Wednesday 7 April 2010

Tales of a white wednesday

I would like to say a big thank you to Karen at Valentine Design for giving my blog a fabulous make over. I am delighted with the result, so if you need help she is sooo... clever
This week is my second white wednesday and I am loving being part of it.





My inspiration this week comes from this beautiful Italian Corded lace, I have several metres of this and am now using it in my designs.





I have used it to embellish this bolster cushion, it
looks so pretty over the natural linen. I have stitched small white pearls to highlight the edges of the lace. The ends of the bolster are finished with a rolled linen rose.









I'm using up lots of my lace collection in these pictures, the photograph is of my grandparents dancing on Blackpool Pier I think possibly in the early 1930's. Grandma has a white dress and white sunglasses and grandad is in his Oxford bags. Fancy wearing a suit to visit the seaside.


Talking of seaside, on my walk on Easter Sunday I found some white pebbles on the beach, I have put them with some pearly shells given to me by a friend and with a big shell from the beach in Cuba. They sit on a shelf in my bathroom.
Hope you like my whites this week , thanks so much for your comments last week.

Happy WW.








9 comments:

Allison Shops said...

Oh my, the lace on the pillow is fantastic! Love the pearl beading. The other items are also nice.

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Allison

Anonymous said...

what a beautiful collage and the photo is so special! lovely piece! :)

Nancy

raggygirlvintage said...

Gorgeous vintage lace and I love what you did with that photo of your grandparents.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and happy WW.

Tracey

Victoria said...

The pillow is gorgeous and I love your picture:) Happy 2nd WW to you!

cindy-stitches-n-stuff.blogspot.com said...

Wow, I think what you do is amazing. This boarder is so soft and feminen. That lace is worth a million buck and your pearls, oh boy. I'm going to visit you again.

Big Hugs
cindy@stitches
come visit

Tallulah's Antique Closet said...

Thank's for stopping by. Your blog is done verry well. And your pic's are great....Julian

Mary Beth @ Live. Laugh. Make Something said...

absolutely delightful! What pretty laces! ...and I love your inspiration board. Hope to see you back at my place. I have become a follower and hope you'll do the same! until later...

Tammy@T's Daily Treasures said...

I'm hopping over from Karen's Designs to see the blog look she gave you. It is so lovely. That Karen is one talented lady.

I love that lace and embellished collage around the photo of your grandparents. It's so pretty and delicate. Look forward to seeing how you alter the lovely bottles you found.

Have a fabulous Friday! :) Tammy

Karen Valentine said...

Hi Angela! Thanks for coming for a visit. I love that lave collage it's just beautiful!!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Karen
My Desert Cottage
Valentine Design