going away to beautiful Hervey bay

I am off to the beautiful Hervey Bay on Monday and I cannot wait....... remember my etsy shop closes tonight at around 10pm and wont open til the 19th of October..... so pop in for kits and cabochons and I will post them to you on the weekend.....

See you when I return.... til then have lots of fun

Love
C

sneak peek

There are two kits that I have been making and will be ready in November.... very different and really sweet.....

Here are a couple of sneak peeks

My fair lady

My Mothers Favourite Recipes



Lots of love
C

Cabochons galore

So here we are .... Cameos and Pearls .... a cabochon set like no other!

Cameos and Pearls Cabochon Sets

The cabochon sets for the Cameos and Pearls are up on Etsy...... with that combination of champagne and purple... very elegant

the rose with a glittery background - purple of course
And a tiny tiny little bronze lock so sweet

Isn't this just beautiful - I love this heart!

They look great on this champagne lace
It is included in the Cameos and Pearls kit

And to keep everyone happy!!
Here are 5 sets uploaded tonight!


I had so much fun creating these over the weekend

Thanks for visiting

Lots of love
Carol

My 2 week break is very soon

I am so looking forward to Hervey Bay and a wonderful break away with Phil. The whales are still there and I hope we can get a glimpse of a few...... And our apartment looks over the sea with unrestricted views - wonderful - just need to keep off the vino!

Just a quick reminder - my Etsy shop closes while I am gone and so if you need some special bits and pieces, kits, cabochons (tomorrow there will be more!!) then I will be happy to oblige ... but only to Friday (pm)

Don't forget my two little competitions either - the design team call for Tattered Inspirations ..... I know there are some ladies who want to enter...... so please do!

Details..... email me a vintage inspired page by 20th October to carol@cerebralsynergy.com
The Design team girls will be able to order kits with a percentage off and pay no postage, plus they will get every vintage kit I make to do a creative piece with - layout, OTP and cards......

Also lastly..... let me have your comments on my blog about what you would like to see in the kits - your ideas..... thanks Shelee I have yours - and have just the kit in mind :)
The winner (random draw) wins a kit of their own choosing .....

My newsletter is full of good ideas and up coming news - to subscribe please email me ...... details are in the right side bar of this blog.....

Back tomorrow with cabochon kits......
And maybe a sneak pic of two ..... from some gorgeous kits coming soon!

Have a fun holiday tomorrow .... I am going to an art exhibition which should be lovely!

Bye for now
C

Cameos and Pearls Vintage Kit is ready!

Beautiful and elegant ....... the lace is amazing and the cameo - wow!

Event the advertisements are just glorious form a 1934 magazine

Cabochon set to come!

The full kit!

Cameo, old buttons and vintage cotton (dyed) lace flower

How precious are these advertisements (prints in kit)
Taken from a 1934 magazine

Hoping you will love this kit

Lots of love
C

New vintage kit sneak peek - Cameos and Pearls

So I haven't quite finished it as yet - but almost - just about

Cameos and Pearls!!

Isn't she beautiful? and that Viennese lace is exquisite!

Hand made and dyed flowers of course with hand crafted centred

Also these are so cute and tiny and going into cabochons very soon

Look out for cabochon kits and a lovely new vintage kit for November/December called 'My mothers favourite recipes'

Til then a bit of eye 'candy' (smile)

aren't these sweet??
Thinking with prams or little girls or bicyles... yummy

For the cabochons - My Mothers Favourite Recipes

Lots of love
C

Featured in two treasuries - please take the time to have a look and support these girls as they were so kind to include me in their treasurey!

Queen of Hearts

I love my Grandmas Closet

with thanks
C

happy day

I made 50 hat pins for Scrap Therapy 10 sets of 5 and they are pretty sweet - they will be on their online store soon - so watch out girls!!

And I got mail today - really yummy charms - silver and antique ones for cabochons and 2 sorts of cameos for kits - happy mail (ignored the bills and just went with the good stuff)

Hopefully I will be able to finish off 'Cameos and Lace' super gorgeous kit with Viennese lace, pearls and cameos!! And don't forget to get your order in this week because the shop goes on holidays for 2 whole weeks .... and all goodies are hidden from view til I return!

