Monday, 5 May 2014

Fashionista - me?

Those who know me will also know that I'm very much a shirt and jeans kinda gal, but when I saw a challenge that would also allow me to use up some of my scraps I decided that a veer into the world of fashion might be fun! 
On Thursday my lovely friends Sarah and Nichola came along for a play date. Sarah had brought some beautiful crocheting to do but Nichola was up for a challenge! My first thought was to use up some of my scraps leftover from other projects. My scraps are getting a bit out of hand now, I promise to photograph them when we get home. At the moment we are trying to get the caravan garden in some sort of order! 
I got two of the huge tags from Paper Artsy and one of my scrap folders and we set to! Now this is where I should show photos but guess what - we were having such fun and chatting away that the camera stayed in it's case!
Nichola was happy with her tag though! I wasn't that happy, so decided to bring it away with me(I have more scraps here of course!)
This is what I came up with!
 I made a skirt for the dress form using the bottom part of some paper I used to cut some leaves, not quite big enough for a full dress! The little cotton holders came from a card that had held buttons. I stamped the dress form onto a page I had torn out of a Sunday supplement (because it had a web site I wanted)when I realised it was on the back of  fashion page!
My new stencils got an airing too!
Here is a photo from the side
The button and the little linen tag were in my bit box here at the caravan.
I would like to enter the following challenges

 Frilly and Funkie Challenge blog where the inspiration came from, with their challenge this time - On the Runway
and also 
Our Creative Corner where the theme is Love Those Leftovers (another excuse to use up my scraps he!he!)

Thanks for looking, Chris

10 comments:

  1. Hi Chris, what a gorgeous Tag, I love ♥ it. xx

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  2. Hi Chris, Such a lovely tag and your fringed skirt is very effective. Julie x

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  3. Such a lovely tag! I love the skirt on the mannequin and all the scrappy details! It sounds as if you all had such a fun time too! Julie Ann xxx

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  4. I love the additions to the tag, Chris. Really finishes it off beautifully. And thanks for hosting such a fun play-date x

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  5. LOVE how you have used up some of your scraps, Chris! A brilliant tag! Thank you so much for sharing it with us at Our Creative Corner!

    Claudia x

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  6. Ooo great tag Chris, sounds like you had a fun day x x

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  7. What a great way to use up some of those scraps and create a lovely vintage sewing tag Chris. Thank you so much for joining us both at Frilly and Funkie and at Our Creative Corner. Jenny x

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  8. More lovely scraps being put to such good use... I love that pleated skirt and wonderful torn layers... Gorgeous tag, Chris, and thank you for sharing it with us at Our Creative Corner.
    Alison xx

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  9. You could be turning into a fashion designer extraordinaire, Chris.
    Enjoy your gardening!
    Sue xxx

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  10. So glad you found more scraps to spare Chris! This is gorgeous! I adore any fashion based crafts and this is very beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing this with us at Our Creative Corner! Love from Laura xxx

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