Princess Bubbles Creates

I get so excited when I find vintage lace at the thrift.  Check the beauties that I found last month.  So gorgeous.  Now they just need to find a home in a project or two  or ten!

I am very pleased with the progress I have made on my art bra.  It is really coming along.  This is a really special project for me.  My mother is a breast cancer suvivor.  Yay Mom!  I am having so much fun with this creation.  Possibly I can get two made for the auction next year! I am linking with http://pintangle.com/ and http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

Queen Street in Toronto is such a great place to shop.  I got to go there the other day.  The weather didn't co-operate and I didn't get to do it with my sister but it was still fun.  Mokuba ribbon is always a good place to stop.  The ribbons I picked up will go really well with the art bra I am creating.  The photo isn't quite right for the color though.  I also stopped at a bead store and bought some gorgeous glass pearls.

It is so much fun for me to scour the thrift stores to treasure.  You just never know what you can find.  I cetainly don't need more stuff but... I found this gorgeous hankie, place mat and tea cup at thrift stores.  Don't you just want to come over for a tea party?  I think I better invite some girl friends over for a little tea and gab fest! I am linking with http://www.frommyfrontporchtoyours.com/

My art bra is really coming along.  I am quite please with it so far.  There is still a fair amount to do.  You can see some of the seam binding and lace that I colored.  This whole project really has me excited so now I am thinking I will create two bras if not more! I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ and http://pintangle.com/

I love starting new projects.  I am also getting pretty good at finishing projects, it wasn't always that way.  I have wanted to do an art bra project for a few years.  I finally got around to bringing it up at the guild meeting of the Grand Guild of Fibre Artists  http://grandguild.ca/    I am delighted to say that everyone was very excited about it.  We will be creating our art bras over the next year and mounting an exhibit of them at The Button Factory in Waterloo October 2014. I spent the weekend dyeing rayon seam binding, lace and ribbon to use on my art bra.  I used my Inktense blocks as they are so quick and easy.  I am excited to get stitching with them!

It felt good to get out my Nikon and macro lens again.  It has been a while since I played with them.  I think these are fairly successful images and definitely want to explore this a bit more.