Our New Baby

Our world has been pretty muddy round here lately, thats driveways and mummys.  But two wonderful healing woman have come my mummys way and have figured out what is wrong with her, they are going to work together to heal her and she will one day be all better soon.

So you wanna know a secret??

 we have a new addition to our family, its going to be mummys fix up project while she fixes herself up too...

Its a house bus!

We are going to spend the summer traveling NZ and when Im 4 we are running away..

Running away to be a part of the travelling gypsy fair...something daddy promised mummy years ago when they first got together.... and a promise is a promise..

It needs a Raven Moon Magic makeover and paint job which we started today.

Yay for makeovers, Mummy and Daddy and Me are in love

I see fun times ahead

xxx
munchy

Fabric Printing #2

For the second type of printing you do need a screen, but just a good old blank screen, nothing too flash

I brought this paper cut out called 'Lace Cardstock', I think its for scrapbookers, but they come in very well cut designs and are great as stencils

so tape the card to the back of your screen

and use as you would normal screen printing, I havent done over lapping on this one, just blocks

the results are great, so crisp and precise

Yay for education!!

I printed 8.. hhmm wonder what they will be

after printing squares I tape over most of the card but leave this design

and print 4 of these..  now that all my printing with this card is done the card is wrecked so just has to be ripped off the screen and thrown away, but they are so cheap its ok.  the longer the paint stays on the card the wetter it gets and starts to wrinkle too so you have an hour tops to print with a paper or card stencil

and here is my beautiful model once again with the hoodies we made, the blocks became the sleeves

and the oval print on the front

and hoods for cold winter ears, I made the sleeves shorter because kids always have wet sleeve end in winter from playing which makes you have to take off the whole hoodie, short sleeves not wetness! 

so Im a problem solver too!

I have 3 more of these hoodies which I will finish and get in my etsy shop soon, they are all for 2 year olds

anyone feeling a printing bug yet????


xxx
Sheree

Getting Back To My Roots....Fabric Printing

I have decided to do a few tutorials, because I am still working, just not talking too much

I was taking the piss out of my darling Kelly a few weeks ago, Me and Indi were watching him at work, coiling miles of smelly fishy rope into bags to go back out onto the mussell farm.  "and this is why we get an education!" I laughed to my munchy and as we drove home I started to think about my education, and how I didnt use mine at all so what was I talking about!!

So here is my education, I studied screen printing and fashion design and decided to do what I know well again.  Its not all about screens with printing, so here are a few ideas for you to try.

All we need for big fabric runs is a bit of cardboard really, acetate or baking paper, pencil, felt and a hot glue gun.

Draw your design in pencil on your card, my card has a shiny side so the paint will wipe off a bit easier and not absorb.  Use your acetate to trace the edge design on the right.

bring it over to the left and see how its going to overlap, you can see where bits of my design will clash, so using this method going back and forth you can get the edge of the stamp so it links better and wont have a box stamp feel when printed, more inter locking. (and I said I wasent up for talking!)

fine tuning the design.

and do the same for the top and bottom.  The big spaces with no design will usually come out as a block colour so try to make your design lines cover all the space on your page, you will see.

Steady hands and lots of glue, hot glue gun over your lines as nicely as possible but dont stress over it, fabric is very forgiving to lumpy stamps.

So it looks like this!.

and this!

mix up your heat set colour.  If you dont want to buy heat set you dont have to, to have a huge range of colours just use house paint test pots, water soluble house paint is beautiful to use and as we know once it dries on fabric, it aint going no where, so use test pots too.

choose your fabric, this is so cheap I was gonna throw it, lucky I have crafty hoarding tendencies.

use another piece of card or board covered with cling film lunch wrap and paint on a layer of your paint, thick enuf for the stamp to pick up but not thick enuf to drown it.

press on stamp, give a good rub and peel up.

press down on fabric.

Voila! now remember how much your over lap was and just keep going, re loading every time you stamp. I went four across to make a line and then another line on top.  The table I print on is made of wood and carpet underlay so its spongy but you can just lay down some sheets to get a padded layed or better yet do it on the carpet on your floor with a sheet over for cleanliness

all printed in about 15 mins

now I hand paint in the stars with gold

and some dots on the swirls

and that is how you make printed fabric that is a one off.

but not so one off that you cant use your stamp again, let it dry and you should be able to use it for quite a while...see where I left too bigger gaps in the design and the stamp picks up blocks of paint, depends if you mind or not

so I made a quick pattern off one of munchys other tops and thrashed together some long sleeved numbers for her, too easy!

Im putting up the second post now too. hope this inspires some of you!
and you can also use this way to make designs for t shirts too, not just runs of fabric, or table cloths, endless things really..


xxx
Sheree

Come Inside My Mind

Hello My Pretties

I dont feel I have much to say here still so I thought I would show you some of my doodles from my healing diary.

After all the tests the doctors can manage it seems diet is not my problem as first thought, I had an extremely stressfull week which brought everything back on again and after much hospital visits and fearful days and nights this 'thing' is my very own breakdown.

All the years of stress, surpressed emotions, unresolved problems and over working have come to bite me on the ass.  I knew they would one day, but had no idea it was going to be this scarey.  So with alot of Reiki and Cranial Therapy all my demons are being released.  A very tiring process. so I will let you in on my artistic journey until Im ready for tales of merry wonderment again.

Enjoy xxx

Thanks for your wonderful supporting messages

xxx

Sheree

Coming Back Soon

xxx

Sheree

A time for rest

Hi everyone,

Firstly I will introduce myself. Im Becky long time friend of Sheree. We have shared many adventures together and thus why she has asked me to let you all know she will be taking a wee break from the blogging world. She has been very unwell but is on the road to recovery/discovery...

Raven Moon Magic is her baby and she wanted to thank you all so much for your loyalty.

I will keep you all updated on how she is doing, but for now...

Becky
xo

Mad Tea Party Time

Not one to Dilly Dally in my usual space and time, I have dawdled my way to "The Mad Tea Party" announcement post.  But alas here I am.

I have followed this Tea Party by the lovely Vanessa Valencia for two years now, and finally will be putting my own spin on it!

Many a wonderful tea cup sit itching in my cupboard, clinking and chatting of the event with rim chipping excitement, ohh to be finally used!!!

What better reason could I ask for...wont you join me??

Click "Here" for details!!

You can be sure our Party will be for little hands too, and we know just what to do!

Im sure the madness here stretches far beyond anything Alice may have seen....

So

Put the water on to boil, we have tea to make...

Love coloured treats to mix and bake...

I know your busy bees but dont be late, this party may well, just seal your fate!...

You say you have a Mad Cheshire in a tree?? well I'll have a fantail follow me!....

Ill serve fairys floss so sweet and young...

while candied petals tempt your tongue

We will dance the afternoon away,

with skirts a twirling bright and gay...

but beware a mystery lies in store,

for some may think you've seen before..

There lies a place round flowering trees,

amongst the flowers and buzzing bees..

some will see a tent ablaze,

with cloured gypsy drinks and trays,

they're waiting here for fortunes told

make sure your brave but not too bold.....

hhhmmmmm what could be in store????

Me and munchy have much to do, so see you there, its time we flew!

I leave you in the hands of the beautiful Stevie Nicks

she will be there too for sure

xxx

Sheree

So I'm back, to the velvet underground

Back to the floor, that I love

To a room with some lace

and paper flowers

Back to the gypsy.... that I was

To the gypsy...that I was