wedding cake piñatas

We've started a new line of wedding piñatas that can either be used as post boxes or piñatas. The ivory wedding cake piñata, with a co-ordinated cascade of roses, topped with two doves was a recent order for a dove themed wedding. The red heart wedding cake piñata had a bit of a naughty underwear theme using lace and red roses and could be used for a hen night. Instead it was one of the 65 piñatas used for pinatafest 2013.

Poo sticks

Painted background, brown pulp tree and hand made flowers. My daughter says I should call it poo sticks because that's what it looked like when I was making the tree. It's now proudly hung in our bathroom. I'm very proud of my first papier mache canvas.

This pic doesn't show the colours well. I'll add updating it to my ever expanding to do list!

This is hopefully going to be one of many pulp canvases, if I ever get the time!

Go compare pinata

At the moment the adverts for go compare car insurance feature the fictional character Gio Compario which have been voted "most irritating advertisement". You know what they say - no publicity is bad publicity! The character is actually played by Welsh tenor Wynne Evans who is a very talented and amazing guy (not that you can tell that from the adverts).

It's amazing how much I learn each time I make a piñata!

As the adverts are very annoying, in fact as I'm writing this I have the theme tune from them stuck in my head which I'm seriously going to have to banish by listening to something else as soon as I've finished this post!

This piñata was part of pinatafest. The biggest piñata bash in the UK on the 3rd of August, with bands, burlesque and a magician. It was a very unusual event but it went down really well with everyone who came. We had people from all over the country, I not only spoke to people from local cities such as manchester and Sheffield, there were people there from London, Liverpool, chesterfield, all over! It was an amazing event that we'll be repeating next year! Although I think we'll chose a more accessible location next time. The only complaints we had were about how difficult it was to find the venue!And I did a lot of market research (networking/chatting to random people). There will be more pictures and information about the night to come! 

 I did most of him the night before the event so he's a bit last minute. I think he's turned out pretty well considering, but I think he'd look better with a little more detail, including more of a flick to his hair!


We didn't end up smashing him up like we were meant to so at the moment he's in storage. I'm not quite sure what to do with him but if I don't think of anything by next year I'm sure he'll be a welcome addition to Pinatafest 2014!

Purple spotty dragon

We had an order recently for a 3 foot dragon that was 'every colour' but mostly purple. The girl that ordered it loved it so much when she saw it  that she refused to smash it up and ordered another piñata for her party instead!

Whilst I was out taking pictures a week old lamb from the farm came by to have a closer look. It was very cute. I have it on good authority that the dragon piñata is now hung up in the entrance hall to their house.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.587273534636966.1073741826.234857009878622&type=1 - for more pictures (including the ones of the lamb!).

Pinatafest ; the Uk's biggest pinata bash!

We're planning a party on the 3rd of August at Beaver works in Leeds. We've been making them for quite a few years but we've never had the chance for a proper celebration because we're generally too busy!


Tickets will be £8 plus booking fee available from http://www.jumborecords.co.uk/tickets.asp?sort=&event_id=15779.
There will be bands and acts as well as more piñatas (containing prizes) than you can shake a wet stick at! Although most of the piñatas will be for display purposes only we'll still have more than enough to out piñata the hardiest attendee! http://pinatalady.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html for more information. You can also find the event on FB 

http://www.facebook.com/events/505074799583076/?fref=ts

If there is anything you'd like to smash up then why not drop us a line and we'll get it knocked up for the party!

Papier mache coffins, cheap, affordable and kind to the environment.

We've had a few funerals lately and deaths of people we know. I  said that when I die I expect someone to make me a coffin but I've been told that when I do I'll have to make my own because no one I know is brave enough to attempt making one!

I'm not sure how I feel about keeping my own coffin around the house or even in the cellar but I definitely thought it was something interesting to look into. I like the idea of having a green coffin made out of recycled materials that will rot down into the earth quickly. I'd also love something that's quirky and suits me.I like the idea of having something that makes people smile when they see it. Maybe something bright and eye catching, that's more like a work of art than your typical funeral ware. Or perhaps I'd go for something black, iconic and ironic.I'll have a go at a couple and put pictures up, when I finally have time. It's not everyone who gets to design their own coffin!

I didn't make the coffin in the picture, it's actually a coffin piñata but I thought it was appropriate (for me at least)!

Prices for wedding photography

http://www.louisebjorling.com/how-much-does-a-wedding-photographer-cost-%E2%99%A6-guide-to-uk-wedding-photography-prices/ I came across this when I was looking at camera's and for photographers and as I know a proportion of are looking for wedding piñatas I thought I'd share this information!

I thought it was handy for advice on how to find a good photographer as well as how  much you can expect to spend!