Halloween time

I do love Halloween and the option to create some spooky stuff.
On a recent trip into Dumfries, I popped into Poundland and found a small polystyrene pumpkin and decided I wanted one to transform.

Here is my process on how it ended up.

I chose some material I quite liked from my stash and wanted to use some Translucent Powertex. This product is fab for not just doing what it say's on the bottle but it is a good strong glue too! 

 First I cut out the stalk, then I cut strips of material and with the Powertex covered my pumpkin

I then cut out some lace flowers and added around the Pumpkin and glued back in the stalk, it was at this point I decided I was not quite sure about the material I had added and decided to add some tissue napkins instead, over the material.

This is the beauty of Powertex, you don't like what you have done, paint over it a different colour or if you have an older piece, change it to something else.

I got out my bronze Powertex  and made the stalk part by wrapping around the original stalk and making it bigger.

When it was dry, I used some faux pearl beads and bling to add around the base of the stalk, so for now my Pumpkin is done

I may do some more Halloween inspired crafts but then again, it may be Christmas crafts, you will have to keep watching and see what I am inspired to do next.

Until next time...

Live

Laugh

Love

~Jinny~

Clay Christmas decorations

Well, look at this twice in one week! This is what being off work does :)
We had our Grandsons over for a sleepover and as always they were little angels for Nanny and Grandan!! 
They are now home with their Mum and I decided it was time to get out some craft stash and create something. I ended up getting out my Polymer clay stash and have made my Grandsons a gingerbread Christmas tree decoration each. I have been making these for family and friends for the past few years but sadly did not make any last year. That may have been because I was busy making Christmas wreaths like a mad woman.
So I need to make amends and create some for this coming Christmas.

They are very easy to make and I find the process therapeutic, saying this not just the clay creating anything!  
  

And some more ...

Till next time

Love

Live

Laugh

~Jinny~

October ...Already!!

Hello all, well I can't believe it is the first day of October!! Time sure does fly, soon it will be Christmas,there I said it lol 

As it is the first day of October and October means Halloween, I thought I would share a few Halloween projects I have done over the years. I have to admit, I kinda like being able to make spooky creations.

All of the above I made for a friends wedding out of mainly Polymer clay, I really enjoyed making all of these creations for their wedding day.

This art doll was made of mixed media and ended up being given as a Christmas pressie.

The ones above are made with my favorite medium Powertex, such a versatile medium to work with. 

 The Halloween wreath is an assemblage of different things and was made at work 

The pumpkin is another Powertex creation, made by blowing up a balloon and working the Powertex over the balloon, I was too eager to pop the balloon and it was not completely dry, hence the dent in my pumpkin but I think it adds to it's charm,the stump is made from Polymer clay.

I hope you enjoyed my blog for now.
Happy October

Till next time 
~Jinny~ 

Scottish life

All moved

Hello, hello

Well, we moved and it all went fairly smoothly and even though we downsized everything fits in nicely. My main concern was all my art material and I now have a new shed to store all my stash, ok it is not the same as my last shed but it is stored away and I have easy access to it when I need anything. 
I have managed to do some creating this past couple of days on my days off and it has been so good, to be back creating and making. 

Both pieces made using Powertex 

I plan to do some more creating very soon, so watch this space

Three days and counting

Well, three more days and counting.
For the past week I have been living like a squatter in my own home lol. No fridge freezer, no bed, no. My two youngest have flown the nest and my hubby is working straight through on long shifts.
All of my art stuff is already in our new home in Scotland and I am itching to be creative but will have to wait a few more days yet!
Thursday is the day when our new journey starts and we begin a new chapter in our lives. Thankfully we have a week off a non-working week so I will sort out all the stuff and make it home, THEN I will be getting out my creative stuff and making something, so I can scratch this itch!!!
So my next blog will be from Scotland, so until then
Be good, be creative and be happy
Jinny xx

New chapter

Well, it is fair to say I am totally pants and keeping this blog up and going.
Life has started to change drastically for myself and my family. We live in Devon but have just bought a brand new caravan in Scotland and in 12 days time, we, being my husband and myself shall be moving up there to live...BUT we shall still be working in Devon. It all part of our 3-year plan!!
My dream is to give up work and be creative full time and after thinking about this for a very long time, it is finally started to become a realisation of doing it.
My kids have flown the nest, to start living their own lives and I honestly think, that if we had not made this decision, then they would still be living at home till we are 80 years old!!!
So right now I have just finished packing up my craft shed, which was way harder than I thought to do and have had to downsize our home drastically to fit in our new home.
I loved living in this house we have called home for the past 6 and half years but it really is time to say goodbye and start living life. We shall be working one week in Devon as Support workers, a job we so love doing and I also get to help out in the craft part of my job, so double bonus for me. I have done this job for the past 4 years and will be sad to give it up eventually but will cross that bridge when I come to it.
Although this what I am doing, the moving, the new chapter in our lives is something  I want to do, I have found it very emotional doing it, much more than I ever realised, although I will still get to see my youngest two children on a regular basis, I forgot to mention, my eldest Daughter and 2 rather gorgeous Grandsons also live in Scotland, So for me I get to see all three of my children on a regular basis and on my week off, as work will be one week on and one week off, I shall get to carry on being creative and fulling my passion to be creative.
I think I may start using this a diary as it has made me feel a little better about my feelings.
So if you want to follow me on my journey, then you are more than welcome to follow me and I will pinky promise to try and document what is happening and how I feel as and when I can, and if memory serves me lol
Right now, this minute I am waiting for my Daughter from Scotland and Son in law to bring down a van to load up with a bulk of our belongings and more importantly my art stuff. Which means I can't do anything creative for the next two week :(
So adios amigos