Clay Play

Last week on Facebook we posted a sneak peek of some unpainted clay projects. Well since that day I hadnt worked much on them. I have been in a funk. Since Last Saturday I started having hard times sleeping at night. I did everything from chamomile tea to working out longer and harder. Nothing worked. I was growing irritated each day with lack of sleep.




I dont like working on projects when I get like this. Then starting Thursday Night pain everywhere. I spent the whole weekend under pain medication and finally catching up on lost sleep.  Today I finally feel better enough to finish off those projects. Now some of them my kids painted and I did the rest.




First I made our own Polymoreclay using this recipe.
Then a few days letter the kids started painting.

Here are the ones I did 

I will do better shots later today once the clear coat dries.

Giveaway: Wizard/Witch Hat

This Give A Way is Now Over: Winner to be announced Later today Aug. 5, 2013

We are giving away our first Witch/Wizard hat. This is a Magic Mushroom house with toadstools around the brim. This is a black velvet floppy hat. No wire to make it a tall pointy hat.

This will last until Saturday August 3rd.

Rulles on how to enter: No purchase necessary, for everything you do your name is added to the drawing pot. Random winner will be contacted, you must provide a valid e-mail address for us to contact you. 

The Giveaway entrance form will end at 5pm. on August 3rd.

Entry-Form

Elven Court Wizard Robe

Finally it is finished! Over a week ago I started this robe. After 52hours of work it is finally finished.
This is a grey blue robe that took 12 yards of fabric. I decided it need something. So I went to Urban Threads and used there Elven Court embroidery pack, after an hour  of sizing and seeing which ones would work I ended up with the Antler set.

I first outlined the designs by sewing machine, that took 2 hours. Just a fine zig zag stich. Then I sat down and stitched keeping a log. Took me nearly 8 days and 40 hours! 10 hours to sew it all up, the moment of truth to see if my first embroidery project was lined up perfectly, and it was! OMG I was so relived! I stressed if by some chance I didn't get it right. The other tests was washing, drying and iron, it passed with flying colors!

Now I did extra work on the seams since I do not own a serger I finished the seams. I pressed them open then folded the edge to meet the sewn seam and then top stitched then open. This baby isn't going to fray up at all!

With all my costs and what I charge as an hourly rate ($8.00) the whole thing is worth $455.00 Imagine if I had an embroidery machine, I could drop that down to at least $200.00. So this robe is now sitting on my website waiting for its new home.

I hope you enjoy it!
Elven Court Wizard Robe





Edit on July 29
Now available as a Custom Order on Etsy and here are the Seam pics I promised:

Inside Seam

What it looks like on the outside.

Wizard and Witch Hats

I been working on one hat. It took over 7 hours. All the embroidery work was done on the sewing machine. What that means is I hand guided the design, a lot of stop and going. The Brim alone took about 2 hours and the main image took about 4 and half hours to do. I learned a lot about this pattern and what to do to make future designs better.
This is a black velvet hat. The main design on the hat is called Magic Mushroom House it is from Urban Threeads. The tiny mushrooms are one design on repeat around. That design is also from Urban Threads.

Merida Cosplay

My daughter is a big Brave fan, so the hubby and I decided to make her dream come true to a degree.
I created her dress and Under shirt, Hubby made her hip quiver and belt. I painted the designs on the belt and quiver. The bow and arrows we purchased at our local ren fair back in October of 2012.

Here are the pieces of her outfit, we hope to get action shots soon.

Update June 30th