BoPeep Kids

On Friday we made these pin cushions from Champagne corks, stuffing and dotty fabric : It is said that long ago in Siberia the red and white Mushrooms which grew under the evergreen (Christmas Trees) where fed to the Reindeer so the subsequent urine could be drunk by folk in order to obtain psychedelic experience with out the unpleasant side effects; thus flying Reindeer. The red and white of the mushrooms are also said to have influenced Santas red and white suit.

Today we dived into the scrap box and made these wonderful angels for the tops of our Christmas trees (one day Angel making workshop)

Bopeep shall be selling their wears at:

with Philippa Eyland- Gentle.
38 Southwell Road. SE5 9PG
Friday 9th 6.00 til 9.00 Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th December, 12.00 til 5.00pm

Sunday 11th December In Myatts Fields I shall have a stall at the Art Market where there shall also be Carol singing from St,John The Divine Choir and an opportunity for your child to make Christingle to take home.

Home Christmas Sale including exhibition of pictures by Laura Morton Griffiths and tiny treasures by Philippa Eyland-Gentle
25 Hayes Court. SE5 0TQ
Saturday 17th December 2.00-6.00pm

The scraps from the jacket where so beautiful I made some iconic tomato pin cushions. They originate as a guarantee of prosperity and a repellent of evil sprits if places on the mantle of a new home. Their use as a pin cushion came later.

To day at the nest we made a beehive and some bees. In side is the queen and the honey comb.

Recently I have been getting some rather lovely scraps from felter: www.prillywear.com . The latest was a long coat which I have refashioned as a jacket. So excited was I by the result that I intend to make more; many more. So, if you have any large scraps you would like rearranged in this manner, please get in touch.

Brenda the lovely model for the summer doll, shows off new frock made from Sky's favorite dress .

Last Chance to enroll on 101Things To Do With an Old Jumper and Junky Jewelery : http:broadoak.sfx.ac.uk

Today Sally hosted our one day appliqué workshop for ages five to ten and here are some of the results:

Here are some of the creations from the one day junky jewelery workshop (The weekly course is soon to start at broadoak.sfx.ac.uk. deadline to sign up is the 19th September, spaces are limited so hurry hurry)

Here are some of the dolls made during: 'Summer Classes For Kids'

Jackie shall be on Camberwell Green this coming Saturday 23rd July selling her bags monkeys and choice vintage from 10.00 am till mid afternoon. Get set for the run up to the Olympic games: sports and activities for everyone from midday. Hope to see you there.

Summer classes for kids shall be run from my kitchen table or a venue of your choice.
Dates available are from 12th until 20th August. Days start from 10.00am and run til 3.00 and cost £30 per child for the day + materials.
Suggested projects are:
Make a doll from a pair of socks (this could be an animal).
Design and make a bag.
Jewelry making.
Learn to crochet or knit.
Make an item of furniture for a doll.
Mobile making.
Please get in touch for more details.

St.Francis Xavier College has begun to take bookings for the autumn term which starts on 19th September and runs until 2nd December.
All bookings need to be made before 19th December.
I shall be teaching Bead wire and Chain jewelry (Junky Jewelry) on a tuesday evening from 7.00 til 9.00
General crafts or 101 things to do with an old jumper shall run on a thursday afternoon from 2.00 til 4.00 or from 7.00 til 9.00 on a thursday evening.
Each ten week course costs £80 for the term, please look under classes and courses for more details or you can contact me via this web site if you have any further questions..... hope to see you there.

At the weekend I opened my studio/kitchen as part of Camberwell Arts Week and invited people to bring old jumpers or jewelry to be transformed into something new and exciting.
Lynne came with a baggy polo neck and left with a fitted cropped jacket (the pockets went home to be added later).
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Ellie arrived with a broken bracelet and her mums old necklace and left with a new necklace.

Today Freya and nine of her friends made hair accessories. They took home sewing kits and Japanese Origami Balloons.

On Fathers day we chopped up a chunky sweater in order to make mustaches; so we could all look a little bit 'fatherly'

Saturday 18th June 2.00 til 5.00 Jackie shall be over the road at her stall as part of The Myatts field fair.
Sunday 19th June 12.00 til 6.00 jackie shall be at her kitchen table where you can join her for a cup of tea and share advice on the care and repair and creative possibilities of worn woolens and jewellery see: www.camberwellarts.org.uk


Saturday 26th Sun 27thJune As part of Camberwell Arts Festival we shall be opening the door from 12.00 til 6.00 so that people can visit Jackie at her kitchen table where she shall be demonstrating the up-cycling of old woolens and jewelly. Some items shall also be available to buy

We shall also be at 'The Cally Festival' N1 on Saturday 3rd of July

This evening Clara managed to finnish her slippers, Emilia made a bracelet,




LuLu and Dani made some birds and Livy made a cool wrist band

Creative Beading, Junky Jewelry and 101 Things To Do With An Old Jumper are due to start from 3rd May in Clapham south. Enrollment evening is on Monday 11th April 6.00 till 8.00. please look under courses on this site for more info.

Once we got back we set about creating our own model using found objects. The sun we painted a huge piece of card board, Mercury is the tin foil from Oscars lunch, Venus a scone, Earth is a painted potato.Mars a tangerine, beads for the asteroid belt, painted wading jupiter, Saturn's ring tinsel and Uranus a pompom.

The Gainsborough Monkeys shall be displayed as part of an art exhibition on the English landscape at the House Gallery on Camberwell Church Street as from Friday the 6th of December until the 18th December.

two more dolls have finally reached the end of their journey.

This week at the nest we went to the park to collect leaves and then took them back to study and made our own tree.

Last friday Clara and her friends made some hair accessories.

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Fox bag by Clara

This week at the Nest we drew round our feet, cut out the shapes and then wrapped round some fabric, sewed in some yarn and learnt to tie our laces

Last week at the nest we studied insects and their habitat.

In the Tea pot we had rose lemonade, the rabbit was made from a smoothy and some gelatin + we all played croquet. thankyou all who came.

Finally dolls are beginning to return after being worked on by 10 consecutive people. This one started off with Tony Beaver as a load of conkers
and now look at it !

On Saturday 27th we made Easter Bonnets in Myatts Fields.

There was a free sewing session at the old depot next to the greenhouses it Myatts Fields Park on saturday 7th November. For 7 to 13 year olds
Here are some of the results:

This month at the nest the under fives did some bookbinding:

Due to popular demand Jackie Parsons has been invited back to the papered parlor to run another sock monkey making work shop, so start collecting your bits and bobs and sign up soon as numbers are limited. To see the results of the mother and child workshop; see entry 10/05/09

This week with the under fives at the Nest we made some musical instruments : here we have a guitar made out of a box and elastic bands. Some marakas out of yogurt pots and some stones and a trumpet out of an old water bottle, the sound was surprising pleasant.

Florence's' grannie knitted her a beautiful alpaca dress and sox but unfortunately they shrunk in the washing machine, Fortunately after a bit of rearrangement Florence was reunited with them and very happy with their new incarnation.

At The Papered parlour 30th May we made some slippers:

At Th1/2 term workshop at Papered Parlour Today we made some cardboard vehicles

1)The ferry to The Isle of White, by Ollie aged 5
2)Caravan, by Issy aged 9
3)London bus, by Patrick aged 10

On Saturday at the Papered Parlour our Parent and Child teams made some fabulous monkeys:

Today during the Children's Easter workshop at The Papered Parlour we made some cardboard Theatres. Here is 7yr old Issy's

Today at the Papered Parlour, as part of the Easter Holiday class, we made animal bags: