ConstantlyAlice Valentine Giveaway!

Methinks it's time for a valentine giveaway!

Here are the prizes:

1.  Felt Rose brooch/Fascinator
2.  Vintage Clip Earrings
3. Cute Vintage Inspired Barettes

Here's what you need to know..

• Enter through rafflecopter here or on our facebook page.  
• The only mandatory entry is that you "like" us on facebook, but the other entries will get you extra chances!
• Winner will be drawn at random by rafflecopter on 2/8/13 (with plenty of time for it to arrive for Valentine's day ;)

Good Luck!

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Hugs and Smooches,
D 

Create 365 - Little Lucy Doll

I finished a little sooner than expected :)  Little Lucy is a gift for one of my favorite tiny people <3

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D

Create 365 - Upcycled Felted Collar and Fingerless Gloves

I love giving old sweaters with damage new life ;)  This one will look great as accessories to a black or red coat!

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D

Create 365 - Design for the Felt Snow White Flapper Brooch

This was yesterday's create 365 project.  I was going to post it last night, but ninja rabbits attacked my home..and my hair caught on fire...and my computer was stolen by rogue monks..

Ok.  I fell asleep.

Anywho, here it is.  It's a design for a line of felt cameo brooches I plan on creating with a hybrid of past decades and fairytale characters.  This one is Snow White as a Flapper, I'm also working on a Gibson Girl style Rapunzel, Alice in Wonderland with 1940's style hair and clothing, Cinderella in mod 60s style and Victorian Red Riding Hood.  I may also use the designs on bags and t-shirts, but one step at a time ;)

Hugs and Smooches,
D

Create 365 - Love Bunny Mug Cozy

Yayyy!  Toasty warm hands + Cute bunnies = Sheer coziness for my nightly hot chocolate!

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D

Create 365 - The Rainy Day Brooch

I created this as a brooch, but I think I may add a hair clip to the back as well..it seems like it would make a really fun fascinator!

Hugs and Smooches,
D

Sweetheart Beret Tutorial

I love berets.  They're chic, easy to wear, and fit just about anyone!  Here are a few of my favorite ways to wear one..

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 The "Faye Dunaway".  Quintessential chic.

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Marilyn Monroe.  Sultry beret at a jaunty angle.

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 Nina Foch.  Simple and sweet.

Now that you have some ideas on how to wear one, let's talk embellishment ;)  I am currently addicted to "spiffing things up" with felt shapes and embroidery and berets are the perfect medium for this type of project!  Here's what you'll need:

1.  Begin by cutting a heart shape out of your felt.  When you have it the size and shape you like, decide where to place it on your beret.  Once you have it where you like it, pin it in place.

2.  Thread your embroidery needle with two or three strands of embroidery floss.  Begin sewing the felt heart onto your beret with evenly spaced stitches.  You can choose to do it with a running stitch, as I have done in the photo at the start of this post, or you can use an overcast stitch.

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3.  Once your heart has been secured, use your embroidery thread to create the "arrow".  Create the arrow point on the top, a stitch in the middle of your heart at an angle in line with the point, and complete it with the base of your arrow following the same angle.

4.You can embroider "sweet" in a few different ways.  I chose to do it freehand using a backstitch because I wanted it to have a "handwritten" effect.  If you prefer a different type of font, I would recommend printing or tracing it onto tear away stabilizer.  You can then just place it where you like on the beret, embroider over the letters and tear the stabilizer away when you are finished (be sure to keep some tweezers handy..they sometimes help to pull the stabilizer out from under the stitches.)

5.  Trim all threads and place on your head at the angle of your choice ;)

Hugs and Smooches,
D