Steampunk Ghost Hunter's Table

Steampunk Ghost Hunter's Table

This is something I have been wanting to do for a while, but not had the right parts! My daughter very kindly gave me some odd 'bits and pieces' the other day, so  I was able to start straight away!
The table was covered with a victorian newspaper, haunted photos and pieces that I thought a ghost hunter would need! There is an electro magnetic field detector, ghost hunter book, ghostbuster 'gun' and backpack detector.......Not to mention a lantern and a jotter and pencil. I loved putting this together!

Wand Cabinet

Wand cabinet

This was actually two pieces of furniture , as the top part was really too small to do anything with, and I wanted it to look 'magical'. I glued the top part on to a ornate table.......

Marie Antoinette

Teeny candies and opulent cakes crowd the two tables. I have a zillioon of these plastic swans! So found yet another good use for them!

Marie Antoinette

I did get a little carried away with this one! There are two tables of cakes, although my research of Marie Antoinette showed she was NOT a great lover of cakes, but preferred the 'sweet bread' of croissants , which were brought over from her country. A surprise to me as I thought croissants were French ..........Other doccumentation suggests it  could have been Brioche, as this was also similar to the rich bread of the time........

One of my favourite parts to this piece, is the tiny voodoo 'poppet' with pins in! I did try to make a dried goat's heart too........

Voodoo cabinet

I wanted to include most voodoo tools and masks without being too gruesome! ..........

Faerie Thrones

A collection of faerie thrones, I love the first one as reminds me of cheeky pixies! All have moss 'cushions' and have sparkley 'jewels' faerie sized !

Faerie Thrones........'Snow Queen'

Faerie Thrones 'Rose'

This throne was inspired by the thought of princesses and my recent 'sleeping beauty's bed' project........Tiny roses surround the back of the throne and the cushion is placed on a flower .....

Faerie Thrones

Faerie Portholes

Faerie Portholes

I love the effect of this porthole! It came out Exactly how I had hoped.......The plastic transparrent bead I put in the center has melted perfectly! :)

Sleeping Beauty's Bed

Photographed in the garden :) The spinning wheel was bought for this piece , by my daughter as a surprise, as I tried unsucessfully to make one...

Sleeping Beauty's Bed

The bedroom was made from Willow sticks bought as a game of 'pick up sticks' and woven with willow from a local playground.....picked up by the children , from the willow dome! They needed to be tidied and it seemed a shame to throw them away!!

Sleeping Beauty's Bed

I made the bed from polymer clay, as I wanted it to be a little'ornate'. The flower petals are silk, and the moss from my garden......

Neptune's Supper

Neptune's Supper

This piece has a polymer clay table, as I was running out of furniture! It has been made to resemble  part of a shell, although the colour does not represent this.....I wanted the contents to show a contrast. The table is laid with lobster, a salmon and of course a cake.....Little pieces of coral and pearls decorate the top.......

Story Maker's Chest

The drawers a filled with the usual things to make a story! Words, a picture of Red Riding Hood, a teeny star(not fixed) ......There is a gingerbread cutter, to make a gingerbread man, and a few flowers , amongst the glitter and jewels!

Story Maker's Chest

There is a little crystal ball, for scrying, a set of pencils with a quill made from a real peacock feather, a tiny crown, books and a jar of dreams!

Story Maker's chest

This little chest of drawers was crying out for me to upcycle! I thought of a Story maker's desk , in honour of my daughter, who writes.

A Faerie Wedding Feast

The feast ispresented  in a 'gazebo' surrounded with faerie bunting: tiny flower petals.......

A Faerie Wedding Feast

A present for my friend......This is all made with 'any shade of lilac' as that was the only request I had to go on! Three toadstool seats are placed around a large table laid with cakes and wedding feast fayre! Two tiny gold rings, a bible and necklace (for the bride's maid to wear) lay on the table, or beside it, and of course , a huge wedding cake........

A Goblin's Tea

A Goblin's Tea

Well here's a first for Faerie Wishes! A Goblin's Tea! This time I had to make the table from polymer clay, as I wanted it to be a certain shape, and am running out of furniture to customise!!

I thought that goblins would enjoy things like ' worm pie' 'snail cakes' and 'green grubs' ! Goodness knows what's in the soup! and of course 'mud and moss cake' with 'flies eggs' !!

Steampunk Faerie Time Travel Contraption

The chair was made from a collection of broken doll's house furniture! I added wire arms and a butterfly back.......Also some steampunk style wings, which were quite fiddley to do, but I am  glad I  finished them! The whole contraption is linked with pipes and glass tubes, Goodness knows how it all works, but there are maps of all kinds to help this time traveller!

