My Diary 2014

Last year a very dear friend of mine, Margaret Hammond, showed me what she had done with some diaries that she had purchased from one of her local shops.

This year I decided that I would combine Margaret's idea with some of the techniques that Liz had taught us in class, earlier in the year.

The result is that I will be carrying around with me a very personalised diary for the coming year.

How good is that?

If you fancy having a go at this, remember that you will be looking for the Jo Sonja's workshops at the shop - alternate Wednesday afternoons and the 2nd Saturday in every month.

Great fun.  Lynn xx



New wooden and papier mache items.

We have had delivery of some gorgeous wooden and papier mache items begging to be altered using Jo Sonja's paints, napkins, pretty papers, stamps and embellishments.

So, I popped into the shop on Saturday afternoon.  On the hottest day of the year!

  What do crafter's do best? Silly question I know, yes CRAFT!

Lynn was desperate to decorate one of the new wooden birdhouse hanging ornaments.

A bit of time spent on applying Jo Sonja's paints, in between a lot of chatting, 

.......no surprise there, then!

Ta da!

 Looking good on display.

 Jacky working wonders on her beach themed money box.

Love the painted stripes, Jacky.

 And Sue was making a Christmas canvas....yes, I think too much sun and heat 

had gone to her head!

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If you would like to have a go at decorating these or similar items, please give Lynn a call and she will let you know when she will be running her next Home Décor Workshop.

Telephone : 01635 860900 

Decorated Blackboard

The other day someone asked me why I had some MDF boards in the shop, well this is why.......

...they are perfect for turning into notice boards.  Some Jo Sonjas black Gesso, Clear glaze and a cheap paint roller set will give you a perfect blackboard finish.....



.....add a (in this case) stencilled image or stamped image, a few gems (a bit of sparkle never goes amiss!)  and voile....now I can remind the kids that I like flowers!!

 



But if you don't fancy making a blackboard........how about decorating a box or a tray?

We have lots of wooden items available in the shop.

Decorated Tissue Box

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, the other Saturday, we had the lovely Jeanette White from Crafty Needs visit us to run a workshop decorating a Tissue Box.

 

 

Here she is helping Deborah with her work.

 

 

Now, Jeanette has picked some lovely colours to work with - but they did not match my new spare bedroom (I must get her better organised!), so I had to make a few changes and this is my version.

 

Now, I was fairly chuffed with it (modest!) - but then I showed it to GC and he declared it one of my best pieces!!

 

The boxes were made by Jeanettes lovely hubby, Alex (who you might know from Eureka Crafts Templates).

 

Wooden Tissue Box - size 27x14x 8cm

Simple box holder with hole ready for you to decorate as you wish with paint, papers and serviettes available in the shop or on-line.

The tissue boxes were painted using the Jo Sonja's Acrylic paints (I used Aqua), then we used Decor Crackle followed by a layer of Opal.  Finally a layer of Crackle Medium was used.

 



Once the paints had been dried and the crackle effect made, we stamped up on the plain layer of a serviette and applied that to the box using Jo Sonja's All Purpose Sealer.

 

A few flowers, a ribbon box, some pearls and voila!! one beautifully decorated tissue box.

Here is a small collection of Wooden and Papier Mache items waiting to be decorated using Jo Sonja's paints, papers, napkins, stamps and embellishments.

 

And if you would like to learn about using these products, take a look at our workshop list:

http://www.flutterbycrafts.co.uk/#/workshops/4561861463

 

Come and have fun with me and my guest teachers, on my Jo Sonjas classes.

 

Lynn x

 

Altered Rocking Chair - Acrylic Paints

Well, here you are - for all of you that have been following the renovation of the child's rocking chair - this is the finished article.

The chair has sat in my attic for around the past 25ish years and then in the workshop, waiting, for this transformation and I am so pleased with the final effect.

It is hard to believe that it started out looking like this:

I began by giving it a very gentle rub over with a bit of sandpaper (I am basically very lazy, so I did not put too much effort into that!!), then I gave it two quick coats of Cornflower Blue.

I then did some crackle effect, under a Soft White, on the seat, arms and head rest.  I used both Decor Crackle (a sandwich crackle) and the Crackle Medium (top coat).  It gave me a mixed range of cracks.

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I then sponged some Soft White over the Cornflower Blue on the struts, legs and rockers.

Shock, horror, these photos actually show me working!!

Then, once it was all dried, I added some serviettes using All Purpose Sealer, and finally gave it a bit of a rub-back to show a bit of the Blue through the White.

Beautiful, even if I do say so myself. 

The chair is now sitting in the shop and all the little ones that come in cannot resist a quick rock!!

All this was achieved using the fabulous Jo Sonja's Paints

And my next challenge is to paint up this unit that holds the paints!!

Watch this space.

Lynn xx