by freshlyfound | Feb 24, 2015 | flower craft, recycled, tutorial, wedding
The Rose has but a Summer reign, The daisy never dies. James Montgomery The daisy’s for simplicity and unaffected air. Robert Burns I’d like to introduce you to freshly found paper daisies – a whole batch of those simple long lasting flowers that...
by freshlyfound | Dec 11, 2014 | art, design projects, Fabric and textiles, jewelery
There’s something immensely satisfying for a handcrafter – to see a huge batch of their handwork all together. This is the feeling I had yesterday just before taking another load of fabric jewellery – vintage brooches to the KZNSA art gallery...
by freshlyfound | Dec 2, 2014 | design projects, Fabric and textiles, jewelery
A new range of textile jewelry pendants have been in the making – Rescued pieces of vintage embroidery have been mounted as pendants and framed and hung with a delicate cord of twisted cotton I love the fact that beautiful handwork on stained or forgotten...
by freshlyfound | Nov 11, 2014 | Fabric and textiles, recycled, recycled clothing, tutorial
Taking the Colour Away. Reverse dyeing! Welcome to part 2 of a 3-part series of experiments I did using bleach to rescue some items in my wardrobe. Tie Dye Bleaching! This partially smocked T-shirt was a favourite of mine, and I was disappointed when it was...
by freshlyfound | Oct 27, 2014 | flower craft, recycled, tutorial, wedding
This is the story of the chopstick origami lilies! I think chopsticks make much better flower stems that eating utensils! This is purely my personal belief because I battle to use them in any way that is significantly satiating to my hunger! Here we used these wooden...