A rare 19th century French posy holder or tussy-mussy of silver, featuring a six-sided flute and handle with etched foliate design. Including long pin and ring. The posy holder is a lady's accessory in silver, resembling a small vase. It was romanticized as a fashion ornament for a young lady to hold the flowers brought by a courting 'gentleman caller'. To show her acceptance of him, she skewered the flowers into the posy holder with a long pin and wore the holder to a ball. Attached to her hand by a chain and a ring, it swung free while they danced. less
Tussie Mussie for Mimi @ Dandelion Wishes
In the fall of 2016, the greatest offense to the olfactory organs of most Americans was undoubtedly the cesspool stench emanating from that year's preside...
The Victorians loved their secrets. They hid them in the details but wore them on their sleeve with the help of a few small but elaborate accessories. The nosegay, also known as a posy or a “tussie mussie”, was one of the more discrete lady gadgets of yore that had multiple uses… For one, if…
My craft is called a Tussie Mussie - a cone shaped hanging ornament that's easy to make but so elegant looking and perfect for housing a sma...
Assorted florals in a paper tussie mussie...
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A short history and how-to lesson on the fragrant tussie-mussies and how these little bouquets may be used today.
Mussie Tussie from Angela to Hope
Now in my shop, Marie Antoinette inspired sage green & purple tussy mussy.
This one has a picture on the cone, that I bought a frame at a yard sale, and it had this picture in it. I wanted the frame for another project. Because the paper had little girls on, I wanted to keep that theme in the decorating of it. I used a little doll and a tea set, some blocks, buttons and a hat pin, and of course a key. This is a close up, of what is in the top. This one is my primitive cone. It has a snowman head, a candy cane, two white trees, berries and greens, and a rusty bell on the bottom. I tea dyed the bunting, well I really used coffee. That's how I dye my lace too. To me it is easier then tea dying. A close up of the top of the cone. So that is the latest cones. I am working on some more. I must get a move on, because we have three craft shows in November.
This is the tussie mussie I made for Debby. I used fabric to cover the cone, and I tea dyed doilies and trim to decorate it. I really enjoyed putting this together, thing is, I forgot to take photos of everything else I included in the swap, but Debby has done a wonderful job of taking photos and posting them on her blog on this post at The Gathering Nest. Now my good news. Our house SOLD last night... woohooooo...finally we can breathe better. We have two months before the new house will be ready to move in to, so it gives me just enough time to get packed and hopefully have some time to be more creative. It is so hard to be creative when you are stressed , and when people are constantly coming to view your house. I am so happy, and so blessed to move into a new house which we got to customize a lot. All our married life (30 years in June) we have bought fixer uppers and then renovated ourselves and sold them to move up and up the housing ladder so to speak. Now, we are finally at our dream home :) Here is a photo of my new studio, which I hope I get to spend lots and lots of time in when we move. I still don't have my muse back and it's been gone for a few weeks too, but I am not worried about it, I have done other things instead, and I know it will come back now. I will get more photos soon, probably going inside to view again on Sunday. It's not the greatest looking room at the moment, and I still don't know what I will do with it, but I am loving the two large windows. It also has a walk in closet which we will put shelves in to store a lot of my "stuff" :)
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Geri Laufer shows how to make a tussie mussie, with step-by-step instructions. These miniature bouquets are perfect gifts and table decor.
Geri Laufer shows how to make a tussie mussie, with step-by-step instructions. These miniature bouquets are perfect gifts and table decor.
This is my second black and silver Halloween cone I made. In the cone is a silver glitter skeleton, a spider web with a spider on it, black feathers and a pendant w/ a clock face and a mouse. Another view of the same cone. This cone has paper on it w/ watch faces. So I carried that theme at the top. It has a watch face, roses, pearls and a key. This is a close up of the top. This is my homespun cone, with old lace,cinnamon sticks, orange slices, gingerbread man, sweet annie and a small rolling pin. A close up of the cone. The paper has writing on it. In the top it has old lace and post cards in it. The paper on this cone is a fashion plate design with victorian women. It has a vintage pin on the front of the cone. In the cone is feathers, pearls, a ladies shoe, flowers, some pictures of fashion ladies, a old perfume bottle and a key. On the pink braide is ladies hands. This is a close up of the top of the cone
Hello My dear stamper friends: Here is an Idea for Thanksgiving... a Victorian cone or "Tussie Mussie" to give away to your family or friends with some of your favorite recipes from that special day! This project was made using "Petaloo's" flowers and trims and some papers from "Authentique", as part of my DT assignments... You can place this cone behind each chair hanging from a pretty ribbon, or place at each guest place setting or give away at the end along with some leftovers!!! Here are the supplies: Petaloo Flowers, embellishments and some "Authentique" papers" step by step... step 1: take a 6 x6 paper from the "Autentique block of 6x6 papers". place strong adhesive tape on 2 sides ruffle the gold crepe paper and place along the tape as shown step 2: tape gold string loop to hang from it on top and on bottom a gold string with some jingle bells step 3: cover this with a 6x6 sheet of paper, add a punched trim along the sides step 4: turn over and stitch gold string through the lace crochet trim and glue on 2 edges... step 5: punch holes on opposite sides, with a needle and thread the ribbon step 6: hold cone close with a clip and thread step 7: finish with a knot at the end for the recipe rolls: I took the top part of these pre-scored stack of cards, made a ring, embellish it with some flowers and insert on them the rolled recipe paper Some other views... the front tag here it is another idea..you can replace those scrolls with recipes by a pretty fall arrangement, made with some pine cones, cinnamon sticks, feathers, Petaloo's Victorian tags and embellishments... a last view of this Thanksviving victorian cone holding some of your favorite recipes Note: a "Tussie Mussie": is a small bouquet of fragrant herbs and flowers. In the 1700's they became popular and during this time, elegant ladies carried them to mask the odors around them. And they were often worn as well on the lapel. During the Victorian period, Tussie Mussies placed inside a doily were designed to share a message usually between lovers. Today, when someone refers to a "tussie mussie", they are talking about the small cone-shaped metal vase used to hold a small bouquet specially worn by brides or displayed as a centerpiece in a reception Remember to come back on Thursday to check who is the winner for my "Throwback Thursday" challenge .... Thanks for the visit and I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and start making these "Tussie Mussie" for the Big day! SUPPLIES InLinkz.com
Tussie mussie for Jeanne
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This is a can I altered in the Paris theme. I added script paper and printed the picture of the Eiffel Tower off of the computer. I added different laces and pearls and flowers. This is the back of the can. I made the tussie mussie to match the can. I added a few other embellishments to it.
