G . O : Watercolour Tags

  

Getting On :

Watercolour Tags : Die-cutting Paper Crafts

I started die-cutting in 2020, as a way to help make a friend's wedding invites. I've had a lot of fun with it, and made a point to buy dies that would be used again. With the ideas for cards and gift trimmings, e.g. boxes and tags. I made a few for friends and family as gifts over Christmas. I also made several available on Etsy. I still do. However, since December I wanted to continue to play with die-cutting - I've struggled with designing cards, but had fun with newer weights of card and paper. including the title of this post - watercolour paper. I've had fun with painting designs and adding texture to paper that can be used as a material. This has made some very abstract and refreshing unique pieces.

Etsy @AnimalRev

It's been nice to plan and explore with basic designs, then finding I can twist what I've learnt in a new way. I always like applying my new skills to others, whether I'm still learning or I'm established my abilities. I think I prefer plant themes. However, the tones and textures made with layering colour like on my gift bags, below - is a design I want to plant with further. I'm hoping this will lead me to build more card design and building skills, as even if I don't sell cards. I would love to be able to send homemade cards to family and friends. To do that I need to be happy with the results I want to give. Preferably, this would also be holding myself to a standard, as if this was a product, personal or not. 

I'm going to keep looking for more inspiration, more colour and how to add finishing touches to each piece. Finding a style all my own, within just papercrafts and paper cutting.

Etsy @AnimalRev

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G . O : Watercolour Tags

G . O : Etsy during Lockdown

 

Getting On :

Etsy, keeping busy during Lockdown : 

My shop, @ ETSY. Animal Revolution. Is now open once again( Actually since Oct.2020). Re-opened from when I was back in University, I've bounced to opening it again or not. I wanted to be confident in my work and / or my career. With lockdown I can't be confident with where I stand and pour into my time into a normal days work. Hence my Esty re-opening. I can keep my hands and mind busy, while not settling to fill my home with items. I still need some stock however, and focused on unique embroidery and die-cut pieces.  My store name was picked at university due to my upcycled and recycled elements - something I continue with my new stock - die cutting paper / card to waste less and make gift tags, and re-purposing fabrics for my sewing.

I want to create a lot of variety in my work, but I do also try to play with themes - I have some plant / nature inspired gift tags, I have quite a few pieces focused on eyes with different themes, different takes on moons, and different compositions with hearts. Mostly recently I've listed some smaller pieces that were worked on together mostly in black and white, but are all very different. 

While, I work on my pieces, I want to do a lot of mini restocks - at least once a week I list new items. However, so far I have been able and comfortable listing a few pieces twice a week. I will keep this up as long as I am comfortable. This means I can build stock and mix in my latest makes, as I feel what might gain interest from a potential customer. I want to use this to showcase my work, and also be more social during lockdown. Once I am comfortable I can focus on other projects to complete. 

1. Banner picture
2. Larger embroidery pieces
3. Embroidered unique aprons
4. More varieties in gift boxes and die cut items.

@ ETSY. Animal Revolution

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G . O : Etsy during Lockdown

New Layout and Plans

My new layout - this makes me extremely happy to see! I updated this yesterday, and it is a brought layout, not made by myself, but an etsy product (I'm happy to give out the etsy stores name to anyone who asks)- I choose to buy one as I plan to continue this blog after university, as a hobby. 

Blogging is something I've really come to enjoy, even though its small, and needs development to bring in more ideas and articles for my audience here. This blog has changed over the years and I want to continue seeing it grow.

I'm hoping it will encourage me to show off my work and little projects more in the future. The confidence boost will help me to continue working. I never show off my work to it's full advantage nor do I show it off very often.

This is my old layout - I'm not sure why I picked a teal and lots of blue, but it worked for me at the time Though the background art is ruined if you try to use a wider template. That was kind of restricting and this layout was not very creative of me. It's not too simple, thats not the problem with this old layout but it didn't have all the thought and planning it could have had. The colour was too cold and the white background was too much. However, I have never been a fan of coloured backgrounds for text.

