It's Halloween weekend - if you fancy getting crafty and making one of
the pumpkin or cat cushions which I've recently been making (see this
post here) I've made a printable PDF with template for you! You can download the pattern and template here. You can reduce or enlarge the size of the template to make any size cushion you'd like! The size of this template will make a cushion about 25 cm high and 60 cm circumference. If you do make one I'd love to see! Please show me. Tag me on instagram or twitter!
I just LOVE Halloween! I just love the imagery, the dark nights, the
oranges and reds. I love blasting out AFI and Misfits, crunching through
leaves. I love bobbing apples, carving pumpkins, making ghost bunting. I
keep Halloween decorations up all year round. If you've been following
me for a while, you know this. Every year I try and add some Halloween
inspired creations into my shop. This year, I restocked the cards, tattoos and bunting which I've had available for a couple of years and added these notebooks:
I also made some home decorations, including this super super soft, velveteen crescent moon pillow. I have an extra one for myself because they are just so nice to cuddle and they look ace around the house:
Annnd, some round pumpkin pillows, fun cat round pillows too, which I had fun photographing in my studio:
I'd love to know what you think! Check out the links to see the creations in my etsy shop. Stay spooky.
I've
been experimenting with making papier mâché masks recently, using the
Staffordshire Pottery sketches in my sketchbook which you can see here.
I took them into my studio today and asked Richard Storrow to photograph them for me. Check out his website here. There's some ace stuff on that!
The papier mâché masks were super fun to make, just using leftover cardboard packaging I had laying about, a whole stack of free papers I picked up at a local supermarket, PVA glue, masking tape and bright acrylic paint. Really fun to see the characters come alive as I painted their expressions on!
