tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72518661919845403362024-03-14T18:55:17.588+11:00Jules MaddenA creative blog celebrating crafts, art, DIY, and living a colorful, creative life. Run by Australian artist & illustrator Jules MaddenJules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-51122778112415637912021-02-23T11:48:00.004+11:002021-02-23T11:49:47.658+11:00New Beginnings<p>Hello!</p><p>I've recently been through some big personal changes, which has totally shifted my taste in art and therefore what I want to produce, and also the direction I want to take.</p><p>Although this has been unsettling for me, I'm through the shaky seas and I'm feeling optimistic and excited for new possibilities! I'm moving away from the blogging arena and sharing craft tutorials, and very much focussing on purely creating art.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm currently working on developing a new style, and I'm not quite sure what that will look like but if you'd like to keep up with what I'm doing and come along for the ride, please follow me on: </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/julesmadden/">https://www.instagram.com/julesmadden/</a></p><p>Thanks to everyone who followed along with me here on this blog! All the tutorials I've written will still be available here for the time being. </p><p>Onwards and upwards! </p><p>Jules xo</p>Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-62591607323361924572020-09-24T19:09:00.001+10:002020-09-24T19:16:36.596+10:00DIY Home Decor: Chevron Pattern Stamped Curtains <p>Hi creatives!</p><p>A DIY Home Decor craft project today, chevron pattern stamped curtains, that has literally taken me forever to get up here on the blog!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYe_RmTCc5-qX3cOp2jk8IOy_kJVYdP2BMgZ1dUpDKb0bRYOeYOODU4T8a7zBRr6P9H7_7ZjjEYsbAnc8U9-pWOCVmb7BWcJT_2_mVhHt4iY6BauopXbCBH6NFE4gNc2afxCoh84o4e3A/s915/IMG_6783+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYe_RmTCc5-qX3cOp2jk8IOy_kJVYdP2BMgZ1dUpDKb0bRYOeYOODU4T8a7zBRr6P9H7_7ZjjEYsbAnc8U9-pWOCVmb7BWcJT_2_mVhHt4iY6BauopXbCBH6NFE4gNc2afxCoh84o4e3A/s16000/IMG_6783+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho36yyfCewfQZLSyJWZerH1dIe3FIarUg3kqo_zDvdyOYlyJQrE23dufqmP6NmDeWPMEXtb5kd2ETH65lAhvagZEHfAs9wy25dMJIhemIl8kL94m_gOAgXdz6fX86guWxkolSULlUIwMA/s853/IMG_4731+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho36yyfCewfQZLSyJWZerH1dIe3FIarUg3kqo_zDvdyOYlyJQrE23dufqmP6NmDeWPMEXtb5kd2ETH65lAhvagZEHfAs9wy25dMJIhemIl8kL94m_gOAgXdz6fX86guWxkolSULlUIwMA/s16000/IMG_4731+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had some old random curtains that I thought needed a bit of work. I sewed two different curtain sets I had here together because the window I have is large. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To make these stamped curtains you will need:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- plain curtains </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- piece of wood plank off cut for the stamp back (mine measures 14 x 33cm or 5.5 x 13")</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- craft foam </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- white block printing ink </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- fabric paint additive (optional)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- block printing brayer (roller)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- piece of glass</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- craft glue </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- scrap fabric, scrap paper, spatula to scoop paint, rags for clean up, glue stick & sticky tape </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You'll need a large flat surface to print on- the floor is good or a table but make sure it's protected with drop sheets. My floorboards are textured so we found a long, wide piece of laminate wood in the garage that I put under the section I was printing on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You may want to add a craft fabric paint additive to your paint, which will turn your creation washable. You will need to heat set this with an iron according to manufacturers instructions. I didn't do this as I didn't have enough left and was too lazy to go buy some and even lazier when it comes to washing curtains, so these will probably last me a long time! ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started by doing a quick drawing of the pattern I wanted, and then cut out strips of craft foam to glue to my wooden block. I drew a line down the middle of the wood so I could make sure my foam pieces were centred, and I used a little paper template to make sure all the angles were the same, and glued them down with craft glue. (My foam pieces measured approx 85 x 8mm or 3 3/8 x 5/16")</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwaZqIIvgjOn0TFJUN5Rc72Fal4yB5dNt4NPdcjy9VxK7Nu7SYf8sKUc2Cc27sh18eEVMzdDmpMJoYArnTLT5k-xa00V1ggKfYlnzOz27EKfGzGmW3DDouV8BInqWm3-Ac4efMIktN7c/s640/IMG_1398.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwaZqIIvgjOn0TFJUN5Rc72Fal4yB5dNt4NPdcjy9VxK7Nu7SYf8sKUc2Cc27sh18eEVMzdDmpMJoYArnTLT5k-xa00V1ggKfYlnzOz27EKfGzGmW3DDouV8BInqWm3-Ac4efMIktN7c/s16000/IMG_1398.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*After testing the print, I added a second layer of foam strips to the first one to be more spongey, it enabled me to get a better more uniform print than just one later of foam.*</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15mvSdKNTbLLl7gxlBKHRH1LXZwHiCrL7RetNH5gqTtKWW39MpEH7XiZnorgFCYx6151L7vQyY3EiBQQ2dXcCLxwVFGSX-CKggu8igKim5COSMhKTHK81FLl_NfijZ7TNsUaxSheFaRU/s653/IMG_1438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15mvSdKNTbLLl7gxlBKHRH1LXZwHiCrL7RetNH5gqTtKWW39MpEH7XiZnorgFCYx6151L7vQyY3EiBQQ2dXcCLxwVFGSX-CKggu8igKim5COSMhKTHK81FLl_NfijZ7TNsUaxSheFaRU/s16000/IMG_1438.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once I had my stamp made (and let dry overnight), I made a test by stamping on paper, but before lifting trace around the stamp and cut the print out. It was then glued to the top of the wood (just with a glue stick) so that when I used the stamp I could see exactly where the print was going to be. I covered it with tape for extra protection, as the stamp needed to be washed out after each use and I did this project in multiple stages.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbney_A7TR6DBy9gKNy8Eve7u13X5hzAD_W3dZUqFdSaXNChAYX_O3P1BXrLrLa9wTDzZA7BDPz-_zx-r4Twp_wAN4Uvn9B2npPZEKKfLEWhRq7HYkLnPKIoMnEDACKO_RGCiBmE9nnA/s749/IMG_1457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilbney_A7TR6DBy9gKNy8Eve7u13X5hzAD_W3dZUqFdSaXNChAYX_O3P1BXrLrLa9wTDzZA7BDPz-_zx-r4Twp_wAN4Uvn9B2npPZEKKfLEWhRq7HYkLnPKIoMnEDACKO_RGCiBmE9nnA/s16000/IMG_1457.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Using block printing ink (add your fabric additive here if using) and a brayer roll out an even layer of ink, then use the brayer to roll the ink on your stamp. Do some test printing on scrap fabric until you work out the amount of ink you need and pressure to get a good print. I literally stood on the back of my stamp every time I printed, as that gave me a stronger print.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn090mr9L4of9_oylPcO9irKP3aQayx-Nhia5tigLytcR8kdB7YcFgwY3UyaYldV7lrnEtdYXAWBkOiVx-EUB0S1LmU0Kg4CkVoyaU4t0IOqyTgbxGo5e_9uiy6ngHx7d5z2iNaZxwEoI/s640/IMG_1461.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn090mr9L4of9_oylPcO9irKP3aQayx-Nhia5tigLytcR8kdB7YcFgwY3UyaYldV7lrnEtdYXAWBkOiVx-EUB0S1LmU0Kg4CkVoyaU4t0IOqyTgbxGo5e_9uiy6ngHx7d5z2iNaZxwEoI/s16000/IMG_1461.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Make sure your surface is protected with drop sheets, and that also your work surface is smooth. I used a long piece of laminate wood that I had in the garage as my floor is textured and my table tops are all wonky (natural wood!). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Use some scrap paper to cover places like the curtain tabs at the top, that you do not want printed, then you can get your pattern all the way to the top. (Not like in this below photo! I fixed that up later on!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOTsE9d6sDh-z3ueVVxf2W5ZyPGVe0f7UOIJlQq0Qfe1ApsB7tsitL5A-DWpvxOUIGTm0w8dNq6gtzCFavy8HZyDMOu6m7176RUB9WqqeLDT0cYCCJ0JtNAQFfsclIdVdHMeNqr08xw8/s640/IMG_1472.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOTsE9d6sDh-z3ueVVxf2W5ZyPGVe0f7UOIJlQq0Qfe1ApsB7tsitL5A-DWpvxOUIGTm0w8dNq6gtzCFavy8HZyDMOu6m7176RUB9WqqeLDT0cYCCJ0JtNAQFfsclIdVdHMeNqr08xw8/s16000/IMG_1472.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I went all the way down one side of one curtain with the pattern, then I started the next line by placing the stamp down and then measuring with measuring tape where the edge of the stamp was, then marked with masking tape all the way down the length of the curtain so that my pattern didn't go off track. I did this for each new line of stamping.