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Face it Pouch The Face It Pouch was designed with whimsy. made with wool felt and Ultrasuede. Glass bead embroidery frames his face. This pouch was designed for a Renaissance Faire participant.	Gypsy Pouch Truly a fun pouch with red wool felt and black basket weave patterned UltraSuede. The gold medallion has gold leaves dangling to give that gypsy feel.	Peacock Pouch Simple and useful this pouch is adorned with a peacock medallion and fresh water pearls. The green wool felt accents against the blue ultrasuede. Very lightweight and yet large enough to hold cellphone and keys and wallet.
Peacock tail purse using a reproduction purse frame with peacocks on it, I was inspired to make this deep purple purse. A Tiffany lamp image gave me the idea for the tail. Heavily embroidered with glass beads of many shapes.	mermaid playground This base purse is of a faint aqua satin. making it the perfect background for this Mermaid playground. Hand dyed wool felt and UltraSuede make up the background and kelp beads. While glass beads, and shells ad to the scene. Hand enameled metal mermaid was added to play in the kelp.	Alice Purse This was a Steampunk purse that I called the Alice Conundrum, Am I small enough to go through the door but big enough to hold the key in the keyhole., all on a Brown wool felt background with leather, metal and glass beadwork.
Art Nouveau purple necklace A beautiful piece of wire wrapping from my friend Jill is my inspiration starting point for this lovely piece. Complete with a Kumihimo strand of pale pink glass beads to hang from.	Art Nouveau Fairy An antique earring is the Fairy in the center of pale gold matte glass beadwork. The strand it hangs from was an experiment in a new stitch.	Tranquil Lady A Czech glass button surrounded with Shibori dyed ribbon on an aqua wool felt base. This necklace is beaded with glass, metal and pearl accents
Wysteria Door An enchanting Fairy door is under the wysteria. Hand dyed venician lace hangs over this enameled and beaded fairy door. All on a cotton velveteen base flap. this is a black velvet purse frame.	Honey Do Purse 100 year old purse frame was used in this reproduction piece. Golden velvet background with glass beaded honeycomb. The brass Bee accent was patina treated to go with the age of the frame	Peacock Purse Close up of the Peacock Purse. Sold
Peacock Purse This purse was a challenge from a fellow artist that painted the eye and hand dyed the silk velvet. I designed the purse and did all the sewing and bead embroidery as well as the painting of the metal handle. Loved this challenge. Sold	Snakes, all about the Snakes The frame for this purse is 100 years old. The background is of black silk. The head and tail of the snake are brass that has been enameled and jewels to match the frame mounted in the eyes. Glass beads were used to create the body of the snack and a red leather tongue added as the accent piece.	Portland Rain A fun pin with Rain fringe falling over a red Umbrella.
Shulz pillow Close up of Wedding pillow. Silk Calla Lilies with beaded edge. Sold	Schulz Pillow A silk pillow with silk leaves and Calla Lilies hand appliqued. The flowers are removable. and will stand on their own in a vase. The pillow can then be displayed on a bed or shelf after the wedding. Rings are tied inside the blossoms. Hand bead embroidery along the edge of the pillow as well as the edge of the blossoms. Sold	Schouten Pillow This wedding pillow is part of a set. One for the bride (this one) with a Bird of Paradise flower appliqued and the second pillow for the groom with Asters on it. This is silk with hand dyed silk appliqued with silk thread embroidery. Sold.
Schouten pillow side 2 This wedding pillow is part of a set. One for the groom (this one) with Aster flowers appliqued and the second pillow for the bride with Bird of Paradiseon it. This is silk with hand dyed silk appliqued with silk thread embroidery. Sold.	Who's that knocking Pin A steampunk inspired pin. Based on wool felt and ultrasuede, the design is of a doorknob and keyhole with a face starring back at you. Bead embroidery defines the doorknob plaque and the whimsy in this design.	Thistle Pin based on a simple and small Thistle button, this pin has short fun fringe to mimic the thistle fluff. Sold.
Rose Fairy Door necklace The hand dyed wool felt has bead embroidered scene of a working fairy door and a rose garden along the path. Wonderful fringe gives this necklace a bit of movement and whimsy. Sold	Indian Summer Door 2 A simple path leads to the door of this Indian Summer scene. Done with hand dyed wool felt as a backdrop the bead embroidery paints a lovely palette	Door into Summer necklace This door into Summer is set on Green wool felt with bead embroidered scene. Using both metal and glass leaves the working door will draw you into the wee folk world. Sold
Cherry Tree Lane necklace Tucked under the Cherry tree is this Fairy door. the working door is waiting for you to open it and let your self into the wee folk world. See the fairy riding her snail in this garden of bead embroidered flowers and tree. Sold.	Autumnal Door necklace On hand dyed wool felt this scene will bring you into the world of the wee folk. Just open the working door. Bead embroidery brings the scene to life. Sold	Apple Blossom door necklace A whimsical fairy door opens for you to enter the land of the wee folk. This hand dyed wool felt background is embellished with bead embroidered garden and tree. The strand is attached by magnets allowing you to remove the pendant and just wear the strand. Sold
Orland Shooze fairy house Standing 12 inches high this wool felt mushroom is the home of Orland Shooze the tool man in the fairy village of Middle See. This home is covered with machine quilting, hand felting, hand bead embroidery. A lovely home for any wee folk.	Fiona Thistlepincher house Welcome to Fiona Thistlepincher's shop. She is the florist in the village of Middle See. Made with wool felt, raw silk and cotton lace, this house is machine quilted, hand felted, hand embroidered and beaded. embellished with broken jewelry. Zoom in for a closer look at the details.	Beatrice de 'ol Biddy puppet A fool's doll is Beatrice de 'ol Biddy. Completely needle felted with wool. Her hat has wet felted and she is mounted on a piece of driftwood as a handle. Not for Sale, I use her for my own costume.
Sea Floor Necklace Intense bead embroidery necklace. On hand dyed wool felt. Asymmetrical design with real coral, and abalone pieces worked into the design. Zoom in to appreciate the little whimsical pieces hidden in the overall pieces.	Sybil Pillow This pillow has two sides. Side one is contemporary with wool on wool felt on cotton double flannel. Soft and very textural. These roses bring simplicity into the design. Sold	Puzzle pillow This maze has negative space embroidered with black cotton thread on linen. Follow the arrows to find all 4 gold coins. I believe in interactive art. Sold
Cat & Mouse pillow Side one of this pillow has a celtic knotworked cat and mouse hand embroidered with cotton thread on cotton. With the words Meow embroidered with the cat material borders. See the flip side picture for the maze that goes with this. Sold	A Mazing Pillow Cotton Embroidery on Linen. A true maze to follow with your finger. This is the flip side to the Cat/Mouse pillow. Sold	A Mazing pillow A wider view of the flip side of the Cat/Mouse Pillow.

