Today I started to make some decoration for New Years Eve. I've made this star before, but the idea to give it more resemblance with a fire rocket, I got from @kikalite.
Monday, December 28, 2015
Friday, December 25, 2015
The Cat Hat
Made some Gingerbread Houses with my little girls and their friends.
I don't think I will do this again; what a huge amount of work! The dough had to be made the day prior to use. On the day itself I had to get up early to bake all the houses, one at a time, so it took a couple of hours to finish them all four. Then I had to melt sugar and glue the houses together. Still have some blisters from burning my fingers. After that we needed icing to glue the sweets on the houses. Only from then on the girls could do the rest. Next time I will buy ready made houses.
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Other news: youngest has a Bunny Hat, then oldest has to have a Cat Hat.
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My Little Mascot was featured by Scrapality and by USS Crafty!!
Thank you, Andrea and Tonna!
I don't think I will do this again; what a huge amount of work! The dough had to be made the day prior to use. On the day itself I had to get up early to bake all the houses, one at a time, so it took a couple of hours to finish them all four. Then I had to melt sugar and glue the houses together. Still have some blisters from burning my fingers. After that we needed icing to glue the sweets on the houses. Only from then on the girls could do the rest. Next time I will buy ready made houses.
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Other news: youngest has a Bunny Hat, then oldest has to have a Cat Hat.
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My Little Mascot was featured by Scrapality and by USS Crafty!!
Thank you, Andrea and Tonna!
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Paper Tree Ornaments
Friday, December 18, 2015
Little Mascot
A
T-shirt designer my sister in law is working for, wanted to have a
knitted mascot, looking like herself, and asked around if someone could
make one for her. I can knit, but it isn't an extraordinary skill I
have. I can do much better if I can make a crocheted mascot. The designer was alright with that. Knitting,
crochet, it's pretty much the same for most people, I guess, so I made up a
little pattern. I didn't get much
restrictions, it just had to have brown, curly hair, glasses, a gray
shirt and a red skirt, so here she is!
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My Window Painting was featured by The Cottage Market and by Scrapality!!
Thanks, Andrea and Andrea!
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And my Alternative Christmas Tree was featured by Crafts a la Mode, by The Crafting Nook and by Across the Blvd!
Thank you, Linda, Cami and Beverly&Gloria!
Wanted #51 The X-mas Edition
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| Walkjacke Gwendolin by Julia Trentini |
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| Biennale Skirt Cherry by Lena Hoschek |
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| Boatneck Top Lapis by King Louie |
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| Boots by Sendra |
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| Sun Glasses by Jeepers Peepers |
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| Pink Rose Bud Hairclip by Pearls & Swine |
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| Peacock Dress by Trashy Diva |
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| Cocktail Pumps by Lena Hoschek |
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| Balconnet BH by Lena Hoschek via Palmers |
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| Pina Colada Earrings by Doodad and Fandango |
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Blackboard Drawing
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My French Lop Bunny Hat was featured by Scrapality and by Pieced Pastimes!
Thank you, Andrea and Suzanne!
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My French Lop Bunny Hat was featured by Scrapality and by Pieced Pastimes!
Thank you, Andrea and Suzanne!
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Polymer Clay Tree Ornaments
For my DIY X-mas Tree I made some clay ornaments with embroidery.
From some left over white clay I made little stars for the kitchen lantern, which gets custom made decorations every season or holiday.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
Window Painting
As a welcome sign to friends (the only one's who come in to our back door, in the kitchen) I painted this on the window.
First I drew a circle on the outside window, with a little help from a plate, so I had an idea where to paint on the inside window to get a nice wreath-like drawing. Then I started writing letters and drawing stars, snow flakes and holly leaves on the inside window. I drew something off the cuff, but you could also use a printable, stick it to the outside window and trace it on the inside window.
Very simple project with nice result!
I found this idea here.
I also did a window with X-mas ornaments.
And some transparant glass tree ornaments.
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Heerlijk avondje is gekomen
For the Dutchies: Fijn Heerlijk Avondje!!
Simple recipe for Pepernotencake:
What you need:
Instant Cakemix
Ingredients named on box of Instant Cakemix (usually butter, sugar, eggs, milk)
Big hand full of Pepernoten
4 el Koek- en Speculaaskruiden
What you do:
Preheat oven at 160 degrees Celsius
Mix all ingredients named on the box plus koek- en speculaaskruiden
Add the pepernoten and mix gently through the batter
Bake for about 70 minutes
The little saucer I inherited from my grandmother (just wanted to show something from her).
