Michael steampunk-ed his specs!

Well, his spare glasses to be honest!

Super glue, tweezers, a magnifier and some of those dinky watch parts I got from EBay ... 

Amazing bit of up-cycling Michael. Only three more sleeps!

Steam punk wedding plans steam ahead!

Well just under 2 weeks until the wedding of the year. Haha. So I've been busy making other things as well as goggles! 

This lovely flower is for mike to wear on his coat ... A rather awesome coat I must say! 

Here is a shoulder bag for my bits and bobs. I wanted it to look like a lense or telescope case but pretty of course. Made from card and fabric with buttons and recycled trim. 

Next, a plain wooden box from a Dorchester charity shop was collaged with my usual flair. I need a ring box for children to handle at the wedding, and to hide the two very special rings. Michael asked me to keep his a surprise until I slip it on his finger!

That interesting tissue paper is the one that my special ring came wrapped in, one special day in Shaftesbury! I applied some inside the lid, and hid both rings inside it for this picture!

Pieces of cerial box, covered in lush green velvet line the box to complete it!

Now to make costumes for the three little girls!

Steampunk goggles finished!

These charity-shop biker goggles came up really well. When I saw them I knew they would be perfect for wearing in my hair instead of flowers....

I have added one flower and I had fun with acrylic and glass paint. 

I need these for a special event next month!

5 minute make - steampunk flower

This is made from two folded strips of paisley fabric offcuts, a piece of copper vinyl, and a lovely old shank-button. 

The button hides the ends of the gathered fabric, and this is all ready to be used for brooch or other embellishment!

I've never made fabric flowers before but was very inspired after a romp through my updated Pinterest App!

Do you like steampunk?

I picked up these folding biker-goggles in a local charity shop for 99p. I have a little steampunk project in mind ....

After priming with good old ESP, I painted the frames with acrylic and the lenses with some glass paint which is more shiny!

Such fun!

Embellishments!

One of the three barn owls is a special present, and he got some very special treatment, the addition of some lovely old watch parts all over his head and chest!



Looking at the other two owls, I do think they might be a little bit jealous! It is still so lovely to have three of them staying with me!

WIP - please may i have a beak now?

goats and gadgets!

"Right, I think we are ready!" Goats-a-goggled and ready to invent, me thinks!



short-goat grabs his magical clockwork heart ...



While shaggy-goat sits down and feels the wind in his beard ...



But then short goat feels a bit odd viewing the world in orange ...



Ah, much better!


let's just hope he doesn't eat the leather straps, I have just remembered what goats are like!

Goats in Coats ....

to be honest I only iron craft work, never actual people sized clothes!



Natty waistcoats for natty steam-punk goats, with fiddly watch-cogs sewn on with invisible thread!



I think they rather like them, i am quite fond of waistcoats myself!

Goats in knickers ....

WIP - goat dolls ....

I decided it was time to make some more goat dolls ...



But they do feel rather undressed, and they both need their noses and mouths embroidered, and their hooves needle-sculpted!


I used my other goat doll pattern for both of these, but the longer denser fur created a much taller goat!

Famous Raggy-Goat!

An american friend sent me a copy of this magazine ...



Inside, not knowing that I had submitted my work to a request for steam-punk dolls, she saw a familiar face!



And so she bought me my very own copy!

Getting ready for Artwey 2011 - opens 28th May!

Open Studio event, details here!

plush-team steampunk challenge piece ...

remember when I teased you and asked you about this magical clockwork bag, and the bottle of stardust, too?



well they belong to my goat doll, now fully dressed and ready for inventing adventures, and not to mention getting a few votes here - on the plush team blog...

you can read more about my ideas behind this piece here, in the Plush Team Etsy shop. I had a great time deciding what do do with a selection of tiny watch parts, and think they made good buttons on his fancy waistcoat!

I think goats are rather eccentric beings anyway, perhaps it's the beard and sideburns?



I realised how much I enjoy making little gadgets myself, creating goggles from suede 'blind' fabric, real suede and some thin gold coloured 'pleather' along with some hand tinted acetate lenses to keep out the glare!



i would love it if you would vote for my goat doll, the prize is a handmade piece of art! You can vote for one steam punk character, and one plush gadget too xxx

what would you do?

What would you do with a magical clockwork bag, and a bottle of stardust 'for extra special inventions'?

WIP - goat doll ... in need of clothes!

The basic goat doll is now finished, heat to toe, now he just cries out for some fantastic steam punk gadgetry and of course, something to wear!



some metal, and machine-like buttons helped me to joint him, and I made his limbs and face from a lovely Harris tweed ... don't tell the Harris tweed people I felted it in my washing machine though!



all four limbs are very pose-able, of course, and he appreciated this as he bent to crop my lawn ...



and sat back, to enjoy the spring sunshine!

WIP - goat doll ....

I love plush team challenges, the latest one is a steampunk theme!



the categories were characters, or gadgets and I went with characters ...



been poking around in my fabrics looking to create suitable steam-punk attire for this goat character ...



and i picked up some pretty little cogs for embellishments ...