Lighthouse and Sweetheart Elves.

This week I decided I wanted to paint some more elves, including one I had in mind for a seaside challenge. I had also been asked if I do any wedding pixie elves, this is something I have considered but I don't like making repeats too often. So I made a pair of pixie elves that could be considered for a wedding decoration etc. And here are the Sweet Heart pixie elves.

I like how they have turned out and I'm considering listing them permanently / made to order in my Etsy shop with the options of having a different coloured hearts like gold, red as well as the silver. I could also make them in the bigger elf body size too. 

So for the Seaside challenge over on the Craft Pimp Forum I wanted to make a lighthouse pixie elf, n the end I made two. I reused two old retired elf bodies after sanding them down and giving them a couple of coats of gesso I painted them. I made one stormy and the other had a nice calm sea with a fishing boat. The one with the Fishing boat will be in my Etsy shop the other is on my Facebook page and my next blog post will tell you more.

Until next time

Vic xx

Holiday Project

If you remember from a previous post I gave my kids a project for the holidays. The project was a book called Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith.

They both really liked the idea of the book and when the books arrived they couldn't wait to get started. The have done a bit in them but they have since been distracted with other things. Looks like wrecking the journal has turned into a longer project form them. 

Until next time

Vic xx

Meet Tansy

Tansy is my newest doll that I finished last week, I designed the pattern for her and it was a learning curve. She's bigger than my mini dolls and she has a two part head, to be honest I think this is the smallest I can make of a fully needle sculpted head.

Other parts of the pattern will need to be redone, the legs need to be longer and I had to do mitten like hands as her fingers just didn't look right. I also think I may do a second leg that has a pointed foot so she could be turned into a ballerina. 

She did turn out well and I think I might have to design a pattern for a bigger doll, but first I have a doll I really want to make thats in my design notebook. 

I'll leave you with a few more pictures of Tansy and see you next time.

Vic xx

A Day Out

Well I would really love to have a holiday away but at the moment it really isn't possible, but then I live in a beautiful part of the country so we try to take advantage of that and have days out locally. So last week we decided to go to Tintagel and Boscastle.

Boscastle 

 Tintagel was a surprise this year as it had changed a lot, the what I call tatt (souvenir) shops that all sell the same thing, had gone and had been replaced with cafes and an ice cream parlour. Which is a good thing as usually all you could get in Tintagel to eat was either a pub meal or cornish Pasties. Our favourite shops were still there, which was good as I stocked up on some beads and gemstones for some projects in one.

Boscastle was still the same but with a new addition the Boscastle Fishing Co. which sell the lobsters and Crabs they catch as well as Crab or Lobster sandwiches. I wish I hadn't already bought a small pasty at the bakery as I would've liked a lobster sandwich. We finished up with a visit to the Boscastle pottery where I got an new mocha - ware mug to replace one that got broken.
We had a lovely day out and we are thinking of making a second visit to Boscastle later in the year to visit the Witchcraft Museum, another place I like to visit regularly as for a tiny place it has lots of interesting and fascinating exhibits.

Until next time
Vic. x

Fairytale Cornish Pixie Elves

A while ago I painted Arthur and Merlin Pixie Elves and I did think of painting a few more Fairytale characters. The first one that came to mind was Robin Hood and Maid Marion, well as I had a spare rounded bodied elf I just also had to include Friar Tuck. 

For Robin I was worried about the green paint I had as it wasn't a bright green more of a dusty green and his hat was going to be a challenge. So I sewed two triangles of felt together and turned them out, added a feather to the brim and it looked great. With Maid Marion I wasn't sure what colours to use, Girlie suggested blue and I'm glad she did. I added some silver details and sewed a scrap of white organza to her felt hat. The Friar was naturally the easiest to paint and I think they look really good. 

I also had seven tiny rounded elf bodies that just needed another larger elf to go with them. Yes you guessed it Snow White was next. With Snow I wanted to avoid the Disney Princess colours of her so I decided to paint her body mainly red with black, gold and white highlights. All the dwarves I decided to paint their shirts and neckties all in different colour, as they were tiny it was a bit of a challenge. During painting I nicknamed them Snow and her Entourage.  

I'm now thinking of some other fairy tales that will work well with my elves, but first I have a few other ideas that I want to paint. 

Until next time

Vic xx

Retiring Pixie Elves

To make room for new Pixie Elves I've decided that I will retire a few of the old Elves. Here are the ones that will be retiring later this year.

Bite Me 

The Count 

Sid and Viv the Punks

Ella 

Meadow.

If you want one of these grab them from my Etsy shop before the disappear for ever. 

until next time 

Vic x

Replacement Handles

After redecorating the kitchen I kept looking at our dresser and it needed a bit of a lift. As its a lovely pine dresser made over the border in Devon and I really didn't want to paint it. The easiest option was to replace the wooden drawer and door handles. Luckily we have a lovely shop in our nearest town, Bude, that sells lots of lovely things and I did notice a few different drawer handles. I really wanted them all different colours but I there was only three black, red, and green, so we got two black which were different patterns. 

We finally got them put on last week and I'm really glad we did change them it looks really nice.

I got my girlie to take a picture of them while I was editing some elf photos, and I think she did and very good job.

Until next time 

Vic. xx