Craft Fair and B Movie Swap and Slime Disaster!

I'm very excited to be taking part in a craft fair @ St Marys Church in Burton Latimer - I hope its not crummy lol



Since Chrissy has received my package I thought I would write about what I have done for her. The main item was a head piece inspired by tin foil hats used to ward off aliens. I made a pad covered in lame and decorated it with sinamy flowers and metallic silver tulle. The lining which isn't photographed was done in a green jersey and its attached to the head using a millinery comb.

I also made a lickle softie made from felt and and buttons. Its been stuffed to make it cuddly. :)

Now I did try to make glitter glam slime to go with the monster but it went horribly wrong - see picture below. I tried to buy it but no-where had the colour I wanted. :( Soz Chrissy Oh and Borax is a bugger to get hold of lol

I also included a B Movie book, flying saucer sweets, card blanks and alien die-cuts. I also included a fat quarter of alien fabric.

Have a fab weekend everyone!

Attack of the 50's B Movie Craft Swap

After dropping Smelly One at pre-school I received my craft swap package from Chrissy @ Spoilt Pig. Chrissy was rather worried I wouldn't like what she had sent but I wasn't disappointed at all!

Before I start there is one omission from that photo and that is the big bar of aero, choccy doesn't stay in this house very long. Oops...

In my package was some very welcome fat quarters (well a bit more than that actually) The colours are gorgeous (photo doesn't do it justice) and I will use them to make something for my upcoming craft fair.

There were also little trinkets which are perfect for my jewellery work. I love random bits on a bracelet or a brooch.

When I was pregnant I ate pop corn by the van load and this was a nice reminder of the days when Harry was still growing in my bump (and grow he did lol). I'm saving this for a fabulously kitsch B-Movie film on Zone Horror.

Now on to the main items....

I've tried resin work before and failed miserably. This necklace is just sooooo cool and I love the image inside. I'm looking forward to wearing this, it's a shame the ladies at nursery will not appreciate this funky item....

I'm sorry for the pants photo and my chunky fingers but I love this ring with its radioactive theme and scary headless figure! I meant to ask Chrissy what she used to create the green flecks, maybe she will see this and let us know.

So, overall I am very please with my package, I'm pleased to report that Chrissy was happy with hers. Later today or tomorrow I will blog about the craft fair I have booked and give details of what I sent Chrissy.

This fab craft swap was hosted by Meridian Ariel. Please click here to see details of the blog and the flickr group.

Finds and Rescues

I've been really busy over the last week or so (and poorly) so I have not been able to blog. These are the recent finds and rescues:

This fabric is so naff its kinda fab lol I brought it for £2 and there is at least 5-10 mtrs of it... bargain!



I really want to learn how to crochet - I even brought the essentials to get me started. Alas I don't have the brain power at the mo (thanks to smelly two waking me up at 5am every morning).

They were 50p each and purchased from a lovely lady. I'm not sure how she would feel about me wrecking these in some crafting endeavour. I wish I had brought the whole lot now...





At the car boot there was a lovely old Italian man who sold odds and sods. Mostly it was a load of tat but I found this gem hidden amongst the ladies purses. Ok so it prolly... ok almost certainly wont have any real age to it I just loved the texture and the feel of it., I could run my fingers over it all day.

I also saved some dolls/teddies from being thrown away. They were 20p each and in desperate need of TLC. I'm not sure the Chained Monkey would be suited to today's PC society but who cares I love him.

Finally.... I grabbed these badges at 20p each. My fav is the junk food one although the Captain Britain badge is quite funky.

Quite a mixed bag this time. :)

I have also today sent my B-Movie Swap package to Spoilt Pig, this is my first ever craft swap; hosted by the fab meridianariel and I'm so nervous but excited about it. I really, really, really hope Spoilt Pig likes it. Check out this flickr group to see all those that took part.

Craft with the Daughter

Well for today anyway as the daughter and I have been hashing together some fairy cakes. Ok I soooo cheated and brought the fairy cakes but we did make the icing heehee.

I wanted to show you my daughters creative side, they say artists are always looking to go back to that almost child like state when creating art. I think the picture is self explanitory (im biased) but I was amazed when she started talking and said the 'foreground' - I have no idea where she got that from lol She had a fab day down by the river yesterday with grandad and artist Eric Warburton with her sketchbook and 'artists chair'. Four years going on 40 lol

Once again i've gone off on another tangent craft wise. I wish I had the ability to stick to one thing and develop my skills rather than being average at a few things.

I'm working on some artwork maybe to exhibit. After my trip to Tate Modern im feeling inspired to paint. I wish I had done an Art and Design course at college instead of Fashion. Hey ho, we live and learn.

Fathers Day

Well as it was Fathers Day today I decided to take the family out for a picnic at Irchester Country Park. We had a lovely time topped off by a scrummy BBQ at my parents house.

As you can see they had a laugh exploring the 'scary forest' as described by smelly. I'm not one for clambering around tripping over tree roots so I pushed the buggy and took photos of things that interested me - whether it be colour, shape or texture.

I'm having fun with the camera at the moment i'm kinda wishing I knew how to use one lol

London Town

Yesterday me and my Dad went to London. We were attending the exhibition opening of Christine Allison . We also visted Tate Modern for some much needed inspiration.

We decided that as we had been before we would visit the bits we were most interested in. My fav pieces of the day were Palm Sunday by Anselm Kiefer, Los Marcos by Mark Bradford and everything Pop Art :D

I had a fanstastic time and got to see some sights not seen before such as the Golden Hinde. We also walked through some intersting streets with fab architecture (you wouldnt want to venture down these alleys in the 1800's lol).

So even though I was totally shattered and my feet were sore I had a great day. :)

This made me chuckle :)

The Night of the Knitting Needles

I've already blogged about my knitting needles but last night I got to do it. :)...

A mini craze has been started on crafter_oo - a fab online craft community that I recently joined. It was started by the lovely vInTaGe VioLET and a couple members have or may have a bash themselves. You can find a tutorial to make your own on the web or you can have a look at meridianariels blog for clear and easy instructions.

Here are two that I made last night. I have shaped the rest ready for a project I am working on (another one to add to the to-do list) They are no where near as good as the others, but I gave it a good go. :)