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53iry_m0xkHOx85iY4D9Mc_fOeGZtw1QJ6XG_WXkUgvk9gtFSJ83qFAvW2L3pkqppRry63Zp9LjUKC7ObxuvkLmakcRlN2FZ-hdn7vdGl6O9kNF-nQ4PGepXncPhWyWSAdXpN2XmNfVk/s640/IMG_1480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53iry_m0xkHOx85iY4D9Mc_fOeGZtw1QJ6XG_WXkUgvk9gtFSJ83qFAvW2L3pkqppRry63Zp9LjUKC7ObxuvkLmakcRlN2FZ-hdn7vdGl6O9kNF-nQ4PGepXncPhWyWSAdXpN2XmNfVk/s16000/IMG_1480.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I then continued on in stages, letting some dry so I could fold the curtain up and stand on the dry parts, and then continued. My curtains were quite wide so it may not be as big a job for you as it was for me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5AxrsblGBbAslPtmOLvEYqoxjkbqrRVyTggFmDaQdL_0MCDuvYL1G5SZSlMNP7H56gL5mvW3-erDf7kz6PX_JDXSGt3RFyjd3KOHJPTPm5wWIJGRysaGnymmhOiMTkjtDhkR6KqRVwE/s640/floor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5AxrsblGBbAslPtmOLvEYqoxjkbqrRVyTggFmDaQdL_0MCDuvYL1G5SZSlMNP7H56gL5mvW3-erDf7kz6PX_JDXSGt3RFyjd3KOHJPTPm5wWIJGRysaGnymmhOiMTkjtDhkR6KqRVwE/s16000/floor.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Done! DIY home decor in the form of stamped chevron patterned curtains. I hope you liked this tutorial!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Start with some smooth river rocks spray painted white and some Easy Marble paints. Easy Marble paints are waterproof and lightfast; which make them perfect to use for a project that will be outdoors in the elements.<br />
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Take one of your river rocks and submerge it into the water. Before you pull the rock back out, swish any extra paint still floating on the surface of the water away from the rock so you don't get a double-up of colour on its way out. Also, make sure you're wearing gloves: the safety recommendations for the paint states that you should avoid skin contact.<br />
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Ta da! Once you've marbled one rock, use a scrap piece of cardboard to lift any remaining paint out from the water surface ready to marble another rock. Make as many rocks as you want!</div>
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Garden decorations! I love them, especially the projects that you can craft yourself. I love the satisfaction of walking around the garden and looking at the things you've grown and made for it.</div>
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I've used silicone baking moulds to make these concrete hearts. I've made plain concrete hearts before and then glued mosaic tiles onto them later on- that method is called the <i>direct</i> mosaic method- but here I'm using the <i>indirect</i> mosaic method.</div>
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The indirect method involves placing the tiles face-down into the moulds. I've pre cut some clear contact here to fit the heart shape moulds, and placed it sticky-side-up into the moulds. The tiles then have something to stick to to keep them in place for when you put concrete in.</div>
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You could also use paper and stick the tiles down using a glue stick if you wish.</div>
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It makes it tricky to see what colours you're using when you do the indirect method- but for this project it doesn't matter too much as the tiles are just placed randomly, and the end product gives a nice flat surface.</div>
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Now mix up some concrete. You could either use plain cement and sand and mix according to packet instructions, or just use some mortar mix which is premixed cement and sand. Place the moulds onto a board & use a spatula to fill the moulds with the concrete mix. </div>
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Jiggle and tap the board to help release any air bubbles to the surface. I like to then let the hearts set for around 1/2 an hour then cover them in plastic for a few days to keep them wet, so they can cure and harden. Keeping them moist whilst curing can also help your finished product be stronger.</div>
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This is a fun project that is easy enough for kids to do too. Mine certainly liked finding spots for them to go in the garden.</div>
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Jules :)</div>Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-43957858513550431112020-03-04T13:18:00.000+11:002020-03-04T13:18:47.649+11:00DIY Craft: Paper Mache Trinket Box<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
DIY craft time! A free tutorial for you on how to make this paper mache trinket box.</div>
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This tutorial featured recently on <a href="https://alisaburke.blogspot.com/2019/12/creating-with-jules-paper-cache-trinket.html" target="_blank">alisaburke.com</a>. Here it is on my lil old blog, but in a different colour way.<br /><br />Paper mache is wonderful as it’s super cheap to make any sort of shape, limited only by your imagination! I wanted to make a small trinket box.<br /><br />You will need:<br /><br />-foam core board<br />-thick card (that can still bend easily)<br /><div>
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<br /><br />I then cut from thick card a length 2” wide, and a small strip 3/8” wide. Make sure these are long enough to fit 1/4” inside the circumference of your base and lid. Tape the wider one into a circle, then tape this circle to the base using masking tape. Do the same with the 3/8” piece, keeping in mind that it needs to sit in a smaller circumference than the base walls, also taking into account a bit of padding from the paper mache layers. My inner rim sits about 1/2” in from the lid.</div>
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<br />Using newspaper strips and a mix of PVA glue watered down slightly with water (approx 1:1) cover all over the base and lid, making sure you overlap the paper strips as you go. I then do another layer in plain newsprint so I can see where I’ve already covered. Let dry.</div>
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<br />Using air dry clay, roll out a small slab to a little under 1/4” thick. Cut a leaf shape out with a blade, and smooth the edges using a bit of water and your finger or a clay tool. Roll three small balls of equal size for the feet and gently press down with something flat to make the balls slightly flat on the top and bottom. Let dry.</div>
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<br />Once the clay pieces are dry, use clear craft glue to glue the feet onto the base, and the leaf shape to the lid. Allow to dry.</div>
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<br />Gesso the whole box and lid, inside and out, including the feet and handle.<br /><br />Now it’s time to paint! I chose to draw some simple leaf shapes, then painted around them and added wiggles, stripes and dots. You can copy my designs or come up with your own! Adding gold paint around the rim is a fun touch too. </div>
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<br />After decorating, I used water based gloss varnish everywhere except inside the box, and the inner rim of the lid, as my varnish can get a bit tacky when varnished pieces touch, as I discovered in my sketch book!</div>
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<br />Now you have a gorgeous box to stash some special treasures!<br /><br />Jules :)</div>
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<i>The finished table...</i></div>
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I am loathe to spend too much money on stuff inside the house. It seems like wasted money sometimes and if I can come up with a cheaper way of making things look good, well then, why not?<br />
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And as much as I love interior design shows, it all seems very wasteful to throw away things and get new stuff, just because we like a different look or style. I mean, some people in the world live in tin shanties and huts, and we need to rip out our old tiles because the colour is a bit daggy? We are very spoilt!<br />
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I am no saint and we do a lot of things in our house requiring new materials and funds, and I won't rule out ever removing tiles in my home, but I do love to think creatively when it comes to what I already have.<br />
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I had this sewing table that I bought for $4 from the op shop. <i>It's nasty!</i> I bought it quickly when we were setting up our house as I just needed a table. I was pretty proud of the cost :) Though recently I was looking into new ones and was going to throw this one to landfill, when I started wondering if I could save it. <br />
