June / July 2018
Hi again Toggers......we seemed to have produced a lot of work so far this year...and we have picked up many new skills on the way......Thanks to Ann, Jennifer & Marilyn also Brian, Lisa and Hansa who volunteer their time each week to make TOG such a success........also maybe you don't know, but behind the scenes Miguel & Lisa volunteered to set up and manage our two websites TOG & DON'T FRET/UKECAN......they have both been doing this for a few years now, so done to them.
Lets get on now and look at your work.
Jennifer's Art Table
Marilyn's Jewellery Table
Craft Table
I found a dozen children's tin buckets in a charity shop for 25p each.....I had no idea what to do with them at the time...but couldn't resist a good bargain....Here's what happened to them.......we started of by gluing torn up tissue paper all over the surface.
We needed to put a coat of white emulsion paint over the original gloss artwork. By covering the tins with white tissue paper it made it easier to paint.
We stencilled over the white painted tins with a tile adhesive to get an embossed look and then painted over the raised design.
THE FINISHED PRODUCT.....we were aiming for the trendy 'Shabby Chic' look using sandpaper to distress the paint.
Printing words on the tin was another skill we learnt. Maybe I will go into how we achieved that look another time.
So a lot of craft skills were learnt on these little children's tin buckets.
Lisa's Ukulele Group
Tog Summer Party 2018 Entertained by Don't Fret and UKECAN
Thank you Jennifer for the food......especially the yummy PIZZA's....
We are off now for a well earned rest......we will be back for some more fun and games on Wednesday 12th September.......Bye for now Patricia x