Some Jewellery for a Change...

My sister's birthday present... 

Rosey Posey

 

 

 

 

 

 A mix of vintage, Swarovski, Japanese and modern (mostly glass) beads with silver plated and copper findings.

A commission... 

Lilac Dreams V2

 

 

 

 

 A mix of vintage, Swarovski, Japanese and modern (mostly glass) beads on pink wire. Perfect for that special day.

A present to myself...  

Black as Night

 

 

 

  I really fancied a long black necklace with an eclectc mix of beads - vintage, glass, ceramic, bone, plastic, lucite, chalcedony and lava beads on matt black findings with a mix of different chains.

Somethings special (available for sale £10 + P&P, just drop me a mail)...  

Swallow Earrings

 

The cutest earrings to make a real statement - silver plated swallows on sterling silver and black matt frosted findings.

Posters, Goth Designs and T-shirts

Two new designs I made for my new Goth kit (still a work in progress).

The first design was inspired by the 'Day of the Dead'.

The second is inspired by tattoos. I wanted it to be funky, gothic and romantic all at the same time.

I liked both designs so much that I decided to make them available as prints and t-shirts on Redbubble.

I am still working on the kit. It will be divided in two - one part will be the original Gothic and the second part will be the 'new' Gothic.

Pattern Mania

I love making patterns and it's something I do a lot, whenever I have a minute, really. I use them as they are or to create the highly textured backgrounds in my paintings. Check out the Origami Dress and you might spot some of the patterns. :-)

Some of them are black and white so I can layer them over colour or use them as a texture for painting my backgrounds, others are coloured.

I've decided to make some 'packs' of PDF patterns available to 'crafty' people to use in scrap booking and greeting card making. They'll be available from my Etsy shop as and when I finish a pack.

There will be highly ornamental packages with patterns like the Art Nouveau spiral below:



Patterns inspired by a country or particular theme, like a Japanese pack that will include patterns like the butterflies and flowers below:



A 'Grunge' pack with textured backgrounds like the two below:



A Gothic pack with things like gargoyles and thorny spirals:


The gargoyles below can be turned upside down for a different effect:



Fossils and other interesting textures and patterns from Nature:





Art Deco pack:

An Oriental themed pack with cherry blossoms, peonies, fans and so on.





Fun packs with cute toys and things that little ones like:

In the colour packs the colours will be coordinated. In the black & white packs different opacities of the pattern and sizes will be provided. Some special packs will include colour and black and white. You will be able to chose A4 or Letter size packs and I will also offer custom packs where you can choose packs with various patterns.

Let me know if you're interested and I'll send you an e-mail when the patterns are ready.

Spring Splendour - Magnolia and Cherry Blossom

A couple of weeks ago I took some more photos of the Spring Splendour all around me. I have a thing about cherry blossoms and magnolias, so here are more pictures.


Cherry Blossom

Both images were edited with filters and all sorts of clever stuff to create the different painterly effects.



Magnolias

The following pictures were only edited to enhance the subject rather than change it.


More images of crafted things to follow soon... I've just finished and posted a commission and I am working on the next commission....