Author: Christine

How to keep happy Whovian friends

18” x 13.25” Materials used: Gesso, acrylic paint, clear acrylic gloss, plexiglass Work time: Approximately 5 hours So for Christmas I wanted to get two of my bestest buds in the whole word, Amanda and Kelsey, the TARDIS tea pot. But overachiever that I am, I couldn’t stop at that. So I found a regular…

Game of Thrones dragon eggs

4″ x 3″ Materials used: size 10 crochet thread, size 3 crochet hook, cotton batting. Work time: 24 hours for 1 egg, 3 days for full set Update: The pattern is now available! Check it out. A few weeks ago I learned how to do the crocodile stitch and I immediately knew I had to…

Futurama brain slug

3″ x 3″ Materials used: ??? yarn, F size crochet hook Work time: 2 hours I forgot I had this. I made it some time last spring while I caught up on Futurama via Netflix. I got the Planet Express shirt later that year. When I found this little bugger while spring cleaning, I thought…

“Monster” – Hayley Williams

Work time: 7 hours Media used: Photoshop CS6, Wacom Graphire tablet This is a piece I found while gathering my WIPs. At the time I didn’t think it was finished, but I just needed time away from it to see that it is. Anyway, it’s Hayley Williams, the lead singer of Paramore. It’s a shot…

Yoko Littner costume pieces

Barrett 1.75″ x 1.75″, Chopsticks 8″, Scarf 4.5″ x 22″ Material used: Tin foil, air dry clay, alligator clip barrette, gesso, acrylic paint (white, black, yellow), take out chopsticks, yarn (pink, magenta, white), 9″ magenta separating zipper, circular knitting needles Work Time: Barrette 3 hours, Chopsticks 1 hour, Scarf 12 hours TECHNICAL WALKTHROUGH– The scarf…

Poinsettia Christmas tree

Approximately 1’ tall Materials used: Cardboard, homemade paper mach paste, computer paper, masking tape, balloons, tin foil, paper clay, sandpaper, primer, copper spray paint, acrylic paint (black, white, green, yellow), gloss top coat spray, nail polish remover, velvet scrapbooking paper (red, dark red, green), seed beads, hot glue, gold ribbon, floral wire Work time: 1…

A celebration of bat-conclusions

This is a little old, but this was my nail set I painted in celebration of the conclusions of both the Batman film trilogy and The Court of Owls arc. Bonus: I tweeted it and got retweeted by current Batman writer, Scott Snyder, along with a “That is awesome!” It pretty much made my life….

Storybrooke Sheriff’s Badge

  3.25” x 3.25” Materials used: Air dry clay, primer, gold spray paint, gloss top coat spray, acrylic paint (black, yellow ocher, burnt umber), faux leather, scrap quilting fabric, magnets, cardboard, epoxy glue Work Time: approximately 24 hours TECHNICAL WALKTHROUGH— I started out by cutting a circle and triangle out of paper. Next, I rolled…

Assembled

Materials used: various nail polishes, black Sally Hansen nail art pen, and a paint brush. Work Time: However long it took to marathon the Avengers’ individual movies. First image: (clockwise) Hawkeye, S.H.I.E.L.D. insignia, Thor, Black Widow, Iron Man Second image: (clockwise) Captain America, Wasp, Ant Man, Avengers logo, Hulk In honor of the new Avenger’s…

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