My first order

My first order on Folksy came in this week.  Somebody purchased a pair of my little toadstool ornaments...

I was keen to get my packaging just right, I personally love to recieve things beautifully wrapped.  I experimented with hole punching some newspaper using my flower punch...

It proved very time consuming!  So I may have to limit this idea to small orders like this one.  But it did look really pretty as a bad of flowers for my buyer's toadstools...

I parceled everything up in a little cardboard box and made a tag to attach, then I tied it all together with jute string. I love brown paper parcels with string...

Voila!  Packaging MudMeddling style :)

I really hope she likes it!

More fairy magic!

With a little fairy dust, and the help of some paint of course...

A rather naked looking fairy is brought to life...

She was really very fun to make, it's always nice to have an excuse to indulge in lots of pink and gold :)  She's a little...um..bustier than I intended, but I think it adds to her charm.  I particularly like how her mossy head-dress came out, I may have to take that a bit further...I'm thinking Christmas wreaths perhaps?

Now this lady is up in my Folksy shop waiting for a new home!  Speaking of shops..I've added a couple of badges to my sidebar *points* and I am adding more items every week.  I am hoping to add a silver clay jewellery section to both shops really soon, I am really excited about that.  So far my Etsy shop contains more than my Folksy shop because, sorry to say, Etsy is a lot more user friendly and is much more of a sleek operation.  That said, there is something very delightful about the slightly clunky newness of Folksy and I really hope if finds its feet as the UK craft movement moves forward.

Rather excitingly, and very much to my surprise, my little hanging ghosts were featured on Etsy's front page today!  The Hollow Men treasury I showed you yesterday was selected for the front page today...

I promise not to go on about every treasury I am in, if I am lucky enough to be in more of course, it's just exciting to be in some for the first time so I am indulging myself :)

Fairy experiments #2

More fairy creations going on here at mudmeddling this week - a couple more fairy doors...

Unfortunately I messed these up somewhat, I rolled the clay out too thinly and they buckled slightly when they dried.  I should  have a) made the clay slightly thicker, and b) weighed them down slightly when drying the underside.  Still, a useful learning process.

And what good is a fairy door without a toadstool or two?

I can't decide if I prefer small or big spots...

But it was a lot of fun playing around with photographing them in the morning sun...

I'll definitely be making more of these to add to the shop/s so keep your eyes peeled.

More fairy experimentations tomorrow...

Fairy experiments #1

I have had little time lately to play around with my clay as much as I would like.  With my 4-year-old starting school, medical and antenatal appointments coming out of my ears, and then general work and motherhood on top of it all, sometimes my creative endeavors take the back seat.  It's not the balance I want.  Ideally my work would be my creative endeavors, but for now time and circumstance don't allow that. 

Maybe this little lady will grant me a wish?

She is an experiment - just a little idea quickly formed before I forgot it.  A little bell-like fairy with hand-painted hair and a neat little bun. 

I like her, she needs tweaking of course but she's cute and I like the style. 

More fairy experiementations to come later this week!