Wedding Crafts

It's been a long time since we posted anything, but we have been really busy over the past year putting our crafting skills to the test for Gemma's wedding!  Here's what we did:


Buttonholes


For my husband and his groomsmen, I made buttonhole flowers using the same origami technique as my own flowers, using comic book paper.  Comic books are one of his passions, so we attached lego superheroes to the stem of the buttonholes to finish them off.


Our two sons (3 years and 10 months) wore outfits to match their dad, but I decided to make them origami stars using the comic book paper, as these were a little more durable! :)

Shoes


I spent ages looking for the perfect pair of shoes, and never came across them, so I decided to just make them myself!  I started with an old pair of work shoes which I never wear any more (so at least I knew I would be comfortable!), and painted them with a cream chalk paint.  You would never guess from looking at them that they were originally a tan brown colour!  I then applied several coats of glitter to the heel using pva glue and a glitter heart on the back above the heel.  I coated the whole shoe with a shimmer varnish spray to make them shiny and more hardwearing, and one final coat of glitter to freshen it up.  I then attached glittered butterflies to the toes.  Perfect shoes for hardly any cost at all!

Wedding Crafts - Flowers

It's been a long time since we posted anything, but we have been really busy over the past year putting our crafting skills to the test for Gemma's wedding!  Here's what we did:


Gemma's Flowers


I made all my flowers myself, using an origami folding technique.  I had a turquoise colour scheme, so half the flowers were made using a deep turquoise paper.  The other half were made using pages of one of my favourite children's stories - Brambly Hedge Summer Story.  The wedding in this story has always made me long for a village fete, outdoorsy wedding, so it was perfect for my wedding flowers.  I threaded the buttons used in the centre with thin wire, and this allowed me to thread all the flowers together in a bouquet holder.  I wrapped the stem with turquoise ribbon to hide the wires.


As finishing touches, I attached tiny pictures of my late grandparents, and butterflies punched out of purple cardstock.




 

Rainbow Colours

Day 2 Natural Dyeing, met some lovely people and came home with a rainbow collection of fabric. Look out for classes at www.hivebradford.org.uk/ with tutor Claire Wellesley @clarabellacraft

Fabric Dyeing Weekend

Day 1 of dyeing weekend at www.hivebradford.org.uk/ our tutor Claire clarabellacraft.blogspot.com/ gave us the chance to experiment using different dye baths, Indigo, walnut and onion skins. Pieces of silk, cotton and wool were placed in the baths and this is what they looked like afterwards hanging on the line to dry. A great day lots of laughter and chat.

Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow.

First Exhibition

Below is the artwork I am exhibiting at Hive Pop up Gallery in Shipley West Yorkshire.
Thank you to Will for organising the exhibition. Opening times are 10am-3pm on

Friday 18^th May

Saturday 19^th May

Friday 25^th May

Saturday 26^th May

Friday 1^st June

Saturday 2^nd June

Sunday 3^rd June

Monday 4^th June

Tuesday 5^th June

Wednesday 6^th June

Thursday 7^th June

Friday 8^th June

We have lots of talented people in West Yorkshire, why don't you pop along and see for yourself? 

Art and Meditation

Yesterday had a relaxing and creative class at Forster Community College.
Attended Art and Meditation masterclass, our tutor Mo guided the class on two meditations and we then had lots of resources to play with.

Silk Painting and Stitching

I haven't blogged for a while, however I have been busy.

This canvas is covered with blue hand and machine stitched recycled sample fabric. This was covered with a piece of silk, hand painted and hand stitched, and in the middle I hand stitched a piece of machine embroidered dissolvable fabric.

This is now hanging in my stair case.

Katies secret Christmas pressie for her mum and dad

Wow! busy day with Katie today.

Although I had planned a crafty session, Katie arrived with a plan herself today.

To make her mum and dad a door plaque.

We sat down and with Katie's ideas, (plus a picture of her mum and dad that she had brought with her)we came up with a fab door plaque.

We needed: cardboard, paint (rainbow colours), hearts, ribboon, material and glitter.

Step 1

Find and paint cardboard. Katie decided she wanted blue as her background.

Step 2

Cut out a heart shape from some material that Katie had found from my stash. The picture of her mum and dad is to go behind the heart cut out.

Step 3

The blue paint is dry, it is time for Katie to paint a rainbow.

Step 4

Print out a label 'Mum and Dad's Room'

Step 5

Rainbow dry, time to add some more colour. Using a sponge and stencil, Katie added more lovely colours to the top of the plaque.

Step 6

Glue the picture behind the heart cutout and add some ribbon (sorry no picture)

Step 7

Glue picture to plaque, add hearts and glitter. Hold picture up for a proud aunty take a photo.

Wedding Card

This is a card I made for my friend Helen's wedding.

I am entering this in the Totally Tilda Challenge 31 - Wedding theme.

Crafty day with my niece Katie

Had a crafty day with my neice Katie today. We made made a felt container and a flower. After deciding on her colours, Katie laid out her wool, wet it, rubbed it and rolled it, until she was happy with the size of her bowl and flower.

We had a fantastic day and Katie was very pleased with her bowl and flower.