An Eerie (Fairy) Tale Shop

Yes I know Halloween is over! But it doesn't mean dark stuffs only can be made during Halloween! You’ve probably known a lot about Fairy Tales via Walt Disney since young. All those princes and princess stories, princes falling in love with a beautiful commoner, etc. etc. etc. and the endings are always happily ever after. So sweet! Makes you wanna fall in love. Who doesn't want to marry a handsome prince or beautiful princess? Thou shalt not deny. Somehow everyone has such thoughts at least once. Harmless to fantasize, and it does feels good to have a little taste of sweetness. When you picture your ideal prince/princess with a face of your favourite actor/actress, it will just bring the sweetness to another level and before you know it, you are already submerged in a pool of dopamine.

Alright, POP! Bubble burst! Back to reality. Though Walt Disney has shown us the very sweet and beautiful side of fairy tales, they seems to be somehow originally intended for adults. I always have an interest to understand how tales and folklore came about and how they eventually get passed down to become the versions we all hear today. So there’s actually some dark side to it, and some parts are pretty gruesome which Walt Disney had sanctioned them to cater for children. I shalt not talk about them, but here is article which speaks the truth. ~For your reading pleasure~

So, here is a masterpiece of various Fairy Tales elements that consist of some dark sides which you probably didn’t really know. And certainly, Graphic 45 An Eerie Tale paper collection fits in this project perfectly. Beware as you enter, there's always Once Upon a Time. Before we enter, we shall have a peep through from the outside...

A peep through via the window. Notice a fairy tale book, some pumpkins, Cinderella's bucket and broom, some hair locks, and a bottle of Rapunzel's tears. Besides stood a tree..

Route round the tree, there's more pumpkins with some of the juices flowing!! Does the pumpkin carriage made from these pumpkins? And a Raven sitting on the tree...

Enter and looking up from the tower, there lay Rapunzal's locks running all the way down to the ground  where Snow White's coffin and the Evil Queen's apple can be found. Of course, the spindle that pierced Princess Aurora's finger. 

Supposedly golden eggs? Has someone turned them into robin eggs?

Magical top view and as the sign plate stated within, it's An Eerie Tale Shop!!!

There's so much to look at and pictures just don't do much justice. Thanks so much for reading and I hope this entry is entertaining enough. Final note... Please don't curse me for ruining your childhood, and don't go around scaring kids away.

List of Supplies:

• Haunted House Kit
• Haunted House Black Chipboard Set
• Black Chipboard Windows Set
• More Old Windows Collage Sheet
• Tiny Little Coffin Boxes - Newer Collage Sheet
• Little Library Collage Sheet
• Graphic 45 An Eerie Tale Enchantment
• Graphic 45 An Eerie Tale Banners
• Graphic 45 Claw Feet
• Glittered Mini Seed Pods
• Glittered Gold Berry Clusters
• Thin Looped Dresden Border in Black
• Miniature Rustic Brooms
• Set of Miniature Books
• Tiny Glass Bottles
• Robin Nests with Eggs
• Pumpkin Pods
• Sheet Moss
• Leafy Green Underbrush
• Clump Foliage - Fall Mix
• Golden Rod Stickles
• ScrapFX Chipboards (Gnarly Tree & Crows, Nature Masterpiece, Rustic Tendril Corner, Mini Alphabets)
• Own Stash (wooden plank, apple, yarn, rustic tin bucket, hat pin, twine, straws, sticks, ferns & greens)

World's Fair Picture Perfect Peek-a-Boo Photo Booth

Alright I know I've been missing some posts. And I swear I'm starting to get myself on track. Procrastination kills and I don't deny I'm somewhat very susceptible to this kind of curse at times. Well, I guess this could be the worst curse ever on earth every human being will ever experience. It makes people dysfunctional at best.

So for today, I'm showcasing one of my projects I've done for Graphic 45 using their gorgeous World's Fair collection. This carnival series look so much fun in it! And I absolutely adore hot-air balloons!!! Looks like I can easily get fascinated over almost everything. 

Thinking about taking photos in a carnival fair? Here is this little booth at the World’s Fair where you can create/recreate yourself uniquely using the various photo props available. Only in this booth and nowhere else. Be inspired and fearless, create without fear...

My Cute Little Candy World

A couple of my wildest and sweetest imaginations (with a little childhood fantasy), are nothing real but sleeping in Hansel and Gretel's candy house and immersing in Jack & the Beanstalk’s gigantism metaphor. It's like looking big yet everything is perceived so small in reality. Well, some kind of irregularities here and I think I'm spouting some kind of out-of-space language. You are more than welcome to ignore this insanity here.

