
Today is Cindy's
"Made It With What I Had" linky party at her blog, Cottage Instincts. The idea is for us to use our ingenuity and creativity to come up with unique, beautiful things for our home using what's already laying around.
Perfect! I wrote a post a few weeks ago called
"A Little Touch of Red" when I serendipitously discovered that I like red accents, and Cindy's party is exactly what I needed to get going and create some red accents for our tiny cottage.
This first photo is of the red kinnickinnic berries I strung several weeks ago that kicked off the whole red accent idea. I added a few to Gertrude and Heathcliff's birdbath for a splash of color...

I had some red velvet ribbon and red embroidery floss, so I used those along with some fabric scraps and buttons to make a small heart-shaped bag. I like the soft, raveled edges, and the little piece of lace is special because my sister gave it to me years ago...

There was plenty of red embroidery floss left over, so I spruced up a dishtowel with redwork...
UPDATE: Cindy asked for a tutorial, and I'm sending you all over to Janet McCaffrey's blog,
Primrose Design, where she shares Stitch School how-to information!

And my last project was to frame a watercolor I painted. I already had the old frame, the wildflowers were pressed last Summer, and I was able to use up the last of the red velvet ribbon. The quote is by Blaise Pascal and translates to "The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

So that's what I made in time for today's party. Thank you, Cindy, for inspiring us to use up what we had to create something new! Now I'm off to visit everyone that participated today and see what they've made. Just click on
"Made It With What I Had" - and I'll see you there!