Bottled Magic and Wishing Stars

Some new listings have been posted in the etsy shop. Today I added some sparkly things.

Loads of fairy dust and bottled magic.

Each little bottle has a sweet charm.

I've also listed some glittery wishing stars.

You can purchase a set of 6 sentiments. 

Or select from DREAM, WISH, HOPE, JOY, LOVE or SHINE

Simple Mixed Media Canvas

I hosted a kids workshop at the studio this weekend. My goal was to create four gift quality projects that were also kid friendly. Participants could choose a project and it was wrapped/boxed before they left to ensure that there was no peeking by their grown ups. 

This little mixed media canvas was one of the projects offered.

If you have little people to craft with, there's a video tute available on my youtube channel HERE or see below. (Note: I suggest keeping the kidlets away from the heatgun.)

Here is a list of all of the supplies I used:

4" canvas
Snowflake Shape Set
Cardstock Doily Set Intricates
Ornate Metal Keys from Graphic 45
Fancy Red Holly Berries Mix*
Silks Acrylic Glaze: Stargazer
twine
vintage image
clear glitter
white acrylic craft paint
white school glue
Aleene's tacky glue

And here are some of the other projects completed by my amazing workshop kiddies!

So proud of those little people :)

Rustic Canvas and Burlap Tags ~ DIY Holiday Hop

Here's a wee project I created for Petaloo's Holiday Hop with Canvas Corp. Be sure to check out the Petaloo blog to see all of the great holiday projects and for a chance to win a great prize pack.

I enjoy working with fabric and creating textile pieces but it always seems to take a back seat to paper crafting. So I was pleased for the excuse to blow the dust off of my sewing machine to create some rustic tags with elements from Canvas Corp.

Don't worry, you don't actually need a sewing machine for these. You can easily stitch them together by hand, or even glue them together.

Simply layer a couple of swatches of burlap and canvas, fray the edges, add a vintage image and some pretty Petaloo elements.

My images are printed on canvas, but you can stitch through paper if you like the look of those zig-zags.

I think these are going to make really pretty additions to my holiday packages.

Want to create your own? Here are the elements I used:

Textured Elements Burlap Pointsettias
Botanica Sugared Blooms
Botanica Sugared Minis
Botanica Pine Picks with cones and berries

Canvas, burlap and twine from Canvas Corp

Vintage images

Tiny vintage charm ornaments

I made some tiny ornaments.




They are quite small, around the 1" mark, but I think that adds to their charm.



Little wooden charms from Gina's are the base. I simply painted the pieces white, glued the image to the base, added the top frame and filled with some Diamond Glaze.



I wrapped some Dresden trim around the edges to create a polished look. A little bit of glitter... because apparently I am incapable of creating anything without the sparkly stuff.



Want to make your own? Here's the supply round-up:

Wooden Charm - Circle Large
Wooden Charm - Circle Small
Wooden Charm - Dome Large
Wooden Charm - Dome Small
Diamond Glaze
ribbon
vintage images
clear glitter
white acrylic paint
assorted Dresden borders
1cm white paper roses

Fairy Garden Baubles

I got my hands on the sweetest handblown glass baubles this past summer and filled them with tiny fairy gardens. I've been holding off posting them because I thought they would make darling holiday gifts.

They are filled with moss, handmade toadstools and pretty paper flowers and butterflies. They are really, really sweet.

I have about a dozen and will be posting them in the etsy shop over the next week or so.

You can find this specific bauble listed HERE.

Also listed for the holidays, thimble trees!

Hope your holiday shopping is going well. So far, mine seems to be a series of unfortunate events ;)

Have a great day, lovelies!

Holiday Tart Tin Ornament Tutorial

I'm hosting a kids workshop this weekend and we'll be making some holiday gifts. This is one of the items they can choose from. A rusty tart tin ornament. 

I've made a short video tutorial and encourage you to create your own heartfelt, handmade gifts.

Instructions for rusting the tins is available HERE

The free collage sheet of sweet words can be found HERE

Enjoy.

Supply list:
metal tart tin
wired pip berry stems
moss
flat head jewelry posts
beads
bottle brush trees
floral embellishments
acrylic snowflakes

glue

Be a twinkly light

There's a lot going on the world right now. Terrible, unthinkable, things. Frightening things.

I'm not going to post about them.

Instead, I'd like to encourage you to make something nice, spread kindness and be a glimmer of light. Below you'll find some sweet words to help you along. Download, create, and make someones day a little bit brighter.

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." —Aesop

Thinking of you.

Nichola