Seaside Bound

There's a little planned community in Florida

called Seaside Beach.

It got a lot of attention several years ago,

right after in was built.

 

You may remember "The Truman Show"

a film staring Jim Carrey that was filmed there.

 

It was named one of the best beaches in the world

by Leisure Magazine in 2012.

 

 

Each house in this idyllic  town

is unique and special.  Many of them are owned

by year round residents, others can be rented for a price.

If you are like me, a day trip there would be more friendly to your purse.

 

 

The shopping there has its own flavor as well.

Gift shops, book stores, galleries and such.

That's where I come in.

 

 

The Newbill Collection by the sea

is a small gallery owned and operated by

Annette Newbell Trujillo.

 

 

 

I sent three pieces of my work

for her consideration a couple of weeks back.

I've just got the word that she has accepted

them for a ninety day trial.

I'm so excited, but nervous! 

 

I'm sending her six more pieces.

This is one of them, I call it

"Heaven is a Beach".

 

 

 

"My Happy Place"

 

 

 

"In The Garden"

I'm sending three more as well,

two of them are brand new.

I was so excited when I got the news

that I forgot to take pictures of them before

I packed them up to ship.

 

This is such a great opportunity for me.

I can't wait to see how it develops.

I won't be quitting my day job just yet,

but I will be spending a little more time

at my crafting table which is fine by me.

 I'll let you know how it goes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Time Goes By

How could you say no to this

outrageous sweater

when you create wreaths out of

up-cycled sweater.

You wouldn't.

 

It's a "Susan Bristol" sweater.

She can rock a novelty sweater like no other.

It consisted of all these timepiece appliques.

I knew I would come up with something.

 

I actually came up with three somethings.

This is the smaller of the three,

an eight inch wreath.

 

 



 

This was my first one, a sixteen inch.

If you know me at all,

you know my favorite combination

is black and white,

so I had a ball.

 

 

The third one is here, also a sixteen inch.

They are all up now on my

etsy shop

nanniepannie

take a look...go a head, you've got the time.

 

 

 



Three For The Road



I'm sending three examples of my work

to a small gallery in

Seaside Beach Florida.

 

 

 

It's called

Newbill Collection by the sea.

 

 

 

 

Keep your fingers that they like what they see.

My hope is that the will

want to carry a few of my wreath.

 

I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

 

Burberry Wreath

 Last week, while vacationing near

Seaside Beach Florida, I stumbled across this

"Burberry" sweater.

You would have thought I struck gold.

 

 

 

I knew I could put it to good use.

It was way too small for me to wear,

but for my up-cycled sweater wreaths,

it was perfect.

 

 

It was made from cotton and acrylic.

Had some beautiful cabling,

and was a nice neutral.

 

 

 

I went to the Burberry site hoping for some

inspiration on how to proceed.

In the end I went with the

traditional.

 

Back in the day

when I was a Victoria's Secret

store manager, I won a contest

and the prize was a "Burberry" umbrella

from Harrods.

The umbrella has been since lost or stolen

(I'm not sure which, just one day I realized it was gone)

but I did still have the iconic plaid

umbrella sleeve.

 

I went to work this morning

crafting and creating.

Covered a sixteen inch wreath frame with the sleeves,

created a few flowers.

I used some of the fabric for the centers and then

made a simple bow.

 

I used a couple of other cotton sweaters

to make some contrasting black and white flowers.

 

Reattached the shell buttons

and of course the label.

 I hope someone will see it and love it.

You can find this and many more

unique wreaths at

Nanniepannie

on etsy.