Handmade Leather 2 in 1 Bowl – Reclaimed Vintage Materials

*Recycle

*Reclaim

*Reuse

*Remake

My latest creation is a 2 in 1- hand made leather vessel/bowl
Designed to be used either side for a different decorative look

A beautiful OOAK handmade vessel I created from soft leather scrap and reclaimed fabrics from vintage sources such as tableclothes and doilys. All moulded together with  French 1950′s dressmakers ribbons.
I use mine to display my antique & vintage button collections, shells and French coins on shelves and tables.

Buy my leather bowls at Cottontail shop

Vintage French Inspired Wrist Cuffs

I have just listed in my shop“Atelierinparis Wearable Art – Textile Cuffs ” stunning one of a kind creations using vintage textiles, found objects embellishments and reclaimed jewelery bringing you a touch of 19th. Century French Bohemianism & romance.

“GYPSY BLOOD” wild seas tear us apart Oh! Gypsy Blood where are you …

ABOUT
Deep rose hand- dyed frayed cotton canvas topped with fragments of vintage black lace, twisted and stitched to decorate, vintage French brocade textile & shredded hand- dyed doily in deep rose, vintage olive green ribbon with hand stitched crosses in black tapestry thread and a vintage glass knotted button. All backed with aged cotton canvas and a torn piece of ribbon with Paris written, completed with a black elastic loop and vintage black button to fasten on your wrist for elegance and style.

SIZE
Cuff Length with loop – 8 inches – 20cm.
Cuff Width – 2 inches – 5 cm.

“You can buy “GYPSY BLOOD”

“TOINETTE”
“Chamber maids are more affluent wearing long loose jackets mantlets and pellisess. Decorative cuffs and muffs for winter were becoming common. The coif was still worn but was rivaled by headdresses and bonnets.” From The People of Paris: An Essay in Popular Culture in the 18th Century By Daniel Roche

ABOUT
Vintage tablecloth fabric dyed with acrylic tinctures with fragments of vintage French satin decor fringing , antique dyed lace, brocade textile. All topped with olive green ribbon and an old fabric covered button, decorative stitching of a cross and the words “I Am”next to a tiny dyed doily below a vintage glass button. All backed with aged cotton canvas and a torn piece of ribbon with word “Je t’aime” written, completed with a black elastic loop and vintage glass button to fasten on your wrist for elegance and style.

SIZE
Cuff Length with loop – 8 inches – 20cm.
Cuff Width – 2 inches – 5 cm.

“You can buy “TOINETTE”

Free Giveaway-Rare French Digital Collection 2-The Lovers

As a thank you to all my readers,you can download my 2nd Antique Cartes Postales collage sheet for free. Just click on the image and it will enlarge so you can print it out for all your art and craft projects

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION
A gorgeous collection of very rare images of Antique French Cartes Postales (post cards)dating back to early 1900′s scanned from my own large collection of original antique postcards and bits and pieces I gathered from my travels in France , Europe and Australia.I played around with this image and made my own design by adding an antique decorative French lock with found fonts.

Great for all your creative projects: Artistic booklets, Card making, Collage ,Painting Altered Art, Assemblage Scrapbooking , Fabric and Transparent Transfers , Jewellery and so much more.

More of my free collage sheets

TERMS OF USE FOR DIGITAL IMAGE COLLECTION
You are free to use the images in your personal art and/or crafts and for art and/or crafts you intend to sell. You MAY NOT re-sell the images in any form.Images may NOT be resold to others, as a collection or part of a collection, of any size in any format (digital, print, etc.)

Nature at it’s Best

This is for Amy

Today I’m missing Paris, my second home.

I felt the first cool breeze of the coming winter in Melbourne today and it reminded me of my Winter in Paris last year.

I miss… the sharp icy wind hitting me in the face as I walk around the corner on my way to the market or Metro.

I miss… warm afternoons in the apartment listening to French tv with amazing foods, especially real baguettes and Frazier-res from the Patisserie across the road

I miss…being under the Eiffel, small cars and the little carnival nearby

I miss… the art , the artists, Surrealists, Dada….

