Tutorial: Funfetti Crockery

Tutorial: Funfetti crockery. Our Pinterest account has seen it’s fair share of ‘funfetti’ pinning over the last few months. From funfetti pinatas to cake decorations, there’s something so fun about this confetti trend! We decided we wanted to jump aboard the funfetti bandwagon and immediately started looking around for things to funfetti bomb! We found inspiration in an old camping plate and lots of leftover card… We are ready for summer picnic time!

You will need:

Cutting Mat

Japanese Screw Punch (or a regular hole punch)

Scrap card

An old plate

PVA glue

Paintbrush

Scissors

1. Start by taking one colour of card and snipping off small random size pieces a’la confetti stylee.

2. Repeat this process with all the colours of card you have. Making sure all the pieces are random!

3. Next take your screw punch (or hole punch) and pick a couple of colours to do some circular cuts with. Make sure you are pressing onto your cutting mat if you are using a screw punch.

4. Move all your cuttings to once side and using your paintbrush give the plate a think coating of PVA glue.

5. Once coated simple sprinkle all of your confetti pieces onto the plate, making sure you cover the whole thing. Once you’ve done that you are ready to do another coat of PVA.

6. This next coat can be a bit tricky as some of the pieces will move, but just be as patient as possible and reaarange any pieces that move too much. Once coated, leave to dry. This can take a few hours.

swap fast, fix up, look sharp

Its that time of year when all our clothes seem dull, worn out, boring. You can't stand a single thing you own! its to early to pull out your favourite summer frock, but those tights are wearing thin... 

I got together with a few fancy creative female pals to test run a 'swap and fix' night at my studio. Picnic dinner, Check! Piles of over worn outfits, Check! A few dresses that are too long and have never been worn but the print is lovely, Check! (some unflattering photos, Check!)

We swapped a few, chopped a few, kick dropped a few. 

This red number was a stunning print but looked hideous on everyone and was deemed unwearable!

A highly successful evening overall... swapping saves money and the environment! And refreshing that Lovely long Laura Ashley skirt can be as easy as chopping a few inches off the hem. We'll be tweeking the idea a bit in the next few days and hope to be working on a spectacular She's called Claire event very soon! Until then keep up to date with Miss McCullough and the musically marvelous Donna Fullman,  And remember to......

make, do and mend.

x

(more pics to follow soon)