Crafty Little Old Me

Away too long again!!!

2012-01-11T17:13:00.000-08:00

SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!! Things always seem to get hectic and i forget all about this!!!

Anyways, yet again i've been crocheting again, here's a few of my creations!!

Mousey ears!!!

My neighbour asked me to make her son a set of mouse ears for his nativity play!! Was a bit of a challenge to start with but this is what i came up with!!

Xmas Pudding Hat!!

I really wanted to get my daughter a xmas puding hat, unfortunately they only really make them for babies, so... i made my own!!!

Floral Headband!!

Fancied making myself a headband, stupid me picked a colour that doesn't really work with my current hair colour, but otherwise is a lovely item!!

Hope you all like!!

Fingers crossed it won't be months till the next post!! Hehehe!!

Ooops!!!! Been away too long!!!

2011-11-15T09:51:00.000-08:00

Soz for being away so long!! Things got a tad busy and completely forgot about my little blog!!

Anyways, been mainly crocheting lately, little garments for my daughter mainly, but thought i'd show you a little pic of one of my previous projects.

Kitty catnip whale

Simple pattern and made in about an hour, i ended up stuffing it with dried catnip as well as padding!!
Pattern - http://www.planetjune.com/blog/free-crochet-patterns/tiny-whale/

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-08-04T06:35:00.000-07:00

Just a quick one today, kinda busy!!!!! Just wanted all to know that view this blog please click the follow button!!!! Might even do a little giveaway if I can get 30 followers!!!

Holographic Flake Fun

2011-08-03T08:19:00.000-07:00

A while ago i was searching eBay for something slightly different to use on my nails when i stumbled upon some automotive holographic flake!!! The stuff is designed to be sprayed into cars but i thought to myself why not use it with some UV gel!!!

Well this was the result, unfortunately the pic does not do the nails any justice, under direct sunlight they have the most amazing rainbow sparkle effect, almost like a mobile disco!!

After a few days i got fed up with the stickers i encased into the gel so i filed them back, top coated them and had a play at hand painting with acrylic paints!!

Earrings good enough to eat!!!

2011-08-01T05:16:00.000-07:00

I got bored one day and decided to play with some polymer clay, i decided to use a cake theme so we have French Fancies and donuts (my brother keeps calling them party rings). Best part is they are coated in a scented clear nail polish so they even smell yummy too!!!

Blood splatter nails!!!

2011-07-29T04:01:00.000-07:00

I saw a tutorial for this and just had to try it!!! Definitely a look for Halloween!!! My friends had to do a double take as they thought I'd scratched someones eyes out!!!

Here's the tutorial i used http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/bloody-naaaiils

A real sweety!!!

2011-07-28T06:29:00.000-07:00

I absolutely love jewellery based on sweets, so when i saw a tutorial on how to turn gummy bears into beads i just had to try it out with my favourite sweets Dolly Mixtures!!!

Quite simple to make if you can resist the urge to eat them as you go!!!!! I created a hole through the centre of the sweets using a toothpick then used a pin, so i had something to hold onto, and dunked each sweet into clear varnish, let the excess varnish drip of and then use the pin to stand them up in a piece of polystyrene!!!! After 24hrs (depending on the varnish used) they were ready!!! Unfortunately i did think and bought Ronseal varnish and even though its clear it left a slight stain but it still looks good!!!! Also where they smell of varnish you don't have the urge to eat them!!!

Sticking with the Vampire theme!!!

2011-07-27T02:00:00.000-07:00

This was my second attempt at a sculpted stiletto nail, i only did one as I'd never be able to sculpt my right hand at all!!!! This was actually really simple, sculpted using clear gel mixed with a cheap black loose powder eye shadow, used white gel for the teeth, then added some clear gel with red glitter to look like blood!! The best bit is that to can actually feel the teeth individually!!!

Wish i could of done them all like this, just not as sharp i think!!

First attempt at a shrink plastic ring!!!

2011-07-26T03:50:00.000-07:00

Morning, this was my first attempt at a shrink plastic ring and don't think it turned out too bad actually!!

None of this is drawn by hand, i cheated, and traced it off my laptop screen, but i wanted it to look right and the writing had to be backwards and there was no way i could do that neatly!!

To adjust the pic on the laptop was simple, in photoshop i just desaturated the pic so it was black/white and then played with the contrast and brightness settings till i got what almost looks like a line drawing!!! Simple!!

Hope you all like, sorry to all non-Twilight fans, hehehe

Contest Piece, and my early birthday pressie!!!

2011-07-24T04:51:00.000-07:00

These nails were created for a blog contest and i was surprised that i actually one. Planning on doing these nails on myself one day!!

Can't believe I'm still beaming about the early birthday pressie my mum got me yesterday!!! I've been after a new sewing machine for ages and had been eyeing up the vintage hand-crank ones!! Couldn't believe our luck when we found one in a charity shop, and managed to knock them down from £40 to £20!!! YEY!! Will be posting some pics of it when my camera is charged up!!!

Swirly Ring

2011-07-23T02:07:00.000-07:00

This was my first attempt at wire jewellery making, i love this as you don't have to be exact with the sizes!!

Ocean Blue Nails

2011-07-22T02:12:00.000-07:00

These were my favourite gel nails, i used clear stiletto tips, green and blue pigments with clear gel, some holographic flake, silver polish and tiny silver balls. A friend of mine told me they reminded her of the ocean.

Followers required!!!!

2011-07-21T14:16:00.001-07:00

Hi all,
Please follow my blog, plenty more goodies to come!!!!

First bag i made - Ivory Leatherette Sling Bag

2011-07-21T06:19:00.000-07:00

Hope you all like it, this was my first attempt at a bag and my first attempt at using leatherette!!! Don't think i did too bad really, added some Kanzashi flowers too to jazz it up!!!!
Here are the tutorials used to make this:

Sling bag - http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/sling_bag
Kanzashi flowers - http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/tsunami_kanzashi_flower_2

Welcome

2011-07-21T04:31:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the new blog, please bear with me while i work all this out and sort out my photos!!!! Lots of goodies to come!!!