2 little cats for a happy little girl

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It was my niece's birthday over the weekend: she turned 9! Time flies, I cannot believe she is that big already (I will say that again for the next three months for my other niece's and nephews' birthdays...you have been warned!).

 

She came to me two weeks ago and aske me if she could have a picture holder with a cat as a present. I admit I laughed a lot as I am really bad at modelling/sculpting and I had never made a cat before. So I looked for excuses: "if you are a good girl and don't get punished next week, I'll make it for you" I said. She got punished the following day (haha) but was good for the rest of that week lol

 

So there I was, trying to make a cat. But then I thought one cat on its own would be boring and sad. I got crazy and decided to make two!!



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Of course, you can't have cats without wool lying around for them to play! 

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I put the cats and their toys on a piece of wood that I've painted and carved my niece's name on it (note for later, carve and paint afterwards! the smell is better)

 

I am very happy with how the carving turned out considering it is the first time I write and carve on wood. So just for you, here is a close up for a better look :-)

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Still need to work on this whole sculpting thing though: as you can see from the first picture and the one below, the cats look like they've had a bit too much catnip lol

 

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My niece was happy though! She also had a wonderful cake made by her mum, my sister. I suggest you to go and take a look at her Instagram to see it and check out the others she makes too. I'm warning you...you'll be hungry after that!

Some cuff bracelets

This week I have made some new bracelets.

 

I wanted to play with some colours I do not normally put together and litteraly had no specific plan in mind when I started working on them: I let my imagination go wild. Well...not too wild but still!



 

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For this first bracelet, I played with circles of different colours on a background which looks like scrap polymer clay.

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For the second bracelet, I used the canes I've made for my sister's birthday present a couple of months ago. Those canes inspired me for the background colours as well. Simple but it works :-)

They can both be found in my shop on A Little Market (just click on the icon on the right sidebar)

Cuff bracelet

Last weekend I had decided to make a necklace but as usual, my mind switched to something else as soon as I sat at my table.

So here is a new slave bracelet: unusual colours for me, but they work out well together in the end :-)


 

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That's all for today.

Happy Halloween!

Wishing you all a great evening and night of fun and candies!

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Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

A mosaic...

And another pocket mirror ;-)

For this one, I used the watercolor mosaic technique in blue, black and white. I love thistechnique because it is pretty simple and it gives a very nice effect. It all depends on which colours you use.

It is also a new shape which makes a change from the round ones I tend to do.

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New pocket mirror and resin

I am really starting to like using resin. It gives such a nicer finish to the pieces I make.

Sometimes I still get the quantities wrong so it does not dry as quickly as it should or it does not dry at all. But I am getting there.

In the meantime, I have made a new pocket mirror from a cane leftovers: the one from the commissioned earings I made back in June.

I love the finish!

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New book

A few months ago, I bought this book from Hélène JEANCLAUDE:

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Here is my first try at something from it. It is supposed to be a necklace but I have not mounted it as I was just trying so I did not make the proper opening at the back. I have added a flower from a cane I had left. I'll need to try that again and make it as a proper necklace this time :-)

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Something new

One thing I am asked regularly when I talk about my hobbies is my blog's address. And I must admit that I have never been the greatest at remembering it. I normally reply that if they typed my name in Google, they would find it.

But now it's time to be serious: I have made some business cards. That way, I will never get into that situation again.

Of course, you cannot have business cards without a decent card holder!

And voila! Simple but nice. I did not think it needed more than that.

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