Sneaky Peek of what's coming up!

Oh my gosh! it has been ages since I posted anything, I've been so busy with my 'Day Job' that I haven't had the chance to edit photos and write the instructions for all the projects I have been working on lately. But I promise - there will be some exciting projects to follow appearing here very soon and here is a sneaky peak! Hand made easy peasy flower hair clips (or hair pins depending on what part of the world you are from!)

 

So easy and super cute!

Complete instructions (free) coming soon......

Hanging in there...

I am persevering and trying to get the hang of this blogging thing! But in the meantime as I did mention a couple of days ago that my next post would be a little bit about me I thought I would give you a little sneak peak at some of my work.

'Kakatoi' (The local name for Parrot Fish)

Kakatoi (pronounced "kak - car - twar") is made up of every conceivable fabric and textile embellishment techniques. It is made mostly of recycled materials including buttons, beads and zips. I have appliqued, embroidered, stuffed and quilted my heart out! I love how the orange live coral on the left handside turned out - can you tell what its made of?

It has been a while since have completed any art work of this size. From 2010 to mid 2013 I was a fulltime artist, painting and producing textile/fibre art pieces such as the 2D sculpture above. But since then I have a fulltime job that doesn't leave much time for arty-ness on this scale.

In my spare time I still try to indulge in my passion for art, I love all things textiles, I love sewing and beading and everything in between. And lately I have caught the "art doll" bug! And that is definitely on my list of next must do's.

 So for a bit more of a taste of what my blog is going to feature, you can view more of my art on my Facebook page - www.facebook.com/lionfish.seychelles or  follow this link to my Flickr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/lionfishseychelles/

New layout and experimenting...

I have been doing a little bit of experimenting and moving stuff about. Just trying to get the hang of this blogging malarkey! So please bear with me while I work it all out :-)





Today I'm loving beads!



 

Getting started!

Ooh how exciting my very first blog!
I don't know if it's just me though, but it's REALLY hard to get started!
So much fiddling about trying to get the look I want. So expect a lot of changes in appearance as time goes on and I get to know the how to do's!
This morning I spent hours trying to set up my new iPad, I'm feeling a bit disappointed in myself because I didn't think I was such a novice in all things technological! But the more technology I invest in the more challenging the set up seems to be. Is it just me or does it seem as though it's all just getting too hard?
Well one of the problems I was having with the iPad was my country region - being so wee and out of the way my country was proving to be the thing giving me the problems - so changing that to UK sorted it out. So here I am with technology at its finest burning the tips of my fingers ready and waiting. I guess my next post will be a little bit about me!