Screen prints available for Christmas gifts!

If you're still looking for a gift for a loved one this Christmas, why not get them a unique screen print from my online shop? There are limited numbers left of all the bicycle screen prints so get in there quickly to avoid disappointment! You can buy from my Folksy shop here :)

Snowman Christmas Screen print

A special Christmas screen print by me - A Snowman made up of little snowflake shapes, printed in metallic silver and pale blue ink. This print is available now from my Folksy shop now at £18.00, hope you like it!

Burn Down the Disco - Screen print

Presenting my latest screen print - featuring a lyric from The Smiths song "Panic" in silver ink, this A4 print is simple but effective I think. As people who know me will be aware, I love the Smiths and so I think this one will be taking a place on my wall at home!

If you like it you can order from my Folksy shop now :)

Handmade Christmas Wreaths

I have been busying myself lately making things for my stall this saturday (30th November) at the Spiegeltent Christmas Fayre. I have made two more Paper christmas wreaths similar to the ones I made last year but slightly smaller and so  bit less work! These ones are about 8 inches across.

Update: The blue one is still available so I have listed it on my Folksy shop here, postage within the UK is £3.

 

I also made a mini wreath which is needlefelted with red felt. It has felt holly leaves, gold thread and bead holly berries.

Needle felted Xmas Pudding Baubles

 Another Christmas decoration I have created, Needle felted Xmas Pudding Baubles! To be honest I did cheat a bit and needle felted on to polystyrene balls but the result is just as good I think and takes a lot less time! These baubles are going to be for sale on my stall at The Spiegeltent Christmas Market in Bristol on November 30th (please see my facebook or twitter pages for more info).

Felt Christmas Baubles

I made some cute Christmas decorations from bits of felt, beads and ribbons. My sewing machine skills are still not as great as I'd like but these were good practice! The idea and the patterns came from Samantha Stas in this month's Mollie Makes Magazine.

Happy Halloween!

Needlefelted Pumpkin!

My little needlefelted pumpkin :)

My screen printed Christmas cards

I created these two cute characters especially to feature on these screen printed cards :)
These happy Robin and Snowman dudes will definately stand out against all the other boring Christmas cards!

You can buy one now from my Folksy shop if you like them or contact me directly. They cost £2.70 each and the postage is 60 pence, no matter how many you order!

Christmas Characters now available!

My Christmas Characters now available to buy from my Folksy shop here and more Christmassy goodness will be added soon!

Flea Market finds - October

I was really hoping to find a nice mirror or dressing table this time at the Flea Market, but alas I didn't buy the mirror I liked quickly enough and then it was gone! Here are the things I found.

I was particularly pleased with the (1960's?) bakery posters, I got them on my way to the exit at the last minute, they didn't look that interesting at first, but when I rummaged further into the pile I found some of the original drawings for the advert (hand lettered which is cool) and also some of the red coloured separations which they would have used to create the screens to screen print the posters. The separation sheets have been hand cut with a scalpel, must have had to be really accurate!

Also found another magic lantern slide, the subject seems rather sinister but interesting nonetheless. Got some melaware jugs too, to go with an orange one I already have, and a large jam pan which I thought to put plants in before realising they would probably need some form of drainage!

 

 

Original painting, acetate separation and finished bakery poster.

Chunky pies poster

Civil war magic lantern slide

Christmas Robins and Snowmen!

I know it's a long time till Christmas but I'm getting organised whilst I have some time on my hands! Here are some Snowman and Robin tree decorations made from Fimo that I've been working on. They are for sale so please do get in touch if you would like one. The snowmen measure around 50mm tall and the Robins around 35mm tall.

Robin decorations

Snowman decorations

Refurbished stool #2

Found another old stool in need of repair, so I transformed it, and all for free since I had the things already :) It has taken so long to finish that the sedum in the background has flowered! Not bad for £2 though.

Old stool

Refurbished prettiness!

My trip to Cornwall

Just thought I'd share some photos of the places I visited on my trip to Cornwall last week :)

Cotehele House

Apple sculpture in the orchard at Cotehele

Old mirror in the habourmaster's office at Cotehele Quay

The Harbourmaster's Ladies

Aww

Rockpools on the coast path at Lansallos

Pretty Lansallos Bay at low tide

Gorgeous Hydrangeas at Lanhydrock

Beautiful coloured Hydrangeas

Lovely old woodcut motif in Lanhydrock Chapel

Kent's Knife Machine

Cool old Kitchen stuff at Lanhydrock

 

 

 

 

 

Kent's Knife cleaner in the kitchen at Lanhydrock

Magic lantern slide machine

"Ladies" things from olden times

Calfskin books in the library at Lanhydrock

Amazing ceiling in the long gallery at Lanhydrock

Ceiling in the long gallery at Lanhydrock

Picturesque Polperro

Polperro Panorama!