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This is what I made with my daughter to pack the little present she had for her classmate for Sinterklaas. It's called 'De surprise' around here.
Not very original, because all the boys in the class of my daughter play soccer, so there were made lots of 'surprises' that had anything to do with soccer.
When my daughter told me she wanted to make a football, I thought 'Oke, that's easy and not too time consuming'.
Wrong, totally wrong thought. Making the ball wasn't very difficult, with a balloon and paper mache. Drawing the sides on the other hand, took centuries. Who knew a football always has 32 sides, namely 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons? I didn't. And that there's a formula to calculate the size of each side's edge, did you know that? No, I didn't either. And that it's nerve wrecking to paint the sides in a way they more or less all have the same size on a not perfect sphere (because made of balloon and paper mache)? Well, I know it now. Many times I wanted to kick the ball in a way Messi never could have matched up to, but after a fifth attempt I thought it was enough. It will be torn apart anyway to get the present out. What you see here, is its good side (on the backside is a dent where there was a piece cut out to place the present inside and was covered again with paper macher). So, my free tip for today: try your very, very best to change your childs mind if she wants you to make a football.
When my daughter told me she wanted to make a football, I thought 'Oke, that's easy and not too time consuming'.
Wrong, totally wrong thought. Making the ball wasn't very difficult, with a balloon and paper mache. Drawing the sides on the other hand, took centuries. Who knew a football always has 32 sides, namely 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons? I didn't. And that there's a formula to calculate the size of each side's edge, did you know that? No, I didn't either. And that it's nerve wrecking to paint the sides in a way they more or less all have the same size on a not perfect sphere (because made of balloon and paper mache)? Well, I know it now. Many times I wanted to kick the ball in a way Messi never could have matched up to, but after a fifth attempt I thought it was enough. It will be torn apart anyway to get the present out. What you see here, is its good side (on the backside is a dent where there was a piece cut out to place the present inside and was covered again with paper macher). So, my free tip for today: try your very, very best to change your childs mind if she wants you to make a football.
The Ginger Head Cat
My daughter desperately wanted this little cat, so of course I immediately dropped the X-mas ornaments I'm working on at the moment and started right away (ha!).
I just love his little upside down heart bead nose!
Friday, December 4, 2015
Monday, November 30, 2015
Everybody Loves Haasje
Since almost a year we have a Flemish Giant, which is a very large bunny (large as in about 80cm head to tail). Although he's a bunny, his name is Haasje, which means Little Hare. My five year old has given him that name. She got him for her birthday, but of course mom's the one who takes cares of him. Not that I complain, 'cause honestly, I'm mad about the animal. Didn't know I would say this about a bunny ever, but he's just great.
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Luckily my youngest loves him, too, since she is 'the owner' and that's why everything has to be bunny. From clothes to stuffed animals to socks to decoration. So when she needed a hat it had to be a bunny hat, preferable a French Lop Hat ( a French Lop is a bunny with loosely hanging ears). I made this:
The pattern I found here.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Metal Wire Stars
A very simple ornament to make for your tree:
Drive five small nails in a piece of wood
Wind metal wire around them in a star form
Take of the star from the nails.
Wind metal wire around the star to keep wire in place
Hang from a piece of ribbon
That's it!
Monday, November 23, 2015
Knit Dragon Wing Cowl
A
couple of weeks ago I came along a beautiful, thick yarn, but because I
didn't know what I could make from it, I didn't buy it then. Last week I
bought a sweater with a very wide neck. Looked nice, but made me feel really cold. A cowl
seemed the answer and that's when the yarn popped up in my mind. Bought
it and made this Dragon Wing Cowl with it, a pattern I found on
Pinterest. The yarn matched the design of the cowl perfectly! I like the original a bit more, because it's more winglike, but for some reason mine worked out differently.
You can find the pattern here!
Friday, November 20, 2015
Crochet Tree Ornaments
This year I chose for an alternative tree. A flat one, against the wall, that doesn't take too much space. To decorate I used a lot of ornaments I already had from other years, but I made a lot of new ones, too. Today I show you the crocheted ones.
Ball (made up myself, just increase and decrease)
Star (pattern to find here)
Tree (made up by me)
Another tree (pattern to find here)
And another star (made up myself)
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