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We have a bottle brush tree growing like crazy in our garden at the moment- aren't the flowers kind of outrageous? It's not a tree I'd think of to plant myself, but now I have one, I really like it. It's covered in bees and smells gorgeous, and I love the seed pods that grow on the branches and look like tiny wooden bells. 

I found some vintage barkcloth in my local op-shop recently that made me think instantly of bottle-brush flowers. I made a bag from it which is part of my etsy shop update today. 

Hope you're having a good Wednesday, so far!

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  1. Lindsay Jewell Avatar
    Lindsay Jewell

    I love your bags. I keep thinking that I’ll teach myself to make them, but I think it’s time for me to get realistic and buy one of yours, hehe.

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  2. annri Avatar
    annri

    Those flowers are fantastic, almost dream-like! I spotted the bag in your shop, and it is very tempting…
    best.

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  3. tinyhappy Avatar
    tinyhappy

    thank you both! yes, dream-like is a good description, annri 🙂

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  4. Eyecatchers & Wind In The Willow Avatar
    Eyecatchers & Wind In The Willow

    I just loooooove those little bottle-brush buds ~ nature definitely has some “quirky” things around ~ love that bag too!!!!

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  5. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    I love those flowers! I guess they’re almost entirely a New Zealand/Australia plant, which explains why I’ve never seen them here in the states.
    Like the bag, too. Very nice.

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  6. Margaret Oomen Avatar
    Margaret Oomen

    i am amazed with those flowers.

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  7. nomadical Avatar
    nomadical

    Bottle-brush nectar is lovely and sweet. As a kid I loved to find a freshly opened spray and suck the nectar out of the base of all the tiny little flowers.

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  8. Anna Emilia Avatar
    Anna Emilia

    Greetings from a dark winter morning with the moon still up in the sky reflecting shadows over the snow landscapes.
    This made me warm inside as the wind and a small storm is about to begin.Those flowers might well grow in Moomin valley (:
    Thank you so much for mentioning my work in your last post. So glad to know to be inside the pages with you! Cannot wait to get the issue in my hands soon.
    Cups of tea dear Melissa!

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  9. Rattling On Avatar
    Rattling On

    I love those flowers!! Perfect name for them as well.

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  10. louana Avatar
    louana

    I love those little seed pods too, Eloise collects them on walks. I spotted some of that swedish linen in your shop update, it looks lovely as little bags!

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  11. Ingrid Avatar
    Ingrid

    These flowers are gorgeous! I don’t think we have them in The Netherlands because I never saw them before.Your fabrice of your new bag is also gorgeous !

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  12. Binnie Avatar
    Binnie

    Those flowers remind me of something out of Dr Suess! Here in Nova Scotia, Canada I just put my garden to bed for winter… there wasn’t anything like a bottle brush in sight! Thanks for the exotic glimpse of summer.

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  13. samantha Avatar
    samantha

    I am in awe that you connect the flowers and your creations so well. I love to see the immediate cause and effect.

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  14. Brenda Avatar
    Brenda

    Beautiful. I have never seen a plant like that. I love your bag, makes me want to have one. We are – 27 degrees C. with the wind chill, so your area looks very inviting.

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  15. Melbourne Road Avatar
    Melbourne Road

    I have never seen a bottle brush flower. I am amazed. they are so beautiful!
    enjoy your warmth today…we have snow. we are loving it though because we hardly get any where we live…3rd day in a row under 24 degrees. roaring fire. hot coffee. sewing. sledding…..ahhhhh.
    Lori

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  16. tinyhappy Avatar
    tinyhappy

    that sounds so nice, lori! enjoy it all 🙂

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  17. One Second Needle Avatar
    One Second Needle

    What a great bush and the bag is beautiful.

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  18. Jacilyn Avatar
    Jacilyn

    The bag turned out great and love the “bottle-brush” fabric design.

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  19. Miss Smith Avatar
    Miss Smith

    Good score on that fabric, and on that bottle brush tree for that matter! They are both gorgeous.

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  20. Jacqui Dodds Avatar
    Jacqui Dodds

    The flowers are amazing and I had to look twice to make sure they were real flowers.
    The bag is lovely you really find some great fabric.

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  21. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    I’ve never seen anything like it before. That is so neat. Thanks for sharing.

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  22. vera Avatar
    vera

    I used to have a tree like that when I lived in Africa, those flowers are really amazing ! and your work too, as always 🙂

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  23. Carmen Avatar
    Carmen

    i love the fabric you used in that bag!!!!!!

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  24. Littleminx.wordpress.com Avatar
    Littleminx.wordpress.com

    that bag is just beautiful, what a fabric find! My husband walked into the room and said “wow” when he saw it. Have a great weekend x

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  25. magpie chic Avatar
    magpie chic

    The smell of bottle brush reminds me of my Grandmas’s garden in Euroa, (Victoria). It is a very old memory.
    Jacqui

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  26. Danielle Avatar
    Danielle

    I love the bottle brush and the bag. makes me think of home.

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