Design by Night

For those who follow my blog, you know that I have a slight obsession with creating flowers. I purchase books, surf the web and have ruined many a good piece of fabric/supply trying out new ideas. In my pursuit of “new” flower ideas I have found some “old” flower ideas in the form of ribbon flowers. Ribbon work has been around since the 17th century. Once only affordable for the high society, ribbon work became popular in the early 1900’s due to articles in ladies magazines which featured ribbon flowers as hair ornaments, on belts and bags, lingerie items, and on decorative pillows for the home.* Since it is spring I decide to try out a ribbon pansy. I found some basic instructions and after a few tries reworked them to come up with this pretty pansy pin. This pin would make a perfect accessory to any little girl's wardrobe this spring. *Ribbon History from www.offray.com Supplies: 21.5” of 1.5” wide wired ribbon (I you want to use different ribbon for each layer you will need one ...

Come see me and several of my crafty friends at the 8th annual Highlandtown Wine Festival this weekend! The Highlandtown Wine Festival celebrates the tradition of home winemaking (and some home crafting!). The event will be held at Our Lady of Pompei Convent Garden on Father Petti Lane (around the corner from Claremont & Conkling Streets). The festival will feature a Homemade Wine Competition, Wine Tastings, a Bocce Tournament, plenty of food, local crafts and music. Here is a little taste of some of the crafts you will see: Feather and flower accessories from Design by Night (you know you can't keep me away from a festival all for wine!) Soaps, lotions and best yet whipped body butter (a must for home use the night of the wine festival) by my girl (and fellow wine lover) Jenni from Lanabella . What could be better than glitter and unicorns? Glitter and local wine of course! For a full bodied helping of glitter visit Lauren from Jersey Girl Design .