Treasury Thanks

It was a great week for Treasuries, and I want to take this opportunity to thank all the curators who featured items from my Etsy shop, Pasque Flower Creations, during the past week.

THANK YOU!

Zoubizou  from The Netherlands featured my blue large-sized oven mitts in her treasury, Lemon Cake . . ..

I just love this adorable newborn baby hat from Zoubizou's shop:

 Aid for Abby, a shop which features artwork by an autistic child artist, featured my yellow and white chevron oven mitts in the treasury, Spring Trend - Yellow and White.  This abstract art by Abby is a sample of some of the amazing artwork available at Aid for Abby:

Alice Garrett of Alicecarolynsupply featured my aqua chevron oven mitt in her beautiful treasury, Colour Inspiration: Aqua.  Alice's shop has a wonderful assortment of hard to find Liberty of London cotton lawn fabrics, like this beautiful Tresco print, inspired by the Tresco Abbey gardens:

Natashalh of StalkingTheWildSnark, a BBA teammate, also featured my aqua chevron oven mitts in her treasury, It's Geometric!  This wonderful nautical necklace from Natasha's shop exemplifies another current trend:

Marijn from Woolly Mary (Netherlands) featured my poppies on teal oven mitts in her bright and cheery treasury, Wearable Poppies.   These wonderfully unique and whimsical crochet birds are one of my favorite finds in Marijn's shop:

Cara Harkness of BohoBeachJewelry featured my orange chevron oven mitt in her treasury, Orange and White Delight.  This orange agate bracelet is one of the wonderful Boho jewelry items from Cara's shop:

Nesrin from ArtofAccessory featured my green chevron oven mitt in her treasury, Green White.  The pretty green crochet halter top is something I would have loved in my younger days -- it covers stretch marks, but is still cool and sexy on a hot summer day:  

Thanos from GreekCosmos featured my yellow floral baby bib in the treasury Kid's Stuff -- In Grey - Yellow. This ancient Greek reproduction disc has such unique markings.  What do they mean?  It's Greek to me!  But it would be a beautiful accent piece.

More than half the curators featured this week are sellers from abroad.  Etsy truly is an international handmade marketplace!   It's exciting to be a part of that community.

TTFN

LeAnn aka pasqueflower

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pasqueflower

http://www.facebook.com/pasqueflower

http://pasqueflowerponderings.blogspot.com

BBA May Challenge - Rick Rack Rose

The May Challenge for the Blogging Business Artisans Team is from Sharla of  Beaded Tail.

The challenge was to make something with a flower theme -- May flowers.

I will be visiting two of my grandchildren in New Hampshire in August. While I am there, we will celebrate Madeline’s 9^th birthday.  My three East Coast “big kids” will all be there – a mini-reunion.

Madeline’s favorite color is pink, so I decided to make her a pink rick rack rose hair clip for her curly blonde hair.

  

I found this rick rack flower tutorial on the Oh For Sweetness Sake blog. Thanks to Jesselle’s great step-by-step instructions, I was able to create a cute little hair accessory.  I used Roxanne's Glue-Baste-It instead of a hot glue gun.    I had some difficulty turning back the “petals,” possibly due to having fat old fingers – but if there was polyester in the rick rack, that would also make it more difficult to shape the flower.  On my next attempt, I may look for cotton rick rack, and use tweezers to help the rose bloom.

TTFN

LeAnn aka pasqueflower

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pasqueflower

http://www.facebook.com/pasqueflower

http://pasqueflowerponderings.blogspot.com

Wordless Wednesday - Blooms

Now You're Cookin'!

It's Shameless Commerce Tuesday, and today I'm featuring some new listings from my Etsy shop, Pasque Flower Creations, also available at Locabal (Local + Global).

Oven mitts continue to be my best sellers, and I've recently added a few new ones to the mix.

This one reminds me of Lifesavers candies.

Pink and gray are a winning color combination, I think.

And I couldn't resist Riley Blake's new purple chevrons and dots fabrics.

I have more new mitts cut and ready to sew --- but I'm still working on Erin's graduation quilt.
Juggle. Juggle. Juggle.

TTFN
LeAnn aka pasqueflower
http://www.etsy.com/shop/pasqueflower
http://www.facebook.com/pasqueflower
http://pasqueflowerponderings.blogspot.com

Treasury Thanks - Mother's Day 2013

On this Mother's Day I am grateful for my children and grandchildren, and for a sunny day.

I am also grateful for the curators who featured items from my Etsy shop, Pasque Flower Creations, in treasuries over the past week.  A huge THANK YOU to all!

Holly from TheRottenRooster featured my pool party bunting in her fun and colorful treasury, Pool Party!
While it's WAY too chilly for a pool party in Nebraska, we know that warmer days are coming.  This pretty paper bead bracelet from Holly's shop would be a lovely Spring or Summer accessory.

VivaTheLove featured my rainbow chevron oven mitts in her treasury, Mother's Day Gift Ideas.  If I had a Mother's Day Etsy Gift Card to spend, I might be looking at this beautiful blue agate bracelet.

Patty Harrington of FernHollowFInds, a Baby Boomers teammate, featured my tangerine oranges on green oven mitts in her treasury, I Love You MOM!  With all of my kids in different time zones, I'll be doing some traveling to stay in touch.  This beautiful drawstring jewelry pouch would be great for travel - or every day.

