A World of New and Recreated Treasures. The website – epdesigns.com.au – was fully engaged from Dec 2007 to November 2010.
All posts in this category have been imported from the EP Designs blog.
~ I had quite a collection of silver drinkware (& still do). Some of them were given a painted finish & others retained their original look if the silver was good polished up. Here is another of the silver pin cushion designs in my past work. This little liquer goblet was a plain desgin without any decorative features so the embellishments …[Full story]
Browsing through Heart Harmony’s blog Small Business Ideas got me thinking about small business and how some of them come into being. In her post Give a cheer for small-medium business…, Ingrid Cliff talks about the difference small businesses can make to their community. She also writes – “Many times small business doesn’t realise the impact it makes on the …[Full story]
~ Brooch and pin cushions were a popular little item at my past EP Designs Exhibition & Sales. This little ornate silver casing would have had a glass insert as part of its original design & use. When I found a couple of them at an opp shop the glass insert was missing but I already knew what I would …[Full story]
At SewDelish another competition has been posted. Although I think I’m too late for this one I’ll still post it here anyhow. It’s titled Stepping Out Challenge and the idea behind it was to to create a post with something you have made that is different to what you would normally do. We all have our own tastes & preferences in colour, style etc …[Full story]
During my ‘hobby business’ days EP Designs produced a variety of decor items in addition to the recreated treasures of the painted kind. Decorative tablecloths, tabletoppers & table runners were among the popular items. Most of the designs were one or two-of-a-kind as they were made from remnant pieces – even the tassels & embellishments were created from remnant pieces which …[Full story]