Embellish It!

Knit and crochet items are gorgeous in and of themselves….but add the perfect embellishment, and suddenly a project can go from simply cute to one-of-a-kind uniquely beautiful.  The only problem?  It’s not always easy to come up with ideas for the perfect finishing touch for a hat….or to find the embellishment that will add that final flair.

With our new little one on the way, and because we aren’t finding out the gender, I’ve been thinking about embellishments a lot lately.  Adding a fabric flower, a stunning button, or a bit of lace and pearls can turn a unisex hat into the perfect, feminine, accessory.

Wonder where I’ve been shopping?

I’ve found a few really awesome places to buy embellishments for hand-made items over the years, and I thought it might be fun to share them with you!

Scrapbook.com was a total surprise to me!  Since I’ve only ever played around with very basic scrapbooking, I was so pleased to find out that this resource offers some really gorgeous flower embellishments.  You’ll find pages and pages of awesome paper and fabric flowers to scroll through….and there’s something for everybody’s style!

Here are a couple of my favs from them:

Fabric Flowers from Scrapbook.com

Paper Flower Embellishments from Scrapbook.com

Believe it or not, Amazon also has some amazing embellishments available.  Search “Fabric Flowers” or “Large Buttons” and suddenly you’re on a treasure hunt of awesomeness!

Here’s one of my favorites from them:

Buttons available on Amazon

And of course Etsy is simply full of amazing options when it comes to project embellishments.  Just search “embellishments” and you’ll find tons of cute options!

Here are a couple I love:

Elephant Appliques available from SchoolhouseBoutique on Etsy

Rhinestone embellishments available from simplysassysource on Etsy

So now that you’ve found all these fabulous embellishments, are you wondering how you can put them to great use?  Check out a few of the patterns I’ve used buttons, fabric flowers, or feathers for in the past to get some ideas:

Pill Box Hat Knitting Pattern

Baby Bunny Hat Knitting Pattern

Kemper Bonnet Knitting Pattern

Cadence Cabled Cloche Crochet Pattern

What’s your favorite type of embellishment?  Share in a comment below!

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