Taking inspiration from the 2 fables above (with a little touch of my twisted fantasy), I managed to mount my WIP watercan into a frame and build a box behind. Though it seems like my theory is a little off, I was actually keeping in mind to make the candy land a pretty one while building this up. Soooo... it turned out that my insanity has ended up something whimsical!!! Instead of a beanstalk, I used cotton candy as the bubbly land for the cute little candy house, which is up above this gigantic watering can. You will need to climb up from the floral cloud, up towards the mouth of the watering can, cross the key bridges and walk towards the candy house. A Sugar Godfather awaits you with lots of cotton candy and sweets… 

An assemblage art piece finally all done up, featuring in today's Graphic 45's blogpost!!! I hereby welcome you to enter into into my little candy world...

Eastern Estate Fairy Tea Booth No.5

For those who are fans of The Archies Show, you probably have heard this song Sugar, Sugar. Even I wasn't born in the 50s/60s, I knew about The Archies and had own a couple of Archies comics when young. Err... Is this a boy thing? Well, I stopped playing with dolls after watching Child's Play.

Ever thought how a fairy version of The Archies would look like? I took this inspiration boldly and brought my creative brain cells to another level. It was a seriously random, chaos and out of the space kind of process before I could piece things up together. Instead of a kissing booth, I did this little fairy tea booth for something you could relate to The Archies' Riverdale Carnival. The difference between them is just a few era away, happening in Eastern Estate not Riverdale High School. Just imagine them jamming in with wings and having tea.

Here I present the Eastern State Fairy Tea Booth No. 5!!! A very warm Welcome to this season's Tea Carnival!!!

This piece is available for sale HERE...

This tea booth is one of a kind, being No. 5 for what you could imagine; the Archies band has 5 members. A floral arch over the teapot with wings certainly tells you something ethereal is going on with this booth. And yes, this booth is nothing but only minute of everything...

Hmm... Someone has left a teacup here, within the roses below the floral arch...

Tea Booth No. 5 will only stop by here for this Carnival season as you could see there's wheels beneath, i.e. this booth moves like a cart! I hope it could fly, unfortunately due to the natural nature construction of this booth, it has to be down to earth. Staying grounded is always good. 

Well well well, all tea glitters, sugar, honey, teaware and dolly mat are sold at teaspoonful each - no more no less. A wide variety of tea glitters are available in this little red catalog. For the rich pollen bed is overly tempting, before you could browse through the catalog you would need to wear the pair of red gloves. Should any steals happen, any spots of pollen would be easily spotted.

Free tea session happens at 5 and 2/3 in the evening. Several range of sizzling glittering teas would be served on these shimmering teacups mats. Be sure to drop by before the booth is gone for good. Sugar, Honey, Tea or Me?

Here is a link that contains most of the items used for this project, whereas below is a breakdown list on what I used.

Supplies List:

• October 2015 Kit – Provence Kit 
• Provence French Country Add On Kit
• Tea #2 Collage Sheet
• Provence 6” x 6” Paper Pad
• Provence Cupboard Scrapbook Paper
• Tea Party Chipboard Die-Cut Set
• 3D Bronze Tea Time Teapot Charm
• Tiny Glass Jar with Lid
• Mini Resin Honey Jars
• Clockworks Laser-Cut Wood Embellishment
• Spoked Wheel Set – 1.5 inch
• Tiny Green Leaf Garland
• Paisley Gold Sequin Mix
• Faux Metal Number Plates
• Art Nouveau Wing Women
• Baroque Scroll with Loop
• Set of Miniature Books 
• 2mm Brass Flat Back Studs   
• Ornate Metal Brads – Antique Brass 
• 3mm Brass Flat Back Studs 
• Narrow Gold Fleur Dresden Borders 
• Golden Rod Sticklers
• Moss Sheet
• Leafy Green Underbrush
• Clump Foliage – Fall Mix
• Brilliance Pigment Ink Pad – Galaxy Gold
• E6000
• ScrapFX Fairy Wings
• Square Wood Block
• Prima Mini Mulberry Rose Buds and Resin Frames 
• Martha Stewart Craft Paint (rose gold & chestnut brown)
• Shimmerz Inklingz & Creameez (pink-a-boo, french twist, miner, miner, 49er, berry hot, get glowing)
• Cire A Dorer gilding wax in classic gold
• Own Stash (3D miniature milk jar, mini teacup charm, miniature red gloves, clear crystal bead, twigs, floral garland, bamboo skewers, gold glitter)

A Spring Summer Sun Clock

Alright I'm on altered clock again. When I received my latest Pion Design DT pack which contained Linnaeus Botanical Journal collection and design colour palette, I had a hard time thinking of a project I could do. As I looked at my room and there's wall clock, I knew I need a clock.

Here am sharing one project taking from Linnaeus famous sunclock as an inspiration and made myself a sun clock!