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Tea and Roses

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An order for an 80th birthday present. “Could you make a tea cosy for my mum please? I need it to be pretty with lilacs and blues.  I said “Of course and thank you for the order.” I thought… got to get this right. Ta dah! There were some challenges along the way, namely finding lilacs and blues that blended together nicely, but I definitely enjoyed the whole creative process of bringing this little tea cosy together. No pompoms this time, it was decided that roses would be the decoration of choice. It took a while to settle on what colour to use for the flowers, but in the end I went for peach, as I thought it complimented the lilacs and blues well and was not only pretty, but delicate looking too. I wanted to get every detail perfect. I thought it would be more interesting to use three tones of peach in the roses and by varying the amounts I used in each rose I managed to make them all slightly different from one another. The leaves …

Pompoms!

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I love a pompom! Small ones, large ones and multi-coloured ones. I have even purchased a pompom maker or two. I know you can make them using the traditional cardboard cut-out rings, with the end of a fork or even your fingers but these wonderful little gadgets just make the whole process so simple. I really, really want to make a pompom garland. I saw this one  by Anthropologie this Christmas and it was really inspiring. I looked at it and thought ‘I could make that’ but have I managed to? No, not yet, but watch this space! It’s on my radar and I will definitely let you know of any developments! For now, I couldn’t resist showing you a few more pictures of my tea cosies with their glorious, oversized pompoms. These cosies were nothing before their fluffy, fun adornments and now they just make me smile.   So…..to pompom or to not pompom? If that is the question. Well surely the answer is to always pompom! …….Or is it? I have found that sometimes……… …