All Drawings, Artwork, Artwork, Craft, Cosplays and Costumes, Fantasy, Mythical Creatures, Paintings

Valkryies were Priestesses of Odin, from Norse Mythology. They roamed battlefields, searching for the souls of the best warriors to feast at Odin’s table in Valhalla, for eternity. The wolves they rode, ate fallen warriors bodies. They are accompanied by ravens that circled above them on the battlefields.

I love the imagery of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights flickered off their shields as they rode through the nights sky…

Materials used: pencil, pen and water-colour paint

Valkyrie Steeds

 

Cosplay and Costumes, Weapons and Props

Below is a collection of weapons and other props,

I have created for various Cosplays

(Hand made from recycled materials)

I really enjoy designing, building and decorating props for my Cosplays. Although costumes are the base of a Cosplay. The props, large and small, really define the character and brings them to life. And I have always been more interested in the swords and weapons anyway!

Collection of all props

Props included (from left to right):

  • Sasha (Attack on Titan) – Dual swords and boxes
  • Riddler (Batman) – Staff
  • Marceline (Adventure Time) – Bass Axe
  • Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tale) – Dual katanas
  • Wonder Woman – Sword and leg guards
  • Rey (Star Wars) –  Staff and lightsaber

 

Weapons and Props

Joker: Set and Props

Prop List:

  • Bomb present
  • Hand grenade Joker inspired bombs
  • Gun with ‘BANG’ sign
  • Dynamite sticks with the Joker’s logo
  • Clowns and Joker cards
  • Other weapons, in green and purple

 

Artwork, Craft projects, How-to-guides, Up-cycling

Up-cycled dressing table

I up-cycled an old wooden desk into a vintage map inspired dressing table

I have always loved old maps, and as I have recently moved to London I used an old map of London on the draws to add character and personalise it

I bought the large mirror, with refurbished wood frame, from a charity shop

 

 

When my brother was moving out, he needed to dispose of this old wooden desk and I wanted to give it a new home rather than see it get thrown away

I liked the style but the old varnished pine look is quite dated and didn’t fit into my room

So I decided I would up-cycle it into a dressing table for my room!

Photograhs showing the desk transformation

How-to-guide:

Desk before make-over, with equipment used
  • Clean and sand desk
  • Paint white (or chosen colour)
  • Attach maps to draws and apply protective layer of PVA glue
  • Decorate!

 

Craft projects

We just celebrated my Mums Birthday and she loved the variety of wrapping paper and envelope colours she received, so I made bunting out of her favourite ones as a permanent reminder

Mums Birthday presents and drawing
Mums Birthday Bunting
Artwork, Craft projects, Up-cycling

I bought a bright pink stool at a carboot-sale to decoupage

I bought a vintage ‘Rupert the Bear’ children’s book to cover the seat

And used pages from another children’s book on the legs

Rupert the Bear children’s stool, with Vintage children’s toys
Close-up on childrens stool
Artwork, Craft projects, Up-cycling

When I bought these pegs at a carboot sale, they were a scruffy dark brown wood, but I could see the potential in them

I sanded them down and painted them this calming blue to give them a new lease of life

Baby blue pegs with hearts
Artwork, Craft projects, Up-cycling

I was given a beautiful buttons jar with pin cushion top from Liberty for my birthday, and I was inspired to create my own

Sewing jars

How-to-guide:

  • I washed and removed labels from old glass jars.
  • I attached stuffing and patterned material to the lid to create a pin cushion
  • I used ribbon and other decoration to give them an individual style
  • Lastly, I filled the jars with buttons, beads and other sewing pieces
Artwork, Craft projects, Up-cycling

Vintage peg memo boards or key hook boards

I created these music and vintage inspired organisers, with hooks for keys and pegs for memos

I have always loved old maps, stamps and anything else really!

Music sheet Vintage inspired note boards

Close-up of Vintage inspired note boards

How-to-guide:

  • I cut planks of wood into sections and sanded the edges
  • I made holes in the back so it can be hung on a nail on a wall
  • I glued vintage maps or music sheets to the front
  • I painted wooden pegs in bright polka-dots to add a modern edge, to act as a memo holder. And attached to the boards
  • I then attached a variety of decorations including; stamps, buttons and vintage style drawings
  • PVA glue top coat to secure decorations
  • I added hooks on the bottom of some to act as a key hook