January 2012 Archives - Calico Crafts

Valentine Heart Book

Pat found the vintage decor rose papers romantically inspiring and made this beautiful tactile, feminine heart shaped book.

Valentine Vintage Floral Altered Heart Book

Created by: Pat

January 31, 2012

Altered Chipboard Heart Vase

Heart Within a Heart….turn a chipboard vase into a stunning decoration using tissue paper, paint and a rusty tin heart!

3D Altered Chipboard Heart with Rusty Tin Heart Dangly

Created by: Trish

January 30, 2012

Quick Tips: Using up paper scraps…

Mini Paper packs and scrapbook paper offcuts, brought together to create a luxurious eastern looking luggage tag. simple and effective and leaves no excuse for wasting scraps.

Created by: Zuzu

January 29, 2012

My Mind’s Eye Notebook

This little vintage looking notebook was quick and fun to make and used very little supplies. It can be varied to make any size of book you like. A good way to use up sections of leftover papers.

Created by: Zuzu

January 27, 2012

Chinese Dragon Trinket Box

Turning a small plain wood box in to an ancient looking Lacquered Chinese treasure…why not take a look at Pats first design team project.

More detail of Chinese wood box with dragon and chinese coins

Created by: Pat

January 26, 2012

Click any image or post title to view the whole article, where you’ll find lots of additional images and more information about each project. We hope our passion for altered art in all its many forms gives you some inspiration, and we hope to see you again soon.

Read More... Created by: Helen @ Calico Crafts

January 24, 2012

Oriental Trinket Box and Tag

In celebration of the Chinese New Year, my first project for this month is an altered wooden box and a tag, altered in an oriental theme. Chinese New Year is a 15 day celebration and this year it runs from the 22nd January to the 6th of February.

Created by: Zuzu

January 23, 2012

Welcome the Calico Crafts Design Team

Our first Design Team – hurrah! Welcome to Zuzu (our DT Co-ordinator), Pat, Trish and Gillian – our very talented ladies will be bringing you lots of inspiration and great projects. If you’d like to know more about them, their crafting backgrounds and what inspires them, check out their bios here.

Calico Crafts Design Team Co-ordinator: Zuzu

Created by: Zuzu

January 23, 2012

Upcycled Vintage Style Filing Cabinet

Here’s a project I completed last year that made it to our Facebook page, but no further The chest is a £1 find from the local carboot, now upcycled into a useful filing/storage cabinet for bits and bobs.

Finished cabinet showing drawer fronts and side of wood chest

Created by: Helen @ Calico Crafts

January 23, 2012

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