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Garden Party

I created this hydrangea dress when the flowers were still creamy white.

A week or so later and the flower heads on the bushes have turned a mix of dusty pinks and greens – I love having vases full of them in the hall and on the mantelpiece.

Another of my hydrangea dresses, from when the flowers are creamy white, features in my new card set – ‘Garden Party’ Collection – along with pansies, brassica, geraniums and pom pom flowers.

Summer might be at an end here but this new card collection will be a reminder of the fun and frivolity that a garden party can bring…and if you’re in the northern hemisphere they’d make lovely invitations to one now you’re coming into Spring.

Garden Fairy’s Wardrobe ‘Garden Party’ Collection
Notecard Set 5 x cards 5 x envelopes AUS $24.95 plus pp.
Available now from my Etsy Store

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February 21, 2014

The Last Days Of Summer

As summer draws to a close so too does the wedding season.

A bride picked up her dress yesterday for a wedding this weekend on Bruny Island and I’m finishing off another for a garden wedding next weekend.

With a slightly less hectic schedule, today I made time for some other creative pursuits.

It’s been a few weeks since my Garden Fairy’s Wardrobe gained something new so that was the first thing I did.

Already there are little signs of Autumn appearing when I look around the garden – the apples are almost ready to pick, there are rose hips and a blush of colour on the leaves of the lilac bushes.

Some of the geraniums I struck last year are coming into their own and it’s the flowers from one of these that I’ve combined with fuchsias for this Garden Fairy dress.

With a birthday party to go to tonight I then turned to making a present. I had decided earlier in the week to make a bag and came up with the idea of printing some of my ‘kaleidoscope’ photos onto the smooth underside of a heavy cotton drill.

I chose a different image for each side of the bag and finished it off with a pink zip closure and hot pink silk lining. The bag could be used as a clutch purse, to hold jewellery or a pencil case.

I’ve been wanting to play with those images on fabric since I took them and I’m pleased with how it’s turned out.

I’ll post some photos soon – for now it’s wrapped up ready to give to the birthday girl – I just have to write on a card – a Petal & Pins ‘Garden Fairy’s Wardrobe’ card of course!

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February 2, 2014

Crocosmia

Crocosmias form a swathe of orange at the bottom of my garden – perfect for a Garden Fairy’s sundress.

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January 15, 2014

Hypericum

The Hypericums waxy bright yellow flowers add a ‘sunny’ touch along the garden path in summer.

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March 1, 2013

Dear Summer

Dear Summer, I hope you linger a little longer even though Autumn has arrived.

December 28, 2012

Slightly Defiant & Carefree

Nasturtiums make me think of Sydney, summer and lazy days.

Growing up, a patch grew by our front fence, the bright orange flowers a happy exclamation mark amongst the wonderful round green leaves. My mother would often arrange some in a vase that was like a large white shell, an apt choice since you often see them rambling on the fringes of beaches on Australia’s east coast.

I recall a friend telling me of her summers filled with days at the beach where they would take fresh buttered bread and make wild nasturtium sandwiches for lunch.

I love how you find them growing in unexpected and unintentional places – slightly defiant and carefree – a colourful reminder not to be too rigid and to celebrate the simple joy in the everyday.

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March 4, 2014

Garden Party

February 21, 2014

The Last Days Of Summer

February 2, 2014

Crocosmia

January 15, 2014

Hypericum

March 1, 2013

Dear Summer

December 28, 2012

Slightly Defiant & Carefree

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