My favorite item is this pair of slippers: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22546228 My second favorite is this skirt: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21367872 I would love to go out dancing in this skirt, and them come home and put on the comfy slippers!
Anime, movie, comic book, video game, or TV related papercrafts, paper models and paper toys.
Friday, July 31, 2009
The winners of the summer giveaway is....
My favorite item is this pair of slippers: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22546228 My second favorite is this skirt: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21367872 I would love to go out dancing in this skirt, and them come home and put on the comfy slippers!
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August Featured Members and Giveaways!
Introducing BrisStyle member...
NAME: Eliza Leahy
ETSY SHOP NAME: Elvenhair
1. Can you please describe the items you are giving away to one of our readers?
This Seirra ball point pen is made with Spanish Cedar. It is a lovely pen to write with, the natural timber is so much nicer to hold then plastic. It uses Parker refills, easy to get at newsagencies or pen shops. The gold is 24karat, and the metal has a dark gunmetal finish - it's just lovely!
2. How would you describe your work?
I love timber! I use to turn (turn - that's the shorthand term we use for using a lathe to make things) when I had a small farm at Mooloolah. Then I had my lathe in my goat shed! Now I live in the middle of Brisbane, in a town house, and the only place for it is a corner of the yard, protected from the elements by the eves of the house.
I make any small items out of wood - hair sticks (for holding up hair do's), pens, small bowls, ring holders, lidded boxes, spinning tops - and I have just started designing some toys for little boys, that I will have available before Christmas.
3. How did your Etsy shop come into being?
When I first started Etsy I was doing fine art. But when I got my lathe at the beginning of this year I was having so much fun that I had to start selling the things I was turning or run out of room!
4. Who or What inspires you?
Other woodworkers inspire me. I'm on a woodworking forum that is full of wonderful people who give freely of their experience to help others. A great bunch of people!
Also, the timber inspires me! I pick up a piece and look at it. Will it be a hair stick? A bowl? A lidded box? The pattern and shape of the timber helps to direct the end result.
5. Do you 'reduce, reuse, recycle' as part of your creative process?
Much of my timber comes from reclaimed sources. Sometimes I get bits that have come from old furniture. Sometimes it's timber that has been picked up from the forest floor. Some of the timber, such as Huon Pine (which isn't a pine) is so rare that they aren't allowed to cut trees, but it's available once it has died, and fallen naturally.
6. Can you describe your studio / work area?
I wish I had a huge shed with lots of work benches and room! What I do have is a corner of the yard, and when it's windy I can't work, because the sawdust gets blown around too much! And I love turning so much I really hate windy days!
I have my lathe, a scroll saw and a drill press.
And lots of pieces of timber waiting to be turning into things!
7. What is your favourite thing in the shop at the moment?
Spinning tops! I've just started to make the ones with handles, and the tops spin for so long! I love making them too. My sister in law said "Once you spin a top, you can't stop!"
I've also returned to doing custom portraits in oil paint.
8. Do you have any other places that people can view your work?
I have my websites - www.elvenhair.com and www.elizasart.com as well as my poor neglected blog, http://elvenhair.blogspot.com.
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Introducing BrisStyle member...
NAME: Sharlene Jones-Martin
ETSY SHOP NAME: Sharlzndollz
1. Can you please describe the items you are giving away to one of our readers?
This is one of my paper doll sets – The FairyTale Images Set. Paper Gals Paper Dolls are an original collage design created by myself. This set is fantastic fun for those young at heart (it’s really too complex for young children).
I have designed a paper doll you join together with brads. The clothes are all created from collaged images sources from retro childhood images and decorative papers. The paper doll faces are hand drawn and coloured by me and as such are unique.
This set contains parts to make one doll body with two different heads, and three gorgeous Art Nouveau inspired dresses! The ones in this set are collaged from children’s fairytale images.
You also receive brads, as well as a fabulous vellum envelope to store your paper doll pieces that has been created again in the Art Nouveau style. The dolls have been varnished by me to aid longevity.
2. How would you describe your work?
I would describe my work as all about me having fun and re-connecting with my childhood. The paper dolls were a favourite of mine as a child. I loved getting new doll books, cutting them out and making new outfits of my own for the sets. I also loved puppets and made many from all sorts of things. So the paper dolls that I make now are a mixture of these influences. I have also been drawn artistically to collage as a medium.
Taking minute bits of paper and other items and mixing them together to form something new has always given me great joy. You can combine ephemera with your work and make it 3-D and symbolic.
3. How did your Etsy shop come into being?
Etsy for me was about being able to connect artistically with many people at once. Like many artisans who create at home and give work as gifts to family and friends, whatever pleasure you give to others comes in the giving of the gift and after a while your family becomes very ho hum about another handmade thing for them. You lose your source of recognition and then slowly wind down to not doing anything creatively anymore. That is where Etsy steps in. People can see your work, they can admire your work (through hearting it etc) and then they can even pay you the ultimate compliment of using their money to buy your work. This, as an artisan, gives you encouragement to keep creating and growing. Plus you become involved in a community of like minded people.
