Petal & Pins

Month: January, 2013

Choosing Sides

© Sandra Alcorn 2012

© Sandra Alcorn 2012

The ‘wrong side’ of some fabrics is sometimes just as beautiful as the right side and can make a more interesting choice for a design.

Cotton prints reversed can have a faded vintage feel, the reverse of some brocades show the pattern in bands of stripes and jacquards can have a striking positive/negative effect that begs to have both sides showing.

The underside of the Morning Glory flowers revealed softer shades of purple and a pleat like texture that inspired a very different look to the previous Garden Fairy’s dress – which is your favourite?

Morning Glory

morning glory

Morning glory is like mother natures bunting. It festoons the otherwise grey lane I walk up on my morning stroll with the dog. Today it was bursting with so much colour I couldn’t resist picking some to play with for my Garden Fairy’s Wardrobe.

I like walking up lane ways – they always have a certain charm, a bit of mystery the first time you walk up one as to to where it might lead or what you might find. I have lived in or near several, one only had two houses in it (including mine) and a chocolate factory at the beginning of it that sweetly scented the air on my walk to work in the morning.

© Sandra Alcorn 2012

© Sandra Alcorn 2012

Lavender Girl

© Sandra Alcorn 2013

© Sandra Alcorn 2013

Noir

 

organza jacket silk satin bow neck dress sequined bag silk and lace bodice silk and french lace dress  beaded feather hair comb embroidered tulle drape flower brooch georgette ruffle shirt

© Sandra Alcorn 2013

Snowballs In Spring

© Sandra Alcorn 2012

© Sandra Alcorn 2013

As a child a small Snowball Bush grew in our garden, it’s white flower ‘snowballs’ never lasting long – too tempting for my siblings and me to pick – the closest thing to a snow ball fight you could have in Sydney.

I now have one in my garden that is big enough to call a tree.

I love the soft green shades of the flowers before they turn completely white – and I still can’t resist picking the odd one to throw!

Happy New Year

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My sunroom is the perfect spot for rainbow spotting. Over the years there have been some spectacular ones and occasionally a double but none more fabulous than this one on New Year’s Day. I like to think it’s a good omen for the new year and I hope it is for you too.

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