WOYWW: Rosettes and UFOs

 

Here is my desk this Wednesday.   On the left you can see the giveaway fan I showed you in a previous post.  It is also called a UFO (according to this blog, UFO stands for Un-Finished Object).  Well, at least I have started painting the background for it .  I'm planning to give it a day and night theme.  The side you can see is the day side.

The other UFOs on my desk are the ATCs I haven't finished coloring in yet and that background over at the back (actually, there are a lot more UFOs all over my room!)

While blog hopping, I saw a Rosette swap over at Gypsy Brocante and I decided to try making some simple rosettes.  I had an old thrift shop linen skirt (cost me something like 10 cents) and I cut it up to make the rosettes.  I found tutorials here and here and made the one on the left from the linen cloth.  And the shiny one is made from the skirt lining...

   

Then I found another tutorial here and decided to try it out with a paper bead center...

 

or a button...

 

Here is one made out of magazine paper and book paper...

I can use the rosettes for decorative garlands or gift wrapping and the cloth ones can be pinned to bags or even used to decorate t-shirts.

Here is another rosette using a thin cotton cloth with more layers.  And here is the ATC I started when I was in the airport waiting for a plane and I have colored it with watercolor and colored pencils...

 

I have just read the message from (Bleubeard and) Elizabeth that she is picking my blog for her WOYWW blog post today.  I am so honored (and to tell you the truth, I was secretly hoping to get picked one of these days)!  Thanks so much, Elizabeth!

My internet connection hasn't been cooperating with my attempts to visit more WOYWW desks so hopefully this week will be better.   For a peek at what's happening in other desks, hop on over to Julia's Stamping Ground and join in the fun!