIES and a sweet blue cornflower corsage in CORNFLOWER - MY EVER FAVOURITE

It is always very nice to see your creations being appreciated and picked by other people for their treasuries. Thank you, guys! :-)

How to approach commercial art and craft galleries

Here is a useful article giving you top 10 tips for approaching commercial art and craft galleries by Katy Cowan, Creative Boom online magazine.

Poppy field

Here is another Treasury on Etsy featuring a red poppy hair clip this time. To view the whole FIELD OF RED POPPIES Treasury, please click here

Butterfly morning

Good morning to everyone! What type of morning is it for you? Well, for some it is a Butterfly type of a morning ☺ And our hand painted silk butterflies have been featured again, now in this turqouise treasury full of these fascinating creatures!
Have a peek at my other butterflies here

LB Fascinator

Here is another headband, or rather a little fascinator to compliment an LBD, or in fact any cocktail dress. It might look gothic at first but beads and lace add a lot of femininity to it let alone fragile peacock feather antennae! ☺

Had to model myself this time as nobody else was available