Try it on Tuesday - Alter it Week

Running a bit late this week with my Try it on Tuesday entry but I'll get it in just in time.
The theme is (or was) "Alter anything" so I got working on this wooden frame. Gesso, paint, splatters, bottle cap rings, spray inks, stamping and a gungeboard heart.
That's the ingredients for this frame. I think it would make a nice little frame for a kids picture, what do you reckon?

As always the Alter it week is sponsored by The Craft Barn.

My first ever market.....an experience!!

So I have finally completed my first ever market. I have to say I was a bit scared but also excited beforehand. I just didn't know what to expect. Would my stall look ok, would everyone look more professional, would people be nice?

I have taken on a few tips from more experienced friends of mine and asked lots of questions and advice beforehand and it has paid off.

I got to the venue (Miller pub near London Bridge) at 10am and was shown my space straight away and started setting up. I did have some help from my boyfriend and his daughter and we all got to work straight away. pretty much did the table set up as I tried it at home on the dining table, a few things didnt want to stand up but everything found its place at the end and I was very pleased with it. My table looked colourful and busy with loads to discover.

I got chatting to some lovely people, picked up new ideas (and lots of business cards) and enjoyed a look around to see what everyone else had made, lots of amazing stalls!!

The loveliest suprise was my bloggy friend Kim Dellow of Crafty Makes popped by, we had not yet met in real life so it's was really lovely to meet her. She also took that picture of me.

As for sales, I did well. Much better than some of the stalls around me who had more larger items and didnt sell as much. I took on a tip from Zuzu who said to have smaller, cheaper items as people are more likely to pick up a little something for a £1 or £2. So I had bottle cap fridge magnets for sale. They are so much fun to make too.

I also sold this canvas I made last week for the Try it on Tuesday Challenge (sponsored by The Craft Barn).
Someone picked it up as a present for someone.

Overall it was a very positive experience and I would like to do it again but as these things always happen at weekends it makes it difficult for me cause I'm always working. But I hope to do more fairs like this, definitely.

For now I have to concentrate on my shop adventure. A local shop has offered to sell some things for me, which is amazing news, but I can see a lot of work coming my way. I better get making!!!

Another crazy painted mirror

It's yet another mirror, I just love them. Practical little home decorations and so much fun to do. This one if another piece to be goin to the fair on saturday. It's similar to one I did previously but then again they are all unique.

I am entering this into the Simon says Stamp and Show Challenge where this week Anything goes.

This is also a creation for Try it on Tuesday's Altered Week and this week we are making presents. Their challenge is sponsored by The Craft Barn as usual.

Try it on Tuesday - Boxed Up!

I'm really enjoying the Try it on Tuesday Altered Art weeks, great themes and inspiration from the DT.

This week we are boxing things. I used an old box from some metal coins. It was just a perfect size with six little compartments. So I painted and collaged it with various things. Like I mentioned before I am doing a fair bit of art journal style stuff at the moment so I was just painting, inking, spraying things I thought may as well do the box like it too.
Add some ideaology, cut out some hearts and make x's from wired paper ribbon, which came off some packaging so plenty of recycling in this project too.

Check out the Try it on Tuesday blog and their sponsor for the week - The Craft Barn.

Dreaming Dolly Keyring

It's another altered art themed week at Try it on Tuesday.... well it is until midnight tonight, I am a bit late with my entry this time, but nevertheless I created this little dreaming dolly keyring.

The theme is Dreams and it's sponsored by The Craft Barn.

I've not made any keycharms in ages so it was about time. I love them really full of little charms and things. The silver charm reads "Follow your dreams".

Angelboy Tag....

I like tags, they are great to try new techniques and they are fairly quick to do, but then what do you do with them? At least with cards you know you can send them to someone but with tags, I never know what to do with them. Nevertheless I like them, suppose they just have to go into the box with my ATC's.

So I wanted to use my new arched glass stamp (purchased by my boyfriend, he did listen last time I dragged him to the stamp shop! Result!). The tag looks a tad christmassy but that wasn't my intention. Love the colours though.

I actually made it for the ONE FOR THE BOYS Challenge over at Try it on Tuesday.

I'm also entering this into the Simon says Stamp and Show Challenge and the Sir Stampalot Challenge.

Altered Tin for Try it on Tuesday

This week's theme over at Try it on Tuesdays is Altered Tins (sponsored by The Craft Barn), well I can't say I use much tinned stuff or when I do I don't keep the tins but when I tidied my room the other day I came across these nescafe tins that I keep my pens in on my desk. So I thought if they are sitting on my desk they may as well look pretty. For this one I cut some silver metal and embossed in, then painted it white with the new paper artsy chalk acrylic and when that had dried I spritzed it with glimmer mists. Again, let it dry and sand it. I then put eyelets in the ends and tied the 2 pieces together. No need to glue it or anything. It just sits around the tin. Add a butterfly and it looks so much better on my desk than the old brown tin used to.

Rusty Metal Roses Frame.....

I have really got into using metal recently, it never agreed with me before but since I started making these flowers with them I've really caught the metal bug. This frame is for a few challenges and it started life with an old 6"x6" shadow box frame. I painted it copper using viva decor inka gold and as that was way too bright I never used the frame for anything so it has been sitting here for ages. But now I came across a Gingersnap Challenge with the theme "Ginger, Rust, Copper" and a challenge over at Try it on Tuesday where we are re-vamping an old frame. And I am also goin with the Spring theme at the Artistic Stamper Challenge Blog, always a fab challenge to enter and I do love their shop. So I used some rust paint on the shiny (very shiny!) frame and went a bit mad with some walnut spray and rubbed it all and that, sounds quicker than it was, I spent hours doing that!!! Much better now the frame with some shiny copper still peeking through here and there but overall much more toned down. The roses are made from Ten Seconds Studio metal using a Paper Artsy flower stamp. The swirls are grungeboard painted with rust effect paint (by Modern Masters, I love their paints!). The background is made up of layers of corrugated card and natural tone canvas. Assemble it all and add a few metal butterflies and that's what you get.