I miss… collecting street litter with David ,street art, photographing underground spaces, junk collecting and Mont Martre

I miss… big woolly coats, scarves and boots when slipping in the snow and Champs Elysees.

I miss… creating in my little studio in the corner of the lounge/bedroom I call the “Cubicle” in Paris and the view out my window.

I miss…. visiting family and friends and living with passionate French people and locals and the colours, the smells of my neighborhood .

I miss you Paris but, I will be back again and again because… most of all ,I miss my darling daughter Amy who lives there.

Free Giveaway-Rare French Digital Collection 1

As a thank you to all my readers,you can download my Antique Cartes Postales collage sheet for free. Just click on the image and it will enlarge so you can print it out for all your art and craft projects.

ABOUT THIS COLLECTION
A gorgeous collection of very rare images of Antique French Cartes Postales (post cards)dating back to early 1900′s scanned from my own large collection of original antique postcards and bits and pieces I gathered from my travels in France , Europe and Australia.

Great for all your creative projects:

Artistic booklets, Card making, Collage ,Painting Altered Art, Assemblage Scrapbooking , Fabric and Transparent Transfers , Jewellery and so much more.

More of my free collage sheets

TERMS OF USE FOR DIGITAL IMAGE COLLECTION
You are free to use the images in your personal art and/or crafts and for art and/or crafts you intend to sell.You MAY NOT re-sell the images in any form.Images may NOT be resold to others, as a collection or part of a collection, of any size in any format (digital, print, etc.)

Make Share-Handmade Leftover Trash Books

I have heaps of  travel catalogs that I hate to throw away so I recycle them into notebooks, journals and artist books .I make each book cover as a separate collage piece – OOAK.

I re-use all my jotting and doodling paper I keep beside the computer so when I get a pile I create a book. In my books you may come across scribbles an idea a thought budgets old exhibition invites artist postcards catalog covers pages botched print- outs advertising materials junk mail magazine cut-outs-stickers wallpaper tags and baguette bags from Paris computer keyboard keys old cheque  butts and more……I wire bound them with my binding machine and sometimes I join them with punched holes with ribbons , wire,cord just whatever is around.

They can be used for doodles and sketching to jot things down ideas thoughts lyrics words travel or artists journal whatever u want.

It’s fun making them,I must make more…

Room with a View

“ROOM WITH A VIEW”

The inspiration behind my latest series of screen printed handmade petite cushions…

When I’m in Paris this is the view I see from my bedroom window. Most timesI see a  big grey cat ( la Chat)  scampering over the terracotta rooftops. He jumps from building to building with such grace and balance without any fear at all.

Petite Cushions

Gorgeous hand- made petite cushion made from 100% raw cotton duck canvas. Printed with high quality enviromentally friendly water based fabric inks with French grosgrain ribbon, looped to hang. The silkscreen print was created from my original drawing.

Petite Size – 6×4.5 inches = 16 x 12cm.approx.

Ideas
A touch of French chic for your home.
Hang it from a scrolled hook or door handle.
A unique addition to the boudoir, a brooch or decorative hat pin holder.
Dangle it from your wrist as a generous pin cushion or in the sewing room…

Please clickto purchase my petite cushions or to view my other home decor items

Enjoy your day!

Hand Dying Obsession- Paper Fabric Lace & Doilies

I’ve been obsessed lately with hand dying pieces of cloth, doilies, lace and paper. I use tea, coffee and Parisian essence to age and colour my pieces and then bake them in the oven to give them a lovely vintage feel. I also discovered that Parisian essence is great used as an ink for fancy writing and sketching. I have stacked my collections on recycled cardboard packaging trays in the linen press for future creative projects.

A selection of things I’ve created so far with the hand dyed items.

Little hand dyed calico books with ties.

Lace, doilies,ribbon,trims and fabric .

Pile of hand dyed papers & paper doilies.

Hand dyed fabric flower.

A wall hanging .

A bunch of dirty books.

Miss Clara -French paper artist video

The World of Miss Clara

Look at the magical world of paper artist Miss Clara. Even if you don’t speak French, her incredible work and studio are worth a visit.

Thank you from Annekata