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Next I plan on sharing some of my weave patterns and the doodles for my boards. 

I'm hoping this will help develop my ideas and the layout I want to create, and possibly

 the theme too.

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New Layout and Plans

G.O: Friend Requests

Getting On:

Friend's Requests


Now I did have a hand in - so soon I'll be sharing images of my work, afterwards - with the holidays having come and gone. I still have some more to do  and others already completed.
This includes;

Doll - Princess themed and I want to make two dresses and two pairs of shoes to go with her crown.

4 x Crochet Bracelets - for a housemate. Soon to be available through etsy.

2 x Hand warmers, done on a knitting machine with cabling and long in size


This means I have some distractions to my work, but mostly I'm trying to use them as breaks from work. The hardest part is limiting my time on them to make sure my work is done. Amongst other things.

Thanks for reading x

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G.O: Friend Requests

WHOOP!

Well, I am very happy I have been getting a lot of attention though I might not be overwhelming yet. I am enjoying, very much. It makes me smile when I look a the overview and page view counts.

I hope you are all enjoying it too x

So for a treat, I am going to give you a preview on Facebook and here, before etsy.
Here is all my hard work from last summer (and honestly there is more to come, including more winter themed jewellery you might not expect, but) for now. 

Also I went to a business event for the community supported by my university and had the greatest pep talk from an amazing person, who I plan on talking to more, as she is an amazing person and took the time to be so inspiring  I also made 5/6 new friends.

My etsy is :
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AnimalRevolution?ref=si_shop

And my Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/AnimalRev?ref=hl

 

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WHOOP!

G.O: I like .....

Getting. On : I like .....

my first list.

1. kitties - I pretty much like all cats, in general. The little and the big. I adore lions, but have had cats when I was little.
2. Drawing - and doodling,
3. Cooking,
4. Photography,
5. Etsy! - I love the variety and the unique items
6. Fashion and fabrics!
7. Sewing and creating - there is so much I can do
8. Tea -  my favourite hot drink to relax with
9. Chinese inspired recipes - for the flavour
10. Baking cakes! - And bread, the smell is just so good

Well I started with a simple theme this time, next up I'll do clothes I LOVE, and the styles. If you have any better ideas for the next one please share x Thanks everyone

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G.O: I like .....

G.O&C.W : Patterns (pictures later)

I have a onsie, a hood, , dress patterns, bags, and a shirt patterns.

I think I'll try cutting a dress pattern next to have a closer look at them. I want something fresh and suitable for autumn as well as summer, in case there's o time for anything else, before the next terms holiday.

Lately I have been making bottle cap pin cushions with stuffing and felt I had around.. Combined with embroidery, there is a lot of styles I can make.

Unlike the clothes I want to make, these pin cushions will go on my etsy and facebook pages.

And whilst I'm on Clothing trends for the summer I've found black and white is a trend, with a clashing trend of neon colours, with fewer patterned pieces this year, yet a lot colour blocking.

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G.O&C.W : Patterns (pictures later)

G.O: Quirky and waiting on wonderland

 

Here is some more of my photography as yet another preview (no repeats) . Again I won't be increasing size until I can properly watermark them. The theme is waiting, so I've combined the cute above, but I've also combined the ideas of queues being left behind and waiting for something to happen.

 

And below after waiting for the cracks to show - a relationship coming to the end, and it looks like it won't end well. The last post showed a different view and here there are two very different angles, I prefer the 1st view, it looks less like a modelling clay film.

 

 

 

 

 

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G.O: Quirky and waiting on wonderland

G.O: Prints available from Etsy

Getting On with my photographic prints for the etsy shop - Animal Revolution.

Here is a sample of some of my work, ranging from the architectural to the quirky to pretty florals.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm sorry its so much a random collection but I wanted to show more variety if anyone interested I'd be happy to post more larger watermarked images with others they were shoot with. To show a more photographs in their collections.

