Posted in General craftiness, tagged bookbinding, carcassonne, harry potter, hogwarts, wednesday wip, work in progress on May 8, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The past week has been glorious weather-wise, so it was actually rather nice to have some rain this morning, and my garden certainly appreciated it!
What have I been up to then? Lots of pottering around in the garden, quite a lot of drawing, and an interesting commission…
…more on that in due course! Right now though I need to go and finish off a trinket box so I can make a dash for the Post Office when the rain stops.
Posted in General craftiness, tagged acrylic paint, dirigible plums, harry potter, luna lovegood, lush, recycling, upcycling, wednesday wip, work in progress on February 20, 2013 | 1 Comment »
I have something a little frivolous to show off today. My garden is full of various odds and sods, some tasteful and some quirky – one of which was a little sign which read “Keep Off the Dirigible Plums” – a nod to my love of the Potterverse. On Monday I lost my balance when pottering around (no pun intended), fell on the sign and snapped it. Oops.
So yesterday I thought I would replace it. I started off with a sign I inherited from Lush in Carnaby Street when they closed down:
I have a few of these, which I’ve hoarded for years in the hopes they’d come in useful… but apart from making the last dirigible plums sign they haven’t. Anyway, it’s been a while since I made the first one, which I vaguely remembered painting with white acrylic, so I got out the paint and made a start…
… and then added another coat…
…. and then added more coats of paint than I care to remember, until I ended up with this.
At last, a nice blank canvas!
It took ages, but I do finally have a replacement for the one I broke. I must say there were probably more productive ways I could have spent the afternoon, but I’m ridiculously pleased to have finished this mini project.
Posted in Project 365, tagged harry potter, hogwarts, project 365, warner bros studio tour on September 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
29th September 2012 – “Breathtakingly magical”
Posted in Project 365, tagged harry potter, hogwarts, project 365 on January 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I thought the demand for my trinket boxes might have waned now that the manic buying of the festive season has passed, but no – today I had another one to make.
5th January 2012 – “Owl Post”
Posted in General craftiness, tagged afghan, crochet blanket, felt biscuits, harry potter, trinket boxes on December 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s quite late in the day for me to be blogging, but I’ve spent the day making up for being such an idle sod the rest of this week. The school fair went quite well yesterday, but I couldn’t rest on my laurels because the minute I turned my Etsy shop back on I got some orders in. The end of today sees me having made FIVE Harry Potter themed trinket boxes this week, which is rather a lot. I also had a couple of other orders to sort out. Can’t complain (all business is good business!), but it did make for a very busy Sunday!
My colourful blanket is coming along well, although I’m rapidly coming to the realisation that it might end up being a colourful shawl at this rate unless I decide to invest in some more yarn…
… and I finally started to make things using some of the many felt squares I’ve got. Two biscuits might not seem like much, but I’m very proud of them!
Posted in Publicity & Articles, tagged etsy, etsy treasury, harry potter on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Meppave featured my Map of Middle Earth in their Treasury entitled ‘Of Hobbits and Of Elves‘
Stephanie McCaghren also featured the same item in her Treasury, Journey through Middle Earth.
Ilona, of The Missive Maven, featured my Hogwarts Stationery in her Treasury.
Melisa, of Mel’s Turkish Delights, featured one of my Lost & Found notebooks in her Treasury – Clock Delights.
Amaretto included one of my Hogwarts themed trinket boxes in their fabulous Harry Potter Treasury.
Posted in Commissions, tagged commission, harry potter, hermione granger, hogwarts, journal cover, leather, notebook, pyrography on January 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Towards the end of last year I was approached by a lady who wanted me to make her a leather journal cover.
I was wondering if you could make a book cover with soft leather that has four flaps and has a string that wraps around the cover when closed. I was thinking something that looks like a cross between the Leaf of Lorien and the Owl Post notebooks you made. Basically it is a Leaf of Lorien type cover with two extra flaps and no journal attached.
She specified the details that she wanted on the cover, as well as the size of the journal it would need to house, and then left me to my own devices.
After much thought I sourced some leather that I thought would be perfect, and here’s the finished product:
It’s a very simple design in terms of construction, but it works so well – I sometimes think that simplicity is the key to an elegant product. The design has been burned onto the leather using pyrography.
This is a bespoke piece, but I’m so in love with the finished product that I will be making some different ones today which I will add to my Etsy shop very soon!
Posted in Publicity & Articles, tagged etsy, harry potter, hogwarts, owl, pigwidgeon, treasury on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Marie of Markhed on Etsy kindly featured my Pigwidgeon in a Treasury all about owls:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c72da48b9e98eef83f40f7f/night-owls
Posted in Publicity & Articles, tagged etsy, harry potter, hogwarts, publicity, treasury on August 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My one-of-a-kind Hogwarts book set was kindly featured in an Etsy Treasury by TheBeesKnees1985:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c68cbf5f3316d91cbe7c609/the-hogwarts-express?index=1
Posted in Publicity & Articles, tagged etsy, harry potter, hogwarts, publicity, treasury on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My Harry Potter themed trinket box was kindly featured in an Etsy Treasury by CandaceDesigns:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c320fd98c818eef5e3f74fa/harry-potter-fan-forever
