What the Secret Easter Bunny wants but will never buy for herself...

This will be the first of a series of questions I asked the European Streetteam participants of the Secret Easter bunny swap. Some of the answers were just hilarious and I want to share them with you so you can have some smiles, laughs and even chuckles! Enjoy! :) I asked the participants: 'Name something you want but will never buy for yourself' Some of them were really clever as they replied:

• not sure...like to pamper myself
• or 'oops, basically i buy if i want :)
• necklaces - because I make them myself!
• expensive things :)

Some people have a long list but didn't know what to answer at the moment of writing.
Some people have a list and are convinced they will buy it as soon as money rolls in.
Some people didn't have doubts and this is what they want: (most of these can be purchased at Etsy so click on the pictures to go to the listing!)

Expensive sunglasses

A bulldog! But I'll never pay for a dog, so many poor adorable creatures just waiting to be adopted, it's a sin to give that amount of money for a dog.

Please click on the picture for some FUN!














A cabriolet car! (I even don’t drive)
She will need a driver with that for sure... :)






















A jukebox

A short tank top & low cut trousers. I found this one on Etsy for you, don't you love it? :)



































Some day I'll book a luxurious spa/meditation retreat for myself .























An expensive ball gown.

A Porsche

Manolo Blahnik shoes

A kiln.I didn't know if it was meant to be a glass kiln or not, but this one looks like the one I'm going to get very soon! :)

A handmade shoulderbag

A ceramic mug

Very sexy underwear

IPhone

A tailoredsewn coat. Not sure if this was what you had in mind but I thought it looked pretty neat! :)

Subrosa's crocheted skirt. Don't know if you had this one in mind but I like it! :)

A piano. Very affordable at TheHouseOfMouse

Perfume. I don't think you quite mean this one, unless you want to smell like a horse! LOL :)



















A yacht.

A diamond marriage ring! :)

A beautiful necklace of Kjoo.

I love this poster! but I don't know if I will order it, I'm scared about the shipping and in what conditions it could be arrive....


































Mmm...someone does count too??? LOL...ok...George Clooney...

A printing press.

A Hermes bag or other designer bag.

A beautiful leather bag. Not sure if this is what you meant but the lock is so superunique! :)

Work in progress

After all the moulding last week, I finally had some time to play with my moulds.
The plan is to make pendants, brooches or mini-art from these...
They are tiny: only 4 cm or 1,57 inches and they will even shrink a little bit more.
It was fun to make 'em but also very tedious work as they are so small.
Hmm, and I made a mould of only 2 cm or 0,79 inches... wonder if I can do magic with that one. Hope you like 'em! :)

How to make a double mould?

Moulds are very useful for repetitive tasks for example if you work with polymer, paperclay, ceramic clay, papier maché,...
Making a mould is not difficult, it's just a bit messy so you better have everything you need prepared beforehand.

This is what you need: plaster, empty icecream containers, liquid beeswax, clay, scissors, knife, doublesided tape, tape, modelling materials (only if you mould claywork), plasterlocks, paintbrush, water, towel. Be sure to protect your surface with a plastic tablecloth and wear an appron if you're messy.The most important thing when you make a double mould is marking the exact middle of the object you want to mould.Make a little bed for the object to lay in. I do that by rolling out a piece of clay and draping it around the object.
Then you need to make sure that it closes tight to the marking line by adding clay and making sure that no plaster can go underneath.
It's a very precise task and it always takes me ages...
Done! I'm satisfied with how it looks.
Now there are two ways to make the locks for the moulds. These are plastic ones that you press into the sides. The advantage is that they make the mould more durable. So if you are going to use it often, I advise you to buy some of these.
The second way is to press a round object into the sides of the object. Plaster will go into those and will give you a bump.I will use the mould a lot so I chose to work with the plastic locks.
Build with plastic a tower around the clay and make sure that there is enough clay on the bottom so no plaster can escape.
Pour the plaster into the construction and let it set.
After about an hour, I open up the construction and you see this...
Take away the little clay bed you made around the object.
Then make sure that the object looks all nice and happy again. You can do that by smoothening it with a credit card or a slightly wet brush.
As I didn't do a very good job on the plastic slots, I decided to add some extra clay around it. It won't matter for the result of the mould.
Since you'll be pouring plaster onto plaster, you will need to add liquid beeswax onto the plaster.
Build the little construction again and fill it with plaster.
After about an hour, this is the result.
Oh, and the object is a full lump of clay - it's not hollow inside as the pressure from the plaster would make it go all wonky.
The mould will need to dry very well before you can use it. I put it on the radiator.
It will be great for much future fun! :)
Enjoy moulding if you start and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Finished project

I finished the second one and wearing 'em as I write. They are so soft and comfortable! Love 'em and I'm glad I didn't give up! :)
Get your own pattern from Mamachee & I promise you won't be dissapointed! If it wasn't for all the help & support she gave me, I don't think I could show 'em off now!

Mini Etsy meeting

Remember I made cookies? Well, these were actually to take to the little EST (European Street Team) meeting I had with Kerrin from Sigmosaics, Myrte from Mirthquake and Vanessa who is an eager buyer on Etsy.
After the batch that failed, I made a new batch that turned out fine... I certainly learned a lesson. :)
I wrapped them up nicely to take to our little meeting & the happy girls were getting all excited.
This is Kerrin. She asked me to take a picture of her wearing Nanouke's lovely ring & bracelet.
Here you can see how much fun we had... our jaws just really hurted from laughing.Decided to be a bit more serious for a group picture...Kerrin & Myrte selftiming for a group shot.Here is the happy European Street Team bunch. Look at the beautiful pins we got from Mirthquake! :)What a funfilled day it was! :) We were all definitely happy girls... no doubt about that.

When I got home, I still had a big task ahead of me: matching all the participants for the EST Easter Bunny swap. No less then 50 people signed up and it was quite hard as they almost all love bags and we don't have that many bagmakers! LOL :)
Anyway, I get to read all the questionnaires filled out and I had to laugh so hard with StarOfThe East as she managed to change one question a little bit but it makes a huge difference in the answer...
I asked: 'Favorite stores (on line + real life):'
She managed to write this: Favorite stories (on line + real life): http://star-of-the-east.blogspot.com/2008/12/solvingor-problem.html
Hahaha, so if you don't like the question, you just change it! Fun approach! :)
She was wondering what I was going to do with her favorite story...