DaWanda Round Up: Birds&Trees

A Round-Up of beautiful jewellery from Dawanda ...
to satisfy my obsession with birds and trees:


Elle P delicate Birdwire Pendant and Dusk Ring.
Fanisong
beautifully named
Nature's Peace...Just After Sunrise
pendant.
Joanna Rutter's jewellery made me smile, one of
my favourite is the Bird And Bloom necklace.
Is it cruel to keep a bird in a cage? Not with Tillybloom
Red Bird Days brooch:


Tree Little Birds Pendant

I will feature Dawanda and Etsy sellers every month, if you are a seller or know a talented seller you think deserves to be featured and you think I might like, please let me know, suggestions
are always welcome!

Musical Heartbreaks

I want one of these so I can play this:

Luigi Tenco "Mi Sono Innamorato Di Te"
1962
simply heartbreaking!

retro inspired turntables can be found
at Urp Gas Records

Let's Pack Up And Drive!

I'm not one to go all soft about cars, I don't drive and I'm not
interested in learning ... I simply don't need a car!
I do have a dream of one day travelling from Ireland to Italy using
only secondary roads and this lovely little van would
be the ideal vehicle to do it in!

I'm smitten! Look how cute it is!
I just checked and no, I don't have
$ 69.000 dollars to buy one,
but I can make my own with
paper and glue!

Reserve or download your very own
at Verdier

Laura Laine

Why did I not know about Laura Laine fashion illustration before?

Amazingly beautiful don't you think?

A big thank you to Love Forever ,where I discovered this gem!

Calling All Crochet Lovers ...

I'm learning how to crochet, I will spare you any photographic evidence of the results so far ... believe me, they are cruelty against yarn! Still, I will persist, and am sure that one of these days I will be able to make something more than what my boyfriend refers to as "mouse berets", especially now that I stumbled upon this amazing site,

a library of antique pattern books, all available for download in pdf form under a creative commons licence.

I love these napkins rings, I'm thinking they could make lovely bracelets!

Gorgeous coat closure from Corticelli, Lessons In Crochet,
Book Nr.1, 1916

There's so many books that I didn't have the chance to look at them all yet... if the ones I browsed are anything to go by, this site is a real treasure trove! So many delicate patterns, not only for crochet, but including many other needle crafts.

How lovingly delicate these gorgeous yokes!

Happy Browsing!
Edit: The site seems to be down at the moment!
Hopefully its only a temporary problem ... it would be
a shame if such a marvellous site
was to go offline!
Fingers crossed it will be back soon!