Monthly Archives: July 2013

Christmas fairy

Posted on July 28, 2013 by painterswife

Christmas fairy complete with wand – and underwear!

Posted in DOLLS, Uncategorized | Tagged art dolls, Christmas, crafts, doll-making, dolls, fairy, hand made, sewing | 5 Comments

copper loveknot bracelet

Posted on July 26, 2013 by painterswife

tricky to make, but i love the look of it. am going to make myself one in silver, as a treat. I’m sure I must deserve a treat by now!

Posted in Jewellery (or jewelry if you are American) | Tagged bracelet, copper, hand made, jewellery, jewelry, knots | 6 Comments

i made this one this morning as an experiment – partly because the couple downstairs are getting married today . i thought maybe a little bride doll waiting for them when they come back would be cute. she is made … Continue reading →

Posted in DOLLS | Tagged art doll, beach, bodice, bouquet, bride, chopstick, crafts, doll, doll-making, hand made, Hastings, OOAK, present | 3 Comments

Aoife – art doll

Posted on July 24, 2013 by painterswife

This is Aoife who, unfortunately has had a slight accident. Not that you can tell by looking, but trust me she is both physically and emotionally fragile. Due to this fragility she doesn’t go out much – she prefers to … Continue reading →

Posted in DOLLS | Tagged Aoife, art, art doll, BBC, cobwebs, craft, crafts, Dickens, doll, doll-making, fragile, Gillian Anderson, Miss Haversham, OOAK, painterswife | 11 Comments

What makes an artist?

Posted on July 23, 2013 by painterswife

I put this into Google and it thought I hadn’t finished the question. It tried to complete it with ‘successful’, ‘great’, ‘famous’, ‘genius’, ‘unique’ and even ‘a target’! What I really wanted to know (and what I should have put … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Claude Monet, Colin Bailey, Lascaux, Painter, painting., Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh | 13 Comments

Home made Lavender and Rose cool mist spray

Posted on July 22, 2013 by painterswife

Well I don’t know about where you are at the moment, but today has been the hottest day in the south east of England for seven years. Instead of laying in a greasy puddle on the sofa (and with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aromatherapy, beauty, body spray, DIY, Essential oil, Health, heatwave, Lavender, room spray, rose, rosewater, Shopping, south east England, Spray bottle, spritz, Vodka | 3 Comments

Yohoho and all that jazz

Posted on July 21, 2013 by painterswife

The Painter – outside the gallery and all gussied up for Pirate Day. He decided that he didn’t want to be just another run of the mill pirate – there were several thousand of them in town already today – … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blood and guts, gory, Hasting, Painter, Pirate, pirate day, ship's surgeon, Sussex, yo ho ho | 4 Comments

Ahoy, me hearties!

Posted on July 16, 2013 by painterswife

There has been a bit of an interlude in my posts for the last week or so. Something huge happened to me in the domestic sense – ie I bought a new vacuum cleaner. This had a completely unforeseen consequence, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Captain Hook, Child, costumes, dress up, East Sussex, Hastings, Hastings Observer, History, Jack sparrow, Maritime, PegLeg, Piracy, Pirate, pirate day, pirates, record breaking, Recreation, Shiver my timbers, skyfall | 6 Comments

Yseult

Posted on July 8, 2013 by painterswife

Talking ’bout Monroe and walking on Snow White, New York’s a go-go and everything tastes right… SO theatrical! Hangs about in the wings at every opportunity, dressing up in the cast off scraps she scavenges in the costume department. Her … Continue reading →