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Collection

Face it Pouch

The Face It Pouch was designed with whimsy. made with wool felt and Ultrasuede. Glass bead embroidery frames his face. This pouch was designed for a Renaissance Faire participant.

Gypsy Pouch

Truly a fun pouch with red wool felt and black basket weave patterned UltraSuede. The gold medallion has gold leaves dangling to give that gypsy feel.

Peacock Pouch

Simple and useful this pouch is adorned with a peacock medallion and fresh water pearls. The green wool felt accents against the blue ultrasuede. Very lightweight and yet large enough to hold cellphone and keys and wallet.

Peacock tail purse

using a reproduction purse frame with peacocks on it, I was inspired to make this deep purple purse. A Tiffany lamp image gave me the idea for the tail. Heavily embroidered with glass beads of many shapes.

mermaid playground

This base purse is of a faint aqua satin. making it the perfect background for this Mermaid playground. Hand dyed wool felt and UltraSuede make up the background and kelp beads. While glass beads, and shells ad to the scene. Hand enameled metal mermaid was added to play in the kelp.

Alice Purse

This was a Steampunk purse that I called the Alice Conundrum, Am I small enough to go through the door but big enough to hold the key in the keyhole., all on a Brown wool felt background with leather, metal and glass beadwork.

Art Nouveau purple necklace

A beautiful piece of wire wrapping from my friend Jill is my inspiration starting point for this lovely piece. Complete with a Kumihimo strand of pale pink glass beads to hang from.

Art Nouveau Fairy

An antique earring is the Fairy in the center of pale gold matte glass beadwork. The strand it hangs from was an experiment in a new stitch.

Tranquil Lady

A Czech glass button surrounded with Shibori dyed ribbon on an aqua wool felt base. This necklace is beaded with glass, metal and pearl accents

Wysteria Door

An enchanting Fairy door is under the wysteria. Hand dyed venician lace hangs over this enameled and beaded fairy door. All on a cotton velveteen base flap. this is a black velvet purse frame.