Booked a holiday with Matt too in November - so my son Matt are off to Adelaide and the Barossa Valley how great it that!!

Love
C

New Kit - Victoria's Glory Box

Remember when young women used to put things away for thwir glory box.... beautiful laces, tablecloths and sheets. Pots and pans and crockery?

Well here we are - from the time when women would wonder about the future and what it held....


This lovely vintage kit takes you back down memory lane when girls and young women purchased things for their glory box, hoping that they would meet their dashing Mr Right and they would use all the collection in their new home with their lovely new hsuband.

Young women everywhere had glory boxes, full of linen with lace edging, lace, kitchen essentials, doileys, sewing things, pots and pans.It was useful, romantic, thrifty, and very important especially with war around the corner for many brides to be.


This kit contains a wonderful collection of broiderie anglaise lace, handcrafted and dyed doiley, ribbon, fabric flowers, hat pins, buttons, cabochons and printed button card, adverts and thread cards from that era. Plus of course a couple of cute rings for good measure

All you need to add is your cardstock, photos and your title and journalling - how easy is that!! Perhaps a little lace? Perhaps glimmermist the background? The layout can be as simple or as complex as you wish.....


Many of the items are vintage and are listed below with a *

So what does this vintage kit contain?

1 x Hand crafted and dyed doiley*
1 x 35cm piece of tea dyed broidery anglaise lace
2 x Hand crafted flowers from beautiful fabric by Basic Grey in pinks and Greens (made by me)
4 x vintage buttons*
2 x cabochons (made by me)3cm rectangle and small heart
2 x hancrafted hat pins (by me) in beautiful muted tones
4 x prints of carded buttons*, sewing threads * and a couple of advertisements (1950)*
1x 8inch piece of vintage pink ribbon*
1 x pair of wedding rings
1 x 8 inch piece of hand beaded ribbon
1 x backing sheet

So your next heritage layout is almost done - all you need it is the photo!! This would also look fabulous as a feminine layout of any aged lady or girl...... even that lovely photo of you as a baby you always meant to scrap but never got around to it!

Having so much fun with these

Lots of love
Carol

Cabochon Sets

Hi everyone they are here.... and they are pretty gorgeous (being totally modest!!)


Cabochon sets ..... they go beautifully on a page, on a card...... with flowers or other buttons and embellishments


They are a sweet, unique, form of art.... and they are fun to use!


I love them - and they are so versatile

I have just uploaded to Etsy

Thanks for your encouragement - I do hope you like them!!

I also have a new kit - Victorias Glory Box ...... will upload that tomorrow!! I have just run out of time

Love
C

Cabochon Madness

There is so much happening here in this imagination of mine and therefore my craft room I thought I would share what I got up to last night

Some of the cabochons I made last night

They are actually grouped for kits and will be on my Etsy very soon - when I have a minute to load them!

Anyway I thought I would share!

Absolutely up to my neck in cabochons!

Cheers
C

Phils Birthday today... me I am creating!

Hi all
Lovely day today and lots of gorgeous sun and birds feeding outside at the bird feeders.

It is Phil's birthday today and he has had a quiet day - we didn't do much - I have created all day - made kits, and cabochons and generally created mess........ as normal when I create.

Victoria's Glory Box kit will be up tomorrow ... yeah

And I have done the fist kit for the design team once they are announced (called the Pink Flamingo.... if you thought that vintage was all about meek and mild, dainty and delicate - this will rock your perceptions - it is vintage and colourful and very usable)

You still have time to enter the design team competition - closing day 20th October ... email me for the newsletter which has all the details

Newsletter 'A Little Tattered' is going really well - and I have a lot of people who have subscribed - so thanks...... in the next edition I have a tutorial in there...... a must have for those who love vintage stuff! Next newsletter also has a giveaway on the back page.... so if you haven't subscribed now is a great time! Just email me - carol@cerebralsynergy.com

Exciting news in 4 weeks time - cannot wait - I am so looking forward to it and I cannot tell - I think it might be great that I go away for a couple of weeks in October because I might just burst if not!! Don't forget that while I am away my shop closes in Etsy for two weeks. With 35 sales I am doing well - so thanks for your support...... I always appreciate it and your feed back too

The other news is that I am awaiting some gorgeous things from overseas - vintage sari borders from India, jacquard brocade from Turkey, Fruit slices - for cabochons - from Thailand (I will be doing a cooking kit inspired by my Mum) and heaps of other stuff from America and China....... Love Etsy and Ebay - I am a great customer!!!! Lots to show you in the months ahead.

