I've been attaching more caps to the sleeves this weekend! And I also started attaching floaty bits to this sad looking old dress.I'm sewing circles of foam into it so it can float on water for an interesting "lady of the lake" type design...this photo shoot might have to wait until next summer now as I've possibly missed the window for hot sunny days!
Sunday 25 September 2016
Friday 16 September 2016
Sunday 11 September 2016
Monday 5 September 2016
Crown!
Enjoying arranging bottle caps into this crown- so many of them get chucked away and yet how pretty they can be
Wednesday 31 August 2016
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Bottle cap hat
Friday 12 August 2016
Sunday 7 August 2016
Sunday 31 July 2016
Friday 29 July 2016
A jazzy jacket begins
Bought a jacket to cover in colorful folded fabric pieces - some of which are leftover from my "seaside sunset" piece from several years ago. I'm enjoying the effect so far! :-)
Friday 22 July 2016
African running
I've started making a dress for my friend to do the great north run in...the top half is very simple as it shall have the charity name printed on it...And needs to be light and airy for coolness while running! May get a bit more creative with the skirt! :-) she asked for African fabrics to represent her chosen charity, which works with a community in Africa to help improve standards of health, education and employment...the Funzi and Bodo trust
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Kite flying and my first attempt at henna!
The kite performed admirably as a wind sock, but failed to go very high! Future attempts need something to help it go upwards...
The henna tattoo is for an actor in the show I'm currently working on- The Hobbit. Instead of drawing on her every day we decided to try henna so it lasts a couple of weeks!
Friday 15 July 2016
Kite making
Tonight I did some make-shift kite making for tomorrow's kite festival in Morecambe! Here it is draped over the banister...the big question is, will it fly tomorrow??!
Tuesday 14 June 2016
Brolly walk
Wednesday 8 June 2016
Carnival Bentham
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Saturday 7 May 2016
Tuesday 26 April 2016
Bottle lid flattening
I've squashed some of the lids and sanded the paint off to see what i think... I sort of like the pleated edge that becomes visible, think I'll try to devise a way of using them that shows this off!
Monday 25 April 2016
Knitting with scales
http://www.beadsisters.co.uk/pages/scales.htm
This is how to knit with them! hooray!
If only I had enough time for all of the ideas I come across...
http://craftymutt.blogspot.co.uk/p/learn-to-knit-with-scales.html
Friday 22 April 2016
Brolly
I'm putting together an umbrella for carnival Bentham. This is a little village near Lancaster that has a theme every year for their carnival...this year's theme, you guessed it, is umbrellas! :-)
Wednesday 20 April 2016
New rail, and a fun new find
I bought a nice rail, as my existing two rails are extremely flimsy, and ready to cave in at any moment! This will perform better than both those combined! Plus I acquired some fake grass, sure I can make something fun with it!! :-)