Instant Inspiration

About to head out, but have a few making ideas on the agenda, so here is where my inspiration thoughts are today for my return to creativity when I get back very soon...

Lovely bits of inspiration for my home

How wonderful is this!!!! 

Might have to have a go at this type of idea!! x

Found on: http://www.facebook.com/petalsandvintage

Handmade art yarns in a range of wonderful natural colours!

Handmade art yarn / ribbon This gorgeous ribbon is handmade by 'Made in the highlands' using salvage materials,then dyed with handmade dyes and natural mordants to seal in colour, delivering deliver to you a innovative, one of a kind ribbon for you to personalize your own wonderful creations. Dyes Available available:
 *Handmade Bracken dye with Iron Mordant - providing a very subtle salmon pink colour
 *Handmade Heather dye with Iron Mordan - providing a very subtle Laurel Green
 *Handmade dandiolion dye with Iron Mordant - providing a very subtle cream with tint of yellow *Handmade beetroot dye with Iron Mordant - Creating a soft rusted pink/red
 *Handmade red cabbage dye with Iron and hot bath dyeing method - creating a subtle cool blue grey *Handmade blackberry dye with Iron mordant - providing a subtle Frencn rose pink

Obviously with the nature of handmade dyes and mordants, the colour is wonderfully irregular and whimsical in its look, ensuring each yarn produced is one of a kind and a wonderous addition to any artist or crafters pieces.... It can be used for a multitude of creations...your imagination can only add to this wonderful item...What will you make? Ideas include: Gift wrapping Packaging Decorating garments or shop purchases Embellishment of your own wonderful creations Holiday wrapping Birthday wrapping Wedding favours Cake decoration Sewing projects Scrapbooking Quilt embellishment Jewellry making Bouquet decoration Table decoration And many more... Approximately 2cm in width Listing is for 5 meters of ribbon. Should you require more, please get in touch and I can provide a special listing. Like what you see, want something slightly different...drop me a line and I'm sure we can oblige All items handmade in the Highlands of Scotland from salvaged resources and lovingly hand produced to create a one off piece www.madeinthehighlands.com

After looking at some wonderful blogs recently, I have decided to look back at my own blog which I haent touched for some time so here goes...for today, Im hopefully just going to upload some facebook pics and words, but hopefully in time it will become the hive of creativity that my contribution to blogs once was....x Been dying fabrics all day to get some orders out.....hopefully have a little bit of fabrics left over to get some more handmade fabric sketchbooks out too.....ooohhh what will people put in their fabric journal....x Batch number 3 of fabric dyed using Highland plants during the dyeing process... Just a tester...and trying to remember the frustrations of posting images on blogs and layout procedures etc....oh my!! x

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