Miss Wright Designs

“Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.” Alice Walker

Tea is so versatile: black, white, green, blue (yes I said blue, more commonly oolong), chai, iced, herbal, for breakfasts, elevensies, afternoon teas, nightcaps and always in a crisis. And if, like me, you love tea then these tea inspired home decor finds celebrate January as the month of hot tea and the fantastic idea of an indoor picnic.

Linen Tea Towel from MonicaWerner

Tea-Pot Cushion from kittycollects

Teacup Vase from Ceriosities

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If Christmas and New Year have left you feeling over indulged then check out some healthy food ideas courtesy of this Pinterest Board which is chock full of healthy recipes.

Happy 2013!

If Christmas shopping has left you without the cash to splash on new outfits for New Years Eve, then why not add some midnight sparkle to an existing gorgeous outfit with these earrings from sellers around Australia.

Swarovski peridot and yellow earrings from Fabcy

dark purple vintage glass earrings from wing by sea

Vintage Glamour and Sparkle Earrings from Nomstar Designs

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I love Christmas and one of my favourite parts is wrapping presents, I’ve been known to wrap individual socks from multipacks and people joke about me owning shares in wrapping paper and sticky tape companies!

But once the presents are open what to do with all that gorgeous Christmas wrapping paper – the bin? Nooooo! Get some cute ideas for Christmas crafting (and reusing that wrapping paper) while you wait for lunch to cook from this special Pinterest Board.

Happy Holidays!

It can be hard to find time for crafting during the silly season but if you replace shopping with crafting you can still get some awesome presents and personalised cards.

Last year I made incredibly easy cards using photographs (see here) this year I’m putting in just a tad more effort with these sweet felt picture cards.

1. Collect felt, scissors, glue and blank cards with co-ordinating envelopes
2. Cut and stick your shapes, my favourite is the tri-colour bunting!
3. Give generously

It’s been an interesting few months here at MissWrightDesigns and I wanted to share with you some of my favourite snaps from Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, click the links to stalk me on your social media of choice.

It’s just over a month until Christmas so if you haven’t already found your party season frock then best get shopping! Here are some stunning frocks from Australian designers and vintage sellers bound to make you look a million dollars.

Vintage 80s Teal Blue Floral Tea Dress from VictoriaWestbury

Bird Printed Shift Dress from BUTTONSbySarahClaire

Red Blaze Dress from threelittleducksaust

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What could possibly be more fun and cute than a felt moustache pin cushion? Ok, videos of baby animals doing tricks but I can’t fit a 6ft giraffe in my inner city one bedroom. Plus what tops off this pin cushion is just how easy it is to make; a scrap of felt, needle, embroidery floss, scissors and some padding (proper professional filler or even cotton wool will do)

1) Cut out two pieces of your desired moustache – choose here, I went for the classic Connoisseur

2) Place back to back and blanket stitch until about 1/2 to 3/4 done
3) Fill and continue stitching until you’re finished.
4) PIN!

Speaking of pinning why not pin this for later and find me on Pinterest here.

Movember is in full swing, or should that be growth, but if you’d prefer not to grow (!) then show your support with some of these Movember inspired craft goodies.

Assorted Mustache Sticker Set from 42things

 

Mustache Rubber Stamps from HappyRainyDay

1" Rainbow Dot Mustache Ribbon from SunshineCoastRibbon

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I had big plans this year for my handmade Melbourne Cup fascinator, peacock feathers, ribbon and lots of sparkle, but alas October got away from me and I ended up with only a short time to design a new idea; something I could put together quickly, very quickly.

1. Start by gathering your supplies, an endless amount of beads, a bit of material and cardboard, ribbon, scissors, needle and thread, and glue, lots of glue.
2. Arrange your beads into a design and decide exactly how big you want your piece.
3. Cut the cardboard and 2 pieces of the material just slightly bigger than the finished size.
4. Sew on any large or heavy beads and then double up with a touch of glue.
5. Decorate with glued on smaller beads, trim to your finished size and add a touch of hand sewn blanket stitch around the edge and glue some ribbon on the back to finish.

Ta da, one sweet looking easy fascinator just in time for Melbourne Cup. Can’t wait to wear it with my snazzy outfit.

And after Melbourne Cup Day I’ll convert it to a statement necklace.