[ scroll down for a tutorial and giveaway! ]
I love figuring out little accent pieces to add to otherwise plain outfits. Saturday I was wearing my favorite gray wool skirt and a light blue cardigan (it was cold here!), but decided it looked rather plain. None of my brooches in my jewelry stash seemed to work, so I put together a little “quick fix” piece! A trio of “cherries” (originally a holly berry spring from the craft store at Christmas), a little black velvet bow, a pin back, transformed to create a cute piece. It reminds me so much of the novelty costume jewelry brooches of the early 1940s! In case you would like to make one, I wrote a mini tutorial.
[ click here for a tutorial, or enter below to win a cherry brooch! ]
As a thank you to all my lovely readers for making my blogging so darn fun, I’d love to give away one of these little cherry pins! Entering is super simple: just leave a comment below (no tricks or catches!). Be sure to fill out the email line of the comment form; entries without a valid email address will not be counted. I’ll leave the giveaway open until midnight Wednesday (February 17), and a winner drawn at random will be announced Thursday! (Please note: this is open to all readers; international entries welcome!)
Did you do anything crafty this weekend? Good luck!
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Casey,
I just want to let you know about a blog I stumble across this weekend. It’s called lisafreemontpages.blogspot.com she has lots of easy vitange inspired hair tutorials on You Tube. So please check her out. And I would also like a chance to win this lovely cherry pin lol!:)
Love it! So simple, but so pretty at the same time! ♥
I love your blog! Thanks for the tutorial. If it ever stops snowing here maybe I’ll make a run to the craft store and make one myself!
Too cute!!
Aww these cherry clips are adorable!
And a great accessory to an outfit
What a cute pin! Totally makes the outfit!
This makes me want to make brooches all day long. Alas, my 1955 vintage pattern playsuit must be finished today (and I think the cherry pin would look lovely on it…..).
Lovely!
Feeling a bit broken hearted today… sigh…
But I’ve been working on my home. The kitchen today! I am wrapping the whole thing in wrapping paper (seriously!) well, the ugly shelves anyway
Oh thats just adorable!!
So cute! Consider me entered.
And thanks so much for doing this, it is very sweet of you (also thrilled that it’s open to international readers … yay!).
A xx
I love wearing little pins & broaches like this. I was a bit busy this week, so no time for crafting—but I did tie a lot of plush & candy to flower arrangements, haha.
Cute and easy!
Ooooooh, that is super cute!!!! Thanks for the tutorial and giveaway!
Lovely lovely! I’d love to enter, your blog and tutorials are so awesome!!! ~Phall Marie
it’s a very cute idea, i think it would be a good idea for a hair barrette too.
Thanks for the cute tutorial!
ADORABLE! I’ve been a fan of cherries on EVERY thing forever!
I sure would LOVE one of these ! And thanks for all your tutorial, and displaying your work on your blog, it’s really inspiring !!
Love the cherries! So adorable!
Oh that’s so darling! You always make the cutest things!!!
So cute & classy, Casey! I’m loving the wonderful generosity of the blogs that I visit lately. I just saw Sarai’s very cute bloomers pattern & Ysolda’s lovely felt flower pin tutorial was great too! Yay for crafty, talented people!
Oh how cute and clever! I have a bunch of that holly stuff left over from Christmas. I may just have to make a few of these!
love it.
Cute! Simple yet effective – you’re right, it does look rather vintage, looks lovely on your cardigan. x
I adore your blog. You have opened me up to many other blogs and I’m so glad of that! I’ve also decided, after looking at your creations, to work on sewing. I’d love to be able to make my own vintage clothing! Thanks for everything!
What an adorable pin!
what a cute touch to a simple cardigan!!
love it!!
I always feel inspired after a visit to your blog. I hope you do some more tutorials in the future.
How lovely! It’s be perfect for work!
What a lovely brooch
I can imagine it pinned to my favorite jacket, ready to add a spark of color for the spring!
I am a slave for cherries! Perfect accent to a plan cardigan. Casey, your work and style gives me so much inspiration!
aww… this is so lovely!!! I would love to have it, seriously!
Thank you for the cute giveaway!
Please include me in your lovely giveaway, the brooch is soooo cute!
Adorable! Who wouldn’t want it? (If I don’t win I guess I must use the tutorial…)
How nice of you to arrange another giveaway. The pins are so pretty, I love them!
Acutally I did do something crafty this weekend – I wrote a loveletter.
Not sure if that counts, but to me letters are wonderful pieces of art.
Thank you for your inspiring blog! <3
Oh ! Casey ! Thank you so much ! I adore this brooch ! You’re so talented !
Hi Casey! I’m new to reading your blog and I am so inspired right now! Such a cute brooch! Nothing like a brooch to tissy up an outfit! =)
Mmmm… cherries. Tasty and super cute! What a lovely finisher to the outfit
Oh how I love cherries, love this idea, it’s so simple yet very effective. I’m in Australia and it is almost 40 degrees Celsius here most of Summer so I’m SO jealous with your talk of cardigans. I almost jumped out of my skin with excitement in the shops today at the sight of a SCARF amongst the summer dresses and skirts, hooray scarves are hitting the stores…bring on the cool weather!!! And fabulously decadent and warm boots, gloves, coats, aaaahhh swoon!
How pretty! I’d be over the moon if I won:)
Very cute tutorial!
Hi Casey, i love your little pin its so cute. i may try to make one myself.
i am going to my third knitting class today (taken inspiration from you). its so hard and fiddly, i hope it gets easier! lol
take care.
From Steff (wrapped up warm in a cardigan from not-so-sunny England)
How cute! I just love the cherries!
Totally down for a giveaway!!!
This is adorable! I’m going to enter, but if I don’t win I’ll probably end up overcoming my own laziness to make my own…thanks for running the giveaway, and for the tutorial!
I try to make myself not so lazy and do something too. But it’s not so easy as it seems to be.
Love little cherries.
Cute pin! I have a few cardigans that would look adorable on!
Would love to win that! I actually did do something crafty this weekend. My husband proposed to me on the beach, and on a whim I kept the stick he used to write, “Will you marry me?” I’ve had it tucked in a drawer the last 5 years. As an engagement present, my sister snuck away with the pictures of the individual words we had taken, had them redone in a sepia tone and mounted into a lovely, beachy wood frame. Which has also been sitting around because we hadn’t hung it. So this weekend I made little loops and mounted the stick to hang just under the frame and we hung the picture over our dresser. It looks perfect!
What a cute idea!
That broch is lovely! I´d like so enter the giveaway too!
Í have started to sew my first vintagepattern, a hollywood pattern from the 40´s.
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