When there's a little chill in the air, a shawl or a scarf is a great accessory to add to your outfit. Even with your neck covered, you can still accessorise your outfit with jewellery - it just won't be around your neck. Try a pretty and practical shawl pin instead. Just drape a warm shawl over your shoulders, gather the folds and pin the two sides together in the front with this garden inspired shawl pin. Because you form this straight pin into a kilt pin after you've strung the beads and components, they will be secure and not fall off when you unclip the brooch. Here's what you'll need to make your own shawl pin: Straight hat pin with hook - 5 1/2" Swarovski bicones -  5 x 6mm Emerald ; 4 x 4mm Erinite Swarovski briolette - 3 x Erinite 8 x 3mm silver spacers Curved silver flower connector 34mm x 17mm 5 x 6mm silver jump rings 4 silver head pins Tools: flat nose pliers, round nose pliers, chain nose pliers, memory wire shears String the Erinite bicones on he......

  Thanks for stopping by this leg of the Sizzix Vintage Fresh Blog Hop . It's week 5 of the 6 week blog hop and Designers on this leg of the hop are using the Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Bag, Suitcase (Item #657124) . I got to have a little play with this die a while back and created bonbonnières for my Dad's 80th birthday party. You can see how I put the suitcase together in this post . This time around, I've created a jewellery gift box for a pin made with a Katiedids component, one of the supporting manufacturers of the blog hop.   The box is constructed from an offcut of velvet matt board which I found at a local framers. Matt board is  such a sturdy material but the Sizzix ScoreBoard dies have no problem handling such a thick material and cut through it like butter. The instructions for assembling the box are very simple and you can download a step by step pdf from Sizzix . I didn't use the handle or the lid tab for this project. I've decorated the box with pa......