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Painting this thing would've looked terrible due to the worn away veneer revealing chipboard, so my solution was to cover it with oilcloth, which is essentially fabric covered in plastic, and nail it on with some upholstery tacks. I stretched the top piece on (after ironing on low) like a canvas, stretching it and tacking it from the middle one way then the other, and then working my way out to the edges of the table.</div>
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<br />Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-68974278954121671462019-12-09T13:32:00.001+11:002021-07-20T12:07:02.127+10:00DIY Craft: Rhubarb Concrete Stepping StonesHello!<br />
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I have a DIY concrete craft for you today: rhubarb concrete stepping stones.<br />
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<i><br /></i>I have by no means come up with this project. I've just seen it done so many times and wanted to make some for our backyard and I'm sharing our experience.<br />
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It's sumer here! I am so happy the weather is warming up which means we're heading outdoors much more as a family on our one acre block. There are always jobs to do (so many weeds- ugh!) and big projects to work on that Jimmy has started. We are currently working on some crazy paving using slate in a new fire pit area. We have an electric cement mixer here (which I dubbed Jimmy's thermomix) and I decided to steal some of the mix so the kids could be outside alongside us working making stepping stones.<br />
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We laid out some plastic sheeting on an outdoor table and the girls picked some large rhubarb leaves from the garden. (See Jimmy, rhubarb IS useful for more than just apple and rhubarb pie :D)<br />
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The leaves have lots of cool veiny texture which captures really well in the concrete.<br />
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We had some pretty tough wire that we used for reinforcing (which you can see in the bottom left hand corner above), which Jimmy cut with a grinder. You will need some sort of wire to reinforce the stepping stones, if you need to cut by hand just use the thickest wire you can manage to cut by hand.</div>
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The girls then took handfuls of the concrete mix and slapped them down onto the leaf. You keep adding them till you reach near the edges. I get them to wear kids gloves as you don't want skin to come into contact with concrete. </div>
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<i>(For a nice strong concrete mix I like to use 1 part grey cement, 2 parts fine sand, and 1 one part coarse sand and a cement additive (optional) to packet instructions. You can also find suggested mixes on the sides of a bag of portland cement.)</i><br />
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We kept in from the edge of the leaf an inch or so, and shaped our leaves into heart shapes. Once we had one layer of concrete on the leaf, we placed our wire reinforcing in, then added another layer of concrete. Our stepping stones were around 1 1/2- 2" thick. </div>
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The girls tended to make their edges a little thin so I needed to remind them to build them up to make them the same thickness as the centre of the stepping stone.</div>
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Once shaped, we let set for 1/2- 1 hour then came back and covered with plastic. I kept them damp and covered for one week to let them cure for extra strength. (A minimum of 3 days would be sufficient.) </div>
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24 hours after they've been made you can peel the leaf off and neaten up any rough edges with a chisel or rasp. </div>
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The kids had fun peeling pieces of leaves back! :) They were really stuck in there, but they come out easily when they're all dry.</div>
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I love how they turned out and want to make lots for all around the garden! Jimmy thinks the rhubarb has earned it's keep (he thinks it pointless keeping something that requires a tonne of sugar to do anything with.)</div>
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I hope you enjoyed our DIY craft rhubarb concrete stepping stones experience, please drop a comment if there's anything you'd like me to craft out of concrete. It's such a versatile product, and it lasts a long time as art in the garden. Affordable, and no kiln needed! </div>
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Jules :)</div>
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I have a fun DIY craft today: faux weaving. </div>
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I'm sorry I have not been around much! *cry* In all honestly I think I was suffering the winter blues and have had a long stretch with no inspiration. It happens to us all!</div>
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But something colourful is sure to cheer us up ;) And the sunshine that is out today. Sunshine helps!</div>
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This faux weaving was made by sewing wool, threads and trims onto a fabric panel. A look around your craft or fabric store will no doubt find you some interesting options & trims for creating your own faux weaving.</div>
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This wasn't a super quick project, but I'm liking the way it turned out and will feel quite happy with this hanging on my wall somewhere. You could squeeze it into a lazy weekend.</div>
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- fabric for backing 19' wide x 20" high (48 x 51cm)</div>
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- various wools/ yarns/ threads/ trimmings/ pom poms etc</div>
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- Yarn needle with sharp end</div>
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- wooden skewer</div>
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- dowel rod (I used a piece of bamboo)</div>
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Sew hems 1/2" (1.5cm) down the sides of the fabric. Add a hem to the top making sure you leave enough space for the dowel to go through. I didn't hem the bottom as that was the selvage and will not fray.</div>
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Start decorating! Below here you can see I've added long running stitches and then loosely woven thick wool through them. </div>
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Thick roving looks amazing. I stitched it down with vertical stitches as I went across. Once I did a row of this, I went back and did another row, mirroring the way I'd stitched the previous row.</div>
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I sewed down some random pom poms from my stash, and then made smaller little tufts by stitching loops in the fabric and then cutting them with scissors. A row of these would look good!</div>
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I also included lots of running stitches, sewing down multiple strands of wool, and sewing down thick wool but leaving little loops protruding randomly (above photo).</div>
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Lengths of wool looped at the top were added along bottom of the fabric. I found if I only looped over stitches it didn't look as neat, so I used a skewer to pull the loops tight and then sewed them to the bottom, then pulling the skewer out. I trimmed all this bottom hanging wool to a triangle shape.</div>
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Overall I'm pretty happy with the result! A fun project if a real weaving seems a bit intimidating for you!</div>
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<br />Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-91644929332275275662019-07-23T10:23:00.000+10:002019-07-23T10:23:22.796+10:00DIY Pistachio Shell Mosaic CraftI have an easy DIY craft project for you today using something that would normally be thrown away.<br />
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How can one be creative, and eat pistachio nuts and <i>not </i>hoard those cute little shells for a mosaic craft project!? (Unless you don't eat nuts that is...)<br />
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-Plywood or masonite panel in your choice of size<br />
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Start by spreading your adhesive over your wooden panel. I love this part, it's so like icing a cake :)<br />
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Press the shells into the adhesive. You can go totally random or do flower or spiral shapes if you like. Let dry fully.<br />
