It's been a few weeks since my last post, just before Christmas to be precise. I tried last week but whatever I did I couldn't upload any photos. First of all, a very happy new year to everyone!
One of my resolutions is to finish UFOs - Un Finished Objects, of which I have quite a few. The first one is this pot of hydrangeas. I made the flowers a few years ago, but all the leaves were loose in a box, the usual fate of a UFO. The wooden vase is from a gentleman who came to our village summer fair a few years ago and among his wares were a few very nice miniatures.
Apart from trying to find more of my UFOs, I now have all the stuff to make the lamps for in the shop box. This is my first attempt at a lamp shade. It's made from brass wire, soldered and painted white. The idea is to put a creamy silk fabric on it. Just not sure if it needs another one or two vertical supports... All five lamps for the shop box will be 3V LEDs with a switch each connected to a battery pack with 2 AAA batteries.
The wall sconces at the back I've had for years and as I didn't like the plastic balls used as lamp shades I decided to take them apart. The one on the left I've antiqued with a 'green gold' paste to get rid of the very brassy look. I like it so the other one will go the same way. They have 12V lights for the dollshouse and I'm planning on a shade in the shape of a shell. I've no idea yet how to make that though. I'll try with paper. On other blogs it all looks so easy! Maybe they just leave out all the time it takes to experiment?
Tonight is the first pottery class of the new year and who knows I might have something to post about tomorrow!
PS I'm still getting lots of errors even when just typing in this post, hope that's not a sign of blogger having more problems...