Hey I updated a jewelry musicbox too! :)

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Before - Worn and dirty after 30+ years of living in a smoker's home. (I had already removed the doors when I took this photo, so they were just holding on magnetically, so that's why they look sorta off)


After - Tops & sides are blending rainbows. The musicbox inside plays "Rainbow Connection" :) I was originally gonna do bright colors, but I just figured that was too typical of me, so I went with a more muted color scheme.

See more photos here!


This was my mom's from the 70's! I stripped, primed, spraypainted it Ivory, and used acrylics & masking tape to do the muted rainbow designs on the sides and top. I got a new music box mechanism for it which plays "Rainbow Connection". :) (Get it? The rainbows are connecting!)

Starry Night Vincent van Gogh Inspired Day of the Dead Mask

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Finished my new Starry Night Skull Mask and I am pretty pleased with it. I found some yarn that really brought out the colors in the mask. Here it is all finished.

Created out of hand cast paper using recycled junk mail, printer paper, dryer lint and more I then use a blender to blend the paper back into pulp and reform it into the shape of a skull. After drying for several weeks the skull is taken out of its mold and hand painted with acrylic and metallic paints that make it sparkle in the light and come alive. Finally the piece is sealed with a protective varnish, copper hooks and yarn hair are added to finish the piece.

The mask alone (not including hair) is 7 inches tall and 5.25 inches wide.

Mask with hair measures 14 inches long

The face itself is then sealed in a satin varnish to protect it,


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My son asked me to make him something that would hold his mechanical pencils and fancy pens and I searched for fabric that didn't say girlie all over it and found some trippy Beatles Yellow Submarine print and here it is.



I had enough left over to make my Beatles loving niece a cosmetic bag too, ( more photos here. )

Hat I made

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Hola! I think I've posted in the community a looong time ago, but I wanted to become active again. :) Here is a hat I made to wear to a fashion show.



I gathered some black satin fabric, beaded the top, and stuck a purple peacock feather on it!