Kid's craft project: underwater habitat in a box

Underwater habitat in a box. Great kids craft project, the secret was to do a bit at a time and assemble at the end.

It even involved a trip to the beach to collect sand and shells. The jellyfish are made from plastic egg cartons and strips of bubble wrap.

Note from the artist:

How to make a Habitat Box

First choose a habitat you want to make in your box. Round up things that you can use e.g. scrap paper and card, plastic egg boxes, das or clay and toy animals. You may also need  paint, glue and scissors. Now you are ready to make your habitat box! To make a background you could cover the back with paper or paint it.

Ideas for different boxes

For a forest or a jungle habitat box, you can glue some toy animals to the bottom of the box or make animals out of das or clay. 

If you are making a underground habitat you could collect soil, dried leaves and twigs to glue on to make a special background.

A desert or a beach habitat could have real sand and shells that could be collected from any beach.

New metallic fabrics

I'm very pleased with my latest haul of designer fabrics. As usual they come from ends of rolls used by the fashion house Max Mara, high quality Italian textiles.

Three of them use gold metallic elements, I love how they combine with the other textures, creating a sort of rustic but luxurious feel. The bottom fabric is a hemp/linen weave which I couldn't resist for its natural, textural qualities.

I can't wait to use these fabrics for some pillows, my collection for spring and summer 2013 will be featuring a lot of metallic elements so these fit right in.

Etsy Holiday Shop

Back in october I was contacted by Etsy to take part in an amazing project, the Etsy Holiday Shop in New York, a pop-up shopping experience combining workshops, performances, art and of course a selection of items from Etsy sellers, including mine. I only wish they could've fedexed me to New York along with my pillows, as I would've loved to have been there, especially to see the great Reggie Watts!

There's my rainbow houses pillow at the right end of the couch.

You can read more about the shop in the Etsy Blog or check out their flickr photos of the event