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Once dry you can start painting the shells in colours of your choice using acrylic paints.</div>
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Add any interesting paint effects like spots, stripes or variations of colour. Keep these colours bright so they will contrast with the darker colour we will add later. (They kind of remind me of easter eggs!)</div>
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Once you've painted all of your shells, coat in acrylic gloss and let dry overnight. (You want the gloss to be fully cured as we will be wiping it back and we don't want it to shift.)</div>
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For my pretend "grout" colour, I made a runny mix of deep purple paint, and painted it over the surface and then wiped the shells back with a just-damp cloth. Rinse your cloth out when it gets too dirty.</div>
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I made a little wooden frame for my pistachio shell mosaic craft, but you can display as is if you want!<br />
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<br />Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-78668558320307645452019-07-17T11:21:00.000+10:002019-07-17T11:21:58.151+10:0025 Flowers for The 100 Day ProjectHello Creatives!<br />
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I recently committed to <a href="https://www.the100dayproject.org/" target="_blank">the 100 day project</a>. It's an art project that challenges you to do creative for 100 days. I chose to paint or draw 100 flowers, and although the challenge has passed it's 100 days for this year, I am still doing the 100 flowers, just not as an every day thing.<br />
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The challenges I faced when I started this is I officially have Art- Attention- Deficit- Disorder (ha) and sometimes I would sit down to paint a flower and find that I've all of a sudden started a new painting. Not necessarily a bad thing but sticking to the plan would be better...<br />
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Also, announcing on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/julesmadden/" target="_blank">social media</a> that that is what I was doing committed me to show every flower I drew, when usually I do not share everything I do as an artist. I pick and choose what I share. I don't share every failed drawing, that's for sure! I didn't think of that before I started!<br />
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On the positive it challenged me to do regular entries in my sketch book, a practise I should aim to be doing as an artist. But as a busy Mum and running my own creative biz, I juggle many balls and sometimes I drop some (or all!) of them.<br />
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Enough chit chat! Here are the first 25 flowers in no particular order:<br />
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<i>This last one is a pattern made from some of the flowers already shown</i></div>
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So, there you have it, 25 of the first flowers completed by either drawing or painting (with acrylic paints), and there's a quick digital one in there too.</div>
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I have a new wall mural in my new studio!</div>
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We recently did some room shuffling in our house, and I moved studios. The room is slightly bigger with more storage than my last studio, but with all my stuff in there it looks small again! Oh well. I have plans that when my kids are all grown up and moved out I will take over so many rooms. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Imagine that! A designated room for each area of my work.. a sewing room, a clay room, a computer room, a painting room. One can dream, ha!</div>
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I'll share some finished photos of the whole studio soon, but for now I'm showing this one corner. (I really need to clean the rest of the studio and I'd like to buy an outdoor rug to save the floor from a bit of paint.)</div>
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Here are some of the progress shots of the wall mural in progress:</div>
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I used a mix of student grade acrylics and house paint sample pots from the local hardware store. </div>
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And some more photos of the finished wall mural:</div>
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The pre exisiting-shelves are handy to keep artworks-in-progress on, little creations and collectables.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed looking at this part of my new studio! I had a lot of fun painting this new mural.</div>
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Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-68495463064828415822019-05-01T14:28:00.002+10:002019-05-01T14:29:40.426+10:00Creative Life Round UpHello Creatives,<br />
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Time for a creative life round up I think!<br />
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All of these photos have appeared over on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/julesmadden" target="_blank">Insta</a>, where I am most active. So come join in the fun over there :)<br />
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Recently I've been trying to finish a lot of paintings that are lying around my studio, to make way for the brain-space that is needed to undergo some BIG canvas paintings! They are big for me anyway. You can see my stretcher bars in my (new) studio that are awaiting canvas.<br />
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Below is a section of one of my paintings I've recently finished.<br />
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I'm working on 6 new large scale paintings. If you'd like to be notified when they're realised, sign up to my newsletter which you can find in the sidebar of this blog.</div>
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I have also completely moved my studio into a new room. You can see my new painting desk (table) that I bought second hand. It was an ex-display table in a shop, so it's a bit dinged up, which is fine because it will get no special treatment in my hands! I'm also painting a bit of a mural in the studio which you can see I started already in the corner. Proper studio photos in the near future.</div>
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Sometimes being a creative takes you in all sorts of directions. I painted a backdrop for a <a href="https://tracyjilbert.com/" target="_blank">photographer friend</a> of mine. I learnt a lot of things whilst painting this backdrop! I learned they are not as easy as they look, and that I do not want to start up a business painting photography backdrops in a hurry! Lol. Hands up if you'd like to see my process and hear about that project.<br />
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I finished my short ceramics course, and these are a few things I made from out of that class. I'm now working on a collection... when I don't get sidetracked by other little items that I can make out of clay.<br />
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I have been gifted a kiln by a very generous person who I'm sure mega good karma is coming her way. <i>How nice is that!?</i> Some people are so nice. Let's hope I don't melt everything in the new kiln.<br />
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Let's pop this photo in below just for fun. I'm stitching this Anna Maria Horner embroidery. Sometimes I like to work on projects that aren't my own designs so I can switch off and just create for the joy of it and not have to feel like I'm working. This project is 99% finished now and it has plans to be in the master bedroom when I finally get around to <i>that</i> project. (Do any of you creatives feel like you have an overwhelming amount of projects going on!?)<br />
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And here's me being colourful. Hashtag wear your joy. Just so you feel like an actual real-life-person is talking to you. Which I am.</div>
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Ooh! Our graffiti wall got a bit of love over the school holidays! Here's a snippet. Check out <a href="https://julesmadden.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-cool-kids-art-project-graffiti-wall.html" target="_blank">this post</a> to get more mural/ graffiti wall inspo, or to read the story behind it.<br />
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Painted Easter Eggs for you today.</div>
