tutorials

Well as promised a couple of easy tutorials for you

happy weekend

Thank you all those who are following my blog, was going to put on some tutorials this weekend, but other things got in the way, so will be doing them next week,
very pleased my witch came on sat she is great, she was made for me by my friend Brenda, she make wonderful ceramic tiles, lamps, beach huts and fantastic dolls look her up on her website brentel.ceramic.design.2itb.com
have added a picture for you to see, she came naked and i decided to leave her naked but to save her modesty she is wearing a hat and apron, bit cheeky,
I have been busy putting items on ebay this weekend, if you want to look i am under debbie2568.

more to come next week bye for now

set myself a challenge

Got restless did not know what to create so out came my books, there are a lot of them, and looked for ideas, light bulb moment, i came across a picture of a miniaturists work table so i have had a go at creating it, quite pleased with the end result, what do you think? every time i get my camera out my little yorkie comes running and she poses so have included a picture of her, out now for a couple of days but when i come back i will add some tutorials as promised,

Great find at Tesco's

Found these at Tesco's last night and could not resist them, a little bracelet with skulls and teeth, will find a place in my room box, only cost 1.99. will keep a look put they are bound to be reduced after Halloween

update

Thank you all who have started to follow my blog, its great to know others are interested in what I do,

I was looking at the suite I had recovered and decided it needed more, why is it you can never be satisfied with what you do and always feel you have to add more, anyway i added a throw to the settee and then came across a old coffee table that was a bit battered, so i repainted it in the gold, distressed it and then dressed it, I have a box full of crockery and bit so I found a lovely gold and white china set, a little flower arrangement, some magazines and glasses, and put them on to the coffee table, now I am happy with the end result,
I am trying to decide to either go back to ebay to sell or to try etsy, I have loads of items that I have made so will have to start to get rid so I can make some more, running out of room.
anyway added pictures of end results, would love to have comments on my work

been busy

have been busy finished my witch room box, waiting for my witch, who I hear is in the kiln as we speak, new pictures, found some great earring's that light up, and some fantastic little spiders, its looking really creepy,

I made all the books using printies found on the web, book covers that I had shrunk down and small blocks of balsa wood, some of the books have pages in them, the bottles, some I had so I just added anything strange I had lying around, the other bottles I made from straws cut down to size and added labels, others were made from beads, the other bits were from my junk box which I turned into objects that I thought would be around, I also added some crockery that I had, I am really pleased with my finished effect, its difficult to see the lights and the effect they have. what do you think, story is coming on, but I keep getting distracted and then I have to find my thread again, but I will get there.

The other project I worked on was a settee and 2 chairs, I got some lovely William Morris material and so I used that to cover the cushions,  earlier I repainted it and then I distressed it, here is the result, I made the small cushions from some silk that i also got from ebay, lots of bargains there,
well tomorrow is another day, I wonder what i will be making?

customised prams

This weekend I worked on some prams, I had 3 black metal prams that were just sitting there. posted pictures of the result, will be doing another one this week which I will do a tutorial so watch this space.
I get a lot of pleasure from taking a plain object and transforming it.
still working on my whitch story, harder than I thought, my witch should arrive soon and then I will be selling the room box on ebay complete with story, have added a couple of pictures showing the light on,

next project is a nursery setting, I found a great little idea for boxes on the big wide web, using ice cube trays, will put that on tuts as well.

showing lamp on sink,

prams I customised

love this blog thing, makes me think more of how I do things and wonder if they interest others. more to come