So for me Etsy was a wonderful find mentioned in a craft magazine that allowed me to pursue the creating dream but at my pace.
4. Who or What inspires you?
I have to say that all the other fantastic crafters working online inspire me, especially the talented team of Brisstyle. I mean that genuinely. I get inspired by the little wins and seeing the fresh new work and all in people I have come to know. This gives me new creative energy all the time.
5. Do you 'reduce, reuse, recycle' as part of your creative process?
I do like to use “pre-loved” in my art process. I am a big fan of books and the skill and imagination that goes into the images in children’s books is amazing. To see them sitting in op-shops or even worse going to landfill is such a waste. In my collages I like to re-connect these old images with others in a new way. For example I have used the image of a fish from Pinnochio to make a dress in this Paper doll set.
Now the detail and work of the original is not lost forever but combined to form something new.
6. Can you describe your studio / work area?
Scary, frightening, not for the faint of heart. I really don’t know how I work in it at all. I do have a dream of one day cleaning up – but then that means losing creative time so probably it’s just best to keep adding to the piles instead.
7. What is your favourite thing in the shop at the moment?
I have to say I am loving the bookmarks I am making at the moment. Making a bookmark and using it in what I am reading everyday is a way to have my art with me all the time. And if they look like my paper dolls all the better.
8. Do you have any other places that people can view your work?
Blog: http://sharlzndollz.blogspot.com
MadeIt Shop: http://www.madeit.com.au/storecatalog.asp?userid=900
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Thank-you Eliza and Sharlene!
The rules:
Simply leave a comment on this post to be in the running to win one of these two fabulous giveaways. Be sure to leave a way for us to contact you. If you don't have a blog, please include your email address. Only one entry per person. You may enter twice if you mention this giveaway on your blog. If you choose to do this, please pop back after posting to your blog and include the url address to the post it was mentioned on here in the comments. This will count as your second entry. International folk are welcome to enter. BrisStyle members and their immediate families (ie: husbands/partners, dependent children, and their computer savvy pets) are excluded from entering all BrisStyle giveaways. A name will be randomly drawn on the 25th of this month and the winner will be announced on the blog on that same day.
Once again, the very best of luck to you all!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Touhou Project Papercraft - Alice Margatroid
Alice is a magician that has the ability to manipulate and control puppets / dolls, she's one of the few characters that reside in the Forest of Magic. She was named after Lewis Carroll's famous novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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front page glory...
...i have been featured twice this week on etsy's front page and not because of a lucky treasury, but because the etsy gods are smiling down on me! the first was my wee rose design pot holder 'vera' in this soft and dreamy collection...
...and the second was the lovely 'audrey' and friends in this equally beautiful collection! both of which have resulted in lots of new shop and item hearts which i am utterly thrilled about :)
...i hope you all have a wonderful weekend, i'm spending time with my family just now so i will catch up with you all properly next week...
...wishing you lots of 'granny chic' goodness...
emma
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Chapter Two...Our Adoption Story
- Kristi Larson
Nov 10, 2003... We Received information from Commonwealth Adoptions International. They produced a wonderful book of stories from adopted families. We sat and read these stories over and over. There was a flier included with the book about an open house in Tampa that weekend (Nov 15). It was only 7 1/2 hours away, so we decided to go.
By this time Byron and I were doing all the research on international adoption we could find. I was reading everything about adoptions, reading blogs about adoptions etc. From what I could tell, an international adoption was going to cost about $30,000. Yikkes! My brian started to work overtime. How could I get that kind of money? Before we went to Tampa, we contacted Compass Bank on Nov 13, 2003, about a 2nd Mortgage. This was going to be expensive, so we wanted to have all the money upfront.
The weekend had arrived (Nov 15, 2003). The appraiser had been to our house but we still did not know the value. So we pushed forward and traveled to Tampa to visit with Commonwealth Adoptions (CAI). They had an open house where we got to meet the adoption managers and some of the families. It was a very positive experience. It helped us to decide to go with CAI as our agency. We were a little strapped for cash that month (spent too much remodeling the house!), but when we stopped for gas we found $80 in the parking lot of the gas station. We left our number at the gas station and no one claimed the money. What a blessing... it paid for our hotel room. God was winking at us.
