on the worktable: a good dye job

Sometimes when we are feeling a little less than pretty, we just need a good dye job!

I just love all that color! These pretty pieces will be stripped for a new project I am working on. Stay tuned for more photos on that upcoming project.

Live the Repurposed Life: Vintage Blouse

What do you do when your favorite vintage silk blouse has aged enough to tear?

How about some lovely dip dyeing ?

Maybe this scrumptious piece of fabric will find it's way onto a new apron???

live the repurposed life: paper towel ruffles

W H O  S A Y S  R E C Y C L E D  &  R E P U R P O S E D  C A N ' T  B E  P R E T T Y ?

These pretty blank note cards are my latest creation using repurposed burlap and yes! recycled  paper towels ... HAND DYED  and  LOVELY of course. A coordinating hand dyed silky posie is the perfect embellishment. These are available in sets of two HERE and HERE.                  

{sneak peek}

                          

I am sorry that I have been {out of the loop} lately. I am in

the process of creating an awesome new website and so with

it comes much planning. I am hoping that you will all bear with

me over the next few weeks as I assure you that the end

result will be both beautiful and FUN!For now - here is a sneak

peek of some things I have been working on!

{I never thought I would love a rainbow this much}

Anyone who knows me will tell you this

{ I LOVE THE COLOR WHITE}

...and so it is rare that I find a real connection with things of vivid color. 

Don't get me wrong. I do love color. I love to dye wool and see all the shades that can be created. I love to see my garden abloom and the sky at sunset.

It is just difficult for me to mix a lot of color and love it. Was difficult.

Recently I was introduced to one of the most talented women I have had the occasion to meet. {ROBEN-MARIE}. She is so over the top creative and so inspiring.  I love everything that she does...and she does it with color. {LOTS OF COLOR} She mixes it, smears it, rubs it off and adds more. She swirls it, circles it, stencils it and blots it off. She is a {TRUE MASTER OF COLOR}

She has inspired me to get in touch with color again. Since meeting her I have dyed some of the most beautiful swirly colorful wool I have every dyed. I have made some of the most luscious mail art. I have dyed and painted and stained and stenciled and {ALL OF IT WITH COLOR}

Please go check out her blog and all her {AWESOME TUTORIALS AND VIDEOS}

{I just dyed this batch of muslin and monks cloth today... along with some yummy marbled wools...I even decided to keep the paper towels & stray strings from the clean up!}

It is all so random & beautiful.

{JUST LIKE ONE OF GOD'S RAINBOWS}