January has already been a busy month. The Crafted for You exhibition at Worcester City Museum and Art Gallery ended a few days ago and I had a lot of interest in my upcycled vintage glass, especially, it would seem, the glass punchcups. I’ve started to offer glass decoupage tutorials and the punchcups are a nice way to start with the technique. They’re quite small and give a nice result, so they’re ideal pieces for people to make up and take away with them.
Our ‘Crafty Creatures’ group has continued to meet once a month to chat, eat cake and maybe do a craft or two. As previously blogged, this is great for keeping the creative juices flowing and we’ve decided to offer each other masterclasses, utilising the various skills that we have collectively. A perfect practice run for my decoupage tutorial! Here are a few of the items that were completed over a nice glass of wine and good conversation.
In other news, remember that lampshade I set about upcycling a few months back? Well, I’m ashamed to say that it has taken all this time to complete! It’s been quite a fiddly piece to complete, in particular, it’s tricky to keep the right level of tension in the paper in all directions. I think I would tackle it differently next time, but it’s been a useful learning piece and I hope will be enjoyed in its new home. Certainly, I’m pleased with the final result, and feel that it’s a vast improvement on the original!
decadia designs 