Thursday 29 November 2012

Rusty




I saw these AMAZING colours and just had to snap them!!! They look amazing!! makes me think of fun things to do with inks!!!

Tuesday 27 November 2012

Biro drawings - simple techniques and fun results!

I always take my sketchbook around with me and currently my sketchbook of choice is a brown paged A5 number. Drawing on coloured paper makes thinks interesting aanyway but this past few weeks I have been having lots of fun with liquid paper/ white out/ tippex unlike some paints it leaves quite a smooth surface and doesn't distort the colour of the inks or biros in my case!!




try it out and see what you think!!

Monday 26 November 2012

Master - craft, crafternoon update!




Despite the truly heinous weather I managed to take some after shots of Mr C's concrete bowl it didn't work out how he wanted to I really,  really like the look of the water trails running down the bowl!

The plan is to repeat this process again but use a little pudding bowl so the walls of the bowl are super thick and chunky, and using a special sandpaper Mr C intends on getting it super smooth and shiny!
A fun but messy project!!

 


Saturday 17 November 2012

Master Craft - Craft - A - Noon










My man Decided to get his craft on this week and has started to make his own collection of concrete bowls so he spent a few hours playing with recipes to get a perfect consistency for making his bowls!

I cant wait to see how they come out! I will get him to post a tutorial soon!

Friday 16 November 2012

Crafternoons aren't just for humans!!

This little guy likes to get involved too!!

A family crafternoon making Christmas baubles this little guy wanted so much to get involved he is as excited about Christmas as we are! I might have to share a pattern for a festive dog jacket that is in my stash!

Thursday 15 November 2012

Twin Peaks inspiration!






I love Twin Peaks, the Tv show and its amazing style are big inspirations to me so after looking through my felt bits and pieces i decided to make little felt embroidered appliques of Nadine and Log lady!!

I also have some little illustrations Im working on too ON A LOG!! I will share the awesomeness that is painting on wood soon!

Happy crafting!

Wednesday 14 November 2012

The month of wool - Wovember





This month is the month of the Movember tashe and also the wovember month of wooly goods!!

I have officially given myself crochet claw, the ripple blanket ended up 2.5 metres wide and 1.5 long and I managed to get it done in just over a week while catching up on some crime dramas!!!

I also -  whilst watching The Killing became super inspired to make some Norwegian mitts and found a really sweet kids pattern in one of my 1940s books
thank goodness for small hands!!

This month In the spirit of all things WOvember I will do a little tutorial on how to make a ripple of your own!

happy crafting!!

Saturday 3 November 2012

Introduction, happenings... whats cracking!?

Why HELLoooo!! welcome to the Brighton Craft Guerrilla the all new the all awesome shiny blog!! we have a new team of crafters bringing all kind of crafty tutorials and showcasing all kinds of work from artists and makers all around East Sussex!

There will be pop up workshops happening around town to get everyone dusting off their crafting equipment, we are hoping to do a craft based book swish in the new year swapping craft books amongst crafters!!

Im working on a you tube channel for the Brighton Army because sometimes with a tutorial its nice to see whats happening and have someone talk it through!

And of course There is I will be hoping a crafternoon happening once a month or evening where we can get together and share ideas, projects and just chat craft!

Theres a lot happening over the next few weeks and i have some fun tutorials for christmas for fun presents or ideas for decorations etc!

Ooh I forgot I am Sandy Toxic Ive been crafting since forever - its kinda what I do!
I am email-able on info.brightoncraftguerrilla@gmail.com if you have any questions thoughts or suggestions please send an email.

Happy Crafting!
Sx