Lots of love
C

A beautiful day full of Spring

Well today I have had the day 'off'...... not really I guess but I had a great day enjoying the Spring sunshine and while I did lots of things - I certainly enjoyed a couple of hours at the beautiful Floriade in among the Spring bulbs and the delightful smells of hyacinths and jonquils.

Dad is in hospital and is doing okay - though gets very confused at night which is interesting (I had a phone call tonight and he is certainly is confused about a fair bit)

My parents are a bit like bookends and they worry about each other when they are together - let alone when they are apart...... making it not just a little challenging.

So I have been busy creating kits which will be certainly be up on Etsy in the next week or two. I am having lots of fun and tonight I hope to finally make cabochons ......

Happy Spring to everyone here in Aussie - and happy Autumn to my friends in America and the Northern hemisphere......

Love
C

what a great weekend - now it is over!

I had a tops weekend and it was pretty sane too which helps

• I firstly finished some kits ... a plus.....
  
• Bought heaps of buttons online (nice vintage ones)
• Filled my orders from Etsy (thanks all) and sent out my newsletter to more people
  
• Tidied up my house, washed and set things straight
  
• Put away the mess in the craft room and found places for Mums stuff from her house
• Gave a gorgeous couple the painting I did for their wedding
• Bought some gorgeous lace (yum)
  
• Bought moo poo and fertilized the roses
• Planted old seeds I have had in ages
• Laughed at the antics of the cockatoos on the bird feeder!
  
• Had Matt (DS) and Hai Pei around for dinner

Better go and find something to wear to work tomorrow
Life is great and I feel I have achieved lots!

Hope you have a lovely Monday tomorrow
With love to you all
C

How gorgeous is today.....?

What a gorgeous day today ... there is green grass from all the rain, the dams are almost at 75% (they were 44% last winter) and there are birds as I look out my window.... feeding on the grass are those little grey crested pigeons which are so sweet. They bob around and feed and then fly off - their wings in flight make a rustling noise.

Today is a day for cleaning..... not looking forward to that! I would rather be creating .... but it has to be done - Spring is here and it is time to open the windows and let the air (though it is a bit bracing) flow through the house at last. It has been a cold and long winter here in the mountains.

New Kits .... Two scrumptious ones
I wanted to show you a little peek at the two kits I have created for toddlers and babies .... traditional pink and blue.... but with that vintage twist. I am happy with them - and I have only made 6 of each to see what people think.... so if you like them - pop into Etsy!!

I must say I did have fun looking through those old advertisements in the 1950s and what they thought back then. Colds could be cured by 'Vicks', a six week 'Sustogen' course increased your energy levels and there was lots of importance placed on winter woolies, feeding your baby strained foods 'a knife and fork meal on a spoon' and not letting them be a 'Milk Sop' whatever that means!

So here they are:

Sugar and Spice

Little Boy Blue

I have really enjoyed making these kits .... especially the cabochons which are so cute and really are lots of fun to make!

There are more kits coming and a secret I cannot share yet - but watch this space - all will be revealed in 4 weeks time..... but I am very very excited!!!!!

Handcrafted Vintage Lace now arrived
I also received a huge package of beautiful hand crafted vintage lace pieces for my kits - they are simply gorgeous - so those who love shabby - have I now got lace!!!!! My goodness they are beautiful! Also I have things coming from China and Malaysia winging their way to me ...... what fun I will have with these little beauties!

