Day 297-Fabric bedhead cover step 2

Step 2 for the covered bedhead is now live to watch on you tube below...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPHnuQdbN9I

finished the cutting

 laid out the 4 layers of foam which I purchased from Resource Rescue 

 traced and cut around the foam (it was easy enough to cut thru with normal scissors)

 I then joined the two pieces together by adding an overlapping piece of mdf on the back. I have used liquid nails to join this and then placed a heavy weight on top (make sure to leave it to dry for 48hrs before moving it again) 

"this is now drying INSIDE my house on the DINING table....

looks like tv's dinner's for the next few nights"

craft out

xxoo

Day 296 pick up stix

I am back onto the covered bedhead project once again!

It was a super hot sunny afternoon here in Melbourne and I was outside in the "full sun" sweating away cutting out the bed head with the jigsaw! see the next instalment below...

want to see the craft in real life action?? checkout my you tube video on the link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOH0li0iCB8

sketch the shape

 cut both halves with the jigsaw at the same time for an exact copy

 yay!! ready for the next step!

craft out

xxoo

Day 295-tea lights and tea cups

Tonight we are entertaining, so I decided to decorate the shelf in our kitchen with a selection of tea cups and glasses and filling each with a tea light. 

craft out!

xxoo

Day 294-I do declare I have a pair

I have evened up the shoe balance 

by upcycling the second shoe to complete the pair

craft out

xxoo

Day 293-upcycle your old shoes!

I have been wanting to have a go at revamping some old shoes for awhile. 

Tonight is my first attempt....

step 1) a pair of old shoes

 I used the glue gun in one spot to hold the ribbon in place to start wrapping the front t-bar strap

 next I starting glue gunning some cotton lace edging around the shoe opening creating a ruffle effect

 then the front I covered with some polka dot fabric

 the back I glued down some red felt cut to size,

next I covered over all the edges and joins with the wide striped ribbon

and lastly added a gold ribbon embellishment and a covered button

SUPER DUPER SHOE MAKEOVER!!

 what do you think of the "shoe make-over" transformation??

eat your heart our alice in wonderland!

craft out

xxoo

Day 292-purple peeps!

Hello crafty moles,

Ive got 3 things to say to you...

Wednesday

hump day

purple fascinator 

actually 4 things.....

craft out

xxoo

Day 291-blue bling

Continuing with the spring races fever with some blue bling...

craft out

xxoo

Day 290-Spring fling!

In the spirit leading up to the melbourne cup I will be featuring some fun fascinators!

I pulled out a few boxes of supplies to get inspired... but then felt overwhelmed by the choice! I have so many random bits and bobs its hard to know where to start.......

hmmmm

Yes the picture above is a joke!

below is the process for my first fascinator of the season

I made a polka dot flower with fabric

 then added a layer of tulle, some ribbon a button and some lace

da daaarrr!

All ready!! (aside from the fact that I've never been to melbourne cup... or liked the races) any excuse to craft!

and I do love an OTT headpiece!

craft out

xxoo

Day 289-a long day at stringybark

My muma joined me today at the stall

 Tonight's craft is this little birdy, I will have to finish him tomorrow (because the glue gun is still buried somewhere in the car!!)

Craft out

xxoo

Day 288-Stringybark continues..

Today was the first day at the stringy bark festival. I now have 5 people signed up for the "upcycle your wardrobe workshops" yay!!!
In between customers I made some more of my chrissy decorations

some more puddings

 stringybark stall

Craft out

xxoo

Day 287-Stringybark Stall!

The weekend of the "stringybark sustainability festival" has arrived!

This afternoon my besty and I set up the "up cycle your wardrobe" stall.

This took quite a few hours, so the "stall set up" is today's craft.

 my life size dolls come to life!

 I had a plentiful array of projects to display to advertise craft courses!

 Resource Rescue kindly donated a $80 voucher for a prize (for people who fill out the general interest in craft courses form to go into the draw to win)

 ALL ready for tomorrow!

 If you are in melbourne come down and say hi, its open 10-5, sat and sun, in Rowville (just off stud Rd)

craft out

xxoo

Day 286-bedside tables are complete

Tonight my bedside tables were finally dry enough to put the drawers back in, see below

sorry the pictures are not the best quality (its a little dark in our lounge room )

 I love the finish and can't wait to try them out in the room once all the other reno's are complete!

Its a big day tomorrow, setting up my stringy bark stall! I will keep you posted with pictures.

craft out

xxoo

Day 285-Preparing for my market stall...

Tonight I have been organising decorations for my stall this weekend at the "Stringybark Sustainability Festival" in Rowville. If you are in Melbourne and have time to drop in I'd love to have a chat! Its open Saturday and Sunday 10-5.
The stall is to promote my "Upcycle your wardrobe" workshop (starting October 31st).

Okay back to craft! I thought it would be super cool to make some GIANT paper dolls with cut out outfits to display on the walls near my stall

I found some pics on google images of "Doris Day" paper dolls from 1955. I enlarged these images in Illustrator and printed them onto A3 pages (tiling the whole image). Next I had to cut all the edges and carefully line up the joins before sticky taping them together.

 The final height of the cutouts are about 1.5metres

 Then I used my homemade black board speech bubbles to convey my message

 I love them! such a shame the paper tears so easily... this would make for awesome wall paper in a vintage clothing store! Especially in the change room!

craft out

doris dolls

xxoo