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Royal show

Come visit us at the royal show! It is a great day out and a great place to come and chat to us, get more stock and inspiration!

Morrocan glass bottles

Once again another project I had so much fun making. This is a little more advanced than previous projects but practise a few times and I am sure you will get it right.
You will need: a glass jar, glass stain in dark blue, foilart super-tack glue pen, antique gold foil and glass sealant.
First make sure your glass is clean. Paint the glass with the glass stain. I found it best to dab the paint on. Otherwise it was too streaky. Wait for that to dry.
Next warm your glass up, either in the oven or with a hair dryer. It doean't need to be hot just warm enough that you can still hold it. Then draw your design on with the glue pen. If you are worried about your design draw it on paper first and then place the paper inside the glass. Then all you need to do is follow the lines. Wait for the glue to go clear and tacky and then foil. Then simply seal with the glass sealant.

Henna Inspired

I have been very busy lately preparing for the royal show. Which has been fantastic because it has forced me to be creative and I have really enjoyed that. I also recieved a new pack of foils and was very excited to try the white foil and all I can say is I am in love! Don't get me wrong, sparkles are awesome but it is so nice to do something matte and simple. Opens up even more doors of possibilities! The design was inspired by a client of mine who does henna. Her stuff is amazing and she is taking mehndi designs to a whole new level. You can see that on her blog here. She was asking if you could use foilart to do henna designs. So I said sure and this proves it!

Birds on a branch

I did a gorgeous project with some boys at a local school for mothers day. They decorated little jewellery hangers. These little 7 year olds really put in a lot of effort to make their birds the best. If you know boys and art this is saying a lot! I also loved that they went abstract with them and it wasn't 'how a bird has to look.' So out of 73 these are a few of my favourites.