Kayla's Terrarium Making Birthday Party

My Daughter and I made this Terrarium together and had so much fun making it.

She asked if we could make some with her friends as well, so we came up with the idea to do this for her birthday party.

We made little bunnies and mushrooms for her friends out of Fimo clay.

The table was set up to be interactive.

Once the girls had their moss and plants in, 

they could choose little bits and pieces to add to their terrariums.

We had a Ladybug village,

and a Bunny Town.

Kayla was just as excited to make the food fit the theme, so we chose our party food wisely.

By this stage she was totally in charge of displaying it. ;-)

A bit of Ivy and some twigs set the scene. 

We managed to find most of these items around the house.

Delicate little hands were just what was needed to put it all together.

The girls had a ball and were so excited to take their own terrariums home.

So much fun!! You only turn 7 once!

Painting Art & Screen Printing Party

 This Painting and Printing Party was an experiment, however I must say I am very impressed with how it turned out.  We had a lovely time, and accomplished some art to be proud of with a story to tell.

As a starting point for the large canvasses I made two mood boards. One featured current pastels and the other focused on Fall and Winter colours for 2013. 

Whilst the paintings were collaborations from everyone present, there were two art works in particular that became our main inspiration:

one by Jen Ramos and another by Ali McNabney-Stevens.

Mood Board for one of the paintings
2013 Colours

In addition to the paintings, we made some beautiful prints as well. 

Tahli of Tahli Shepherd Design created two designs

 for a screen that I had professionally made for the night.

There was lots to do....

so while some were working on the paintings, 

others got started on their screen printing.

 To stick to the mood boards 

I mixed up a pastel coral colour.

It looked lovely on the linen tea towels. 

The mood boards ended up being a bigger influence than I originally thought, however it all seemed to come together just fine.

 I love to get influence from anywhere that makes me take a second look,

like this shop window around the corner from my house.

It is a lovely mix of colours and a great example of what I was thinking of.

A culmination of 11 efforts from the night.

"Pastel Influenced"
(size 150 x 75 cm)

"2013 Colour"
(Size 120 x 90 cm)

The tea towel print was a big hit too.

Perhaps some early Mother's Day gifts.

Clay Bead DIY Party

Every colour I could possibly find

Hand Painted Cords

Busy at work drilling beads

We mixed our own colours

The beads look amazing on the hand painted neon cords

Hand painted cords for the beads.