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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Year end crafts and Bye bye 2015

This will be the final post for 2015 before the ships blare their horns to usher in 2016. As the year draws to an end, I think I will put up all the pictures of the crafts that I've done for November and December. My favourites are mosaic-art and willowcraft and of course Christmassy stuff.

A. Mosaic and collage

1. Collage on Slate: mixed media - bits and bobs of old jewellery and paper napkins

2. Glass and tile on wood

3. Mandala Art: Tile, sculpture paste and paper napkin on MDF.

B. Willowcraft

Shopping basket: Following instructions from a very good book .........

I completed this shopping basket on my own...........

C. Christmassy stuff

1. Fish bowl with candle : Sculpture paste for frost

2. Candle with trimmings

3. Hand painted snow men on wood and bottles

4. Table centrepiece

5. Cards

3D cards - the robin card won 3rd prize at the ICA Limerick federation meeting

12 days of Christmas Cards

and a whole host of other cards....

So, I've come to the end of my last post for 2015. I already have lots of crafts planned out for next year which begins tomorrow.

2016 HERE I COME!!

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Breadbox with a difference

Went to a car boot sale (flea market) in Galway and picked up this old and sturdy breadbox. I love wooden stuff and this roll-top bread box looks very vintage.

I decided to paint a new coat of mature green colour in acrylics. Then I cut out an assortment of pictures to embellish the top and the sides of the box. I distressed the edges of the pictures with Tim Holtz distress paint (vintage) to give them a softer look.

Using Tim Holtz swirl die, I added gold swirls to the box.

So now it is a breadbox with a difference! A nifty place to house my bread, buns and pastries!

A tin of strawberries

My Iranian friend Zohre has invited me over for coffee and since I'm up and early tomorrow I thought I would make her a little gift. So I found this smallish cookie tin and transformed it.

With paper and imagination something beautiful emerged.

Top View

I made use of the paper tole technique for the little girl.

Finally I decided to fill it with fresh strawberries from my garden

Saturday, April 13, 2013

First Aid Box

Found this old and rusty first aid box in the shed. Decided to transform it into something that sits proudly on my shelf. First I gave it a coat of acrylics then embellished it with paper cut-outs. Then add on a coat of varnish.