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I found some blank craft eggs in a shop, I think they are plastic but they have a surface that felt like paper which made them perfect for painting on. They came with little plastic loops in the top for hanging them up. I popped them out for the purposes of taking photos, but have since put them back in and they are hanging on a little branch on the dining table. (Sorry, no photos of that!)</div>
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I went with an animal theme, except for one sneaky egg which wanted only flowers on it :)</div>
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I like the back of the octopus egg, I think, more than the front! I can see a whole set of painted Easter eggs for next year just in swirly designs.</div>
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A frame painting craft tutorial for you today. The end result is a textured frame that looks like it has some history... It has the look of having being painted a few times, but that is due to the texture that we will achieve through using paints and an acrylic gloss medium.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First, gather your supplies. Acrylic paints (Jo Sonja's acrylic paints are my pick), an acrylic gloss medium or varnish (Matisse Polymer Gloss Varnish is my fave), some fine sandpaper, and of course a frame and brushes and paint palette. Tissues will also come in handy.</div>
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When choosing a frame to paint, you want to grab something that has some different levels and surfaces. Some texture like flourishes or flowers would be even more interesting! I got this one from an op shop. </div>
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There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to painting your frame. Choose whatever colours you like. You could find an image with colours you love and try to replicate them into your frame.</div>
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After removing the backing and glass and giving my frame a light sand, I chose to coat my frame in two colour to start with. Turquoise, and a deep pink.</div>
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I then coated the frame with the acrylic gloss.</div>
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Once that was dry I mixed up some lighter pink and brushed a bit off onto some paper to 'dry' off my brush a bit, and then dry-brushed it onto the deep pink colour. I highlighted some of the thinner details of the frame with some bright green.</div>
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Then I mixed some pthalo blue with some of the varnish and brushed it over the turquoise. Use a damp (just damp- not wet) tissue to rub parts of this paint mix off before it has dried, leaving some areas darker than others.</div>
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I then added some orange paint by painting it onto a scrap piece of paper and rubbing it over the frame. I also did the same with some bright pink which you can see in the end photos.</div>
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Air dry clay is the next best thing to using actual real clay; but much more accessible and there are some really good ones out there on the market now, so play around with different brands to find the one you like best because they all have different qualities. They are getting the mixes of these air dry clays better and better, and some of them feel as though you are using real clay.</div>
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I rolled out the clay first then cut out shapes using Christmas cookie cutters as my guide. I traced around them as I wanted them bigger than the cutters I had, but you could also just use the cutters to cut the shapes if the are the size you want.</div>
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I used Christmas-themed stamps and various high-tech-tools like a knitting needle and wooden skewer to make impressions into the clay, then I left them to dry.</div>
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Once dry, I coated them with gesso and dried that using a hair dryer. Then a coat of acrylic gloss. You want something shiny that will enable paint to wipe away from later. Dry the gloss. Then use some acrylic paint in you choice of colour and paint all over, getting in all the indents of the decorative elements. Wipe back with a damp rag to reveal the texture and bring out contrast. </div>
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Check out the video below to see in detail how I made this Christmas decoration craft:</div>
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And if you're feeling extra crafty, I also recently made this fox Christmas decoration craft into a tutorial for Alisa Burke. You can find that tutorial <a href="http://alisaburke.blogspot.com/2018/12/creating-with-jules-ice-felt-fox.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Really, I want Christmas to go for a bit longer this year, as I haven't made all the decorations I wanted to! Lucky (!?) the years go fast so next Christmas will be here before I know it!</div>
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Christmas is coming! If you're feeling like a Christmas craft, you can make these Christmas decorations. This tutorial combines polymer clay, old candle lightbulbs (which no self respecting <strike>hoarder</strike>, ahem, crafter can throw away), and washi tape. And for those of you who prefer the video format for craft tutorials, you can check out my second-in-my-whole-life-youtube-video! (Making videos is super new to me so I totally welcome feedback :))<br />
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-Polymer clay in various colours (Sculpey III brand is my pick)<br />
-Old lightbulbs<br />
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Roll a selection of colours into snakes or worms or whatever your chosen word is for rolls of polymer clay :)<br />
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Twist them together into a happening party;</div>
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And get that party pumping by clumping them into a ball! (Permission to roll eyes now omg, I'm sorry- I will stop!)</div>
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Then roll your clay into a log once more, then twist and roll into a ball. Do this a few times (I like to do this around 3 times) and your clay will start to marble. Experiment to see what you like. The more you mix, the more marbled your clay will be. Over mix and your colours will all blend and mix together and you will lose the marbled effect. You will see the marbled effect the clay has once you start rolling it out.</div>
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Take your rolling tool, like my high-tech even-sided glass shown here, and start to roll out your clay. This is where you get to see the magic of your marbled polymer clay! Roll it out quite thin, about 1-2mm. It's opaque so you don't need to worry about seeing through the clay, you just want to make sure it's not so thin that holes start to tear into it.</div>
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Take one of the lightbulbs and wrap the clay around it, manipulating it and smoothing and pressing as you go. Trim the excess clay and use your fingers smooth and disguise joins. </div>
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If you'd like to use the silver effect, press your clay onto a sheet of the silver leaf, gently sticking the leaf to the clay. Do this once you've first flattened the clay a little, then continue rolling the clay and the silver leaf will start to crack and give that distinct look you see below. Keep rolling until it's thin again.</div>
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Wrap around another lightbulb then trim and smooth as above.</div>
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Once all smooth and done, bake the lightbulbs in the oven according to the instructions on the pack.</div>
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Now to make the hanger. Take a length of wire and make two small loops in the ends using two pairs of pliers helps here. Thread another length of wire through these loops and use that piece to wrap around the base of the lightbulb end.</div>
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You then take some pretty washi tape and wrap it around the unsightly lightbulb end to make it pretty! It also doubles up it's purpose by holding the wire in place.</div>
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I'm pretty pleased with the outcome of this Christmas craft! You can make them in your own individual colours, and they would make great handmade gifts for the festive season too.<br />
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So, if you find yourself with some spare time that you just don't know what to do with, and you have a collection of old lightbulbs like I do, then give making these Christmas decorations a go!<br />
