Getting busy for a Christmas fair!

Hi There! 

I have been busy making more mini Santa Hats the Christmas Holidays will be here before we know it!! ..these can be found in my Etsy and Folksy shops, I have also made a Poison Ivy themed masquerade mask, it sparkles nicely and looks fab on!! 

Poison Ivy masquerade mask!

I bought some Worbla ..Worbla's Finest Art is an amazing product and so easy to use, just draw your design, cut it out and heat it, stick it together and mould it into the shape you require whilst still warm and soft. I used it to make this Mask which has now been coated with gesso and I have started to paint it in metallic colors ....pictures to follow!!!

This masquerade masks is really pretty and best of all ...the butterfly has an LED bulb which means there is a flashing light nestled near the feathers, ..how cool is that?!?

 Flashing LED mask

 Finally this week ..I have finished this beautiful black mask, it looks amazing on and is available in my Etsy shop too!

Where has the year gone?

This year is flying past and already we are into September, ..almost time for my weekend at the National Space Centre Creator Fair 19/20th Sept

I love this event, as all types of crafters will be there ..from Jewellery makers to electronic! 

Here are some of my latest makes, the masks above with the metal cogs has now sold and so has the bronze powertex cat just below! :) 

This mask is gorgeous and even better still in the fact that the butterfly is fitted with a flashing LED

Please visit my Face Book page to see it in action, just follow the link!

https://www.facebook.com/PanicTuesday/videos/vb.154363741418651/427670427421313/?type=3&theater

I also love making or decorating these little hats, the little bowler hat was pre-made, so I decorated it with net, feathers and ribbon roses, it has a crocodile clip so you can attach it to your head on the angle ...looks so sweet!

I just love my mini top hat, I made this one myself and covered it with this super skull fabric, ribbon, roses and feathers, it is attached on the angle to an Alice band, is very comfy to wear and looks fantastic!

This is my summer garden mask, isn't it pretty? 

Last of all is the mini witch hat for Halloween, this was ready made blank so I have decorated it with feathers, spider ribbon and witch themed metal charms.

All these items can be found in my Etsy shop, I pack well for postage and get the orders out no later than the next day unless you check out from sat midday, then I post on the monday!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MasksbyDebbsElliman?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Thanks for checking out my blog!

Debbs

LED carnival Mask masque masquerade carnival masked ball

Wow! I can not believe it's been about five months since my last post, where does all that time go?

I have been doing lots of craft fairs this year and my last one was at The National Space Centre for the Creator Fair weekend.

It was great meeting lots of people and one of the stalls there was run by Kitronik!    http://www.kitronik.co.uk

They introduced me to their E-Textiles & Conductive Thread which is amazing as you can sew LED lights into textiles such as handbags, clothing and toys.

I was really tempted and treated myself to their Electro-Fashion Deluxe E-Textiles Pack £14.95
 https://www.kitronik.co.uk/2728-electro-fashion-deluxe-e-textiles-pack.html but was still unsure how I could incorporate the lights into one of my masks.

I was very kindly sent a sample box as I had chatted with the guys from Kitronik and expressed an interest in using their product in some way on one of my masks.

Well...after a bit of thought I decided to add some lights to a butterfly that would be the focal of a gold masquerade mask with fluffy feathers.

I was going to use three lights but realised this would be a bit of a squash on the back of the butterfly and the thread might touch causing the lights not to work.

 After I pierced the holes in the ends of each wing, I chose my needle, not too thick but not so thin either as the thread is quite thick, it is suggested that you thread your needle with the aid of a needle threader as it is made up of several strands and frays out quite quickly, Also ...this is so much easier than trying to just push the thread through the eye of the needle.

I attached the small coin cell holder to the bottom part of the wing with the conductive thread...
  making sure that I went through the holes at least half a dozen times as this gives the lights a good strong connection once the battery is added.

I then carefully stitched along the pattern of the butterfly so that the conductive thread wouldn't intrude too much on the design side. I sewed through the negative hole of the LED that I had earlier curled into small hoops with my round nose pliers once again going through several times and then continued to stitch across the butterfly until I reached the negative hoop of the opposite LED.

After placing a small square of sticky backed felt carefully over the negative connection, I then sewed in the same way again but joining the positives together. I put the felt over the thread as I knew the positive thread was going to touch the negative side and this would mean the lights not working.

 

 

The coin cell battery was placed into the holder and I was very pleased with the effect.

Once I had finished the mask I attached the butterfly to the side amongst the feathers and WOW!

 

 I love it!

 

 

The battery is easily accessible and should last long enough for an evening at a  Masquerade Ball!

 

Please visit Kitronik's website and take a look at the Electro-fashion E-Textiles.

You can find them on Facebook and Twitter too!

 https://www.kitronik.co.uk/