Shealynn's Faerie Shoppe giveways

A dear friend of mine over at Shealynns Faerie-Shoppe (yes, the one responsible for all the beautiful ent wife jewelry.) is hosting quite the Christmas blog giveaway.

I figured it was only fair to take a minute to share some of the amazing goodies that you enter for over at her blog.

The first giveaway is any item of a $30 value or less of your choice from Sheaylynns Faerie Shoppe itself.

She makes some beautiful jewelry. Just a few examples below.

The second giveway is Middle Earth inspired perfume Sampler from Sarawen Perfume Art.

The third giveaway is a beautiful handblown Arkenston pendant from Third Wind Studios.

The fourth giveway is the winner's choice of either the Deathly Hallows Ring or the Accio Keychain from Foxwise.

The fifth giveaway is a set of Hobbit assorted notecards from Erika Rae Heins.

The sixth giveaway is a Tengwar Hobbit Notebook from The Little Schremlin.

The seventh giveaway is a kit for three twist of fate chainmaille bracelets from UnkamenGift.

The eight giveaway is a rose pendant from The Untamed Rose.

The ninth giveaway is any item of the winners choosing from Bookish Charms shop.

The tenth giveaway is a three pack of handmade soap from The Goat Milk Shop.

The eleventh giveaway is some gorgeous quilled jewelry by Chava.

Last, but not least the twelfth giveaway is a Fairytale Flower Necklace from Rosie's Shop.

Lots of wonderful and pretty items up for giveaway over at Sheaylnn's blog. So head over and check it out.

Steampunk Fascinator

Happy New Year!

So this year while making one of my Christmas gifts I had the opportunity of trying a new craft out.
 I got to use wire and beads for the first time while making a Seampunk Fascinator.
I made my first ganutell flower. Also known as Wire and Floss Flowers.

I used bronze and copper wires and combined it with some glass eye beads and swarovskian crystals for bling. All the metal supplies came from Unkamen Supplies. Check out their Etsy store for all sorts of beads, wires and jewelry making supplies.

Unkamen make the twisted spaced coils specifically for me for this project. They are great! I went for the twisted wires on the spaced coils for a more steampunky look.

Vintage keys and chains are a must for anything steampunk related. Unkamen supplies also makes all sorts of jump rings for chain mail. My brothers made the chain for me. I wasn't ready quite yet to get that into metal working.

And of course you have clock parts and gears for a steampunk facsinator. Yes, that is part of a zipper as well.

I dug through my box of scraps and found some interesting steampunky fabrics, trims and laces as well. Just a lot of cool random stuff.

This was a custom order for a good friend as a gift for her daughter. Modeled below by the daughter/recipient.

I liked the pop of colour that the peacock flowers added and couldn't resist throwing them into the array as well.

I shall do a tutorial on the ganutell flowers later. 

That is all for now! 

Toodles

The trees have Awakened!!!

Time for a sneak peak! (Because that is all the time I have had for pictures, nothing real yet.)

I have completed my costume and parts of my brothers ent costumes as well. That which I am not making for them they are making themselves. 

I made this hat (rather cut down a top hat and decorated) for my one brother. 

I also have made about 30 dreadlocks for my other brother.

My jewelry came in this week! It is beyond beautiful!!!!

I love it all so much!

I described the basic idea for what I wanted to a friend of mine over at Shealynns Faerie Shoppe and she did the rest.

We combined pine cone roses with copper wire, leaf beads and all sorts of other amazing stuff!

This ear cuff thing is one of my favorite pieces. (if it is possible to have a "favorite" with everything being to pretty!) It wraps around the back of my ear and makes it look like vines are growing out of my head. Perfect for an ent wife. And it also wraps around my glasses and makes it look like they are a part of my costume.

Yarn dreads for my hair...

The only parts I have left to finish before I am ready for the dance is hair and makeup. I am going to be putting in about 70 yarn wrapped dreadlocks on Friday.

I will have many more detailed pictures of the whole outfit all together after this weekend including a step by step as I put it on and put in the dreads.

Toodles.

Tuesday Tutorial ~ Paper flower

Today's tutorial is going to be for the paper flower that I make.

First start with a book.

I just use the readers digest condensed books because then I don't feel bad when I tear out several pages. 

Then cut four circles in varying sizes, large to small.

Fold each circle in half.

Then quarters.

Then eights.

All four circles folded in eights.

Trim the edges of each wedge. 

All trimmed up. 

Unfold them to make the petals.

Roll/crumple them all up.

Light a candle.

Lightly burn the ends.

Shake off the excess ashes.

You might need to burn it a few times to get the right about.

Unfold the petals and shape.

You will want to cup the petals and round them slightly.

Continue to shake off any extra burns paper.

Glue the petals together largest to smallest.

Now cut a strip of paper from the book,

Roll/pleat it up.

Burn the end.

Unfold it.

You can burn it more to give it more texture.

Roll it up.

Glue it to the center of the flower.

And it is finished. You can use it as a gift bow or glue it to a hair clip for your hair. I spray mine with a clear acrylic finish to make it water proof for my hair.

That is all for now. Just ask if you have any question!

Toodles.