Paper mache fish

Keeping up with our preparations for the nephews kindergarten party we used these paper mache fish I had made a while back. They were a sort of test to see how easy it would be and how they'd look, I never painted them so now was an excellent occasion to do it. Georgia painted them and she used colors that will pop against a blue background green, red and orange. I love the way they look and hopefully they'll fit right in the decor :-)

A lovely project: continue curioso, you can check out the previous clips they have English subtitles.
Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Aleka

Monday Moodboard - In the sea

{1. fish purse from galafilc 2. paper bowl from pErix 

3. print from ollina 4. pocket mirror from krize}

I'm staying indoors, seems like the only way to keep cool. Every time I open a window and go outside this giant wave of heat hits me. Summer in Greece is no fun for me, I can't stand the intense heat, the intensity of the sun. So here's were I wish I was: diving deep into the cool sea. Fish are so lucky right?

Hoping the new week will spare us and drop a few degrees,

xoxo

Aleka

ps. See more Monday moodboards at Estella's blog right here!

Stamping

I bought this pack of round erasers, six of them for half a euro, quite a bargain. I liked their round shape and decided to carve up some Christmas themes (and a little fishy!). I am a bit out of practice, so they are not perfect but I still like them. I'm also wondering if there are carving tools with smaller tips, the ones I have are quite big for such a small surface. Anyway, I'm planning on going there again and buying some more erasers, I'm thinking of doing a few fishes :-)
See more creative people here!
xoxo
aleka

A fish brooch

The lat few days I took advantage of the sunlight and took some photos of the earrings and paper mache brooches in my hand and the felt brooches on the mannequin. I'm hoping it will help with the size reference. Then the sun went away only to come back today so that I could photograph this fish brooch, I wasn't really happy with the first photos. It's still trial and error trying to get the perfect photo!
Another thing I've done is change the avatar and banner for our jewelry shop, I liked the old ones but I have to admit I like the new ones a lot more! Also I like the jewelry with a twist shop title, I'm thinking of making it more specific but maybe I'll do that later...

Fish

My paper mache fish, I have only made three but I love each one of them so much! I wanted to paint them so that the illustration from the newspaper would be visible, I really like the result and will make more in the future!