Buttons are still on my mind :)

Well, well, I am preparing for Basar Under, where I will have a table for three consecutive Saturdays (December the 4th, 11th and 18th). apparently, my brooches attract more attention to my table than my necklaces :) So be it - it is a mass-brooch-production-factory in my apartment now :) Crocheting, combining, inventing new patterns, sewing buttons, taking pictures...
all this made me realize how urgently I need a proper studio, or at least a corner in a room for my shop :)

Here are two of my new creations - embellished with upcycled buttons. For more info - click on the picture and go to my shop

Poppy is Love

Probably, poppies are my favourite flowers.
I think I have done more poppies with my crochet hook than I actually saw in nature :))

Here is my new interpretation of this amazing gentle and passionate flower.
And thanks again to Anna. N. Kazakova for being the best model in the world!

Yes, you can wear it in different ways :)

It has both safety brooch pin and alligator hairpin attached to its back

Three of these poppies have found a new home already - one in Märsta, Sweden, one in Belgrade, Serbia, one in Haifa, Israel. Ah, I feel such a satisfaction imagining my flowers populating this planet :))

Do you love upcycling as much as I do?

I love old things. I love secondhand shops. I love fleamarkets. What can be more inspiring than buying an old thing and giving it a new life?!

Lately I bought three handfulls of amazing colorful buttons in a secondhand shop, and already on the bus on my way home I came up with thousands of projects where these buttons can be used. Wait and see!

But for now I started with simply embellishing my new bold red flower brooches, that were crocheted a couple of weeks ago, but I had hard time finding matching beads to go with it. And the buttons sit there just perfectly.

And these brooches I have upgraded to hairpins as well.

They are made of soft nohair with polyamid mix and they measure 3.5" /9 cm in diameter.

They would lookgorgeous on a shawl, jacket, sweater, coat or any piece of clothing, and it will look absolutely stunning on a purse, hat, scarf, headband or wristband as well.

more of my brooches are here

Brooches

What can be more heart-warming in winter than a cute vintage crocheted broosh?
I wear them every time I have romantic-cozy mood.

Moreover, my brooches are all created in an attempt to be more ecologically sustainable. I had a bunch of yarn leftovers - beautiful pieces, but too small for any serious project. Throwing them away would break my heart. Buying new yarn for brooches - would break my anti-consumption-phylosophy heart too. So the way out was to try and combine the yarn I have with the beads I have. And here we go!
So of the brooches are absolutely unique as the piece of yarn was just enough for one.

Pumpkin brooch with glass beads (wool with acrylic)

$13 - free shipping

White mohair brooch with glass beads

$11.50 - free shipping

Pink flower brooch with glass beads (acrylic and cotton yarn)

$12 - free shipping

More of my brooches are in my shop.