New Pastels

Finally I am free!! I handed in my last assignment in today, from now on I am now going to enjoy my Christmas holiday ^_^~ While I was procrastinating from my work I made these clay pieces, I think I am addicted to these pastel colours. Since Christmas is coming up, I want to create a candy theme collection. This was my first time trying the colour mint, I wasn't sure how to mix it at first because cold porcelain dries to a darker shade when cured. However I am pleased with the result, the colour looks very refreshing.

Not sure if I should introduce another colour to this pallet, yellow... blue? 

I made 20 of these little ribbons, so tired afterwards...

Pink and Purple sure goes very well together, I am very girly after all ^v^ hehehe~ 

 Such pretty clover! Next time 4 leaves!

 I am not sure which one looks better, the design on the right or left. Which one do you think looks good? 

So this is the overall shot, I will make more earrings using the stuff here. 

Happy Crafting~

Lisa

Heart Dango Tutorial

I fell in love with Japanese dango when I had it for the first time. It's basically some sticky rice ball mochi thing, but it was so soft and sweet. I wanted to use the colours I dyed last time, so I chose to make Hanami dango which has 3 lovely pastel colours. Instead of round shapes, I made it into cute hearts. 

It is very easy to make, it involves basic needle felting tools and a heart cookie cutter. The photos below will demonstrate the processes.

So here are the materials and a heart shape cookie cutter. 

Separate the fibers and fill in the cookie cutter to the top. 

Stab the wool until it gives a surface, and then flip to the back and do the same thing. 

Take the heart out.

This time stab around the edges to give it a curve surface. 

And here are the 3 finished hearts. 

After all this you can use a skewer and poke through the hearts. And now it's done!

Have fun crafting!
Lisa

Rainbow Basket

I have always wondering about this needle felting technique, but never got a chance to get my hands on it. After I bought a small kit from the store I got really addicted to this traditional craft. Not sure it if was the way you continuously stabbed the wool with your anger or the sound it made when you stabbed it that got into me. I am so obsessed with needle felting that I decided to buy nearly 1kg of wool and dye my own colours.

I love the rainbow colours! This basket was given to me on my birthday and I kept my friend's design logo up there, it made it even more special.

I even made some of my favourite pastel colours, they just look so sweet and soft. Even though my processes of dying these wasn't as smooth as I thought but there are always a chance to improve. I was really hoping that the shape of the wool sliver would come out as smooth as the original form, instead it was really messy and fibers flying everywhere! I will just have to keep trying.