Recipes and Art
When we moved into our house, we decided to make one of the bathrooms mustache-and-Victorian themed. It’s been slow going dressing it appropriately until recently, when a lot of Victorian-inspired accessories began making their way onto the shelves. The accessory that was lacking, however, was the lightswitch plate. The double-wide switch doesn’t have a wide array of switchplates available, so I grabbed an acrylic one to cover with polymer clay for a mustache-inspired plate. I made one for the outlet as well as one for the lightswitches. I used beige Sculpey and a texture stamp for the base. After the Sculpey was baked, I painted it first with shimmer Mod Podge and then with a platinum metal powder mixed into glossy finish Mod Podge. And now our lightswitches match the rest of the room!
I’ve discovered the fun of playing with scanned fabrics recently and decided to use some scanned lace to this invitation to our semi-annual fancy party. Because really, what’s fancier than an octopus in a top hat and an old-timey mustache? The design has also been added to my cafepress store, www.cafepress.ca/crowlands