 

These are also all unedited photographs, a digital camera with the ability to change settings, shutter, lens and aperture is more than enough.

 However I love editing and how far it can be taken, I also love black & white images, when done properly and balanced. Though I'm not an expert in Photoshop yet, but the practice is welcome.

 

 

 

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G.O: Prints available from Etsy

CW: Two things - Fixing clothes and making hoods and capes?

Changing Wardrobes :


Firstly fixing clothes, I am visiting my mam, and she seems to of had a problem with some clothes, they are tearing and losing buttons. So with my needles and threads I am stepping up, well I the only one in the house who has 3 different sets of threads. Though I should add my mam is fully capable if it wasn't the time and care needed to fix them. She's gone back to work today and has my half brother to take care off (he's still very young).

So I have a jumper with buttons to fix, a pair of trousers have lost their stitching on the zipper, as well as a skirt and a dress that both have tears in the front. I need to take up the outskirts to the correct lengths (above the tears) and then proceed with taking up the lining skirts, to match in length.

Without a sewing machine - this is not daunting for me I did this last year with a vintage Chinese style dress. I am just hoping my mam is pleased with the results; that is a little daunting.



Secondly, I'd like to hear some opinions on fleece capes and hoods I could make, I've got a bright red and a powder soft blue- I probably won't mix the colours because the red will make the blue look very washed out, but who would be interested in buying something like that this autumn/winter?

The capes can be hooded or not, and the hoods, can be plain or themed to, will snap fastenings or Velcro on the front to fasten them against the elements. So the can be customised to each audience and customers. If it goes well I can buy more fabrics and keep on going.


Should I make children's or adults though?
                  As it is leftover fabrics and I do not plan on keeping any back. Please leave me your thoughts and ideas.

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CW: Two things - Fixing clothes and making hoods and capes?

G.O : The market

Well I had a market stall, with my sister's help it went ok. I was almost out of pocket, making only £35, with mixed weather and a broken suitcase - it lost a wheel, somehow, unfortunately I was using it to transport everything, from bracelets, table cloth, key rings, second hand clothing and so on.

I took my sister because she's good at designs, and was a great help with the layouts of products especially since I had a very collective set of items. She was not great at pricing, using very low values on most things, despite the time I had spent on them. Going for £0.50 to £3 on almost everything that wasn't hers. Pricing is hard, but it was hard to agree on good prices.

I have learnt a lot about layout, style and how hard it is to prepare, as well as what sells.

I will be posting the items on my etsy shop, and though I plan on doing a stall next year, only without such a collective set of products, from handmade and second hand to only handmade items.

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G.O : The market

Its been a week

..................... Well its been a little while and what have I done. Alot but not at the same, I havent done anything to my etsy and forgot to pay my rent (not good), failed to enter a competition my teacher wanted the whole 3 years of students to enter ( - as a result I couldn't get there attention for long enough to complete everything, I now have info to enter next year though), did a lot of printing and dying fabric, and I've found someone interested in my CV! I might be getting a placement.
This is really exciting I can't wait to see what I could do and see what I can really offer someone who works in the industry.

As I'm helping to organise a Youth market within a year, I have to write an article for pubilicity, something that as a result of the local maazine not getting in touch, I have very little tie, deadline wise. I am not happy with them and could have had 5 days more to do it! I thought being a magazine emails wold be checked daily. But now its down to me, wish me luck I'm gonna try to finish it today.

In relation to this blog I have prepared a few items to post, projects, and have failed to photogrph my daily clothes selection, even though I went out the other day. I also have no where to photograph these photographs either, no where nice in my home or close by. I best get thinking really.

I really didn't realise it had been a week, but I guess its quite easy to do since Ive stayed back a lot this week.

Its gonna get difficult since I have facebook, etsy blogger and now want twitter something I have never used before.

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Its been a week