Painting pretty pictures

This first painting is stolen from Esher and remade in our own style. It’s part of a set of two butterfly canvases hung in my hallway. They’re the first paintings we ever did.

The second picture is the other half of the pair. We're not sure what kind of butterfly its meant to be! From one side the overlay is more see through than the other so as you walk past it becomes more transparent or opaque.

All of my paintings use the whole canvas, including the edges. We're still experimenting with different types of paint and canvases (including clothes). We’d like to play around with batiking next. There’s just something about playing with hot wax and tjanting tools...

These are mum door signs we made because the ones on the market are just a bit too twee for most of the mums we know. You can't really tell from these pictures but the colour is painstakingly layered to create a spray can effect.

Makings of a robot pinata

This isn't quite finished yet. We thought we'd upload a sneaky preview.

Its mostly made from cardboard boxes.

Balloon flower

We never thought we would end up wearing balloons as fascinators! One of the balloon modelling books we had has an astounding number of ideas on unusual uses for balloons. Some of which we've been working on ready for an upcoming hen night...

Lessons in balloon modelling!

We're experimenting with balloon modelling. After weeks of some very serious practice (and 100's of balloons) We’ve just about got the hang of simple projects like flowers, dogs and swords!

The kids seem to be enjoying my homework, including Tex (one of our contributors)! He won’t mind us adding his photo up here... We hope!

Piñata shelves

  It might be a bit garish but you get the idea - shelves made from old newspapers! These we made using a wire frame and lots of paper. We have some grand plans for a set made entirely of pulp, amongst many other ideas so watch this space!

Easter piñata

Piñatas are great fun at any kind of party. This piñata was commissioned for an Easter event. Its just made from one balloon - the simplest piñata you can make!  It doesn't have to be a giant balloon like this one either. 

Wedding Bell pinata

Here's a recent custom made piñata for a hen night. Its our first attempt at a wedding bell! This one is around 80cm long. A piñata like this would cost around £45.