Play kitchen for my toddler

So a few months ago, I began the task of building a play kitchen for my 2 year old.

I started with 2 ikea rast night stands and with the help of my carpenter friend ( and the use if his tools!) I made this:

I love that I used the same grey tiles for the splash back as in my real kitchen. Needless to say, my daughter loves it!

My make up looks...

So, this year I have totally gotten into make up... Maybe something to do with turning 31...? Anyway- fact is I look better with make up- every one does. I have had 2 one on one lessons with Dana Kosman, and the rest I learnt from YouTube tutorials ( the best!)...

This is what I look like normally ( which is pretty much every day, as I only put on make up if I'm going out at night)

And now here are some made up looks:

Cool kitschy kids art

DIY paper star mobile

Step 1:
Find a picture of star- I always trace line drawings from laptop- it's basically a light box!

Step 2:
Cut shape out from cardboard - a cereal box is good to use

Step 3: draw 96 stars out on different coloured card stock - this was a gift for a baby boy, so I used white, light blue, dark blue & white- which I then spray painted silver

Step 4: using fishing line & beads, start to thread on the stars- using a bead to keep a separation between stars. You should make 8 strings with 5 stars , 8 strings with 6 stars and 1 string with 7 stars.

Step 5: get a embroidery ring or a stiff ring from somewhere approx 30 cm in diameter - I cut the top of a bucket with a stanly knife and the spray painted it silver.

                               


Step 6: using the fishing line, tie 4 pieces of line across the ring, making 8 pieces of pie or 8 spronged wheel

Step 7: start tying the star strings to the wheel- the lines with 5 stars should be tied to the outer edge of the wheel, the lines with 6 stats should be tied to the middle of the lines and the one with 7 should be tied to the centre. This creates a chandelier effect.

Step 8: add some ribbon to 4 points on the ring and bring them together in the centre- this is where you can hang the mobile from.

Enjoy!

Felt art: wall hangings

I love to get inspiration from etsy.com - I am the queen of appropriation (that's the technical term for copying)... Love making these personalised wall hangings for Saraya's friend's 1 year old birthdays... nicde don't you think?

Copper foiled glass mandala

Made this for Daniel & Ana's wedding...
That was a lot of glass cutting!!!! over 100 pieces cut and then put back together!

Glass candle lantern

When i did a glass course back in London in 2009, i made this