Neglectful Me

Sorry one and all for the neglect here but we have some exciting news

We are moving!! We have purchased a new dream house and have put ours up for sale - this has meant getting ours ready for the market in 3 weeks!!!! (and they thought it could not be done - ha!!) We were hoping for 3 months grace to get things ready but our dream home was waiting .......so busy is not the word for it around here!!

So here is the house we are selling   Our Home

Here is the house we have purchased   Our New Home

And we move on the 2nd April..... excited much and there has been so much happening I have been neglectful of everyone.... but as you can guess I have been up to my neck in spakfiller, paint and gardening duties to get our house ready for sale .... not to mention packing boxes - we now have 4 storage units!!

Things are starting ot get back to nornal (whatever that is) And Autumn Escape is just 8 weeks away - how time flies

Hoping to load lots of goodies in the shop soon

Apologies everyone.... it will be back to normal soon
Lots of love
C

Vintage Sprigs

Wow - these sold out in a day... all of the vintage sprigs........ at $5.50 they are great value

I will be putting more up in the shop today and I have lots of colours to chose from

Thanks girls for your support

Love
Carol

Vintage Sprigs

These remind me so much of my cake decorating days - I kid you not!!

They are so sweet and beautiful flowers, beads. leaves, and vintage and new flowers... all wired together and bound with florist tape

I love them - and the reaction - is pretty positive too!! I certainly will be making lots more as they are selling well

You can find them in the flower section of the shop - HERE.

Michelle has had a chance to play with them and here is her layout. I am sure you will see more from the Design Team as they create more with them in the weeks to come

Beach Fun

Layout by Michelle Lark

Tattered Inspirations Design Team 

You see they are smaller than vines from companies such as Prima ..... these little vintage sprigs are just 12 - 15 cm - and each one is its own work of art. They are just the thing to finaish off a page or a off the page project without overdoing things! And you won't see the same one on everyone elses work .... so yours will stand apart.

Here are the new Merrily Merrily buttons to match the star flowers - I do love these!! How great are these for your beach holiday layouts .... I love these for those boy layouts too

Merrily Merrily Star Flowers are HERE

Merrily Merrily Vintage Buttons are HERE

 

 Or Coming up Roses star flowers with their cute buttons to match

Coming Up Roses Star Flowers are HERE

Coming Up Roses Vinage Buttons are HERE

And the new Country Girl Ruffle flowers with vintage centres - how great are these?

Country Girl Ruffle Flowers are HERE

So I have been busy and I hope you love what I have brought you this week - I am in the middle of fixing up our house for sale - so wish me luck - I am hoping that it all goes smoothly

Til next time

Carol

Clever Layouts

Here are some awesome layouts from the design team and some gorgeous ladies.... we love to see what you do here at Tattered Inspirations - and thanks for the amazing work you have done - gorgeous!!!!

So from the design team

Nanna and Poppy

Layout by Design Team Member Michelle Lark

Kit used: Louisa Jayne available here

Red Pots

Layout by Design Team Member Rachel Walsh

Star Flowers available here

Handcovered Buttons available here

And now for the very clever Emma and Sally 

3 Sisters and 1 Brother

Layout by Sally Dowen

Sisters Mini Kit (SOLD OUT)

Mini Kits are available here

Little Things

Layout by Emma Waters

Products used Bottle Tops available here

plus tickets ephemera and charms by Tattered Inspirations

Sooo Cute

Layout by Emma Waters

Mini Kits are available here

Thanks for sharing everyone and please don't forget to send in your layouts, cards and OTPS for the Blof and Facebook - we really do so appreciate seeing what you do with the Tattered Inpirations goodies

Lots of love

Carol

Seam Binding and Hat Pins

These have to be some of my best sellers - once you become addicted to seam binding it does not let you go....

why?? It is shimmery, verigated and scrunched, soft and works well with all sorts of layouts and applications..... from heritage, to shabby chic, to baby to grownups - there are a huge range of colours and so many applications

You can use it to ....

• Tie into gorgeous bows... big and small
• Use on tags
• gather and stick ont the page
• Use to tie things together - such as mini albums
• platt together
• Make ribbon roses

But the best thing about it - it that it just so beautiful! Soft and gorgeous.....  You can see the full range here in my shop ... Vintage Seam Binding

Vintage Seam Binding

Here are a few of the colourways samples in the shop at the moment:

Norlange Rock 

Citrus Fizz

Coral Reef

Hat Pins 

And Hat Pins .... these beauties are just so beautiful - I ensure they are excellent quality as I buy my beads and findings fomr all over the world and use only the highest quality beads in glass, a small amount of plastic and metal. The quality is just outstanding and they are made to add a real zing to your page, card or as a wearable item.

I use in my hat pins:

• Faceted glass and crystal beads
• metal fings such as bead tops, spacers and accent beads
• Diachrondric glass 
• Glass based pearls
• Freshwater pearls
• Cats eye beads
• Rondels and coronets
• charms such as butterflies, hearts and flowers

There are other hat pins available so look for the quality and clarity that your work deserves. Certainly I could produce hat pins more cheaply if I used plastic materials but I feel the quality is what makes Tattered Inspirations Hat Pins stand out fromt eh rest... :)

You can see the full range of hat pins here in the shop ...... Hat Pins

The hand forged glass heart bead 

My Cherie Amore  Hat Pin Set

Imagine Hat Pin Set 

Features a hand forged glass coin bead with gold dust inside

The beautiful faceted glass bead, coronet and glass pearl bead 

When Irish Eyes are Smiling Hat Pin Set

Thanks for looking and I hope that these pictures inspire you fo your next project

Regards

Carol

Look what Antonella did!

How great is this - a perfect way to use (or use up) the vintage tiles

I loved this when Ant sent it to me so I asked her if I could pop it up on the blog - she said I could so here it is

 Family

Layout by Antonella Ryan

Using Vintage Tiles here

Thanks for sharing Ant - I love it!!

Carol

New stuff

Just wanted you all to know that the shop is fully stocked again .... well except for seam binding and hat pins which will be my aim this week... here are a few faves!

Thanks for the support in the SALE (for those who receive my newsletter) we moved half of the shop!

Now it is looking healthy agian I am happy.... off to have a wine

Here is the link of course Tattered Inspirations Shop

Pop in and have a look - it is pretty special!

Love
C