I've been a bit obsessed with teardrop shapes lately. I take a textiles class at university and I've been playing with fabric a lot because of it. I had some scrap fabric left over from other projects and lots of cardboard boxes from moving and thought I'd combine them into something to put on my wall.

                                                                                                                            

+ I collected some of my fabric scraps and some scissors, a pen and glue. I traced around a tea saucer to help with drawing the rough shape of a teardrop onto card, then cut it out.

                                                                                                                            

+ I used the card shape to trace teardrops onto my cardboard box, then cut out the teardrops and traced their shape onto some fabric. I then cut out the fabric and glued it onto the shapes with PVA glue.

                                                                                                                            

+ I used some fabric I'd silk screened onto in textiles class - I've been using it for everything! Once I'd made five fabric covered teardrops I put some blu-tack on the back and stuck them to my wall.

                                                                                                                            

+ I couldn't help but turn one into a postcard.


For more teardroppy goodness - Sally from Queenie and the Dew does a sweet DIY on teardrop envelope decorations.

a glorified wishlist really.

1 betty page captain red flare dress
2 the art of jordan ephemera collage tarot deck
3 ask alice happy new year japan calendar
4 shay aaron rainbow cake bobby pin
5 flapper doodle to the moon and back print
6 modcloth about the benjamins heel
7 rabbit smile tuxedo owl iphone case
8 anney b & made by white love token brooch
9 larken design vintage mugshot poster
10 mishka keep watch watch

+ dwnld.
+ 8 tracks (w/ 2 extra tracks)

+ (via)

+ smoked cheddar and biscuits
+ scalloped dress hems
+ sunny rain
+ parks alive with people
+ peachy pink and pale blue
+ cutting and pasting
+ art by joseph cornell (via pp)
+ trying on my new swimmers and the potential for swimming
+ lingering sunshine at 7pm
+ scented nail polish (currently: revlon mon cherry)
+ the sound of my cat's bell as he runs through the house
+ when people are visibly happy to see you
+ when launceston smells like jasmine
+ everything-from-the-fridge-pasta
+ the smell of my paint box
+ flowers growing in the lawn
+ guilty pleasure television (currently: australia's next top model)
+ someone i'm happy to call my best friend
+ kimbra - vows (all these songs are glued inside my head!)
+ mini battenberg cakes
+ the loveliness principle