Thank you so much for jumping in on my giveaway from the last post! Thanks to your comments I’m already feeling encouraged to go in there and get organizing. I think I may have to pick more than 3 winners too, so stay tuned. Remember that post will be open for comments until Monday, September 22.
Now on to the title of this post. I am a huge admirer of Cathy of California. The wonderful Susan introduced me to her at Maker Faire back in 2007, and I continue to be blown away by her beautiful vintage and vintage-inspired work. Her use of color and texture is so spot-on and perfect (those burlap mushrooms! divine), I’d love to be able to see the world through her eyes for just a few hours. I visited with her for a few minutes at Renegade SF and was kicking myself later that I didn’t get one of her Vintage Flower Looms. There’s something so yummy and candy-like about those straw flowers. Well, I finally got my act together and got my hands on one. Because she’s awesome, she threw in some extra treats for me too
You can see her professional flower brooch in that picture. Of course I had to make one myself immediately! And then another for good measure
I think they’d be so cute for Christmas ornaments! Or on hair clips, or… the possibilities are endless. And they are so fun and soothing to make, too. I see many in my future… I know I’m supposed to be de-stashing but of course now I want more colors of ribbon straw (or the contemporary equivalent, plastic raffia). But I shall try to control myself and use what I have until I really *need* more…