This week the theme is Vintage. Now I chose this theme because I love making things Vintage, anything I see others have made I "ooh" and "aah" over. It all gets to me when I see the lace and pearls and the old sepia photos. Sometimes I think I would have loved to live in the Edwardian Days when everything was so elegant. I adore anything Art Nouveau * "with its flowing organic forms which were reflected in the sinuous curves of the Edwardian lady". Therefore I was surprised when I looked it up on Wikipedia to find that clothing pre 1920's was defined as "antique" and that "Vintage" was clothing from 1920 to 1980. Still, I love the flapper styles too and maybe those dresses would have suited my figure as it is now (sadly).
Well, as per usual I was behind with everything to do with JFF and Zoe had to ring me to ask for some "blurb" re my chosen theme. It was at the time that I was sitting, once again, at my desk and wondering what the heck to do for the challenge. I ended up rushing a tin through and this is it
Not happy with it, it just kept evolving. Fell in love with this paper from a pack the lovely Jude sent me so I covered a tin that had had mixed nuts and raisins in (eaten that afternoon) with it. Next I put some braid around the top, then found the beading and added that. It makes the perfect tin for my feathers which have been lying around gathering dust for far too long.
Well, that is it from me this week folks, not a happy bunny with my effort but my head is now coming round and I hope I can do a bit more justice to things in the future - watch out - vintage I like I will do!
* taken from a very interesting page on the internet "Fashion in the Edwardian Era".
