They're multiplying!

So put your hand up if you've ever thought of an idea and just run with it only to have that idea completely crash and burn. Yeah me too. Well since I set up the page FattyCrafterTales and have opened a shop on Etsy I'm sad to say I have become much more cautious. I would blame age but then I would have to admit that I have aged and of course I haven't, not since I hit 25.

By the by, when I have my ideas I try now to actually think about them which is what leads me to this sorry little picture.

I had decided to extend the quilled paper range onto candles - look at me sounding all posh with my 'range' - but I also realised that paper and heat forms two elements of the fire triangle so could essentially catch fire. Not good: the flames are supposed to be pretty not terrifying. Also I didn't know how PVA stood under heat. So I sacrificed some quilled paper and attached them to a tea light. As you can see the papers stayed on the casing and as I am writing this you can deduce it didn't end in a house fire and lots of trauma. It did end with me cleaning lots as I had to wait the two hours it took the candle to burn. Grrr, I knew there was more than one reason I don't like candles.

After I knew it was safe I set about turning this:

(Lots of shredded paper)

Into this:

Those tiny coils take ages but I am thrilled to discover cotton buds are great glue applicators. Not in the least because I'm a messy crafter as well as a fatty crafter and I don't always clean up after myself and I do regularly have to throw brushes away because they are too hard with glue to use again.

Then it was just about sitting watching a film (Magdalen Sisters to be precise) while I applied the glue and coils to plain candles.

Firstly we have a rainbow candle:

And I promise you I am sick of the song - I won't be making anything more in a rainbow style for quite a while let me tell you. Then when I was feeling brave I used bigger coils to be a little bit more arty:

I have left the bottom bit empty although I did think about green to represent land but instead I thought it looked really nice with the blue and white.

At this point my film finished and I had run out of inspiration and coiled up papers - they take a while to make. So I put the little family together.

These will be going in my Etsy shop this week of I don't get any interest on Facebook or here. Hope you like them and if you can think of any more patterns I would love to hear from you.

Toodles x