Showing posts with label unicorns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unicorns. Show all posts

26 February 2012

Unicorns altered!

Another week gone and it's almost March!  Where does the time go? I'm sure it was only Christmas a few days ago!

Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone who commented on last weeks post about my unicorn plaques, your feedback was fantastic and just goes to show that different people like different things. I've decided to keep both plaque ideas but taken your advice and made a few differences. The unicorns with rainbows are staying pretty much as they are,


I will have a go at writing the name in big colourful letters down the rainbow but if that doesn't look right then I shall just make the letters bolder so they stand out more. As for the plain unicorns they've had a bit of makeover.


I've added the dashed line border to them which I think really makes a difference to plaques and lots of people seem to like this. I might try a rainbow coloured dashed line with the rainbow plaques but I think just one colour looks better on these ones. I've also made the eye darker on the pink unicorn, she doesn't look as evil now as she did with pink eyes! Finally I've added some silver stars to the background. So what do you think now?


Now we can't forget that very soon it will be mothers day. I don't have any children but I love this time of year as I love spoiling my mum. I will do a more detailed post about Mothers day soon but I just wanted to show you a plaque I've made as a mothers day gift idea,


The big teddy will obviously have the pink bow but the little one can have a pink or blue bow depending on whether it's a gift from a girl or boy. I can also add the givers name underneath if requested. I have to admit I'm pretty pleased with these, I'm still working on facial expressions but I'm getting there, a slight change in bow colours and wording and it's a gift for fathers day too!

Enough from me, it's now time to go over to Wendy's Handmade Monday and see what everyone else has been up to.
Until next time,
Jem
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20 February 2012

Unicorns

Just a short post this weekend to show some plaques that i've been working on and to join in with Handmade Monday which I missed last week.

I love the idea of a magical fantasy world which is partly why I created the dragon plaques a little while ago. To carry on the fantasy theme I made some unicorn plaques in pink and purple but there was something about them that I wasn't too sure on,



So I decided to tweak them and give them a white background but again I wasn't too sure, they looked a little plain, so on went the thinking cap and after a bit of deliberation I decided to add a rainbow with little flowers.

Lola

Lily

Lucy

Just like the dragons I have named these unicorns but I'm still a little unsure of them, one of the worst things about doing crafts is that its so easy to criticise yourself so readers i'm asking for your advice, which one do you prefer? The plain ones or the ones with the rainbows? Do you think they should be altered further or done completely different? I'm open to any suggestions!

Please go see what the other crafters are up to over at Handmade Monday, I'm off to bed now as I've just finished a night shift but i'll be looking through them all this evening.
Have a great week,
Jem
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