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Jules :)</div>Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-61400657048853613502018-11-07T19:29:00.003+11:002022-07-18T13:11:52.152+10:00Home Decorating For Kids: My Daughter's Jungle Room Makeover!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I'm sharing with you my latest creative home decorating project, my youngest daughter's new African jungle safari themed bedroom, complete with a new mural!</div>
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The mural requests were: jungle themed and needs cheetahs and a python in it.</div>
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The big paper mache tree was made a while ago in my <a href="http://julesmadden.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-happy-forest-paper-mache-tree.html" target="_blank">girls' previous bedroom</a>, but as they're growing older I felt they needed their own space and so a new bedroom was made free, and the tree found it's new location in this room. I have received many questions about the construction of the tree in the past so I will elaborate on the how-tos in a future blog post.</div>
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I'd always dreamed of doing up my own kids rooms before we even had kids. The problem is they're so quickly growing and won't be kids for much longer, so I thought, it's now or never!</div>
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My youngest used to have a pretty white iron bed, which didn't really fit into the new bedroom's theme. Husband wasn't keen to buy a new bed considering she had one already that was working perfectly fine. Then by a strange coincidence, a friend showed me a photo of the bed below at school one day saying she was getting rid of it, and would I like it, FOR FREE. She also threw in the green wool rug AND the 10 metres of white fabric. Friends that declutter are the best! Thanks, Steph!</div>
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I tea-stained the fabric by soaking it in the washing machine with all of the tea bags from my canister brewed in boiling water and then tipped into the mix. After 24 hours of soaking, I put on a spin cycle. I didn't bother rinsing as I wanted to keep as much of the staining in as I could. </div>
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I then sewed the fabric into a tent to fit over the bed. That sounds so simple, but it was blood, sweat, and tears! I remembered whilst sewing why I tried to con my Mum into making it for me, with no luck. (She is such a good sewer though, it would have been a piece of cake for her.)</div>
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The gorgeous snow leopard art print on the wall is by the super talented <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/SofiamooreStudio?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">Sofia Moore</a>. I absolutely love how it's a snow leopard, but it has prettiness about the illustration too. Because even though my little girl is into leopards and pythons (bats, lizards, and spooky movies) she is also very much into pink, sparkles, and pretty too! When my daughter saw this print, she made cutesy noises and wanted to cuddle the leopard :)</div>
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The room is now perfect for my girl's ever-growing cat soft toy collection :)<br />
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Detail of a corner with some personalised touches below. My girl's treasured Steve Irwin shirt from the year she raised money for wildlife as a Wildlife Warrior, a little shadow box for collections (also from Steph), and a customised anime picture from a good friend.</div>
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I also painted ombre walls in the colour of a pale African sky. (Which would have matched my original African <i>plains</i> theme, but whilst we were buying paint youngest informed me it needs to be <i>jungle</i> themed. Oh well, go with the flow!)</div>
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I have a lot of work ahead of me completing new bedroom #2 for my eldest daughter, my new studio (as we're doing a room swap), and the main bedroom that the husband and I have just moved into. Oh my! Almost makes me want to sit in bed and binge watch Netflix it's so overwhelming!</div>
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<i>The old suitcase used as a side table belonged to my Grandpa. A sentimental touch :)</i></div>
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Jules :)</div>Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-78475876794897109572018-10-29T14:29:00.000+11:002018-10-29T14:29:08.896+11:00Bunny Turns Ten! And Bonus DIY Party Favor craft Tutorial!Hello Creatives!<br />
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Bunny turned 10! I can't believe it! So we had a special celebration, and I wanted to share a tutorial for the party favor craft we did at the party.<br />
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First up, here's the bunny cake that I spent a whole day on making! I found a beautiful cake on Pinterest and set out to recreate something similar. I've never piped icing flowers before, but I had a piping set, the will, and then a bit of searching how to pipe flowers on you-tube and I was ready to go.<br />
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The cake below was my inspiration, but the link on Pinterest didn't go anywhere. If this is your cake, or you know who's it is, please let me know so I can credit it.</div>
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The nibbles table...</div>
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In lieu of lolly bags (whose kids need extra sugar after a party!?) we completed a craft activity which I finished up whilst the kids were busy so they could take them home with them when they left.</div>
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We used stamps, beads & patterned buttons to stamp into flattened disks of polymer clay. I found I had to roll the clay out for the girls to keep a nice even shape.</div>
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After the girls finished stamping their pendants, I baked the clay in the oven. We used white Sculpey; it's easy and quick to get soft and usable.</div>
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After they baked and cooled I took orders for colours, and painted them all over. I then took a damp tissue and wiped away the excess colour, leaving the paint to sit in the recessed areas to make the texture stand out.</div>
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I added jump-rings to each pendant and a bit of coloured cord. They were a hit and I don't think the lolly bags were even missed!</div>
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I could've done the painting with the kids too, but we just ran out of time. We had some farm animals (including bunnies of course) at the party for a couple of hours so that was our main activity.</div>
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We've also recently had our other daughter's party, so I will share details of that soon. (It was Harry Potter themed.)</div>
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Now to rest and recover, and get back to normal life!</div>
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUNNY!</div>
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Jules :)</div>
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<br />Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-3564081985696677312018-10-12T11:01:00.000+11:002018-10-12T11:04:37.320+11:00Art Journaling PromptHello Creatives,<br />
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It's art journaling prompt/ sketchbook time!<br />
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This project is in a mixed media art style and pretty easy, so it could be tried with kids in an art class as well. I created this as an example for my art class in the small group of kids that I teach, I will let you know if it's a success!<br />
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I think sometimes all you need to get going in your art journal is some instructions or a few prompts to follow.<br />
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So, I have created this for you today. Let me know if you try it, I'd love to see what you come up with!<br />
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-Art journal/sketchbook<br />
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-Back & white print out of yourself or a loved one<br />
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-Matte painting medium (I love to use gloss but I find it makes the pages stick in a sketchbook)<br />
