This is just a small selection of the items that I made. Firstly, 'Simone' the ballerina...
I am absolutely loving making dolls and presently I am working on a princess doll named 'Grace'. I hope to show pictures of her progress soon.
Monday, 16 April 2012
Monday in the making
Things have been relatively busy in the world of Tupsy Turvy Designs during the past week as I have had to prepare for a market stall. I have also had a bit of extra time to spend crafting. So I got to work.
This is just a small selection of the items that I made. Firstly, 'Simone' the ballerina...
...secondly, football team 'bag buddies' and lastly, fabric flower brooches.
I am absolutely loving making dolls and presently I am working on a princess doll named 'Grace'. I hope to show pictures of her progress soon.
This is just a small selection of the items that I made. Firstly, 'Simone' the ballerina...
I am absolutely loving making dolls and presently I am working on a princess doll named 'Grace'. I hope to show pictures of her progress soon.
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Weekend Wonders - At the market
Just tidying up now after a day at the markets...
This weekend was spent busy stitching up some extra stock for a market stall and then manning it. The market was bigger than I expected and there were plenty of people around to look at all the stalls. The beautiful weather we had today would have assisted with that. This is what the 'Tupsy Turvy Designs' stall looked like at the beginning of the market:
The only thing that proved tricky was the opportunity to go and look other stalls as Mr T was unable to join me. I did manage to have a quick look (and buy) at other stalls in my area towards the end of the market.
It was great to make a few sales, but it was also great to hear the positive feedback from others about my designs and the quality of my work. I feel re-energised and encouraged in making more little goodies, particularly my dolls.
Better get to it...
This weekend was spent busy stitching up some extra stock for a market stall and then manning it. The market was bigger than I expected and there were plenty of people around to look at all the stalls. The beautiful weather we had today would have assisted with that. This is what the 'Tupsy Turvy Designs' stall looked like at the beginning of the market:
The only thing that proved tricky was the opportunity to go and look other stalls as Mr T was unable to join me. I did manage to have a quick look (and buy) at other stalls in my area towards the end of the market.
It was great to make a few sales, but it was also great to hear the positive feedback from others about my designs and the quality of my work. I feel re-energised and encouraged in making more little goodies, particularly my dolls.
Better get to it...
I hope that you had a wonderful weekend!
Friday, 13 April 2012
Friday thoughts - Lured by smocking
Today, I thought I would show a photo of something inspirational...
Mr T and I went to the library during the week and loved perusing the craft books. We are blessed to have so many craft books and magazines on just about every craft in our library, which are a wonderful source of inspiration. Lately I have been intrigued by 'smocking'. I found a couple of books on smocking and am tempted to give it a little try. I particularly like the smocking that uses the patterns and checks on fabric and am thinking that using these types of fabrics may make my beginning attempts easier (?).
However, traditional smocking also looks completely stunning...
This gown is made by Sabina at 'Heavenly Designs Christening Gowns'. I do like the fullness and gathering of the gown. I like the sweet embroidered pink rose buds and the classic white stitching of the smocking. A beautiful heirloom piece for a baptism.
Enjoy your crafting over the weekend. I'm busy preparing for a market so I am crafting away already.
Mr T and I went to the library during the week and loved perusing the craft books. We are blessed to have so many craft books and magazines on just about every craft in our library, which are a wonderful source of inspiration. Lately I have been intrigued by 'smocking'. I found a couple of books on smocking and am tempted to give it a little try. I particularly like the smocking that uses the patterns and checks on fabric and am thinking that using these types of fabrics may make my beginning attempts easier (?).
However, traditional smocking also looks completely stunning...
This gown is made by Sabina at 'Heavenly Designs Christening Gowns'. I do like the fullness and gathering of the gown. I like the sweet embroidered pink rose buds and the classic white stitching of the smocking. A beautiful heirloom piece for a baptism.
Enjoy your crafting over the weekend. I'm busy preparing for a market so I am crafting away already.
Have fun!
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Wonderful Wednesday - A last glimpse at Easter
Back again after a busy Easter...
Mr T and myself travelled to visit family over the Easter weekend and spent time with family and toured around some beautiful country in Victoria, Australia. We even went for a 45km bike ride on Easter Monday to burn off some of the Easter goodies that we consumed over the weekend.
I thought I might swap the themes for Wednesday and Friday this week so that I could show you what the children that I work with made for Easter - some simple but effective art works. I used this activity in conjunction with sharing with the children the Easter story.
I went through this activity step by step with the children to produce a silhouette and sunset picture. You will need paper, a thick paintbrush (for the 'wash'), a thinner paintbrush (for the silhouette details), yellow, orange and red/pink water colour paints (or acrylic paint thinned with water to a 'wash') and a thicker black paint (I used acrylic).
Step 1: Provide each child with a large piece of paper (I used A3 sized cartridge paper).
Step 2: Paint a yellow stripe with the thick paintbrush, 8cm (3inch) wide, horizontally in the middle of the paper.
Step 3: Paint orange stripes (around the same size as the yellow stripe) on the top and bottom of the yellow stripe, overlapping the colours a little.
