Pearls and lace and work in progress....

Good Morning!

                      I really need to make more effort with the blogging. the problem is (now for

the excuses) I often work on projects the take a lot of time to complete, or that are made

in advance for later release, such as the PaperArtsy demo samples.

 What I need to do is perhaps aim to showcase work in progress, or the smaller

"that's too insignificant for blogging" things.

  This is the latest museum costume, based on this portrait of Countess Charlotte

(1599-1664), wife of the Earl of Stanley.

 It will be seen at Castle Rushen in Castletown (Isle of Man) as part of the current

 "History in Heels" season, featuring prominent women in history.

    This next photo is a sneak preview of another  project in progress.........

      I haven't done any goldwork embroidery for ages so this is a real treat!

     Anybody out there into Cosplay? Am thinking of branching out into a bit of fantasy

     costume making, so watch this space.......

                Bye for now, P.

A Bit of a Rush This Week....

Hello All,

                 there's nothing like a very short deadline to challenge the creative mind, and

this week a last minute call from PaperArtsy to illustrate the possibilities of some of their

newly launched products certainly gave me that challenge!

                 I have to say though that the images are generous and detailed so it wasn't too

bad really and I am pleased with the results :)

 Leandra's subtle colour choice turned out to be inspired

I should loosen up and play with my art materials more often, it's surprising what happens.

There are lots more examples on the PA blog tonight so take a look HERE.

Bye for now, P.

........And Back in the Room!

Well Hello people......it's been a while I know.

Sometimes the motivation wanes a bit, and blogging inspiration is difficult to find.
Practical tasks take over, too mundane to write about. And there's the "when I have
finished this I'll have so much time to do....." Er, no.

So to catch up...

My PaperArtsy project this week involved "Hidden Objects"

Messages in silk and stone. It's an interesting theme and well worth a look at what the
others have come up with so far.

With my practical hat on I made this snazzy waistcoat by request

and then played around with Zentangle stitching to get back into the free-machining
flow,

in preparation for a workshop for the Mannin Quilters group in September.
The motivation thing is so much better when you have PURPOSE (and a deadline).

And there's some interesting costume making coming up :)

Back to the practical.....giving the dog a haircut

He didn't want one.

Bye for now, P.

Finding Your Niche.....with a bit of rock art.

Hi there,

    I have been creating another bit of rock art for the PaperArtsy blog.

Living near the sea I seem to be drawn back over again to beach pebbles in all

their lovely shapes and colours. They are works of natural art in themselves.

The theme this time is "Niches".

So I have gone a bit archaeological with this one.

Why not visit the PA blog HERE to see how it was done.

Bye for now, Penny.

A Few More Curiosities....

Good evening All,

You may remember a few weeks ago

I made a few "curiosities" for Darcy's PaperArtsy product launch using her biological

stamp designs and including some stamping on microscope slides.

I promised to post some more details about how I did this....... so today on the PaperArtsy

blog HERE you will find step by step instructions on how to make your own microscopic

works of art.

Why not have a go and enter the blog challenge.

I would love to see what you create!

Best regards, Penny.