Some of my latest jewellery makes

Fabric and card make fabulous boxes

My latest projects. Cartonnage is the art of making boxes from card and covering them with fabric. Here I've used a mix of poster board and cereal packets, covered in fat quarters from Aldi.

Hersham Handmade spring craft fair 23 March 2019

Here are a few of the hand-painted items that will be available at the Hersham Handmade Craft Fair on Saturday 23 March 2019.

These first two are painted using a flow medium to swirl the paint around on the object. Very messy but good fun!

I have a selection of unicorns in different sizes.

I also have a hanging plate and some other shapes on the way, including a couple of fish.

This rabbit is a first in my new hobby of carbonnage. Mostly that's about creating fabric covered boxes, but I thought I would try out the technique on a wooden shape. The rabbit has a different fabric on the back, and if you can't quite see it, that's a Cadbury's Cream Egg peeping out from its tummy :-)

 Ooh. More cream eggs! And unicorns. What more could you possibly want?

 I'll be taking along some of my fun bracelets too, as pocket money gifts.

And finally, my hand-painted pots. At this fair they'll be filled with gifts and wrapped in cellophane and a ribbon for the perfect Mother's Day present. 

I'll also be offering a couple of Lazy Susans. This one with the penguins, and the ever-popular tweeting birds.



If you see something you like and you can't get to the fair, drop me a line and we can talk about how to get a gift to you.

Pots packed with festive fun

Gift pots. Hand-painted flower pots with Santas and penguins packed with handmade decorations. An ideal gift at £10. Planning similar for the spring and Easter so watch this space!

All wrapped up

Applying a new skill to Christmas wrapping. Brown paper flecked with white paint, tied with multiple ribbons and completed with small brown labels. Went down a treat!

I'm aiming to create bows and ribbons that people can attach to their own parcels for sale in the near future.