A few little projects I've been playing with. I've found that I enjoy crocheting flowers and I'm making a batch of them using vintage crochet thread. I could sit for hours and crochet these... I have an idea and I need a lot of these. I'm using different shades of ecru thread... I'll just keep crocheting until I think I have enough and then I'll show what I'm going to do with all of these flowers...if it turns out! My good friend Stephanie introduced me to rick rack roses... After Christmas I removed the mercury glass balls from this little mini cloche and while looking for something to put inside I spotted the roses. They look kind of good here...for now... Stephanie gave me the instructions and beautiful cotton rick rack in pinks and soft yellows but I decided to practice with some old polyester rick rack first. They turned out okay but I've moved on to the cotton which is so much easier to work with and they look even better. I'll show them in another post... Thanks Stephanie, for getting me started on these! I love them!!!! So many fun things to make I'm afraid I need about 5 lifetimes to do everything I plan to do! Update...here's a link to a more recent post about my rick rack roses. On that post you will find a link to a to a blog that has a DYI on making the rick rack roses. The crochet roses are just Irish crochet. Almost any vintage crochet book, and some new books, will have patterns in them for this style flower. I used a few different sources and came up with my own variation for this design. Thanks for stopping by! Linking to Faded Charm for White Wednesday. Linking to Savy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays Linking to Frou Frou Decor for Fabulous Friday Finds Linking to French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday