Found Objects...Jodi French=Nature Girl

My entire life...I have been a nature girl. I'm still like a little kid. Rescuing the little orange newts off the road. Waiting at the top of a chipmunk hole for him to think it's safe. I just love the outdoors. Wherever I go I am always picking up 'things'. A piece of metal, run over by cars. Feathers or bones I find in the woods. Sea shells and glass at the beach. River rocks or mica... it all comes home.

I have started pulling out my boxes of treasures. I am loving the Bohemian Chic movement. These necklaces represent a little part of what I am working on...

Time=Spirit

Beetles and Feathers

Buttercream Vintage Flowers

Summer Fashion. Pretty vintage flowers my Mom brought here from Ireland. I take them apart and stitch them into arrangements. Added silk stain in center of flowers and vintage pearls, from the Dublin Barn Sale.

Some pretty little wedding hair do-dads

I made a few dozen of these for a wedding in Virginia (Virginia is for Lovers after all). The mossy green appeals to me. I was worried what the bride would think because moss actually varies so greatly in color. This is a 'true' New Hampshire moss color. Touches of red and a forest green. The flowers are enhanced with hand painting, really I should call it hand-staining. I let the water carry the color onto the petals. Each girl will be wearing 5 of these in up-swept hair. Cute.

Seaglass Pendants

Filled Orders Today, a few dozen pendants off to South Australia.

New Hampshire is so pretty in the spring. Wish you could see our mountain Lake with the Monadnock in the background. True Beauty. Next post I promise some pictures.

Applique tshirts for My Friends Boutique in Florida

My friend, a retail veteran from specialty. Opened a shop in Fort Myers, Andrea Lane. If you get a chance stop in. It's across from the Lexus dealer or Tamiami trail.

She asked me to work up a few tshirt samples. This is a first pass...

The tshirt is dip dyed and starts as deep hot pink, gently fading on the way up. The applique is hot pink linen, a touch of chiffon and soft pink ultra suede leaves. Machine washable, hang to dry.

Appliques

My friend and I were embellishing her vintage jacket. We found a cute boyfriend style jacket and she wanted some of my vintage lace on it. She loved the outcome. Then she suggested to me that I should offer 'appliques' for people to update and restyle their current wardrobe. I thought it sounded like a fun idea. So trying it out on Etsy and at a local fair.
Would love to hear your thoughts...

Heirloom Bouquet Jodi French

I have been asked to create a fabric bouquet for the woodland wedding. I am working in a mix of textures... taffeta, crepe, chiffon, and satin. The colors are a range of ecru and ivory tones. Each flower is dotted in the center with a cluster of black jet beads. The bouquet is going to have a handle of willow branches and tendrils of grapevine. I have started wiring the flowers to form the arrangement, only to realize I need to make many, many more! The wedding is early summer, better get to work.