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I began by sticking various pieces of scrapbook papers onto the pages. I had some scrappy bits that my art-class-kids had messed up. But not to worry, that adds to all the layering and textural effects! Tear or cut them up. Torn edges look good. Don't get precious :)<br />
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I paste the back of the papers with mod podge first, press them down, then paste more mod podge over the top. This helps to minimise wrinkling.<br />
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Cut around your black and white figure print out and paste onto the pages where you'd like it to be.</div>
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Then using medium & paint, add washes over the top varying from transparent to opaque. In some places the scrapbook paper gets completely covered. I added some petals around the 'love you more' piece, then painted in some dots and splodges.</div>
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Next up, take a small paintbrush and add some detail with a darker colour. I added outlines of a flower, but you could do anything here. You could add words, or shells, or toadstool for example. If you look at the last photo, I have added 4 points of interest with some visual space in between around the figure. </div>
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I also added a wash of pale yellow over the cardigan, and painted some pink cheek circles in :)</div>
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Add more paint and washes if desired. I used a white paint pen to bring some texture back into the clothing.<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Every now and then I craft a batch of these resin pendants using various methods, and I’m sharing with you today how I’ve made these </span>hand-painted<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> necklace pendants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">-Resin</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">There are so many brands of resin to use. I’ve been using one called “Glass Coat”. They are sold as a two-part epoxy kit that you mix together. The individual brands will state on the bottles whether they are suitable for coating. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">-Wide wooden stirrer</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">-Wooden craft disks (I used 1 1/2”)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">-Gesso</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">-Sealer (I used a water-based gloss varnish)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">-Necklace or cord and closure of your choice</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">-Small propane torch</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">First, seal your wooden disks using gesso.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Once dry, paint them however you like. I just "doodle painted". I had no plan; I just started painting. If you don’t like anything you’ve done, just paint over it! There’s no pressure here, and that’s the beauty of acrylics :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Paint the backs of the pendants in a solid colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Once my designs were dry, I sealed them using the gloss sealer front, back, </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;">and sides. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Now, mix your resin. Pour the two parts of your resin into a disposable container, and mix following the directions on the bottle of your particular brand using the wooden stirrer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Place your pendants on some paper (baking paper provides extra protection if you need it) to protect your working surface. Pour the resin on, or ‘spoon’ on like I have in the photo using my stirrer stick, and gently coax the resin up to the sides of the disk using the stirrer. The surface tension keeps the resin from dripping over the sides, although unfortunately that sometimes happens!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Using the propane torch, quickly run over the resin close to the surface, but not touching the resin with the flame. This will pop any little air bubbles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Leave in a dust free area to cure. I place a large lid over my work to keep dust off. You just have to make sure the lip is deep enough so it doesn’t touch the pendants.</span></div>
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Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-7444548464665394832018-09-05T11:54:00.001+10:002018-09-05T11:54:50.360+10:00Creative Life Round Up!Hello creative friends! What have I been up to?<br />
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Sorry it's been a while, I think I'm way overdue for a catch-up :)<br />
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I have started a ceramics class, which actually only has two weeks left for the term. I am totally smitten by working with clay. I really felt I wanted to learn, as I couldn't remember all the clay joining rules and techniques that I've learned in the past, and wanted to make sure I didn't make something and have my work explode along with blowing up other people's work that might happen to be sitting next to mine in the kiln.<br />
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I've done one class per week so far and it's given me enough knowledge of the basics to start creating. I can see you could study pottery for years and still be learning.<br />
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I've purchased some of my own supplies so I can carry on learning ceramics at home (thank you, youtube!)<br />
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I also think it's a perfect craft for holding my attention. As I suffer from craft- attention- deficit- disorder (alongside many of you I'm sure) and struggle to commit to any one thing, I think that the excitement of opening a kiln and getting to see what comes out might just be enough to keep me coming back for more. I am really into it. I even dreamt about glazing last night!<br />
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So yesterday I got to pick up my first two finished pieces! A little mini pinch pot, and this texture-decorated tea light holder. I played around with the tea light holder to see if I could add pieces on that didn't fall off in the kiln, and they didn't, hooray!<br />
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A new DIY craft tutorial I've been working on involves cement & creating something for the garden, oooh! *rubs hands together* :)</div>
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Some table bling... from a while ago, but I love the photo!</div>
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This illustrated quote available as a print <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/artbyjulesmadden" target="_blank">in the shop.</a> "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." Drawn using coloured pencils and acrylic paint. A reminder to myself that sometimes I need to stop thinking about what projects I'm working on and just get working! This would look great in a plain frame, but if you're over-the-top like me and feel more is more, an ornate frame would work just as well.</div>
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And an image from my sketchbook, just to pretty up the post a bit more :) </div>
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I'm also running a weekly after school kids art class, which has taken up a fair bit of my time too, planning and getting things ready for that through the week. And researching how to teach and manage a kids class room! I get all the art stuff, that is covered, but class room management!? Holy moly..</div>
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So, I'll have some more clay stuff soon. Who knows where I'm going with this! I'm also entering into the Illustrators Australia & New Zealand 2018 Awards, with an unpublished illustration (pictures to come). Also- a chook pen reno coming up! Hopefully with the arrival of spring, sunnier days and longer light hours, I'll be less tired and more motived to create more.</div>
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I'm sharing a craft project that we kept busy with one day over the school holidays.</div>
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We had some of our kids' friends over for a whole day, and they are art and craft lovers, so we thought we'd come up with a special project for them to complete while they were here. </div>
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Painted dream catchers! </div>
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I got the fabric circles and wire loops ready before our guests came over. I cut circles of calico, a little smaller than the wire circles I made, sewed around them leaving a gap, snipped around the edges then turned out to the right side. I pressed the circles with an iron, then topstitched close to the edges all around, sealing the opening.</div>