Holidays in Oct - Etsy Shop Closes for 2 weeks!!
Just a quick note to remind people that I will be on holiday from the 1st to the 15th of October - so my newsletter will be out prior to October and my Etsy shop will be closed through my holiday period - that mean s that you will need to do your orders by the end of September or you won't be able to order until I get back......

A Little Tattered - Newsletter - subscribe for September
Don't forget to subscribe to my newsletter - you will need to email me - I won't send it unless you ask me ...... there will be lots of goodies in there to look at, ideas and tutorials and links to sites I love.... plus news, offers, interviews and upcoming events etc.....

So subscribe to 'A Little Tattered' by emailing me your email address to iamhoneywine@gmail.com ........ next copy will be out by the end of Sept

Spring is finally here - and I am loving it!!!
Cheers
Carol

New kits soon!!

I have been working hard

There are two kits for uploading tomorrow 'Little Boy Blue' and 'Sugar and Spice' these are with babies and toddlers in mind and yes they have definite vintage elements

Also in the pipeline are several more - just putting the elements together - I think you will be very happy with them though...... something for everyone.... keep a lookout there are many gorgeous vintage hand made laces in my craft room just begging to be made into kits

Lots of love
C

Sneak Peek ... My Father's Lifetime Vintage Kit

Here we go a quick sneak peek for this lovely vintage kit available now on my Etsy store

Handmade cabochons and a Tim Holtz clockface

You want to do somethign with those old photos of your granfather, dad, uncle - but needed the right 'tools'

Gorgeous antique buttons and suiting fabric

Here they are.... all in a single convenient pack

Vintage bus tickets and tea dyed cotton loom lace from the 1920's

Vintage, manly and it will make your layout stand out from the crowd

Will be on Etsy in a few minutes!

Love
C

Monet Inspired Blooms

Well I have been creating and these are my newest little ventre!

There are three packs in Etsy - and I have three more to load

When these gorgeous flowers started to come together I immediately thought of the painter Monet and his gorgeous waterlilles and delicate colours.

The purples, pinks, yellows, greens and blues



These little flowers (just over 2 inches wide) are hand dyed and then hand made from cream brodiere anglaise lace with an organza flower in the centre.


SO in a coordinating pack of three these little flowers will add pop to any layout and would look fantastic on a page..... but they would also lok lovely on a comb in your hair or grouped on a lapel.



Use then with my hat pins and a little lace for a gorgeous layout or card!

Inspired by Monet and creatively used by you..... perfect!

Making cabochons tonight!
Have a wonderful Monday!

Lots of loove
Carol

New kits and cabochns!!!!!

Well all worked out as I hoped and I have some new things to show you .... they are loaded on Etsy and I am a biit happy and interested to know what you think!

Firstly .... cabochons.... these are made of resin and I have added all sorts of things to make them very interesting for a page or a layout! Glitter, flowers, vintage buttons, beads, charms and whatever else I can think of .... they are looking great

So (drumroll please) here are cabochons!

A gorgeous heart for love (mwah)
dark red flower, glitter, beads and tiny flowers

A vintage look cabochon
Angel charm, clockface, pearls, vintage button and tiny flowers

How cute is this..... a bike with glitter, beads and buttons

Love this one though
Heart, buttons, beads, bling, glitter and tiny flowers

And .....TADA

What I did with them - new kits available on my Etsy store!!

Christmas Time Memories Kit ($8 US)

See the cabochons on the left bottom (above the braid- gorgeous!!)

And these little beauties
Cabochon and Hat Pin Kits ($5 US)

Misty Heather Kit

Sunday Afternoon Kit

Ring of Roses Kit

So now we have cabochons - I love making these - so there will be lots more to come

Lots of love
Carol

cabochons

Okay girls we are making cabochons tonight and it is going great!! Christmas ones, vintage ones, hearts and ones with flowers, romantic and sweet

Think Prima pebbles but handmade with charms, vintage buttons, beads and flowers, a touch of glitter and all different shapes, - round, hearts, long, teardrops, rectangles

I have almost perfected them too.......So when they are set I will show you all a pic

Very cute ..... looking forward to turning them out tomorrow!

Lots of love
C