Jacqueline Wilson inspired birthday card

Another hand made card post. My cousin is a huge fan of the author Jacqueline Wilson in particular the children's book 'candyfloss'. After researching the book cover design by Nick Sharratt, I got to work on her birthday card. I tried to use aspects of the book cover but created my own character version of my cousin, which she loved!

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DIY plant pots

Before

 

Instead of putting my tins into the normal recycling, I decided to reuse instead as little plant pots. I had some left over metal paint and some thick twine. I started by making numerous holes on the bottom of the tins for drainage.  

 I found that the sharp tip of a corkscrew worked best. I then painted it with the metal paint and when it was dry decorated it with twine and added a bow for good measure.

After

VW Camper

So today I made a birthday card for my boyfriends grandmother, she is a huge lover of the Volkswagen camper vans and the green ones in particular and yes her name is Eunice. Wish I'd have had time for a better photograph.

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Robot Valentines

I'm not the biggest fan of Valentine's and all the money it costs (also it shouldn't all be about one day). So this year, I decided to save some money and make my card. My boyfriend is a big fan of robots and online I've seen examples of a chocolate robot, where the body is made of a bar of chocolate so I got some Bournville (my boyfriends favourite) wrapped it in normal kitchen foil and made it into the robot I normally draw for him (plus a love heart to make it seem a little romantic). To keep with the theme, I had some old tags laying around, which I stuck a miniature version of the robot onto. I kept the colours the same and since I had some time I made a little pattern to place inside the envelope. All in all I'm happy with the outcome. I think I'll do this from now on. Not only did it save me money but I wouldn't have found a card I liked better. I apologise in advance for the rushed photographs, but I had to get it done before he came home!

Happy Valentine's! 

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DIY Wedding

So my friend from university is getting married and has her mum is making her invitations, so I started looking for inspiration for her. Weddings are so much more personal and creative than they used to be. They aren't all about frills and flowers. So many creative, unique ideas that will get them saving the date in no time. I've listed a few of the best one's I found. If planning your own wedding check out bespoke bride. Some great idea's on there!

 

 For the film buff. Pull out negative invite.

Pencil us in instead of Save the date

Party Poppers save the date created by ohhappyday. 

Instructions and free template can be found here.

 

 

 Blow up balloon Invite

Also I've heard from various people about these alternative creative wedding bouquets. No flowers needed and these bouquets are guaranteed to last.

 

 

Brooch Bouquets

Could be something borrowed and something old.

 

 

And something new.

 

 

Button and felt bouquets

 

 

There is loads of tutorials online on how to make these, considering that some of the ones I have seen have been priced at £150 plus. Also on various sites including Favor Fairy, Wedding Star and I've seen really cute wedding favors, no more almonds thank goodness.

Pun wedding matches

  A personal fave - Gum ball machine favors

 

 

 Personalised Jones fizzy juice bottles

Origami Wedding Favors from Kats Krafts

 

 

Doodles

Since I'm in the middle of fixing my scanner I had to photograph some recent doodles instead.

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The last one ended up becoming the front of my Graduation Dinner invites. Sums up my life in University pretty well.

Happy Eggs...

... = Yummy Cupcakes. Also brightens up the kitchen! Try it, see how many faces you can make!

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DIY Valentine

So with February approaching I thought I'd post a sample of some lovely DIY ideas I found. Even though I think Valentines is over rated, I do like the idea of making your own card. If you can, it can be more personal and creative. But hay it doesn't have to be just for Valentine's day.

First off is the pop up pixel love heart card. Clever idea and perfect for any gamer. All credit to Minieco for this one and the tutorial can be found here.

 

 

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This next one is a Valentines gift box, but could easily be adapted for something else. The free printable template is available here. 

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For all tech/robot lovers, this next one is great. This Robot is made from a mini chocolate bar. Awesome! Instructions here.

Domino

I always thought that dominoes would be great with facial expressions. So for one project for University, I did just that. It seemed to turn out a bit more 'Dad's Army' than I would have liked. But when I thought of 'chapping', Chaps came to mind and I instantly pictured a  moustache. So I think it ended up working. I thought with the cold weather, this rough idea was quite fitting.

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The Story of The Stars

This Lovely little book is my latest purchase :)

"The Story of the Stars" by George F. Chambers.

2nd Edition Hard Back with lovely blue cloth boards and vintage floral endpapers. The book is dated 1895. I love the Typography, Star and telescope decoration :)

Vivienne Westwood

I recently took a series of photographs for Make Up artist Susan Mootassem. Pretty much knowing nothing about make up and watching her at work was inspirational. Her looks are inspired by Vivienne Westwood and I think they look amazing. The detail was great and the models were lovely. Had such fun working on this project! :)