Monday, 6 June 2011

A Little Light Ghoulishness to offset All The Frilly Dolly Loveliness




I have thrown out a lot of the rubbish i had up on Ebay alongside all the pretty ragdolls and beautiful colourful jewellery and dug out some fresh rubbish.Some of which is really quite interesting.This book about the Kray twins by John Pearson is a good read;


-A Profession Of Violence The Rise and Fall Of The Kray Twins John pearson-

and if you like that,then this Ronnie Kray book is unmissable

-Ronnie Kray A Man Among Men by Laurie O`Leary-

Since this post seems to be all about balance,some very bad women seem in order.This old book has no dust jacket but some really fascinating stories;

-The Worlds Worst Women-



A little light ghoulishness to balance out all the frilly dolly loveliness that has been and all the flowery brooch post prettiness i have coming...


Favourite pic`s from a book of Horror Movies;


This is supposed to be the invisible man

I have been reading"The London Dungeon Book of Crime And Punishment by Richard Byrne"which is fab.It`s about the development through history of crime and punishment in London and had some appropriately dark pictures;
Chap on a rack.Apparently your hips and shoulder sockets come apart first,that was why Guy/Guido Fawkes could barely sign his own confession.
This man Jonathan Wild is here because i am still thinking about what Michelle Obama said to some schoolgirls on the news awhile back-how if they worked hard they could achieve anything.The English reporter then pointed out that the statistics suggest they cannot.

It reminded me of this dark book about the history of London and all the shocking similarities between the haves and have not`s of back then and the priviledged,wealthy and poor of today.How we seem to the Americans and yet only on rare occasions to ourselves so accepting of these inequalities.

Jonathan Wild would probably have agreed with Michelle Obama.He started out as an apprentice to a buckle maker and ended up running a vast criminal Empire.He was the King of the Underworld in 1720`s London and if you ignore his frilly hairdo looks a bit like one of the Kray twins!

Monday, 30 May 2011

Molly`s Knitted Clowns and Dolls on Ebay and Etsy

These dolls and clown toys are all filled with a soft polyester filling.They are cleaned once completed,wrapped and stored in a plastic container with cedar scented pot porri.
Boxes are all gift wrapped.

The Ebay links will only work until Wednesday when the listings end.




-Pink Clown Girl On Etsy-

>Pink Clown Girl on Ebay<

>Little Pink Gingham Girl Ebay<

>Little Pink Gingham Girl on Etsy<






-Red and Blue Clown Boy Etsy-

>Red and Blue Clown Boy on Ebay<






-Flourescent Pink Flower Brooch Etsy-

>Flourescent/Fuschia Pink Flower Brooch on Ebay<




-Little Blue Boy On Etsy-

>Little Boy Blue on Ebay<




-Beautiful Tall Pink And Green Dressed Girl On Etsy-

>Beautiful Tall Pink and Green Dressed Girl On Ebay<

Glamorous Red Glittering Necklace with Red and Black Beads

http://www.etsy.com/listing/75058716/glamorous-red-glittering-necklace-with




Just tried adding this from my Flickr,didnt really work,picture all wonky and the link to the sale page from Etsy was not active.Bit rubbish.

Thursday, 26 May 2011

A Ray Of Rainbows Jewellery

Flower Brooch
This is my first brooch!Made of paper mache inside, but it is very water tight.The paper mache is a"composite",which is what they used to make dolls out of.It dries very solid and can be sanded like wood,although you get a fuzzy felt like finish.Which is why i then covered it in a thick layer of homemade Gesso.It also has several layers of glossy varnish back and front.The reverse is red.
Glossy Love Necklace

This is my most colourful necklace ever.It`s pretty loud,it would be a challenge to make a necklace louder![Maybe a rainbow of tiny speakers] I love it,it`s PopArt meets Pearl Necklace.
Simple but Sweet Necklace

I have three longish to medium necklaces with the marble hearts beads.I wanted a riotous one full of beads in all colours and sizes.One with quite a lot of beads and quite a lot of spaces-a medium and a simple one,with the beads used most sparingly,just little knots of colour spread out against black.
Marbled LoveHearts Bracelet
Pink Grafitti Rainbows Necklace

This is an odd one to title let alone describe.It has lots of pink but also lots of rainbow colours.Each individual bead is a real mashup of riotous random colour,the overall effect is a bit like beautiful grafitti,when you cannot tell what the picture is of, but it`s so chaotically colourful it`s beautiful.
Many Rainbows Marbled LoveHearts Necklace
Medium Marbled LoveHearts Rainbow Necklace

Monday, 28 February 2011

Colourful Jewllery,Brooches and Ragdolls

Dainty Dots Rainbow Necklace
Available on Etsy.Those very tiny beads were a complete hassle,and i thought it would turn out a much longer necklace,but maybe that`s why this is my favourite necklace i have made,so far.



Lemon Yellow Flower Brooch
...and Pretty Pink Flower Brooch
all brooches £2.99 on Dawanda,[although Dawanda is all in Euros]

Lacey Lady Blue Doll
Twin Dolls in Blue Dresses

Baby Face Brooch With Pink Hat and Dummy

I`m quite pleased with these shadowless photographs[you just makes a stand out of clear colourless cd cases and put a clear acrylic sheet on top.[Also, put tracing paper over the window.] I think the rocks might look a bit like the stuffing is coming out though.
Blue Boy Brooch available on Dawanda