Honey Do Purse

100 year old purse frame was used in this reproduction piece. Golden velvet background with glass beaded honeycomb. The brass Bee accent was patina treated to go with the age of the frame

Peacock Purse

Close up of the Peacock Purse. Sold

Peacock Purse

This purse was a challenge from a fellow artist that painted the eye and hand dyed the silk velvet. I designed the purse and did all the sewing and bead embroidery as well as the painting of the metal handle. Loved this challenge. Sold

Snakes, all about the Snakes

The frame for this purse is 100 years old. The background is of black silk. The head and tail of the snake are brass that has been enameled and jewels to match the frame mounted in the eyes. Glass beads were used to create the body of the snack and a red leather tongue added as the accent piece.

Portland Rain

A fun pin with Rain fringe falling over a red Umbrella.

Shulz pillow

Close up of Wedding pillow. Silk Calla Lilies with beaded edge. Sold

Schulz Pillow

Schouten Pillow

This wedding pillow is part of a set. One for the bride (this one) with a Bird of Paradise flower appliqued and the second pillow for the groom with Asters on it. This is silk with hand dyed silk appliqued with silk thread embroidery. Sold.

Schouten pillow side 2

This wedding pillow is part of a set. One for the groom (this one) with Aster flowers appliqued and the second pillow for the bride with Bird of Paradiseon it. This is silk with hand dyed silk appliqued with silk thread embroidery. Sold.

Who's that knocking Pin

A steampunk inspired pin. Based on wool felt and ultrasuede, the design is of a doorknob and keyhole with a face starring back at you. Bead embroidery defines the doorknob plaque and the whimsy in this design.

Thistle Pin

based on a simple and small Thistle button, this pin has short fun fringe to mimic the thistle fluff. Sold.

Rose Fairy Door necklace

The hand dyed wool felt has bead embroidered scene of a working fairy door and a rose garden along the path. Wonderful fringe gives this necklace a bit of movement and whimsy. Sold

Indian Summer Door 2

A simple path leads to the door of this Indian Summer scene. Done with hand dyed wool felt as a backdrop the bead embroidery paints a lovely palette

Door into Summer necklace

This door into Summer is set on Green wool felt with bead embroidered scene. Using both metal and glass leaves the working door will draw you into the wee folk world. Sold

Cherry Tree Lane necklace

Tucked under the Cherry tree is this Fairy door. the working door is waiting for you to open it and let your self into the wee folk world. See the fairy riding her snail in this garden of bead embroidered flowers and tree. Sold.

Autumnal Door necklace

On hand dyed wool felt this scene will bring you into the world of the wee folk. Just open the working door. Bead embroidery brings the scene to life. Sold

Apple Blossom door necklace

A whimsical fairy door opens for you to enter the land of the wee folk. This hand dyed wool felt background is embellished with bead embroidered garden and tree. The strand is attached by magnets allowing you to remove the pendant and just wear the strand. Sold

Orland Shooze fairy house

Standing 12 inches high this wool felt mushroom is the home of Orland Shooze the tool man in the fairy village of Middle See. This home is covered with machine quilting, hand felting, hand bead embroidery. A lovely home for any wee folk.

Fiona Thistlepincher house

Welcome to Fiona Thistlepincher's shop. She is the florist in the village of Middle See. Made with wool felt, raw silk and cotton lace, this house is machine quilted, hand felted, hand embroidered and beaded. embellished with broken jewelry. Zoom in for a closer look at the details.

Beatrice de 'ol Biddy puppet

A fool's doll is Beatrice de 'ol Biddy. Completely needle felted with wool. Her hat has wet felted and she is mounted on a piece of driftwood as a handle. Not for Sale, I use her for my own costume.

Sea Floor Necklace

Intense bead embroidery necklace. On hand dyed wool felt. Asymmetrical design with real coral, and abalone pieces worked into the design. Zoom in to appreciate the little whimsical pieces hidden in the overall pieces.

Sybil Pillow

This pillow has two sides. Side one is contemporary with wool on wool felt on cotton double flannel. Soft and very textural. These roses bring simplicity into the design. Sold

Puzzle pillow

This maze has negative space embroidered with black cotton thread on linen. Follow the arrows to find all 4 gold coins. I believe in interactive art. Sold

Cat & Mouse pillow

Side one of this pillow has a celtic knotworked cat and mouse hand embroidered with cotton thread on cotton. With the words Meow embroidered with the cat material borders. See the flip side picture for the maze that goes with this. Sold

A Mazing Pillow

Cotton Embroidery on Linen. A true maze to follow with your finger. This is the flip side to the Cat/Mouse pillow. Sold

A Mazing pillow

A wider view of the flip side of the Cat/Mouse Pillow.

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Custom Accessories