Angel Lulu and The Gingerbread by DT Member Marfi Bradford

Today I'd like to showcase returning DT Member Marfi Bradford’s two Design Team projects using Lisa Kettell Designs (LKD) products. I can't pick a fave, love them both.

 The Gingerbread House Project:

Materials:

• Paper mache house shaped box (found at a craft store).
• 2 Tristan style doll heads, Lisa  Kettell Designs.
• Glittered candies embellishments.
• Faux cupcake, gingerbread cookie.
• Stickers.
• Lace Trim. 
• Various craft paints. 
• Glitter.
• Glue.

Directions:

1. Paint a paper mache house shaped box with gingerbread and ivory paints. 
2. Then attach glittered candies, stickers, lace trim and a cupcake to the painted house with glue.
3. Next paint the Tristan style doll heads brown and glittery.
4. Finally add them to the gingerbread 'cookies'.

 Angel Lulu Project:

The next project is an ornament

created using Marfi's favorite embellishment, carnival Lulu.

Materials:

• 5 inch wooden circle.
• Unfinished Carnival Lulu doll embellishment, Lisa Kettell Designs.
• Styrofoam snowflake.
• Pipe cleaner, glitter tinsel.
• Craft angel wings.
• Ribbon (for skirt).
• Tiny bottle brush Christmas tree. 
• Craft paints
• Glitter.
• Hot glue, glue gun.

Directions:

 

1. Hot glue  glitter tinsel around the 5 inch wooden circle.
2. Next hot glue a Styrofoam snowflake to the front of the circle.
3. Paint Carnival Lulu embellishment, add wings, skirt and tiny Christmas tree.
4. Hot glue her to the snowflake.
5. Finally, add a pipe cleaner to the back of the circle to make a hanger.

"I hope you get a chance to try out these projects..they're super fun to make."-Marfi

For more products visit:
Moonfaires World/Lisa Kettell Designs

New Mini Kewpie Heads and The Sugar Pink Fairy House!


Hot off the mold press are the newest additions to my parts line: Mini Kewpie heads which measure about 1/2 inch in size, they come painted in 6 sweet colors and are perfect for many projects such as tiny dolls, medallions, scrapbook flowers, charms or necklaces for your doll crafts as well. These new parts are available in my etsy store, the moonfaires world website or at Piddlestixs.


After creating these little parts, I decided to use one in my newest candyland putz house ornament called: The Sugar Pink Fairy House!

The Sugar Pink Fairy House will be available tonight in my etsy store. The other versions are available at Piddlestixs!

Daisy Sprinklestone is a fairy from Sugarland which borders Sprinkleton and Candyland, the region is known for their sugar soil and sugar plantations. Gumdrop Farms is world known for their 250 plus varieties of home made sugar such as maple sugar, cherry sugar, blue raspberry sugar, sugar plum, brown, vanilla, lemon pie and licorice sugars.

Daisy is a sugar fairy who loves sugar cookies, sour cherries and blue raspberry pie ice cream, her dream is to open a fairy cakes cafe and share her magic with everyone.

Hope you enjoyed meeting The New Kewpies and Daisy Sprinlestone!

Magic and Joy,
Lisa!

Four Days of Christmas, Post 7!


On the 4th Day of Christmas....

Today I'd like to showcase some favorite Christmas ornaments/decorations for you to make or to just enjoy!

This following piece was made from a broken 3d star ornament that I up-cycled and added a vintage cake ballerina, tulle, pearls, ribbon, Dresden Wings, millinery, stickles and glitter!

Here are some examples of the Dresden Boat ornaments, project supplies, instructions, video and details of this on Spellbinders Curiosities Blog and at Victorian Scrap Works Site!
Here are some chenille chubby stem doll ornaments I made last year, the possibilities are endless!

Here are some kitchy faux felted/spun cotton style ornaments, fast and easy, low maintenance, using recycled Christmas Tree batting skirt/snow blanket & crepe paper!

Here are some of last years Papier Puppen Dolls/Ornaments made from crepe paper, images, chenille, etc., Instructions a few post back and on Spellbinders Curiosities Blog!


Here is a version of my circus toys from my book: Altered Art Circus, which I turned into an ornament:

Here are some variations of the bulb wand from my book: Altered Art Circus, turned into bulb and cage ornaments instead:


More Christmas Magic to follow!
Happy Holidays!
Lisa!

Nine Days of Christmas, Post Two!

"Enchanted Woodland Christmas"

Miss Flora Van Huysen, Little Bo Peep's cousin from Switzerland's Sugar Mountain!

For decades decorating with pine cones has been a design treat, using them in home decor, as a vase filler, turned into a wreath, a swag, used in floral arrangements, glittered, turned into dolls, ornaments, holiday decorations, trees and in partyware.

During my move a few years ago, I came upon several boxes of vintage ornaments and holiday decor, inside were some pinecone ornaments, some were pinecone elves, birds, angels, santa's, and a wreath doll ornament. They were glittered, some had knitted hats and gloves, felt clothes, clay, spun cotton heads, wings, a halo and pastel paint.

After studying their homemade presentation, I decided to create a few myself, a carnival of pinecone dollies. If you love to recycle, then this is a great eco friendly/green project by simply recycling pinecones from outside or pinecones from older Christmas/Fall projects. Then glitter them, or turn into dolls and ornaments.

Miss Plume Sugarite, Miss Webb and Miss Flora's Fairy-ology classmate, all are from Switzerland's Sugar Mountain!

Miss Plum signed up for sugar plum magic at the Luppin Stahl School of Magic, just outside Sugar Mountain.

In class she met Flora and Adeline. Miss Plume Sugarite, is learning sugar plum magic, so she can one day open her own sugar plum farm on her vast estate. She already knows how to make magic sugar in 12 colors. She is waiting for the Nutcracker Music Studies Corse, which starts next week.

Miss Adeline Webb, Miss Flora Van Huysen Fairy-ology and Flowers classmate, both are from Switzerland's Sugar Mountain!

Adeline decided she wanted to study Fairy-ology and Winter Magic, so she signed up at the Luppin Stahl School of Magic, just outside Sugar Mountain.

In class she met Flora, both became instant friends. Flora also met Miss Plume Sugarite, who is learning sugar plum magic, so she can one day open her own sugar plum farm on her vast estate.

I have created a project for this which can be found on the Art Glitter Blog:
http://artglitterblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/pine-cone-tinsel-ballerinas-by-lisa.html

and at the Spellbinders Curiosities Project Blog:
http://spellbinderscuriosities.blogspot.com/2009/12/tinsel-pine-cone-dolls.html


Hope you enjoyed all the Enchanted Woodland Creations I have made, my take on a vintage Christmas w/Cupcake Chic Colors!