High Tea Around the World

Many of you will know of Sophie Isobel's lovely blog - Her Library Adventures.  If not, visit it now!

Sophie is a delightful girl with a wonderful imagination largely inspired by her love of reading. She teaches English, enjoys writing and spends her free hours creating the sweetest brooches.

Sophie has served her new Spring range as high tea. How clever.



Sophie has used Thea & Sami hand-printed linen scraps to create the new City Collection.  This is especially exciting for me as part of my design philosophy is to be as environmentally friendly as possible. It's wonderful to see our off-cuts upcycled so beautifully.

New York brooch.



Tokyo brooch.



Explore brooch from the Petite Scrap range (not Thea & Sami fabrics).
 

You may also commission Sophie to make an exclusive brooch for you as I did here.

What is your favourite city in the world?  For the chance to win your own handmade Sophie Isobel brooch, answer the question at her blog giveway.

Badge of Honour

Custom-made, is there anything more exciting? I recently sent some hand-printed fabric scraps to the multi-talented Sophie Isobel knowing full well that they would be made into something wonderful. In return, I was rewarded this week with my own "I heart screen-printing" brooch. Perfect for a fabric printer and an honour for me to wear. I can't wait to see what Sophie does with her remaining Thea & Sami stash.

The brooch made its debut today at the Metropolitan South Institute of Tafe (MSIT) when I spoke to a group of fashion students about our green business practices. The other guest speaker was Kelly-Ann Wickham, passionate owner of Bliss Ecowear, Brisbane's first boutique dedicated to eco-fashion.



The brooch came wrapped in this, typical of Sophie's romantic style.



I seem to have collected many badges lately including these that were made for the Stitches and Craft Show and for Mix Tape by Justin Telfer, co-founder of Mix Tape Zine which I, as slow as I am, only recently discovered and subscribed to. It really is a must-read for all craft lovers.




I was also the lucky recipient of this adorable camel brooch, made from one of those cocktail swizzle sticks and given to me at the Stitches and Craft Show by Craft Laboratory researcher Danielle. She is such a sweetie.

The red crochet flower is now a brooch that I pin onto my garments with a safety pin. However, in a previous life it, and three others like it, was attached to a bright lime-green vintage crocheted cushion. Nobody can accuse me of being a chromophobe but this was one ugly colour-clashing creation. I have since discarded the cushion and wear the adorable flower.

If you haven't already, I strongly recommend that you visit Sophie's blog: Her Library Adventures.