Cupcake castles Weblog

Two examples just sent yesterday of mirrors designed completely from swatches of fabric sent to me, I’m always glad to try new designs and one off’s although this was even more of a challenge as I don’t possess any brown paint as I’ve never had to use it before, but it did give me the idea to do some ethnic fairies and princess in various different colours not just white.

Any piece can be personalised , or messages can be written on the back like this one from last week, turning a pretty clock or mirror into a family heirloom that can be passed down as a momento of a special occasion.

Every clay flower, butterfly etc. is hand cut and each petal or edge is hand smoothed ( enough to drive you nuts!)

A glimse of how my mirrors start there journey, you have to get the boring bits out the way before you can start playing with all that gorgeous glitter!

All I want for mothers day are flowers.

I’ve been busy again but at least the kitchen is almost tidy! as you’ll see why further down in my blog. But I also had a try at Etsy this weekend ( my shop is cupcakecastles of course) just to try and get more presence on the net as it’s a very large place!, but I’m not sure about it really apart from the fact that everything is in dollars even though it’s a worldwide site which I think would put off a lot of buyers new to the site it seems that only the sellers know of the site in the UK , so I’m not expecting much. There’s also the same problem that I ‘d have with selling on google that I’d have to stockpile these items for god knows how long till they sold when they could be earning money being sent out with shop orders which I have plenty of, and the website - www.cupcakecastles.com is ticking over quite nicely at the moment, but I can’t help dipping my toe into new things.

Doesn’t he look really miserable and lonely out there in the freezing rain, I can feel him beckoning me to come and give him a spring clean and a repaint, he’s aready been pink ,lilac, dark blue, pale blue and now you see him in last years colours - coffee and cream.

It’s that time again - time to clean the workshop as I’m fed up having pink fairies and pirate clocks all over the house. Every winter , especially at christmas the workshop gets turned into a dumping ground so every march its gutted and repainted ready for the first shows in April. It’s a great place to keep all my toy’s and bits that remind me of when the kids were tiny they are dotted all over the place even in the rafters.

Continue reading Tidy workshop…

That’s better !

To all those mums out there - how was your mothers day on Sunday, I had a great day with my mum ( just mum, no children)  and we did what we like doing the most - plant shopping. Some mums feel that mothers day means spending time with your family but I’m with mine a lot as I work from home so mothers day to me means escaping from them! Anyway we had a really nice lunch at Lucy’s on a plate in Ambleside ( Lucy was the first person to ever sell any of my work many years ago , back then she had a shop and restaurant now she has seven outlets so she’s a real inspiration)then we plant shopped till we dropped. Of course I bought lots more lilies and dahlias ( dont know where I’ll find room for them all ?) but it’s too early to buy much else as it’s still frosty so primulas wil have to do for some colour now.

Last week was a really busy week which is odd at this time of year?  so because of the weather its easier to dry some work in the kitchen

Lots of smiley happy faces !