Potter Choccy

I decided to make some miniature Honeydukes chocolate / candy bars after I made some for the Harry Potter Keepsake Box.

They make a great pin and look pretty great in my honest humble opinion.

I am wearing one in the picture as you can see and it was by complete coincidence that my top looks like one of Hermione's LOL

If you want to buy one, you can do so by clicking HERE

You Have Been Chosen !

Just a little keepsake project to share with you today. I was just having a play around after watching Toy Story for the millionth time.

A simple design featuring the trademark 3 eyes and smiley mouth along with the slogan "You Have Been Chosen", this is available from my ETSY shop 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/122126550/disney-pixar-toy-story-alien-keepsake

Whilst you are there, check out my other keepsake boxes including my latest Harry Potter creation.

I'm Just Wild About Harry

First of all I really need to apologise for the complete lack of posts since July 2012. I have been so busy with commissions and other projects that this blog got forgotten about :(

So here are some pictures and details of some of the recent projects I have been working on....

This is a Harry Potter wand plaque I did for myself in the summer. I bought 3 wands (Harry's, Hermione's and Dumbledore's) when I visited the Wizarding World of Harry Potter a couple of years ago and couldn't really display them properly so I just found this old piece of wood, cut it to size, stained it, attached the Hogwarts and house crests, attached some decorative screw hooks and the end product turned out exactly how I wanted.

I also started work on some Harry Potter inspired keepsake boxes. This is the first one (again, just made for myself). It features a miniature Harry, a chocolate frog and box, Gryffindor crest, Honeydukes chocolate bar (started) and Harry's Hogwarts invitation letter and envelope. The front features Harry's Hogwarts Express ticket and the sides feature various potion labels.

I have made another one for sale on etsy so keep an eye on my shop CHASING WHIMSIES because it will be added within the next few days.

One product already for sale are my wonderful Chocolate Frog pendants.

Made from polymer clay and varnished to look just like delicious glossy chocolate, the pendants are available now for sale at the price of $12.99.

So, that's what has been keeping me busy (amongst other things) but coming up in the next few months will be more themed keepsake boxes and film inspired pendants !!

Bye for now x

You're Mocking Me Aren't You ?

Fresh on the heels of my Toy Story Keepsake Box themed after Andy's room comes another one from the same movies.....this time it's Buzz Lightyear himself that gets the glory.

I had a lot of fun with this one. It wasn't easy and quite a few things went wrong (they always do) but the end result is one I am very pleased with.

I wanted this one to be quite obviously Buzz. A box that you could tell straight away was Buzz Lightyear without even seeing the top. It features all his iconic colours, his control panel buttons and logos.....the whole kit and caboodle !

I am planning on producing a Woody box to keep the Buzz one company but it may have to wait as I have some other projects I want to do first.

If you are intersted in purchasing this one of a kind Buzz Lightyear Keepsake box, then please visit my ETSY shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ChasingWhimsies

Where it can be yours for the rather bargain price of $39.99

Give-away !!!

I have a created an exclusive piece for a fantastic Disney Fan blog called Disneyland Guru.

It's entitled "Clockwork Mouse" and features what is clearly the iconic Mickey Mouse symbol.

It's a bit more abstract than some of my other Steampunk creations but that was my intention.

If you want to be in with a chance of winning this one of a kind piece, head over to Disneyland Guru, check out what a great site it is and have a go !

And if you want to see what else I have on offer to buy, visit my ETSY shop

What's This, What's This ???

I can't remember the first time I saw The Nightmare Before Christmas but I do remember being completely enthralled by it from the very first few minutes.

I have always been a fan of Tim Burton anyway and I am probably one of the few people that think his version of Planet of the Apes is actually quite good ! But I digress.

The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favourite films and I find myself going back to it time and time again to watch. It is magnificent in High Definition and I wanted to create a keepsake box that would do the film justice.

So here is my second keepsake box creation. It's quite a bit larger than my Toy Story box but that was deliberate because I wanted my next project to be BIG !

I had a lot of fun creating the gravestones and of course I couldn't forget one for Zero so his kennel is featured on one of the sides. I decided to keep the town background the same for all four sides but thought a varied range of gravestones would look really good.

Finishing the sides off are the essential bats that any self respecting Halloween Town would want and the lid is decorated with four rather lovely looking pumpkins.

This was a real labour of love for me and I am now busy working on another Pixar themed box so keep your eyes peeled for that.

This box is for sale via ETSY

To Infinity............and Beyond ???

As well as producing one of a kind Steampunk pendants I have also ventured into the keepsake box side of things now. I have always been fascinated by themed boxes and have quite a collection of 'official' ones myself but I really wanted to dip my toe into the water and start creating some myself.

As with all my projects I tend to have more than one on the go at any one time. To be honest my head is like a roulette wheel of ideas most of the time and I find it hard to commit to one project in case I forget any of the other ideas that are spinning round so whilst today I present to you my first keepsake box, trust me, many more are just round the corner.

So here is my first in what will hopefully be one of many keepsake boxes.........Toy Story.

Available to buy from my ETSY SHOP

I love the Toy Story films. In fact all the Pixar films are very dear to me for many reasons but I will never forget going to the cinema to see Toy Story for the first time way back in 1995 and being amazed at what I was witnessing.

From that moment I was hooked and have been a fan of everything Pixar ever since.

This box is based on all three Toy Story films but the main decoration is clearly focused on the original film.....and Andy's wallpaper.

Painted in a beautiful shade of sky blue, I wanted the clouds to really stand out so I hand sculpted every single cloud, even the small ones, from white polymer clay and then (because I wasn't happy with the shade of white) painted each cloud with a high quality white paint that I was happy with.

The 'wooden' bun feet are actually made from two different colours of polymer clay which I blended together to give that authentic wooden look and feel.

The top of the box was originally going to be covered with some very small Toy Story toys that I had gathered over the years and, although the quality of the toys was overall very good, it started to look very busy and a bit messy so I decided to keep it simple yet effective and made some individual stamps featuring all my favourite characters.

Most keepsake boxes I have collected over the years have always been pretty plain on the inside but I wanted to something that wouldn't interfere with storage but still give the box a special quality. As to be expected with Andy's bedroom, the inside has a laminated wooden floor, white skirting boards and the inside lid is dedicated to Andy's wall and features two drawings of Buzz and Woody from Andy himself and some of his favourite stickers.

I am very, very pleased with my first box project. The quality is very high throughout and I am looking forward to showing you my next one........which is a nightmare........and hopefully before Christmas ;)