Bargains

Just thought I would share the bargain I found today! Just browsing the charity shops and whilst at the till I found these beauties and instantly recognized the brand Ray Ban. After a quick look I purchased these for just 75p! After a bit of research too I found that they are indeed true Vintage Ray Bans with a similar pair on ebay going to £55! They're super cute, super 50's black cats eye sunglasses and definitely worth keeping!

I photographed these on a drawing a I have just finished, all about lovely tea.

Enjoy!

Buttons.

After making some buttons for a button swap I did with a nice lady in the USA, I was really pleased with the outcome and so I thought I would make some buttons for my shops. I have based them on my illustrations and so you can use them to make your own crafty projects!

These top ones are the ones i made to swap and the others are avaliable in my shop!

Turin in photos

Just a few pictures from our trip to turin. Everything was so old (in a good way) and ornate which was fascinating. They have kept lots of original signs and shop fronts which I loved and just added to the exciting of finding nice things. A real taste of 16th to 18th century. I couldn't help but picture all the people those people who would have once walked in those very squares. Hopefully some nice drawings will follow these pictures.

Owl swappzies

This is bit of a late post, but better late than never!

I received a really great swap from Karly! She made me a little fabric owl pouch that was filled with nice turkish delight. Yum yum, it is a depleting collection of Turkish delight. She also send me some really great patterned papers, which I love and have now been added to my collection. And finally she send me a owl lolly mould! Great for making chocolate lollies. Karly also adorned the box with all sorts of owl images which were really sweet. 

As this was my first swap I wasn't really sure how much stuff to send and after receiving all these great goodies I felt so bad! I hope I made it up with some chocolate owl lollies which I sent her after!

The reason this post was so late was because I went away to Turin as a late birthday present from my boyfriend. We had a great time seeing all the old Rococo and baroque architecture there. I will post some pics soon and i'm sure artwork will follow once I have caught up on everything!

stuff and things

Last night I was working on some illustrations which I think I will put in artwork so I can sell them as some prints. I think I will start off with some A5 prints and see how they go. I only have one image of the first of a set of illustrations as me and my scanner have a bad friendship and all the others didn't turn out well. 

I have also been making some magnets, for all those people who might like my illustrations but don't do necklaces. I really like these magnets. I made them from fairly thin sheets of magnetic "paper" yes, paper, that's what it's called and then I printed on them and glossed them just like my jewellery. They're pretty darn flexible too so can be put in all sorts of places not just your fridge. I hope everyone likes them.

Owl swap

As my swap partner has received my items I think it's safe to put the pics up now.

I made an owl sitting on a branch, with a moon and a star. Made with plastic, covered with different papers and the sealed and glossed with resin and finally hung on a silver plated chain.

I hope you enjoy looking at it and I will post the pics of my received item soon.

Valetines

What I made for my loved one. A handmade book with all sorts of different pages full of things to make you puke. It had to be done though!