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.

 

 

 

I Love Cows Wall Hanging

 My sister and I just returned from a mini vacation

in Florida.  It was too cold to spend much time on the beach,

so we did the next best thing.

Thrift shopping!

Look what I came home with.

 

 

 

 

 



 

When I saw this farm life sweater by

Eagle's Eye

I had to have it.

 I knew could make something out of it

I just wasn't sure what.

 

Back view.

 

 

I started by cutting out one of the scenes.

I had just bought a square wire wreath frame

and was looking forward to trying it out.

 

I backed it with a little batting

then glued it all onto some fiber board.

 

 

Decided to cover the square wreath frame with

the black and white check sleeves.

I went a head and removed the large red heart

because I new I would be cutting right

down the middle of the sleeve.

 

 

I wrapped and glued the strips around

the frame, using both of the sleeves.

 

 

 

Used my glue gun and glued it all together.

 

 

Reattached the hearts that I had removed

from the sleeves.  Added two yellow flowers

made from another cotton sweater.

 

You can find this country life

wall hanging on my etsy site.

Please visit me and see what other

fun things I have for you.

 

Nanniepannie

 

 

 

 



 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/224058774/i-love-cows-wreath-farm-life-knitted?ref=shop_home_active_1

FOREVER IRISH

I'm getting ready to list my latest

up-cycled sweater wreath

to my etsy shop

Nanniepannie

 

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day,

but not just for...

I call it "Forever Irish".

 

 

 

 

It started as a rescued sweater

from my local Salvation Army store.

An Old Navy brand

made of wool and cotton.

The color first caught my eye,

then I saw the beautiful cable work.

Had to have it!

 

 

 

This is the first time I've tried my hand

at a Celtic Knot.

I think it turned out well, although

I did choose the simplest one.

 

Please visit my etsy shop here

to see this wreath

and all my other up-cycled sweater wreaths.

 

 

 

 



The Making of a Wreath

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first step in making a sweater wreath

is finding the sweater.

I usually make bi-weekly visits to my favorite

thrift shops ...

don't want to miss any treasures out there.

 

 

 

I have been on the lookout for a yellow sweater.

I wanted it to be a sunny yellow

have cables

and cotton, if possible.

I love working with wool, but for summer,

cotton feels right.

 

 

I usually have an idea in my head of what I'd like

the finished product to look like,

but quite frankly I know the design will have to

play out as it will.

I just go with it.

 

 

I start to cut, then cover the frame

and then begin the flowers.

I have bins of sweater scraps so I just pull out options

and see what works.

 

 

After the flowers are arranged and glued on

I look to my accessory stash

to see what I can add to create

more interest.

 

 

Here's how it all came together.

 

 

 



I think the yellow and orange

make a happy combination.

 

 

Visit my etsy shop

Nanniepanne

as well as my facebook page

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