This cameo pin measures 2 3/4" x 2" and I made it with sooo much love. With the help of my needles, felt and some thread I decided to "plant" a perfect miniature garden featuring a mushroom, flowers, tiny fantasy fruits and a little hungry bumblebee ready to savor the delicious banquet.
I was so happy with the final result!
The tiny details that you see on the lower part of this garden are gorgeously colored pistils or stamens used for the center of decorative flowers for hats in the 1920's through the 1940's.
I got them from someone who got them from a woman whose mom was a hat designer during that period. So many women owned these treasures before me! (They were pretty pricey too but I couldn't help myself, I had to get the whole collection)
The shapes and the colors in these rare pistils and stamens are just amazing and the material is glass-like. I am absolutely in love with my collection, which I keep safely in a sweet vintage box in my studio. I use them carefully once in a while because they're so special to me. I only want to make unique pieces with them :)
I listed this cameo pin on my Etsy store yesterday and it's already sold out. But I will do my best to create new ones when I have a chance one of these nights while Bill is in Australia :)
Lots of love!
Elsita :)
it looks like it could have been taken right out of one of my forest photographs. I love it and if I had seen it in your etsy shop well I am sure you know what might have happened. I can only hope you have a chance to make some more.
Posted by: Margaret Oomen | July 28, 2009 at 03:35 AM
Elsa this is a piece of ART!!!!
Posted by: Mari Aparicio | July 28, 2009 at 07:02 AM
That is just lovely! It's just perfect!
Posted by: Jen | July 28, 2009 at 07:42 AM
This is soo beautiful and intricate. What a gorgeous little piece!
Posted by: laura | July 28, 2009 at 08:15 AM
Wow!!! I love it. I always seem to miss your listings, even though I am on the East Coast...I tell you I will keep trying. Your blog is one of my faves!!
Posted by: Shelly | July 28, 2009 at 01:17 PM
Oh so tiny and delicate. I want to be the hungry bumblebee. ;-)
Posted by: Mariella | July 28, 2009 at 03:46 PM
wow, it's stunning, so beautiful!
Posted by: Sandra | July 28, 2009 at 07:47 PM
Oh, that's really wonderful, Elsa. I don't have a clue how you produce all the things that you do. You are one busy woman! jan
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A lot of things is not as easy as it seems, only can do is original himself.
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