Monster High Twyla cosplay Part 3: Making the accessories

Cosplay, Costume, Journal, Larp & Cosplay, Making, crafting & artist dates, Self Portraits, Tips, tricks & tutorials

The last of the series of posts showing more details of how I made my Monster High Twyla cosplay – let’s go! Choosing what to make While accurate cosplays are very satisfying, I did not have a lot of time to pull this one together, and put most of my...

Monster High Twyla Cosplay Part 2: Making the Book of Talismans bag

Cosplay, Costume, Dolls, Journal, Larp & Cosplay, Life & Creativity, Making, crafting & artist dates, Self Portraits, Tips, tricks & tutorials

The second of the promised more detailed posts about how I made my Monster High Twyla cosplay… this is the Book of Talismans, which I turned into a book bag! By far my favourite of Twyla’s accessories is her Book of Talismans. It’s a book, it’s...

Monster High Twyla Cosplay part 1: The Outfit

Cosplay, Costume, Dolls, Making, crafting & artist dates, Tips, tricks & tutorials

I promised a more detailed series on how my Monster High Twyla cosplay came together, and here’s the first! Having identified the main silhouettes, colours and general shapes and vibe I wanted (tiered mini skirt, top with spiderweb patterns, purple & mint...

Introducing Foiled Again workshops – make the prettiest shoes & boots ever!

Journal, Making, crafting & artist dates, News, Style & Self Expression, Wardrobe, Workshops

OMG you guys! I can’t believe I haven’t written about this properly yet! Do you want the shiniest, prettiest, coolest shoes in town? OF COURSE you do… and I can show you how! My new Foiled Again workshops are now live, and I am so excited to welcome...

Making signs for my art business

Journal, Making, crafting & artist dates, Studio

For the art trail, the studio in general and the occasional events I do, I wanted to make some wooden, chalk and painted signs – fun and on brand, and an excuse to get my craft kit out.  On my list were: An arrow to point people up the stairs towards my...

Artist Date: a day of play

Experiments, Journal, Life & Creativity, Making, crafting & artist dates

For almost two years now, once a month Juliet Lockhart and I hold space for each other to do something we otherwise put off indefinitely. Usually art related! Those days have been filled with everything from exhibition prep to tidying the studio, website updates to...