After the weekend in Tampa and with much discussion, Byron and I decided to take a leap of faith. We are not leapers. In fact, faith is our greatest struggle. I am not referring to just any faith, I am referring to the close your eyes and take the hand of God and let him lead you where He wants you to go, faith. That kind. So on Nov 17, 2003, we signed the contract with CAI and sent in the initial deposit. We also made contact with Phil Boyd, a local social worker, to start the Home Study. We were told from CAI, that we would need copies of birth certificates, marriage certificates etc and to order them as soon as possible because the states can delay mailing these documents (which is bad if you are trying to accomplish a "timely" adoption). Within 3 days of ordering all documents, they came in the mail. God was not playing.
This next date is another miracle. On Nov 19, 2003, the appraisal came back on our house. We bought our house a little over a year ago at $104,000, being in real estate, I knew that our house had not appreciated that much. The market at the time was averaging 3% a year. We were just hoping for any amount to help off-set the expenses. The appraisal came in at $135,000. This was a 30% increase in this little house's value. Absolutely incredible. Our adoption was 100% financed with a line of credit. Way more than we could have hoped for. God was serious.
Just a couple of paperwork dates...
Dec 2, 2003... Mailed initial money and paperwork to CAI to start the Preliminary Package and Dossier Prep.
Dec 6, 2003... We met with Amy Jamieson (a dear friend) at her office to get all of our Preliminary Package documents notarized. We are very grateful to Amy for all the work she was doing for us. There had been a lot of documents and she notarized them all, without charging us. Seriously people, over 100 documents. God was placing angels among us.
Dec 7, 2003... Phil Boyd came to our home to do the Home Study. He sat with us for several hours and just talked about our lives. Phil is a great person and also an adopted parent (another Angel placed with us). He was going to China that next week to pick up his second adopted daughter. We were very nervous about the home study, but Phil made it easy. He basically just wanted to get to know us and make sure we knew what we were getting in to (Ha, much more to this story).
Jan 7, 2003... We Met with Phil Boyd in Pensacola to review the first draft of the Home study. We saw pictures of his new little girl and she is gorgeous. This made us so excited for our adoption experience!
Jan 23, 2004... Received the final notarized copies of our Home Study.
Jan 27, 2004... We drove to Tallahassee to get all of our documents Apostilled. Some of the documents weren't correct, so we had to redo them. We bought Susan Hawkes some cookies and brownies because she was so nice in helping us. She became a great advocate for us and we worked directly with her during some "last minute" rushing. Another Angel.
FEB MAR APR... ENDLESS WAITING. NO NEWS. We had one typo on the home study that we had to redo, but nothing big. We called our Agency every Monday. We wanted to hear from them every week. Even if it was just for them to say "No News." We liked knowing that we were still on their minds. The waiting continued...Be still my heart.
Disaster Diorama Papercraft - Apollo 13
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BrisStyle Weekly Round Up
A big BrisStyle welcome to our new member this week Denise from MayJay Clothing. Denise makes practical and stylish clothes for kids like this uber chic Cross Over Dress.
** BrisStyle Member News **
The Young Designers Market at Southbank will be the place to see your favourte BrisStylettes this Sunday. Ruby 2 Go Go, Wicked Child Designs, Kitty Boo Boo and more will be down on Little Stanley Street from 10am-4pm.
Speaking of Ruby 2 GoGo, the fabulous Helen's wares were featured on the sub-cultural guide to Brisbane four thousand. Way to go scooter girl!
This weekend, Maudie (whynotstreet) will be at the Way We Wear Vintage Fair at Mt. Gravatt showgrounds on Saturday and Sunday. The fair is always fabulous for vintage clothing lovers! Here is just one of the creations on offer from Maudie's Millinery... called Ophelia.
** BrisStyle Member Giveaways **
Little Chrissy is having a mammoth giveaway including these cute little brooches from her new Woodland Series, a set of drink coasters and some lovely sea green earrings. It's super easy to enter, just pop over here and follow the instructions.
If you're feeling a little risque you might like to pop over to Up in Annie's Room where Emma is giving away this divine Vintage French Dictionary Glass Pendant.
Tune in next week for BrisStyle's Ekka Etsy Extravaganza where loads of BrisStylettes will be offering free postage and big discounts in their Etsy stores to celebrate Brisbane's Ekka!!
Simple Handmade Books
I've seen little books like this all around, but now that I have a sewing machine I finally got to make some. I made the covers from thick art magazine covers (from my collage scraps drawer) and then used a paper cutter to cut the pages. fold in half, and sew a line down the middle. simple and very satisfying!
It's going to really be fun when the kids get old enough to write their own stories. But even now it's a great activity. Jack and Tess love drawing in them.
I am Totally Funked!
Flooring...gotta go. This is were I get overwhelmed. I can lay tile but did you see those baseboards? I don't want to have to pop them off. I guess the quarter round will have to come up, then I can lay new quarter round (after I paint it!!)...this is were I take a deep breath and hold it.
This is shot inside the bathroom with the door closed. The door to the right is the small linen closet.
Another view...with a large blank wall across from the toilet.