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I gave each circle a coat of gesso and let dry. Check out my desk, one of my kids has written "ART!" Haha.</div>
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I suggested each kid think of a theme for their dream catcher, and we printed off some pictures from the internet for inspiration. I also suggested we each thought about our colour theme, and whether we wanted lighter or darker colours. One of my girls thought a colour palette scheme printed from the internet would be a good idea, so we did that.</div>
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Then the kids got to work painting their chosen themes. We used student grade acrylic paint, and one kid chose to add some pen to the top of their dry painting (we used a hair dryer to speed up the paint drying), and another chose to use some stamps to embellish her piece.</div>
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The stamping was done by painting acrylic paint onto the stamp then pressing onto the fabric. You need to quickly wash stamps after doing that, before the acrylic paint dries into grooves.</div>
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Contrast works well in paintings. I suggested a darker background here to make the cat stand out. Of course, I'm not strict about it all, if someone chooses to go against my suggestion, then I'm all for letting their own individual creativity and ideas shine!</div>
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Then came sewing our paintings into our wire loops. To make it easier, I used a hammer and a chunky nail to make holes around the edges so the kids could easily sew their chosen wool colour through the edges of the paintings. We used tapestry needles for the sewing.</div>
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Busy, crafty, fun work!</div>
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The kids then chose from ribbons, fabric strips, ric-rac, wool, and beaded strands to "flourish" their dream catchers. (Flourish was a word used by one of the kids- love it!)</div>
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They also discovered my supply of resin flowers, and so some of them got added to their paintings as well. I made wool loops to attach to the tops for hanging.</div>
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Then, the dream catchers were all finished, and our proud guest artists went home with a unique piece of art to hang in their rooms and catch all their wildest dreams!</div>
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I hope you enjoyed seeing the process of our latest kids craft project.</div>
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Hello Creativity Lovers! I have some new art to share today in the form of a sculpture.</div>
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I was driven to create a piece that was elaborate and detailed. As I was making it I was thinking about the woman holding the cheetah creature, who also seems to represent a child, with its naive face and it got me thinking about the things we are connected to. We care for the extensions of ourselves in our lives; children or animals, and we are bound and tied to them in bittersweet ways. </div>
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<i>The Ties That Bind Us or; Nurture</i></div>
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The binding is represented by the entwining black beads around the woman's leg, keeping her in a place that sometimes feels restrictive, but ultimately, it's where she wants to be.</div>
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It's a mixed media art piece that was made used paper mache, air dry clay, plaster, gauze, wire, beads, wool, fabric and acrylic paint. It's also a shout out to my love of crazy colour, texture, and maximalism.</div>
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Jules Maddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03909206795559255014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251866191984540336.post-88431082434470099882018-05-22T12:17:00.000+10:002019-03-20T05:42:59.927+11:00Crafting A Patterned Home - Book by Kristin NicholasI have been following Kristin Nicholas on her blog <a href="http://getting-stitched-on-the-farm.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Getting Stitched on The Farm</a> for a while now, and what I love about her is that she seems genuinely motivated out of the pure love of creating, to decorate her home and make things. She doesn't follow trends, she just has a love for pattern and colour that transcends the latest fashions. It's a true love affair, not just a fling!<br />
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<i><br /></i> So when I found out she had a new book out, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1611803497/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=julesmaddenbl-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1611803497&linkId=343d240452367e635b1a6120aeeae9a1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crafting A Patterned Home</a>, published by <a href="https://www.roostbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roost Books</a>, I didn't hesitate, I didn't even read about it, I just jumped online and bought it!<br />
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I am, like Kristin, intoxicated by pattern and colour and love home decorating. Sometimes I walk into a minimalist space and find some peace and a breath of fresh air, but after a while, I grow bored. Pattern and colour excite me. So clearly I feel like I have lots in common with Kristin.<br />
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She has covered the walls in her home with hand-painted patterns, and objects such as lampshades and furniture are not safe... there's even a bath! In this book, she shares how she has done it.<br />
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Kristin talks about her previous book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161180129X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=julesmaddenbl-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=161180129X&linkId=09481ff07b2e36244c532cfea68d637e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crafting A Colorful Home</a> in this video below, but you can get a sneak peek into her colourful life.<br />
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So even though I can appreciate a nice calm neutral home, when I saw Kristin's via this Houzz video I sat there absolutely enthralled. I just would love to sit in her loungeroom with a cuppa and cake and absorb all that pattern into my soul.</div>
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Kristin also includes some words of encouragement for the novice or the unsure (scared?) on how to get started.<br />
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She gives in-depth advice on how she creates her rooms. One of my favourite snippets of advice she gives is don't make your rooms too "matchy-matchy". I've always agreed with that line of thought; less matchy-matchy makes for a more personalised, interesting home. If all of your furniture is the same design, your rooms might end up looking too much like a furniture display store.<br />
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There's a lot of advice on colour, how to think about and design a room, and techniques and tools. There are projects for each space of the house, kitchen & dining, living room & library, bathroom and bedroom, and then outdoor spaces: pottery studio and garden shed, and in the orchard and under the pergola. And of course, if you don't have a pottery studio or pergola, you could make projects for your potting shed or outdoor deck for example.<br />
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Such as the one in the image below. I really want to do this with the chook pen window!<br />
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The book is bursting with colour, and as a creative person myself, I find it very motivating and I'm eager to try some of the projects in the book.<br />
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Thank you Kristin for a lovely book! It's going to slide out of my bookshelf and appear on my coffee table frequently!<br />
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Kristin's new book can be found here: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1611803497/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=julesmaddenbl-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1611803497&linkId=343d240452367e635b1a6120aeeae9a1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crafting A Patterned Home</a><br />
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