Monstering Adventures

Romina and Boris at St Paul's Carnival

Paul and Zara at Glade

After a sucessful weekend at the Fabulous Travelling Bag Folk I had mixed emotions as some of my much loved Monster Hoods went out into the world. Obviously I was happy to see them find new owners but I am sure going to miss them. And yet over the weeks I have seen my creations tagged in a number of romps around Bristol and I have to say its a thrill to see people love them as much as I do!

I have been busy creating new designs with bigger, brighter impact and some specially tailored points! Watch this space for stegasaurus spikes and gnomish peaks!

Monster Hoods

Meet Wizgone

We do like to switch and turn, to play around with different ideas and skills. The steampunk jewellery was a lot of fun but it is so last season! Now we have moved onto fluffier, terrifying monster hoods to get people dressing up for the festival season. I have to say that these monster's are probably the most fun thing I have ever made, each one is different so I never get bored or tired of doing the same thing. It is so satisfying to produce something that is unique and extremely popular among my friends. Every monster is hand-stitched from recycled materials dug out of my overflowing studio, they acquire names and personalities as they are created and come to life.

This is Splodge, Hammond Splodge

They are given a lining of awesome fabric to compliment the design while also making you look cool even when wearing it down, and to avoid it falling off I have designed counterweight straps that can be worn loose or tied for security. Plus they are an awesome poking device for pesky friends.

Estelle

I have had so much fun designing and creating these monster and can't wait to showcase them at the Fabulous Travelling Bag Folk's first ever market. 

The Fabulous Travelling Bag Folk

I am so excited, for weeks I have been scheming and plotting with some fellow creatives and we have come up with a Fabulous new venture. All of us have attended various market's in and around Bristol, sometimes they have a good turnout, ocassionally it is worth standing around in the cold, but most of the time (in my experience at least) they are disapointing. A lack of publicity is the biggest downer, when all there is to bring people in is a black and white A-board stuck outside on the day it's not surprising there isn't much interest. I have been to market's where the venues is so dark and dingy you can't even see the stall's, there have been times when the venue hosts have made it clear that we are in the way. In short, Bristol has a terrible lack of fun, atmospheric markets.

So me and my fellow schemers have come up with The Fabulous Travelling Bag Folk, we have collared all our crafty friends and hired out a venue, we've brainstormed idea's to get punter's in and enjoying the atmosphere. We've got fancy dress, competitions for the best bearded lady and the most marvelous hat, we have a number of great Dj's on hand. A blank board for our guests to doodle on, wandering entertainers to fill the air full of juggling balls and general carnivally amusement!

Moon and Magic are certainly be going along, we are splitting up the team and will be hosting two stalls. My sister is taking charge of the steampunk jewellery, spats and custom suit jackets, while I'll be presenting our newest venture...Introducing Moon and Magic fantastically unique and terrifyingly cosy MONSTER HOODS!!!!! Oh yeah, handmade from recycled materials and designed with much enthusiasm, each one is individually crafted and has it's very own personality.

If you want to enjoy a day of entertainment, fantastic handmade goods and support local crafters of Bristol then hop along to:

The Greenbank Pub

(Easton)

14th May 2 pm - 2 am

More information will be available soon, in the meantime stick it on your calendar, tell all your friends and join our facebook event!!!!

Blue skies 

Luna

Steampunk

I've been hit by a bug, it's hard and shiny and it's great! I spent this morning flitting in and out of second-hand shops and boutiques in Clifton (Bristol) I picked up some great finds to turn into funky SteamPunky jewellery. My best finds this week though came from a Timspon's key cutting shop. Their rubbish bin turned out dozens of keys in various shapes and sizes and this awesome watch-strap which made this Choker. They even gave me a little bag of metal glitter, offcuts from the key-cutting machine. They are very shiny but super sharp so I'm going to have to think of a safe way to incorporate them.
Besides picking up random bits and pieces my mission today was to find some shops that will sell my work. I found two perfect little stores called 'I Love Crafty' and 'Bamonte Clothing' (you should check them out) They are complete opposites, one's fluffy and pink and sells fairy cakes while the other is a bit more edgy but they are both awesome!
Anyway enjoy the weekend,
Lu.

Today was a day of many crazy processes from hand dying old lace with red onions to pulling massive parts of metal apart. After much discussion and many cups of tea we (Luna, Taz, Genie and Lucy) crammed into the tiny little studio and rummaged through a box of metal scraps. There was anything and everything to be found and we were all quickly consumed by the excitement of piecing together our junk to form beautiful controlled mess. 

..Tazie..

Blue Skies for the New Year!

Hello world!
Moon and Magic have had some days of inspirational research, in the weeks to come we will be busting out some fantastic products under the title 'Dereliction'. We are smooshing together the up and coming trend of SteamPunk with the wild colours and textures of nature!

This year we're working to get our Etsy shop fully up and running with new products being added weekly. Check us out on Squidoo where you can keep up to date with our work. http://www.squidoo.com/moon-and-magic