Step 4: Paint the rest of the paper up the top and on the bottom, with the red/pink water colour paint. This makes the 'sunset'.
Step 5: With the black paint and the thinner paint brush, paint a hill with three crosses from the bottom of the page. This creates the 'siloutte'.
The beauty about this picture is that it is simple (5 year olds painted the above pictures) and the children are amazed at the results. There is also no real right or wrong with this picture as exact measurements are not required.
Mr T and myself travelled to visit family over the Easter weekend and spent time with family and toured around some beautiful country in Victoria, Australia. We even went for a 45km bike ride on Easter Monday to burn off some of the Easter goodies that we consumed over the weekend.
I thought I might swap the themes for Wednesday and Friday this week so that I could show you what the children that I work with made for Easter - some simple but effective art works. I used this activity in conjunction with sharing with the children the Easter story.
Step 1: Provide each child with a large piece of paper (I used A3 sized cartridge paper).
Step 2: Paint a yellow stripe with the thick paintbrush, 8cm (3inch) wide, horizontally in the middle of the paper.
Step 3: Paint orange stripes (around the same size as the yellow stripe) on the top and bottom of the yellow stripe, overlapping the colours a little.
Step 4: Paint the rest of the paper up the top and on the bottom, with the red/pink water colour paint. This makes the 'sunset'.
Step 5: With the black paint and the thinner paint brush, paint a hill with three crosses from the bottom of the page. This creates the 'siloutte'.
The beauty about this picture is that it is simple (5 year olds painted the above pictures) and the children are amazed at the results. There is also no real right or wrong with this picture as exact measurements are not required.
Whatever you did over Easter, I hope that it was a blessed time!
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Wonderful Wednesday - Eggsciting times!
I am thinking of turning 'Wonderful Wednesday' into a post that shows a picture of something gorgeous, inspirational, creative...
Today's item is...
... a set of gorgeous and colourful fabric eggs by 'Prancing Piggies'. I just love the mix of bright colours and pretty patterned fabrics. Just in time for Easter...
Today's item is...
... a set of gorgeous and colourful fabric eggs by 'Prancing Piggies'. I just love the mix of bright colours and pretty patterned fabrics. Just in time for Easter...
Monday, 2 April 2012
Monday in the making
The finished product...'Leah'...
'Leah' has been a lot of fun to make and looks like she has a fun personality. 'Leah' is now available in my Madeit store.
I did have a special 'launching' price for 'Leah' on Tupsy Turvy Designs Facebook page. I will have occassional sales for Tupsy Turvy Designs Facebook followers. Keep in touch and you may pick up a unique creation at a special price.
Now to finish off a special little gift in time for Easter...
I did have a special 'launching' price for 'Leah' on Tupsy Turvy Designs Facebook page. I will have occassional sales for Tupsy Turvy Designs Facebook followers. Keep in touch and you may pick up a unique creation at a special price.
Now to finish off a special little gift in time for Easter...
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Weekend Wonders - Stepping into the kitchen
I'm back... sorry I have neglected my blog over the last week, but it was rather busy and I quickly ran out of energy for anything.
Thank goodness for weekends to have a bit of catch up time and rest and relaxation. For us, we even had an extra hour of sleep as Daylight saving ended and we had to wind our clocks back an hour, recapturing a precious hour.
I spent time this weekend finishing off 'Leah' (she is now in my MadeIt store if you want a sneak peak, but I will be posting her on my blog tomorrow) and I have begun a little Easter project to give to a special someone this weekend. I hope to show a finished photo on Wednesday.
I also spent some time baking on Saturday. It was all a bit of a spur of the moment thing...I checked up on my blogs Saturday morning and found this yummy looking truffle recipe. As Easter is closing in quite quickly, I thought that these would make nice Easter gifts. So I gathered all the ingredients together and set to work. Mr T was quite happy as he hasn't had the job of 'cleaning up' (ie eating any little bit of mixture left on spoons or in the bowl) in a long while (lots of ingredients on the 'do not eat' list).
A little fiddly and messy, and not very professional looking, however, very delicious!!
Thank goodness for weekends to have a bit of catch up time and rest and relaxation. For us, we even had an extra hour of sleep as Daylight saving ended and we had to wind our clocks back an hour, recapturing a precious hour.
I spent time this weekend finishing off 'Leah' (she is now in my MadeIt store if you want a sneak peak, but I will be posting her on my blog tomorrow) and I have begun a little Easter project to give to a special someone this weekend. I hope to show a finished photo on Wednesday.
I also spent some time baking on Saturday. It was all a bit of a spur of the moment thing...I checked up on my blogs Saturday morning and found this yummy looking truffle recipe. As Easter is closing in quite quickly, I thought that these would make nice Easter gifts. So I gathered all the ingredients together and set to work. Mr T was quite happy as he hasn't had the job of 'cleaning up' (ie eating any little bit of mixture left on spoons or in the bowl) in a long while (lots of ingredients on the 'do not eat' list).
A little fiddly and messy, and not very professional looking, however, very delicious!!
Whatever you did this weekend, I hope it was relaxing and enjoyable!
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