Blog Posts - Altered Items

Earlier this week, I went shopping with one of my sister in law, Tanya,  in getting some things for the living room as my husband and I finally purchased our FIRST brand new couch.  We are also in process of getting new paint and floor done in the...

Hello there!!  I’m offering “Girl’s Night Out” workshop once a month starting THIS month.  We will meet for the first time on September 9th at 7 pm to 9 pm at the Jen’s Messy Studio.   This is a way … Continue r...

What's the secret???Open it up to find gorgeous garden finds :DI have used Graphic 45 Secret Garden stamps and papers on a Tando covered printers tray to create this pretty vintage style specimen box.For all the deets visit the That's Crafty blog HER...

HI today’s the Showcase Day!  I must first say I apologize for the late posting of this.   Today I’m showing you My Creations Mini Banners from Close to my Heart. This is also part of this month’s promotion! For … Continue r...

Ok, you might think  "I would never use this - I don't make jewellery..."BUT if you want to do any type of weaving work I highly recommend this item.Its made from a really sturdy memory foam with notches all round the edges.It might seem a very...

  As soon as I saw the Graphic 45 Secret Garden I had yo have it...I'm sure it was made just for me LOLIts just so pretty and vintage and floral (and the amazing Diane Schultz follows me on Pinterest and often repins my pins ;-) )I reluctantly c...

  Happy New year everyone - better late than never huh :DThe theme over on the Happy Daze blog this month is recycling because I'm sure we all need to be a little bit thrifty after the season of goodwill and long pay months LOL :DMy project is s...

The Happy Daze current monthly challenge is, inspired by the Olympic rings, so I thought I would alter a cute round glass jar I picked up in Matalan for just £2!!I used this amazing Paperbag Studios stamp on to kraft cardstock with black archival in...

I finally finished my Victoriana/shabby chic dream catcher and I'm sooooo in love with it:DI used bits and pieces from all over including ebay, Happy Daze, my local craft shop Crafty Workshop (where I bought the beautiful Tilda fabrics I used through...

Well there isn't long left to enter the June Happy Daze challenge so if you want to be in with a chance of winning a £15 gift voucher upload your JUNE BUGS HERE!!!I decided to try a little bit of assemblage for this cutie dragonfly piece featuring T...

I have had this idea in my head for a while and finally got around to putting it in to reality :DI started with one of these fab hardboard collage frames and a papier mache torso.I cut the torso in half and glued it on to the frame with glossy accent...

This is my first attempt at a chunky ATC so I hope you like it LOLI used Artistic Outpoost Serenity stamp set as this months Happy Daze challenge is Music themed items.I started by colouring the short sides with distress stain and then glued on some...

As the new month has arrived so has a new challenge over on the HAPPY DAZE BLOG.The title is MARCH to your own tune so the challenge is to make anything music related, and I really wanted to use these gorgeous Artistic Outpost Songbird stamps.I decid...

This week for Happy Daze I decided to decorate one of these fabby WOODEN SHRINES with one of my all time favourites - Crackle :D In particular Viva Decor Croco which has to be the best crackle medium ever!!!I started by painting the shrine with white...

This week for Happy Daze I have altered one of THESE little wooden boxes with Mady Scrolls Work stamp image I started by painting the box with a light green acrylic paint and when dry painted over areas of it with crackle glaze. When the crackle was...

The challenge this month over at Happy Daze blog is all to do with Christmas. Anything you have made to give as a gift, to wrap your gift in or label your gift.This will also tie in very nicely with Tim's 12 days of christmas tags, so if you are...

Well I really need to kick start my Christmas mojo in to gear as I am so disorganised with only being back from my hols less than two weeks!!I thought I would share this cute idea for an alternative advent calendar which could be decorated to suit...

Can't find the perfect jewellery to go with your halloween costume? or do you want something just a little bit different to everybody else's??Then pick up some of these amazing wooden bangles from Moira at just £3.55 for a set of three!!! :DThey hav...

Well, I was already to share a cute altered domino necklace with you this week until I checked the blog and spotted that Moira and Carol had already beaten me to jewellery pieces!!! LOL But never mind, it spurred me on to finish this sweet little t...

I begged Moira at the trade show in February to buy these cute little bags and it took some convincing let me tell you LOL :D I have been meaning to do something with it for ages but it has been playing hide and seek with me for a while, but I final...

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