I had a lovely time at my mum's yesterday eve - she's clearing out their loft space and had some of my things stored in boxes which she wanted me to sort through. I found all kinds of things I'd forgotten about like old school reports, books, dolls and jewellery. I even found some crafty bits and much to my very patient other half's dispair brought them home with me. So on my Work desk today are some pressed flowers I came across in the rummage. Now these boxes I sorted through have been at my parents house for about 8 yrs so these flowers are at least that old - amazing that they've stayed as intact as they have and the colours are still lovely.
I don't even have a garden where I live at the moment so I shall enjoy using these. I seem to remember Elizabeth (and Bleubeard of course) had a lovely project using pressed flowers on her blog a while back so I shall have to hunt it out and have a go.
The other things I found included some Victorian scrap sheets - no idea where they came from but they are gorgeous - you can just see the swans in the one propped up on my desk and here are a couple of my fav sheets. Oooh I love new stash -especially when it's rediscovered and free!!!
Happy WOYWW everyone - haven't had much time to blog hop recently but hope to get round and visit more this week - work willing ! Thanks for snooping - Esther xx
Its Tuesday Esther........thought I had missed a day........lol How wonderful to rediscover treasures like this. When it gets to Wednesday I hope you enjoy it...........giggle
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oh wow hun what brilliant finds,oh those victorian,images are just devine,just love them,and the flowers gosh they really have stayed,so crisp,hugs cheryl xxxx
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ReplyDeletewow what a fabulous find, those pressed flowers are gorgeous, fab images,have great day, happy WOYWW, sue,x (29)
Sweet workspace and beautiful pressed flowers. Happy Woyww!
ReplyDeleteWhat a treasure trove, lucky you - they look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous find some lovely stuff there too the flowers are beautiful.it reminded me few weeks past at dads we got some leaves put em in my crat mag gosh they are still there must go check em out!Thanks so glad you shared this with us .Have fab time creating
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What a wonderful treasure trove. Enjoy them. (32)
ReplyDeleteWhat great finds! Especially the pressed flowers they look amazing.
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How lovely and what wonder things you're making too, have a happy WOYWW!
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Esther, Certainly a busy desk here but lots of nice things have been brought out to play with. Very pretty flowers and images. Thanks for sharing your workspace with us. Best wishes, Kym xxx (WOYWW No 34)
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant find, have fun creating.
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lovely flowers they are so fresh looking considering how old they are.
ReplyDeleteLovely to look through forgotton boxes in the loft. Gorgeous pressed flowers. Thanks for showing your workspace. Carolxx
ReplyDeleteGreat creative mess and wonderful flowers... what a find!
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looking through old stuff and finding treasures like yours is just the kind of thing i LOVE to do! just reading about it delights me.
ReplyDeletei had a laugh at "much to my very patient other half's dispair" - i love it when hubbys can be patient with us crafters!
happy WOYWW from #20 this week!
Oooh Esther, now that is real treasure! The flowers are amazing - presumably you'll manage to make something to keep!
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ReplyDeleteDid you find the tutorial? If not, here is where I actually learned it: http://hercreativespirit.blogspot.com/
Lynn has several tutorials on her sidebar which demonstrate this flower technique perfectly. And of course, I am so happy that you scored all those lovely flowers. Looks like your mom knew exactly what she was doing when she saved them.
BTW, thanks so much for such sweet remarks about Bleubeard. And thanks for mentioning me on your Wed. post, even though it took me till Sunday to get here! And am I dreaming or is that a new blog banner?
Me again!! Forgot to mention that a SET of pages is called a "signature." When I make a page for a book, I usually begin with a sheet of 8.5 X 11 paper. I think you call it A4. By decorating both sides and folding it in the middle, I have created four working surfaces or pages. When folded, it is called a "folio." Folios are stacked together and sewn down the middle. That stack is called a signature. Don't ask why. It's a bookbinding term, for which I'm sure there's an explanation, but I have no idea what it is. So, one page folded (regardless of size) is a folio. Many folios stacked together are called a signature. I hope that helps.
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