Steampunk Faerie Time Travel Contraption

I had been meaning to do a steampunk themed minature for some time, and whilst looking at my 'bits and bobs' decided on a time travel device! In this piece, I used part of an old brass gramaphone, beads, watches and collage sheet with dials on........

Steampunk faerie Time Travel Contraption

Faerie garden cupboard

Faerie garden cupboard

Faerie Garden cupboard

Toadstools,flowers and moss have completely taken over this little cupboard!

Those Pesky goblins!

The pot of gold, jewels and an old shoe!

Those Pesky Goblins!

The top of the desk, showing the big book that the goblin's write down all the names in, of faeries and pixies that owe them money, or of those they have stolen from! There is a set of scales for weighing gold and jewelery and an ink well......As soon as I find one small enough, they shall have a quill to write with!

Those Pesky Goblins!

The drawer of the desk, containing gold and jewels.........

Those Pesky Goblins!

I wanted to make something that included Goblins and since they are known to steal, decided on transforming a small corner desk. At first I thought of a bank, as Goblins do like thier money! But realised after some research , that they will steal almost anything! On this desk , they have clearly taken gold, eggs, jewels and even shoes!

The minature faerie carriage

This photo shows the carriage near to completion. I have added a magic wand and a small bouquet of roses. Since this was published I have put in the steps (a white glittery ladder) and a few more bits. The carriage has tiny sequins inside and out, so that when the light shines on it it has a  magical effect :)  The 'driver's' seat is a little bit of toadstool(soft, for long journeys!) on a piece of bark.

The minature faerie carriage

Here you can see how I started to put the inside of the carriage together. The piece of moss is sitting on top of a piece of bark, to make the seat. The folded velvet petal holds a tiny 'glass' slipper, and there is a pearl in the carriage too!

The minature faerie carriage

You can see how I (carefully!) put the tissue paper on, in large 'patches'. As I soaked it with watered down P.V.A glue, I had to be really careful it didn't rip!

The minature faerie carriage

The wire frame was covered with florist's wire in green, as I wanted it to look like vines, (leaves have yet to be added). The picture shows the frame, without the spokes, which I crafted in wire and looked better uncovered...... without the tape.....

The minature faerie carriage

Making a tiny carriage seemed a good idea at the time! I thought about doing it with a hollowed out goard, but wanted it to look slightly 'delicate' I achieved this effect by first building a wire frame and using white tissue paper......Almost like a lantern......

Mad Hatter's Faerie tea story.......

My friends Matt Hawk and Laume Zekus  are  wonderful, creative artists who brought my tea to life, and I wanted to honour that by adding ideas of theirs to my piece. Because the tea party they created had toadstools in, I added those. Also as it was clearly 'mad hatter' style, (the tea cups being all miss matched!) I decided to add more bits......The pack of cards, red paint pot,' eat me' and 'drink me' signs......I really enjoyed making this piece!

Mad Hatter's Faerie tea Story.......

The table is set for a Mad Hatter's Faerie tea! The corners have little toadtsools and there is a tiny bottle with 'Drink Me' and a small red paint pot, to paint the white roses red!

Mad Hatter's Faerie Tea story.....

My faerie tea was brought to life at a Neverworlds event! It was 'upsized' , but with a twist: They put little toadstools around a moss covered table and based it on the Mad Hatter's tea.......So I thought I would honour that with a minature version!

Faerie wash stand......

After 'cooking' the heart shaped mirror, to which I added pearls, I added more moss and a few flowers. Then got to work on the drawer.....you can see it is  not completely dry in this shot. I put little crushed shells and more bubbles in it......Added soap and a wash cloth , a few more pearls and it is ready for the faeries :)

Faerie wash stand......

First I glued on the shells that I had chosen for this piece, using wood glue AND a hot glue gun. I 'filled the shell basin up ' with 'soapy bubbles' and fixed on a beautiful glass fish for a tap. Then the moss was added, ready to place the mirror. The tricky bit was getting the 'water' to look as if it was coming from the tap!

Faerie wash stand

The completed washstand!

Faerie potion chest

Faerie potion chest

Faerie potion chest , showing the drawers which contain seasonal herbs, plants and everything a faerie needs to make their potions! I have included a Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter drawer. On the top of the chest is a pestle and mortar, chopping board (on which a mandrake plant is ready to be prepared!), toadstools of every kind, dragon eggs......Woops! One has broken! ......and not forgetting the essential faerie dust!

Faerie closet

The faerie closet, showing the drawer contents: tiny shoes, faerie flower crown and gems, wings and sparkles!......The closet displays more faerie shoes, wings and faerie clothes.......