Margaret of SplendidLittleStars, a BBA teammate, featured my hearts baby bib in her treasury, True Love.  This cute tie dyed heart t-shirt would delight my youngest granddaughter, I'm sure.

Sharla of BeadedTail, another BBA teammate, featured my magenta schlep bag in her treasury, For Moms of Kids With and Without Fur. My fur baby is the only "kid" who will be with me this Mother's Day.
This Be Curious cat journal reminds me of my curious sewing buddy, Tux.

That's all for now.  I'll be heading to the Old Cheney Farmer's Market after church today, tagging up with my kids by phone or text, working on Erin's graduation quilt  ---- and missing my mom.

TTFN
LeAnn aka pasqueflower
http://www.etsy.com/shop/pasqueflower
http://www.facebook.com/pasqueflower
http://pasqueflowerponderings.blogspot.com

Not So Mellow - YELLOW!

According to Etsy trend watchers, YELLOW is the hot new color for Spring and Summer 2013. Now as many of you know, my favorite color is PURPLE -- the opposite of yellow on the color wheel!  Suffice it to say, my stash is a little shy on yellow....but it's growing on me.

I especially love the yellow and gray combination -- sunshine and shadows.  SO--I recently purchased some pretty fabrics:

I especially love the Ikat on the left.  All the fabrics shown above are 100% cotton from the Gray Matters collection designed by Jackie Studios for Camelot Fabrics.

I also purchased some yummy butter yellow 100% linen.  I plan to make at least two large statement clutches with this very pretty and subtle-textured fabric.

It's Shameless Commerce Tuesday, but I don't have a brand new listing to show you today, just these works not yet in progress.

I've been busy trying to finish granddaughter Erin's graduation quilt, while keeping up with custom Mother's Day orders, dealing with the computer repair guy and the cable guy (I'm back online, thank you very much), and meeting deadlines for free lance legal research projects.  Check!

But stay tuned for some yellow and gray goodies sometime in the not too distant future...I hope.  My Colorado grandkids gave me this sign for Christmas a few years ago.  I'm feelin' it this month!

Are you a yellow fan?

TTFN
LeAnn aka pasqueflower
http://www.etsy.com/shop/paqueflowr
http://www.facebook.com/pasqueflower
http://pasqueflowerponderings.blogspot.com

Treasury Thanks

Greetings from the chilly prairie!

I want to extend a huge THANK YOU to the curators who featured items from my little Etsy shop, Pasque Flower Creations, in treasuries over the past week.

Long Tall Sally from LongTallSallys featured my priarie sunbonnet in her Laura Ingalls Wilder treasury, MA - INGALLS.   As many of you know, I grew up not far from DeSmet, South Dakota, the "Little Town on the Prairie," so I have been a Laura Ingalls Wilder fan for over 50 years.  It has been such fun to see my daughter and granddaughters enjoy the books as much as I did.

Long Tall Sally has a delightful vintage shop.  I just love these oh so pretty Staffordshire tea cups.

Kostas of thisandthatgallery (Greece) featured my poppies on teal oven mitts in the treasury, What Time Is It? Red Past Teal.  Every time I hear the name Kostas, I am reminded of the movie, Shirley Valentine.  It was not a blockbuster at the box office, but one of my Top 10 Chick Flicks of all time.  If you can find it on Netflix, you might want to add it to your queue!  

I love these CUTE 24k gold earrings from thisandthatgallery!  Wouldn't they make a a wonderful gift for a stylist?

Natalya Poznyak of NatsDoll featured my green chevron oven mitts in her treasury, Nature..  Nat makes adorable dolls. It was so hard to pick just one to share with you.   But I finally decided on this Coffee Fairy. She made me think of my daughter, who loves her coffee.

Anna Meer, a buyer only from Seattle, Washington, featured my aqua chevron oven mitt in her treasury, In the Kitchen.    Thank you, Anna!

Cynthia from Antiquity Travelers featured my rose oven mitts in her treasury, Coming Up Roses.  The treasury was in celebration of the grand opening of teammate Duni's new shop, Duni Studio Design.  

You'll be coming up roses sporting these pretty rose earrings with jade from Cynthia's shop:

Christina Sawka of CJS Tonbo (tonbo means dragonfly and signifies strength, courage and happiness), featured my poppies on teal oven mitts in her treasury, Poppy Love.    Christina's shop has beautiful vintage Japanese textiles, like this gorgeous poppy red kimono.  

Margaret of Splendid Little Stars featured my aqua chevron oven mitts in her pretty blue treasury, By the Sea.  This beautiful aqua scrunchie would be the perfect accessory to tame your mane at the beach.

And that's a wrap!  Signing off to continue work on granddaughter Erin's graduation quilt (T minus 18 days and counting!) and two custom orders.  My brother drove down from South Dakota to watch Husker baseball -- in his down-filled parka and flannel-lined jeans.  It was a chilly 43 degrees at last night's game.  (Hubby and I stayed home and watched it on the Big Ten Network.)

Wishing you all a warm and sunny week!

TTFN

LeAnn aka pasqueflower

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pasqueflower

http://www.facebook.com/pasqueflower

http://pasqueflowerponderings.blogspot.com