Making things, for me, always has to come from a place of inspiration.

I can’t, even when I have been provided with great ideas that should be put into action, just churn out stuff willy-nilly. I have to feel that spark.

I do have a good few ideas brewing – many of which were provided by some of my blog and Facebook page readers.

And I haven’t forgotten that I need to trawl through all of them and send a little thank you present to someone.

But yesterday’s activity got sparked off by other things.

Just prior to the weekend I did my usual trawl of the local charity shops.

I picked up a couple of bits of fabric, which was nice…

But I also found a little lucky packet of brooch backs – not the simple bar type I usually use, but ones with a round disc with pin attached.

“Those would make great corsages” I thought to myself. And the thought stuck.

So yesterday morning, once lad had been ensconced back in bed (nursing exhaustion and a heavy cold) and my dream of a day’s uninterrupted making had been just about salvaged, I looked out of the window into the sunshine and saw that my forget-me-nots and primroses were a very lovely sight indeed.

Instead of taking a photo to show you (as I should have done) I got fabrics and scissors and set about making corsages.

I rather like how they turned out.

They are a bit of summery bling.

I can see them prettying up summer frocks or cardis, and perhaps making an appearance on my stall later this summer.

If, that is, I can source a few more of those corsage pins. ♥