DIY Summer dress from yoga pants

Lovely Rose from Fine Craft Guild invited me to be part of her new series:

Here is my contribution, a skirt/dress made from yoga pants:

Easy and quick, like most of my tutorials. Come over to Fine Craft Guild to see more.


Thank again Rose!




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Paper light tutorial

Now that it is finally cooler, I am much more enthusiastic again about little crafty projects.


Yesterday, I made this paper light. It gives beautiful light when you put a candle (in a glass) inside, and it is really easy
to make.

You will need:

Wallpaper paste
Some wood glue
Cling wrap
Tissue paper
a bowl and scissors


Mix the wallpaper paste according to the instructions and then add some wood glue (the white stuff in the picture).
Mix it and let it stand for about 15 minutes:

In the meantime, find a nicely shaped bowl and cover it in cling film, then cut the tissue paper into stripes.
I put the glue directly onto the clingfilm, and then put the tissue paper stripes on. After a layer of stripes, put more glue on.
Make three to four layers, then let dry:

 

 

 

When the outside is dried, take the light off the bowl, and carefully pull the cling wrap off. Then let the inside dry too,
and enjoy!

Have a wonderful weekend dear friends,



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Happy Valentines Day

... to all of you!


Have a fabulous day, if you get flowers or chocolates or love letters or not.
Enjoy your life and love yourself dear friends. You are so worth it!


I made a little wall hanging as a reminder of all the love that is in my life:

Lots of love (and chocolates and flowers :-) ),

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Shadow boxing, or homage to Robert Frost

Life is all of a sudden very busy.

I wanted (needed) more income, and I wanted to work so I didn't have so much time to dwell.
And now I do work...

My number of clients has doubled, and a lot of other things need attention too.

It is great, but it also really interferes with my life.
I miss being bored, and I miss time to ponder and reflect and stare at the clouds.

While still living in Germany, I used to dissolve clouds. Have you ever tried that? Staring at a cloud, willing it to
dissolve until it is gone. Lots of fun (at least for some of us :-) ).

In Namibia I am not doing that anymore, clouds are just too precious.
But I still like to stare at them (carefully).


I also feel very itchy to write, instead of making lunch, which is what I will be doing just now.
And I want to play and make little, silly, non-important things.


Today I gave in, and paying bills took a backseat to making a little homage to Robert Frost.

You just need a box, a photo, some old book pages, and a plastic animal:

 

the woods are lovely, dark and deep

but I've got promises to keep

and miles to go before I sleep

and miles to go before I sleep

Robert Frost

 

A great start to the weekend dear friends, may it be filled with silly!




Lots of love,




 

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Valentines' flowers

A fresh new week!

Although here it is not quite so fresh, but hot hot hot.
Clouds build up, and clouds disappear again, and it doesn't rain.

Just about the worst climate for cut flowers. They last a day, and then they hang. A friend of mine puts hers into the
fridge most of the time, and only takes them out when she is sitting in her lounge and can look at them. 

But my fridge is full with the last of the watermelons (Ice Age flashback :-) ), and there is no space left for much else.
The season is coming to an end, and I will have to find a replacement for my favorite food, watermelon and feta salad.

What I am really trying to say in this round-about way is that I love flowers, and I want them in my house.


So today I did something vaguely Valentine related, which is loving myself and giving myself a potted flowering plant (thanks Danni ).

This pretty flower is called 'Impatiens', which is a nice reminder of how not to be.

Unfortunately it came in a really ugly pot, so I replanted it. Hopefully it will not drown in the mason jar.
There is gravel at the bottom, but there are of course no draining holes.

But it will definitely last longer than a day, and it will look pretty while it lasts :-).

 

 

A wonderful start of the week for you. May it be filled with love and flowers!

Lots of love,

Ps: I am linking to these lovely parties.

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Valentines' heart

A simple (and transient :-) ) Valentines' heart.

Bend a wire hanger into a heart shape, then add some greenery.

Lots of love,








I am linking to these lovely parties.

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Knitted lamp

Hello dear friends.

After yesterdays' wonderful rain, it is again very hot.

I am playing make belief and am knitting. The plan was actually to knit a hat, but then I thought about it a bit.
It will be at least 6 months before I am able to wear it. And by then, maybe I have grown horns after all and it won't fit.

No I won't, bad joke.

Although, can you imagine it? Growing horns, running off into the forest, becoming part of the trees, the shadows,
and the softest spring grass?



Anyway, I knitted a sweater (dress? coat?) for an electrical cord instead.

Head over to Inspiration Cafe for more pics and the tutorial.


Enjoy the cold (if you are cold) and send a snow ball my way.




Lots of love,

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Little baubles

Yesterday I packed all the Christmas decoration away.
At first, it felt quite good, clean and clear and fresh.

But this morning I realized that I am missing the little pink and red baubles.


So up they went again, together with some string lights and my plastic deer.


It is the strangest thing about these deer. I pack them away, and suddenly they are back.
Popping up on the side table, in the flower pot, even on a birthday cake.

Odd and slightly freaky...


Anyway, enough rambling about forest creatures.

Time to collect Liesls' daily egg, play with the puppy, and think sweet thoughts.

 

Have a beautiful day!




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Snowflakes

Eva is bored.

I wouldn't mind so much, but she somehow manages to make that my problem.
All her friends are on holiday in exotic locations, and she is the only one that has to stay at home.
There is nothing to do here.

No, she doesn't want to read.
She also does not want to bake Christmas cookies.
Or draw.
Or swim.
Or watch a movie.
Or enjoy being bored.

So finally I come up with making snowflakes and she agrees, albeit grumpily.

To make them, fold a square piece of paper into a triangle. Then fold the triangle into a second triangle.
With the pointy side facing upwards, now fold the two other sides toward the middle.
You will now have a kite shape.
Cut the smaller triangle off the kite, then start to cut out patterns around the edges.


It doesn't take quite as long as I hoped it would, even though I ironed the snowflakes for the first time ever (highly recommended, they look a lot better afterwards).

Have a wonderful weekend!




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